West Art is glad to welcome Brittany Ann Tranbaugh back (with her band this time 'round), the Montvales, and Liz Fulmer! A great evening awaits, chock full of fantastically crafted folk songs and excellent musicianship. Grab a friend, snag some tickets (here!), and come hang with us!
Details:
Doors open @ 6:30, music starts @ 7pm.
Tickets are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door (pre-purchase and save a few bucks!) All ages are welcome, and student tickets are available at a lower cost.
BIOS
Brittany Ann Tranbaugh (pronounced TRAN-baw) is a Philadelphia-based songwriter whose queer Americana heartbreaker “Kiss You” won Song of the Year in the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Tranbaugh has been writing songs and playing shows as a side gig since she was a teenager, but in February 2023, at 31 years old, she finally quit her office job to pursue a full-time career in music. Her newest release is a self-titled EP produced by Grammy-winner Tyler Chester which showcases Tranbaugh in her new era: energetic, self-assured, surrounded by her beloved musical community, and more commanding as a vocalist and writer than ever before.
The Montvales: Born and raised in Knoxville, TN, Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson of songwriter duo The Montvales spent much of their formative years busking amidst the Elvis impersonators and musical saw players of the town’s Market Square, honing their uniquely boisterous harmonies and driving, joyful sound. Eventually they graduated to playing indoors on the local Americana radio station, WDVX, and found community in old-time circles around town. A local fiddler’s dairy cows were among the first intrepid listeners of their early DIY recordings. After moving away for several years to seek their fortunes separately, Molly and Sally finally reunited in 2019 to write and record their first album, Heartbreak Summer Camp. The two now make their home in Cincinnati, OH, spending their days touring extensively and crafting intimate, storytelling-driven songs that explore the joys and perils of self-determination. Their upcoming album, Born Strangers, is produced by Mike Eli LoPinto (producer and co-writer of Emily Nenni’s “On the Ranch”, guitarist for Chris Stapleton) and recorded in Sean Sullivan’s Tractor Shed Studio in Nashville. The twelve songs careen recklessly across the whole folk-country spectrum, showcasing The Montvales’ distinctive harmonies and building a sonic world just expansive and surprising enough to hold the wide-eyed existentialism of the stories and questions raised by the lyrics.
Liz Fulmer is a Lancaster-based singer/songwriter and pastor. She has four CDs, Tall Tales, Heaven Knows, Ellipsis, and The Bible Tells Me So. Fulmer is a musical storyteller with a dynamic, pure voice. She writes autobiographically about love, relationships, doubt-filled-faith, and what it’s like to be a queer pastor. Once, Lady Gaga called her “sensational,” and that was pretty cool. But no praise tops that of Fulmer’s six-year-old son who regularly asks for her music to be played in the car.