Songwriters Night Hosted by Andy Zipf featuring Jesabel, Nathan Kalish & Jessica Pounds at Blue Jay Listening Room

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

$10 ticket increase at the door.

Join us every third Thursday for a very special songwriters round hosted by Andy Zipf.

Andy Zipf

Andy Zipf is a singer songwriter, director of music, artist in residence and producer living in Jacksonville, FL. His grass roots network of listeners has been built upon years of touring the U.S., predominantly focused on the east coast. Zipf’s music has been featured on ABC, MTV, VHI and other TV/film outlets. He has been reviewed in PASTE, American Songwriter, The Washington Post, Popdose, Atwood Magazine, among other publications. Since 2003, Zipf has released nine albums and scored two documentaries. He will release his tenth record, “How to Make A Paper Airplane”, March 11, 2022 on all digital platforms. Produced by Matt Williams, it features Jay Bellerose (Robert Plant, Alison Krauss), Jennifer Condos (Ray LaMontagne, Joe Henry), Dennis Crouch (Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty) and Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Andrew Bird).

Jesabel

My music is a lot like me, eclectic. I was raised on Garth & Luda and love everything in between. I create, unrestrained by genre or expectation. My sound tends to blend folk and pop, adding a lil country root's twang and patina from the soulful pursuit of music's divine high. I don't know where I belong in genre-land, and quite frankly couldn't give two shits. Each song hits a moment in time. A vibe I feel. A timestamp of where I'm at, and I'm settling more and more into that. There's a surrendering process that has happened for me over the years especially when, release after release, I realize I don't cleanly fall into a genre. My only goal is to truthfully bring forth the songs playing in my head with hopes they find the ears they were meant for. Here's to the ride, wherever it may lead.

Nathan Kalish

Nathan Kalish is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, and wandering storyteller. Born in Milwaukee, WI, to missionary parents, he was moved around for most of his formative years. By the time Kalish had graduated high school, he had already lived all over the Midwest, as well as Western Europe and directly after the wall fell in Eastern Europe.” He then spent over a decade performing music across both, playing bars and Honky-Tonks for 200+ shows a year. Now he lives and creates in Nashville, TN.

On his latest full-length album, Great Big Motel Bed in the Sky, Nathan explores Loss and Love while being accompanied by his band The Derechos. It’s an imperfect lyrical balance between Sincerity and Absurdity, with a sonic mix of Harmony and Grit. Produced by Kalish, this Is a 10- song effort tracked in 3 days at Trace Horse Studio and mixed by Kalish at the Maroon Lagoon. It is inspired by Psychedelic Folk-Rock, and Cosmic Country sounds from the United States of Americana and beyond.

Nathan’s extensive back catalog of independent releases and hard-touring work ethic has landed him on stages with Lucinda Williams, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Lucero and many other current and legacy acts. As a result, he’s earned accolades from Rolling Stone Country, Billboard, American Songwriter, Saving Country Music, and several other international press outlets. In addition, his writing has been compared to Tom Petty, John Prine, Gram Parsons, and Paul Westerberg.

Jessica Pounds

Jessica is a songwriter and Americana artist. Her music, both lyrical and lilting, often explores somber motifs and has often been described as “eerily hopeful”. 

 You can call her songs folk or country or Americana, but none of those descriptors is quite right. Her music is rootsy, but sidereal. There is something paradoxical in her songwriting, her dark soprano vocals soaring ethereally, all while displaying melodic styling that borders equally on the obscure and the catchy. 

 She has performed live onstage with the likes of Americana greats such as Jim Lauderdale and Tania Elizabeth of the Avett Brothers, and has held her own as the front woman of esteemed Jacksonville darlings Canary in the Coalmine.

 Jessica now performs regularly between Florida and Nashville, TN, and is working on her first solo release, planned for 2023.