Ballroom Songwriter Series March
3-24-2016
Each month we present the best singer-songwriters in our area.
Each month we present the best singer-songwriters in our area.
Anna Madsen - New England Music Awards - 2015 "New Act of the Year" nominee.
Hailing from Utah, Anna Madsen currently calls New Hampshire home. Anna uses story telling through music as a way to create worlds that listeners can enter and completely absorb. Musically, Anna has been described as "Lana Del Rey meets Kate Bush meets Enya," but ultimately her music is completely her own and expands beyond one genre. Her influences include contemporary classical composers, church hymns from her childhood, world music, and modern Alternative Rock and Folk / Americana.
Frank Viele - New England Music Awards 2015 "Male Performer of the Year" nominee
A bourbon drinking, cartoon watching, blue-collar entrepreneur; his musical roots started on his grandmother's piano as a young child, developed as a teen tailgating with an acoustic guitar in the parking lots of Dave Matthews Band concerts, and blossomed on the road as a young adult performing as the quintessential "weekend warrior" in the East Coast Jam and Singer/Songwriter scenes. Frank is open of new England's most prolific performers.
Grace Morrison - Winner - New England Music Awards 2014 - "The Grass Roots Award"
A pianist since age five, as a teenager Grace taught herself how to play the guitar, started writing songs, and was invited to be the opening act for some of the best folk acts in New England. Her career has included stints as a backup singer for Eddie Money and performing with rock legends including Chris Slade of AC/DC and The Firm, Greg Douglass of The Steve Miller Band, Joey Molland of Badfinger, Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge and Jimmy Baine of Dio.
Grin Whistle - Consisting of four members with James Terrasi on electric and acoustic guitars, Noah Hill on drums and percussion, Mark Renz...Kowski on bass and mandolin and Joshua Hill on acoustic guitar and vocals. The band keeps an emphasis on eclectic and high energy live performances arranging melodically delicate storytelling and songwriting with foot-stomping grooves.