Join Willow Waters and friends on the second Wednesday every month for soothing and exhilarating sounds alike! Each month a different line up of stunning local talent. Some weeks we'll lean into the raw folksy element in Willow's music, others will be more edgy and rocking or more energized and danceable. Come once, come every month! We look forward to sharing space at the incomparable Palmers Bar.

Willow Waters & The Earth Tones: Like the countless variegated hues of a landscape, Willow Waters’ band The Earth Tones overflows with sonic abundance. The orchestra in its fullest incarnation includes an eleven piece band lush with horns, strings, vocal harmonies, and a rockin rhythm section. You’ll hear the Earth Tones perform in many different smaller incarnations, displaying the versatility of this music to shapeshift with whichever arrangement of players is performing it. No two performances will be the same and each will be a uniquely transportive experience.

Hemma is the songwriting moniker for multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist Hannah Hebl. The latest batch of songs in this alt-country artist’s decade of writing have drawn influence from her time singing with Wendy Lewis, Rachel Ries, and many others in the vibrant scene that spans between Eau Claire and the Twin Cities. She is in the process of creating a full-length record with help from producer Sean Carey, mixing engineer Brian Joseph that will feature collaborations from Hilary James (bathtub cig), Courtney Hartman, Erik Koskinen, Jeremy Boettcher and Ben Lester. With a voice that’s been described as singular and stunning, Hemma has shared bills with The Cactus Blossoms, S. Carey, The Riffin’ Trio, and Humbird.

Nikki Grossman is a singer, songwriter, fiddle player and guitarist who lives in southwestern Wisconsin. She primarily writes country songs, but that's just the home base at the heart of her musical adventures and wanderings. Nikki has been joining Hannah Hebl in the Hemma project on stage as she can for about a year now - she is thrilled and honored to enhance Hannah's transcendent songs, and has taken to the collaboration like a duck to water.

Willow Waters

Hemma

Nikki Grossman