Wed 9/4 – Local Cream Songwriter Showcase.
Hank Dietle’s Tavern | 11010 Rockville Pike., Rockville, MD | 8pm
ilyAIMY’s rob Hinkal joins the bill for Annette Wasilik’s monthly Local Cream Songwriter Showcase w Mary Battiata and Bill Baker. Suggested donation $10-20.
“In a perfect world, Annette Wasilik would be a star.”
~ Ken Nagelberg Baton Rouge Community Radio WHYR 96.9 FM
“Everything you most loved about Dolly and Rosanne is here, [Mary Battiata writes] with heart-tugging hooks that snag like spurs.” – Andrew Darlington, RNR Magazine, UK (March/April)
Local boy Bill Baker has become a familiar name in the Washington DC music scene. His award winning and critically acclaimed songs and voice have made there way across the States and onto main stage venues at Kerrville Folk Festival, Merlefest, Kennedy center, Strathmore arts center and Barns at Wolftrap as well as performances in Europe.
“Percussive, rhythmically driven guitar that freely composites fingerpicking, classical melodies, running bass lines, harmonics, & hard-charging chords. [rob Hinkal‘s] vocals are needled & gaunt, with the jittery energy of a dockyard stray on speed …” – Allzah