Doug Kleiner
After more than two solid decades of playing the local scene and touring just about every state east of the Mississippi River with bands including Seattle, Axis, Sonicore, Doug Kleiner released his first solo album Sept 2023. The record is a deep dive into the wide range of influences that form the foundation for his song writing. These influences include everything from the brooding anguish of the Grunge era to the stripped-down early country sounds of the 40's and 50's. Whether preforming with a full backing band or just an acoustic guitar and a vocal mic, the stories he tells through his music are raw and relatable. Currently working in the studio with Producer and Engineer Wes McCraw, new music set to be released mid-summer.
Stella Prince
2024 has been a groundbreaking year for Stella Prince. Her first single that went to radio, "Crying on a Saturday Night", charted on the Americana Singles Chart, was played on over 100 radio stations internationally, and was the most added song on folk radio in March. Her debut music video for the song has received over 80,000 views on YouTube alone, and has received support from legendary outlets such as CMT, Ditty TV, Heartland, The Country Network, and Discover Music Videos. This year Stella has been featured over 50 times in various articles by outlets such as Americana Highways, Country Music Views, Teen Look, Think Country, NY State Music, Cowgirl Magazine, and Music City Magazine, among others. Touring has been another breakthrough for Stella. She completed her first international run of the UK, as well as an 18 city tour of the Southwest. She has performed at some of the world's most prestigious venues, such as London's "The Bedford" and "Spice of Life", New York's "Bitter End" and "Arlene's Grocery", Austin’s “Cactus Cafe”, and Nashville's "Bluebird Cafe".
David G Smith
Internationally acclaimed Artist-Songwriter David G Smith is an acoustic roots solo performer with a lyric intensive style featuring guitars, resonator, music and a voice that range from dirt-funk to intimate. His music is a blend of Folk, Americana, Country & Blues. David was recently accepted as a Juried Artist with Noel Paul Stookey’s (Peter, Paul & Mary) Music To Life Org. He is a 2008 International Song Competition 1st Place Winner, a Robert Oermann DISCovery Award recipient, and two-time ISC semifinalist. He performs at the prestigious Bluebird Cafe/Nashville where his shows are regularly sold out. David has released 11 albums and Mary Gauthier and Keb Mo make appearances on 4 of them to include a duet with Mary called “Shine”. He has four nationwide #1 singles and four nationwide #1 albums to include his latest release, Witness Trees on the Roots Music Report (RMR) Folk & Alt-Folk charts. His single “River Gonna Talk” was a 2023 #1 add on the NACC chart and reached #1 in the nation on Radio Guitar One’s Top 30 Americana Chart. David has been featured in American Songwriter and his songs have appeared on TNT, Lifetime Network, Travel Channel, several PBS affiliate shows and he has a string of indie & major-indie song-cuts to include with Rissi Palmer, only the 3rd black female country artist to chart, in 2007. His last 4 albums have been accepted for Grammy consideration. His Give-Back Series donates time and raises money and awareness for a variety of charitable causes. David, his voice and his songs are authentic. “Like Mary Gauthier and Sam Baker, Smith cuts through...to find essential phrases and words to represent the ache of living”. (Fervor Coulee)
Get to the show early for dinner and drinks from Paninoteca - open in The Rialto Living Room at 5pm!
Doors: 7:00PM / Showtime: 7:30PM