A SPECIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL DURING THE WEST SEATTLE ART WALK ON MAY 8!
Presented by The Art of Music and Sue Quigley
Make plans now to attend a special event, free of charge: Muse Fest: The Power of Women’s Voices will be part of the Second Thursday Art Walk on May 8 ! This musical extravaganza will feature musicians performing at 11 businesses within the greater Admiral District, Alaska Junction, and Morgan Junction.
These free admission performances will run concurrently from 6:00 to 7:45pm, with one 15-minute break at the midpoint, at some of your favorite participating Art Walk businesses. We have descriptions for each musician in the post below to help you in planning where to visit. Spend all evening at your favorite venue, or try to visit as many as you can! Many of the venues are food and drink establishments offering “Art Walk Specials,” so ask your server for the deal to make your evening complete.
Download the Muse Fest: The Power of Women’s Voices flier as a Save the Date, and stay tuned for more details as the event approaches!
SCAN THIS QR CODE TO VIEW THE MUSE FEST MAP ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE!
Thank you to the following Supporting Sponsors:
Admiral Neighborhood Association
Contact: info@admiralneighborhood.org
Contact: 206-462-4444; info@bethghomes.com
Contact: mocacnc@gmail.com
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Tim’s Tavern Contact: info@timslivemusic.com
This Year’s Performers
ALASKA JUNCTION
CHAMPAGNE HONEYBEE @ DARBY WINERY
4308 SW ALASKA ST
Genre: Jazz, blues, ukulele soul
Champagne Honeybee is singer/songwriter Rani Weatherby, her trusty ukuleles, and talented backing band. Rani has performed her unique blend of jazz, blues, funk, and ukulele soul all over the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, East Coast, and in her birth city, Kolkata, India. She is an endorsed artist with Lanikai Ukuleles, and a member of 4Culture’s Touring Arts Roster. Champagne Honeybee has released 2 EPs of original music, and has a full-length studio album in the works.
Champagne Honeybee
ERIKA LUNDAHL @ JOHN L. SCOTT REAL ESTATE WEST SEATTLE
4445 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Genre: Indie Songwriter
Erika Lundahl is a heart-forward songwriter for resilient hearts and resonant bodies. Based on Coast Salish land in Seattle, Erika’s folk medicine roots in personal and collective histories of resilience, dancing between shadow and light to seek futures of abundance, possibility and healing. Her newest album “Messy, Blessed Infinity” is an exuberant love letter to the world, wrapped in notes that bend from energized folk rock, rich finger picking, and melodic vocals reminiscent of Laura Marling, Joan Baez, and Lucinda Williams. Originally from the Willamette Valley of Oregon on Kalapuya land, Erika began to perform in earnest in upstate New York in 2012. She returned to the tall trees and rugged wilderness of the Pacific Northwest in late 2013. She is an environmental justice organizer, who is committed to low-carbon touring in her electric vehicle. Record Crates United reviewed Erika’s 2020 album “Daughter, You’re a Storyteller,” saying: “..a stellar collection of deeply personal ballads and tributes to the heart. With songs that are inspired by the unlocking of the stories within our genetics, and seeking to explore our pasts to better understand our present adult minds and bodies.”
Erika Lundahl
HAVILAH @ GREAT AMERICAN DINER & BAR
4752 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
To view a video of Havilah performing click here.
Genre: Americana Folk/Pop
Havilah is an award winning singer songwriter and educator. Her musical journey spans five full length albums and two decades weaving its way through the jazz halls of New York City, the alternative rock venues of post grunge Seattle and countless coffeeshops and theaters across the United States And Europe. Havilah also holds a Masters Degree in Teaching and has been a classroom educator in both public and alternative school settings for over fifteen years. She is the founder of Holistic ArtVentures, an organization that uses songwriting as a tool for bolstering empathy, creativity, collaboration and confidence. Through various songwriting programs, Havilah has written songs with hundreds of children and elders and has even been nominated for the Esme Barrera Music in Education and Activism Award.
