Americana Music from Gainesville, Florida
It is that time of year again! Heartwood Soundstage’s Annual “Heartwood Music Festival.” We are so excited to have the privilege to play at this event. and to perform in the Acrosstown Repitory Theatre.
We will be playing a super short set jam packed with heavy hitters. We hope you will join us for a day of fun, friends and music.
At the beginning of this brand new beautiful year we had the lovely opportunity to perform at Oleno State Park for the First Annual Riverine Reunion Festival. This cozy fest had workshops, yoga, campfire jams, and tons of wonderful local bands.
“We would like to give a huge thanks to everyone involved in the Riverine Reunion ’19 festival. We love and appreciate you! We had such a wonderful experience performing. The experience as a whole warmed our hearts and was such a beautiful way to start off the New Year. ”
Onna Meyer and Larry Fowler took amazing photos of the event. Check them out here.
Another great year off to a great start at Cypress and Grove Brewing Co. This show was curated by Russ Tyndall with the help of our expert sound engineer Tristan Harvey. Four local artists took the stage and ended 2018 with sweet music and good times.
Up first we had TJ Washburn from Orlando, Florida. TJ is a storyteller and his songs reflect that. His songs are intriguing, captivating and relatable. His new album Seasons is now available on major streaming platforms.
Here is his Youtube Channel and below is his video for an original song titled “St. George and the Dragon.”
Up after TJ was the local legends The Dozenaires. If you have been to Gainesville’s own Hoggetowne Medieval Faire and the Thornebrook Arts Festival then you know the exquisite Irish and World musical styling of The Dozenaires.
Next up VOWLS! After the Dozenaires sweet and nostalgic set Vowls took the stage to sing sweet songs to rock your soul.
After us the FUNKY MIRACLE brought the funk with a tribute to the musical styling of The Meters. The Funky Miracle had everyone at Cissy Strutting and dancing all over Cypress and Grove. They had the crowd moving during the whole duration of their set. They really FUNKed it up.
Featuring: Josh Lederman(pictured below), Jake the Snake, Russ Tyndall, Chris Pierce, Teig, and Chris Robertson(pictured below).
Closing out the show and ringing in the New Year the Threetles serenaded us with the sweet songs of the Beatles. They closed the night out with a “Hey Jude” Singalong that brought everyone home.
Photos Provided by Jill Vinci and Helena Roberston
This past December we rocked the socks off of Lightnin Salvage at Satchel’s Pizza in Gainesville, Florida.
We always love to play at Lightnin Salvage because it has a great stage and is also family friendly place with great staff and awesome atmosphere.
Special thanks to momma Jill for always taking video of us! Check out our videos below and if you would please like, subscribe and share our content we would be so grateful. Thank you! We Love You!
Setlist :
Schrodinger’s Castle
Pay Attention
Mr. Owl
Twilight
Slips Away
You Can’t Hide What’s Inside
Float
Shining Gold
Bliss
Matter & Blues
Sometimes Two
Foggy
This Hallow’s Eve some of us VOWLS had the opportunity to experience Suwannee’s Hulaween and performed on the Lost Stage at the Spirit Lake.
Suwannee’s Hulaween is an immersive art festival held during the Halloween season that brings living art and music together in a cohesive and beautiful way.
Caitlyn and Sweet Irene hit the Lost Stage on Saturday Night and sang sweet songs to rock your soul. With their captivating harmonies and sweet ukulele jams these precious gems created a sweet and sultry experience at the Spirit Lake.
VOWLS has had our busiest year of gigging yet! Now that summer is coming to a close in Florida we are taking November off to work on new material and unreleased material for your audial pleasure.
This October we went out to the Roots Revival Festival at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. We enjoyed the beautiful weather, the campfire jams and enjoyed time with our families. After the Leftover Salmon set we played a live set (with the accompaniment of our great friend Ben) on the corner of the campground’s main road.
The set was truly magical.
Set List:
One World is Enough – Sting
Shining Gold
Home
You Can’t Hide What’s Inside
Matter and Blues
Thank You Bruce Lee
Foggy
Slips Away
Althea
(And More! As I type this a month after the fact I am having trouble remembering what else we played.)
Over all Roots was an A+ weekend that we all needed.
Our great friend Arielle D’Ornellas took some amazing photos of us as well. Arielle is a great photographer and an amazing musician, artist and friend.
Over Labor Day Weekend we performed at Planet Sarbez in St. Augustine, FL. Sun, sand, ad good times were had.
As we return to our homes in the swamp of Gainesville, Florida we look back on our adventure with great fondness. Here are some of our highlights from the gig:
We have two shows this week!
The first is at The Florida Young Naturist’s Event at the beautiful Lake Como this Friday August 10th from 7pm-9pm. Get Tickets Here!
After that we will be hustling on back to Gainesville, FL to celebrate Cypress and Grove Brewing Co.’s One Year Anniversary from 6pm-8pm.
We are excited for another weekend of music that we can share with you!
Thank you !
The Future Music Maker’s Event two weeks ago was so much fun. We had Sweet Irene, Caitlyn Vinci, and Tristan Harvey perform solo sets. Here are videos of the solo sets from the event.
Future Music Makers is a nonprofit organization that provides music lessons to children for free. Donate to them here.
Caitlyn Vinci:
Tristan Harvey:
After we recover from our amazing weekend at Summer 72 we will be performing three times this weekend. That’s THREE shows folks. We will be returning to Rum138 in Fort White, FL for their Full Moon Paddle on Friday July 27th. Saturday we will be performing at the Gainesfamous High Dive for their Food Truck Rally/Future Music Makers Benefit Event. Sunday we will be heading back to Rum138 with our buddies HEADSTASH, a local deadphish jam band, to rock out during Rum138’s Sunday Funday Event.
Future Music Makers is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to creating opportunities for youth and foster their creativity for music through instrument donation, master classes, school partnerships, and lesson scholarships. This organization helps children pursue their potential in music and pursue an instrument they might not otherwise dig deep into.
If you or anyone you know is interested in volunteering for or applying for Future Music Makers please click the link above.
This weekend should be a fun filled one and we hope you can join us.
(V)owls