Doors 7pm, Music 9pm

 AMANDA ANNE PLATT & THE HONEYCUTTERS

The music of Asheville, North Carolina based outfit Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters is nuanced, bringing insight and wit to the stories Platt tells through songwriting. Lyrically driven, the band’s country roots music often inspires introspection, whether it be about life on the road, heartache or hope.

There is an empathetic and charming wit ingrained in Platt’s songwriting. She has a knack for accessing a deep well of emotion and applying it to her story-telling, whether she is writing from her own experiences or immersing herself into the melody of emotions in another person's life.

Performing along with Platt, The Honeycutters are Matt Smith (pedal steel and electric guitars), Kevin Williams (keys/vocals), Rick Cooper (bass/vocals), and Evan Martin (drums/vocals).

The band is currently on tour supporting their sixth studio album - "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" - released 2/25/2022 on Organic Records.

https://www.honeycutters.com/

Hannah Kaminer

Hannah Kaminer is a folk/Americana artist based in Asheville, NC. Raised in small towns in western North Carolina, she fuses echoes of Appalachian traditions with wistful, Americana-style songwriting. Her clear, yearning voice and unusual melodies are a haunting pairing with lyrics about loss, love, and home.

Performing solo and with her band around the Southeast, Kaminer has released two full albums, Acre by Acre (2015) and Heavy Magnolias (2018). Both albums were supported by listeners through Kickstarter campaigns, and Heavy Magnolias was also funded in part by a Regional Artist Project Grant, from a coalition of NC arts councils. Kaminer co-produced Heavy Magnolias with award-winning engineer Julian Dreyer.

Kaminer's songwriting has been recognized in the finals of the MerleFest Chris Austin Songwriting Contest (2019) as well as in Asheville's citywide Brown Bag Songwriting Competition (Crowd Favorite and Grand Prize).

During the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Kaminer pivoted to organize a "Music for Quarantine" series, a platform for sending virtual concerts to loved ones in quarantine. You can read more about Music for Quarantine here.

https://hannahkaminer.com/

Tickets: $25 and on sale now at www.abilenebarandlounge.com and tonight at the door

Proof of vaccination required