SING FOR YOUR SLUMBER

UPCOMING SHOWS

  • Fantastical cosmic folk direct from Down Under! We are so happy to be welcoming Australian legends THE HEART COLLECTORS to North Adams for their Sing for your Slumber debut.

    Admission is free for all with donations for the artists welcomed and encouraged.

    From acoustic harmony-lead ballads to Bowie-esque sonic soundscapes, Australian four piece ‘Epic Folk’ group THE HEART COLLECTORS captures the essence of inspiration, honesty of love, and the nature of the cosmos in their music.

    Merging the inspiration of 60’s and 70’s inspired folk and roots music, their latest sound has grown to include delicately played piano, atmospheric electric guitar, melodic banjo, bowed mandolin, and haunting cello. These instruments combine to create intimate acoustic harmony driven songs, catchy folk/pop themes, upbeat “epic anthems” and the cosmic tonalities heard in their current work.

    Described by John T Davis, author of ‘Austin City Limits: ’25 Years Of American Music’ as “…Fleetwood Mac with more of an organic, Celtic-inflected lilt of vocals and melody…. Kymrie’s voice is the stuff angel’s wings are made of...” .

    Their much anticipated fifth studio album “The Space Between” is out now, following the success of their latest no. 5 charting EP release - “Timeless Space”.

  • Proud to be welcoming Chicago indie mainstay Sam Cantor and his project MINOR MOON back to the Sing for your Slumber stage – this time with a full band! They’re in the midst of a national tour in support of their new record THE LIGHT UP WALTZ, released April 12, and we’re psyched they’re stopping over at TOURISTS.

    ADMISSION IS FREE – SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. DONATIONS TO THE ARTISTS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED. Sam also makes killer hot sauce that will be available for purchase at the show.

    At the heart of Minor Moon’s open-ended and knotty country rock songs is an undeniably inviting lightness. While the Chicago-based songwriter and bandleader Sam Cantor writes impressionistic songs about the end of the world, they’re wrapped in such a warm blanket of lush guitars and pastoral twang that they always leave a hopeful spark. On their latest LP, The Light Up Waltz, Cantor sings of the fantastical in magical traveling bands, swaying bridges, and aquamarine metamorphoses. Still, he’s concerned with fundamentally human questions about who we are and how we reinvent ourselves when everything crumbles around us.

    The Light Up Waltz juxtaposes this buoyant and communal musical approach with lyrics that often sound like a post-apocalyptic fever dream. The first side follows a narrator who flees a decaying world and ends up somewhere stranger, freer and more open-ended. Take the rollicking “I Could See It Coming,” where Cantor sings, "But before we crossed on / I buried our gods / in an empty old playground in the sandbox / Where I could see it coming.” He explains, “What was resonating to me while writing was this contradictory feeling of personal transformation in the midst of pretty intense societal disarray. I became very focused on how everything eventually collapses and the songs became kind of a collection of folktales about a world after collapse." It’s heady stuff on paper but allowing these 10 songs to unfold and unwind is an evocative experience.

  • In the time since they blew the roof off our Lodge in January, Billy Allen & The Pollies have been touring hard across the nation, including a blazing run of shows at SXSW. They’ve been gaining new fans at a clip and playing larger and larger venues. We’re thrilled to have them back at TOURISTS for a little R&R and an intimate show. Not. To. Be. Missed.

    ADMISSION IS FREE – SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. DONATIONS TO THE ARTISTS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED.

    Listening to this band feels like walking on the alien terrain of a new genre. It sounds like garage grunge by way of Jackie Wilson. The very same kerchief Billy Allen uses to wipe sweat from his brow on stage could be carrying DNA from Wilson Pickett, Joe Cocker, D’Angelo, Ziggy Stardust, or any of the Spiders from Mars. Theirs is a gritty and trailblazing sound. They are a band full of smiling time travelers, able to visit and draw from a multitude of eras and styles. Their sound devastates you to the point of remembering why you love music. This is the type of band you root for. You can’t help it. They're that damn good.

