Kyle Keller, Matt Woods & Luke Hendrickson at Blue Jay Listening Room

Doors at 7. Show at 8. Seating is first come first served. Ages 18+.

$10 ticket increase the door.

KYLE KELLER

Northern born and Southern raised, Kyle Keller's songs have been equal parts grown in the towering White Pines of Michigan, and steeped in the black-water Cypress swamps of the Georgia. After spending much of his childhood in the thumb of Michigan, Keller's parents split up and he found himself moving with his father to a 3-traffic light town called Nashville, Georgia. Not to be mistaken for Music City in Tennessee, though you could call Georgia's Nashville the "Music City" for Kyle Keller, as it's where he first picked up the guitar in the pursuit of telling compelling stories through songs.

Kyle Keller's most recent release is his sophomore record "The Great American Highway" which was released on July 21st, 2023. With multiple positive reviews, including a review from the highly revered "Saving Country Music" which stated "Along with goading you to go out and explore the wide expanse of America, pursuing your passions is the message that underpins Kyle Keller’s songs, while also practicing what he preaches". Keller is steadily carving himself a place in the modern resurgence of story-telling country, folk, and americana songwriters.

In 2017, after years of playing in bands on weekends, Luke Hendrickson began nurturing a career as a full-time gigging musician and songwriter. In the time since, he has performed in 40 states, as well as Canada and the United Kingdom, releasing 2 studio albums, earning nominations from the Midwest Country Music Organization, for awards such as "Songwriter of the Year" and "Album of the Year". Having emerged from the farmlands of rural southern Minnesota, Luke is sometimes joined by his backing band, The Crop Circles. Cosmic. Cornfed.

Matt Woods is a product of Appalachia. You can hear his East Tennessee roots tangled in the lines of his songs and it is through this filter he distills the world, both external and internal, into his unique brand of songwriting. You can call it Americana, folk rock, even country music but no matter what it’s called it is, at it core, honest and heartfelt. Spending most of his time on the road, either engaging listeners as a solo artist or with his band, Matt Woods and the Natural Disasters, he would say, if asked, that he is “just trying to share some truth and get along.” 2019 brought the release of Woods’ 4th full length studio album, Natural Disasters, and an impressive touring schedule in support of it across the US and Europe, the latter of which having become a yearly endeavor since the release of 2016’s How To Survive. As the global Covid-19 pandemic brought touring to a halt, Matt moved forward in other ways including keeping connected via online events, writing for future releases, and even releasing an EP titled Mornings After. In 2022, Matt’s song “My Southern Heart” was prominently placed in the feature film Crawlspace, starring Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass).

Both Natural Disasters and Mornings After, produced by Joey Kneiser (Glossary and Austin Lucas), share insights to the realities of our place in time as perceived through Woods’ eyes and enriched by the talents of Adam Meisterhans on electric guitars, Jeremy Mackinder on bass guitar, PJ Schreiner on drums, and Mike Webb (Chris Stapleton, Poco) on keys with Lance Howell (Big Shoals) and Kashena Sampson providing harmonies throughout. Along the way, Matt has shared the stage with the likes of Tyler Childers, Chris Knight, Black Oak Arkansas, Frank Turner, Roger Alan Wade, Zac Brown, Drivin' n' Cryin', Will Hoge, Roger Clyne (of The Refreshments), CAKE, Robbie Fulks, The White Buffalo, The Black Lillies and others.

Press:

"It’s only a matter of time before singer-songwriter Matt Woods finds wider recognition." -Performing Songwriter

“Like Jason Isbell, another son of the South who bears a tenacious tone, Woods is in the vanguard of country music’s feisty new generation.” -No Depression

"Woods has such a captivating, magnetic voice filled with passion, it’s hard not to draw parallels to the now hugely successful Chris Stapleton.” -Americana UK

“So, pay no heed to those prophesying that the end of country music is nigh, with icons-in-the-making like Matt Woods breathing life into the genre, there’s still hope yet.” -Mother Church Pew

“Woods has easily crafted one of the best albums of the year.” -Wannabe **On How To Survive

“[Matt Woods] started singing with more power and more emotion than, get ready for this, more emotion and strength than anyone I remember seeing maybe ever. I was floored...I LOVE THIS SONG.” -Riki Rachtman (Headbangers Ball, NASCAR Radio, Fork In The Road)

**On the songs “Deadman’s Blues”