Havilah
jean mann @ THE BEER JUNCTION
4505 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Genre: Lyric-driven alt-folk with an Americana twist
Experiencing jean mann’s intimate, personable musical performance is akin to sitting around the kitchen table, catching up on the news of the soul. With nine CD’s in her catalogue, jean has toured regionally and nationally since 2000 and Europe since 2014. A genre-hopping, barefoot contemporary singer-songwriter, she sprinkles her concerts with tenor and acoustic guitars, baritone ukulele and harmonica. All to accompany a warm, texture-laden vocal style.
jean mann
AKEMI 明海 @ DUE’ CUCINA
Genre: Folk
Reese (she/they) is a Yonsei artist and activist; born on the island of O’ahu, raised between Hawai’i and Illinois, and migrated to Seattle in 2007. They are the Managing Director of Northwest Folklife, a Seattle-based cultural arts and heritage organization, whose mission is: “To create opportunities for all to celebrate, share, and participate in the evolving cultural traditions of the Pacific Northwest.” After performing for many years with folkgrass projects, in 2020, Reese created an EP with eclectic electric project, trashyQ panda, and began performing under the moniker, Akemi 明海 . They currently serve on the boards of Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts In Education and Folk Alliance Region (FAR) – West. Additionally, they sit on the Advocacy Committee of the Pacific NW Chapter of the Recording Academy.
Akemi 明海
Greater ADMIRAL DISTRICT
TARYN HADFIELD @ WEST SEATTLE GROUNDS
Genre: Indie Folk Pop
Singer/Songwriter Taryn Hadfield represents a sound that is equal parts folk, rock, and acoustic pop. Growing up in suburban Idaho, Hadfield found an escape in the music of Florence and The Machine, Death Cab for Cutie and Paramore. Drawing inspiration from modern Folk pop artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Maggie Rogers, she began songwriting and playing the local bar scene of her hometown. In 2019 she joined Next Music Company to record her first album at Studio X in Seattle, Manic Pixie Dream Girl (released in 2022). During the pandemic, she was one of the first musicians to take her talents to the online streaming platform Twitch, and her weekly performances have cultivated a vast and loyal fan base of listeners from around the globe who’ve fallen in love with her highly dynamic, intensely emotional and disarmingly honest songs. Today, she lives and plays in Seattle and is planning release a set of new singles and her sophomore album, Queen of Swords, later this year.
Taryn Hadfield
SHERRI JEROME @ SOPRANO’S ANTICO PIZZA & PASTA RESTAURANT
2348 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Genre: Roots Rock
To view a video of Sherri Jerome performing click here.
Sherri Jerome’s interest in being a musician first began when she discovered a guitar in her friend’s basement that belonged to his older brother. Inspired and obsessed, she began to incessantly harass her parents for a white electric guitar. To her dismay a small child’s acoustic showed up on Christmas. Despite her disappointment, Sherri demanded guitar lessons. An early fixation with the likes of Elvis and the Beatles fueled her desire and she was determined to become a rock star. Born and raised in New Jersey, Sherri started writing songs at unknown early age and performed them for her babysitters. It wasn’t until her late teens that she began a serious attempt at songwriting. Countless hours spent alone in her room yielded songs which lead to her experience playing in her first band, The Animators. In her twenties Sherri teamed up with a variety of other musicians and played the NYC circuit. Shortly thereafter she headed to Seattle. Sherri joined forces with guitarist Michael Beckworth, whom she met while networking at a popular Seattle open mic night. The partnership has proven to be one that works well. Michael’s definitive, gritty guitar sounds and tasteful phrasings bring a distinctive essence to Sherri’s songs. Sherri’s first original project in Seattle was the roots rock band Strange Jerome which she formed with Michael Beckworth. Her current original project is Del Vox. Sherri also fronts Seattle Pretenders Tribute Jealous Dogs.
