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Gladden House Sessions 2018: The Weather Station
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Toronto-based folk group The Weather Station made their Gladden House debut on the second day of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. The light summer rain dissipated just in time for their set while scores of fans eagerly awaited an intimate set from this beloved band. Formed in 2006 with rotating membership, the band’s current lineup includes Tamara… Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2018: A Hawk and a Hacksaw
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Albuquerque natives, Heather Trost and Jeremy Barnes, (aka A Hawk and A Hacksaw,) brought their unique brand of eastern european-inspired folk music to the Gladden House on Friday, June 1, wrapping up the second day of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. A Hawk and A Hacksaw left the audience in a trance with the powerful… Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2018: Nick Waterhouse
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Born and raised in California, Nick Waterhouse brought his vintage rhythm and blues sound to the Gladden House stage on the second day of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. With festival attendees arriving well ahead of the set, there was a palpable excitement to catch Nick Waterhouse and his band in such an intimate setting…. Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2018: Shannon Lay
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Shannon Lay opened up the 2018 Gladden House Sessions on Thursday, May 31, day one of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. Having spent her teenage years in Redondo Beach, CA, Lay started playing guitar at 13 and may be known best for playing in West Coast-based garage rock/punk outfit Feels. Lay is an outspoken Simpsons… Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2018: Charlie Parr
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Charlie Parr performed at the Gladden House on Sunday, June 3, the final day of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. Hailing from Austin, MN, Parr rose to popularity in Australia and New Zealand after his 2002 tune “1922 Blues” was featured in a 2007 Vodafone (an international cell phone provider) commercial. He has since found… Read More
Gladden House Sessions 2018: Paul Thorn
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Mississippi-born country blues singer Paul Thorn performed his Gladden House Session on Sunday, June 3, the fourth and final day of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. Paul Thorn immediately captured the audience’s attention with his charismatic stage presence and the foot-tapping groove of his first song, “I’m Still Here,” a grim, yet optimistic tune from… Read More
NMF ’18: Artists to Watch
By: Emily Votaw, Jacob Morgan, Xan Spalding
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The Nelsonville Music Festival brings a flurry of exciting acts to Robbins Crossing on the Hocking College campus every year, so often it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the variety and multitude of the line-up. Although we couldn’t write about every single act we are excited to see (because that would be an awfully… Read More