    The band is a hybrid of four-piece rock outfit The Pollies and fellow Alabamian, and frontman, Billy Allen. The story of what fused Allen and The Pollies is one that begins in a bar 8 years ago. This particular bar was on Allen’s gig circuit and it just so happens to be where Jay Burgess (founder of The Pollies) was having a drink that evening. While there was intrigue and potential in that first chance meeting, the two would remain ships in the night, each building their own careers, until years later when the stars would align at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals. As the story goes, both Allen and The Pollies, who were all occasional session musicians at FAME, were finally in the room together and the track on deck was Little Richard’s “Greenwood, MS”.

    To hear Allen retell this part of the story is to hear a man talk about the beginnings of a priceless friendship. “There was an immediate romantic musical connection,” Allen said. “This is my band.” To hear Burgess tell it, the feeling was mutual. Over the subsequent year, the two groups rehearsed, toured, wrote, and gelled together under the moniker Billy Allen + The Pollies. The joining of Billy and Jay (along with the other charter members of The Pollies: Spencer Duncan, Jon Davis & Clint Chandler) was like the clicking of a dislocated bone back into true.

  • No Depression calls her “Queen of the East Nashville underground” - AMELIA WHITE is coming to North Adams for her Sing for your Slumber debut! She’s on the road supporting her latest incredible album, LOVE I SWORE, released in Feb 2024 on 31 Tigers Records.

    ADMISSION IS FREE – SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. DONATIONS TO THE ARTISTS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED.

    “Over the last couple of decades, East Nashville fixture Amelia White has built a folk-pop catalog that's as unfussy as it is consistent in quality, and full of insinuating hooks, slyly sleepy singing and lean, jangly backing.” NPR MUSIC

    "From optimism and sheer bliss that graced the first few tracks and at least one along the way, the album grows incrementally despairing lyrically, yet the hook-filled and varied musical accompaniment keeps the listener engaged to White’s consistently potent and verbally direct songwriting. Only the best singer-songwriters have such a gift and White has proven again that she’s one of the few.” Jim Hynes GLIDE

    "It’s been a while since I heard a record where every song is my favorite. The production is astoundingly sublime and thoughtful. This collection takes me calmly to the dark edge of town where civilization ends are nothing begins, offering no explanation other than the presence of a charitable breeze.” AMERICANA HIGHWAYS

    "Amelia White knows how to capture the jagged ways that individuals fall in and out of love and hope. On Love I Swore she conveys the depth of loss that often flows out of broken promises. Produced by Kim Richey, who joins White on background vocals on many of the songs, Love I Swore moves from rollicking rockers to smooth pop grooves.” Henry Carrigan NO DEPRESSION


  • TOURISTS is honored to be bringing GRIFFIN WILLIAM SHERRY to North Adams for his Sing for your Slumber debut. Griffin last played in North Adams at the FreshGrass Festival in 2018 with his band THE GHOST OF PAUL REVERE. We’re thrilled to be welcoming him back.

    ADMISSION IS FREE – SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. DONATIONS TO THE ARTISTS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED.

    “During a particularly quiet moment between songs, as everyone waited excitedly for the next number, a fan shouted, “That was good!” A simple statement – but said with such sincerity that Sherry needed to thank him for the best thing he’s ever had yelled at him on stage. It could have been said after every song, though, with just as much truth.” Hannah Jenkins V13


    Living somewhere in-between modern catharsis and American myth, Griffin William Sherry's roots continue to grow strong in the ever-evolving genres of Folk, Americana and Rock & Roll.


    Griffin's music is inspired by his rural New England roots. As such, he cobbles together an inimitable signature style, visceral and heartfelt, loud and passionate, each song taking on a voice of its own.


    In 2011, He co-founded the independent band The Ghost of Paul Revere, capturing the hearts and minds of countless fans with a series of acclaimed releases and sold-out shows everywhere. He helped establish his own music festival, performed on national television, and garnered millions of streams. In 2019, his song The Ballad of the 20th Maine became the official Maine State Ballad, securing The Ghost of Paul Revere's place in Maine music history.


    After writing music for seventeen years, Griffin is touring frequently and completing his first solo record, taking a defiant step in a new direction.