Sherri Jerome
KRISTIN CHAMBERS @ OTTER ON THE ROCKS
4210 SW ADMIRAL WAY
Genre: Indie Singer Songwriter
To view a video of Kristin Chambers performing click here.
Kristin Chambers is a Seattle-based singer-songwriter whose warm, soulful/introspective pop style blends jazz, pop, and folk influences into a uniquely captivating sound. With a background in classical vocal training and a natural talent for crafting compelling narratives, Kristin’s songs resonate with honesty and emotional depth. She’s a prolific writer, with over two hundred songwriting credits to her name, and her four albums (plus an EP) showcase her evolving artistry. Kristin often composes from behind her piano, creating melodies that connect with audiences on a personal level. Her music has found its way to television screens, with placements on shows like Better Call Saul and The Young and the Restless, as well as features on networks like Lifetime and Hallmark. Kristin’s latest release, Kristin Chambers Select Songs Vol. 1, is a curated compilation of her favorite songs from the past decade, a journey through her musical evolution thus far, paving the way for her most honest work yet. Themes of vulnerability, change, and navigating anxiety in the modern world are cornerstones of this collection.
Kristin Chambers
SHERYL WISER @ BENBOW ROOM
Genre: American, roots & blues
To view a video of Sheryl Wiser performing click here.
Seattle-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Sheryl Wiser has crafted a soulful and uniquely compelling style, combining elements of Americana, roots-rock, blues and jazz. With her signature Parker Fly guitar, she displays a dynamic range of rhythmic textures that blend beautifully with her honest, powerful and vibrant voice. A veteran of the ’90s alt-country/Americana band Somebody’s Daughter, and now a recognized solo artist, she is a well regarded songwriter, combining keen observations with an emotional richness and depth. The Seattle Times writes “Wiser’s music is sharp and clean, featuring her sweet, powerful voice tempered by rich, stunning melody. She writes emotional, rhythmically stirring songs and delivers them with genuine passion and is a gifted singer and songwriter.”
Sheryl Wiser
Photo Credit: Mike Mitchell
MORGAN JUNCTION
SUE QUIGLEY @ BEVERIDGE PLACE PUB
6413 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Genre: Edgy alt-folk/singer-songwriter
Raised in the nuclear plains of Eastern Washington, Sue stole her sister’s guitar (abandoned for boys) at 13 and started writing songs and has never stopped. She has released 3 albums, the most recent “LIttle Wildernesses” has been featured in local radio and podcasts. Sue has played across the NorthWest region as well as California,the West Coast and SXSW in Austin, TX. She has performed locally at the ConorByrne, Tractor Tavern, Crocodile Cafe, Showbox, and for 8,000 Seattle Storm fans as halftime entertainment. Sue is the curator of the “Great Women of Country & Folk ” series at the Royal Room for the past 4 years as well as the creator/curator of Muse Fest!
Sue Quigley
DEJHA COLANTUONO @ WHISKY WEST
6451 CALIFORNIA AVE SW
Genre: Alternative Rock
Dejha is an electrifying musician, songwriter, and singer whose powerhouse vocals and incandescent performances have captivated audiences worldwide. Effortlessly shifting from a raw, soulful growl to a haunting whisper, she delivers every note with passion and precision. Largely self-taught, she forges a distinctive sound that blends the grit of rock and roll with deep soul and her family’s jazz roots. Now based in Seattle after years in her hometown of NYC, Dejha performs solo and fronts multiple bands, including Rotten Apples, The Union Gospel, and Blackie (A Tribute to Blondie). A prolific artist with an extensive catalog, Dejha has toured extensively, collaborated on numerous projects, and founded Mad Meow Music. Whether on stage or in the studio, her artistry is undeniably raw, powerful, and deeply moving.
Dejha Colantuono
Photo Credit: Lance Mercer
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