March 2024 News
We are no longer accepting any submissions for new artists here at
Baker Booking.
We have merged into Rockwood Booking Agency and will be reaching out and booking all future shows there. You can see our artists on the site along with all the other great performers at Rockwood Booking
here: https://www.rockwoodbooking.com/artists
We also offer a coaching program for artists who may be seeking representation or refining their booking skills
https://www.rockwoodbooking.com/coaching
You can reach me for all booking inquiries at: louise@rockwoodbooking.com
ARTISTS-Availability
Tours for 2024 are being actively booked!
Performers
Abby Posner has been a working musician in Los Angeles for the past 16 years. She is best known for her ability to play nearly any instrument that she can lay her hands on, twisting genres, and pushing the boundaries of folk and roots music. If you have seen Abby perform live, you know she can play a mean lead-blues guitar solo, or throw down a complex Earl Scruggs banjo riff. You also may have spotted her playing drums, mandolin, or bass while using her looping pedal. In addition to her versatility, she puts passion and soul into everything she plays.
Songwriter/composer/multi-instrumentalist
Abby has opened for:
Dustbowl Revival, Sierra Hull, Phranc, Dave Alvin and Michael Daves + more
-2022 Folk Alliance showcase artist
-winner of Carl Gage Songwriter Award 2020
-Bank Of America Banjo artist for Ken Burn Documentary
-Award winning film score for 2020 Documentary "Lady Buds"
-resident at Hotel Cafe, LA- CA
NEW VIDEO
This singer-songwriter is the most criminally undiscovered artist out there, and by ‘there’ I’m referring to both the physical world as well as the far more influential virtual one. Her songs are so sweet and achingly beautiful at times that they belong on the soundtracks of romantic comedies (the good ones produced by Judd Apatow.)
-By: Nick Schneider - Entertainment Bureau
Website:https://www.abbyposner.com/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/AbbyPosnerMusic/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/abbyposnermusic/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/abbyposnermusic
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/abbyposner
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3BBfFig
David LaMotte
Black Mountain, NC
David LaMotte is an award-winning songwriter, speaker and writer. He has
performed over 3000 concerts and released thirteen full-length CDs of primarily original music, touring in all of the fifty states, as well as five of the seven continents.
His most recent album, Still, was at #4 on the Folk Charts as of August, 2022.
LaMotte has appeared as a featured performer at the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Doc and Merle Watson Festival, the National Folk Festival of Australia, and the Auckland Folk Festival in New Zealand, among many others.
As a touring artist with an over thirty-year career, LaMotte has developed a large and loyal following. His music has been honored with numerous awards and artist grants, and has been featured on dozens of artist compilations.
YouTube https://youtu.be/1pJj5qfiyHU
"guitar-spanking open-tuning grooves as well as gentle folk-tinged pop. His lyrics range from insightful image-driven stories to equally insightful humor.” - Washington Times
Website: www.davidlamotte.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidlamottecommunity
Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidlamotte
Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidlamotte
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6AhIniN8IQAPWsCtEoGnqV
Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/david-lamotte-5
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=david+lamotte
Like the farming homesteaders of her native Mississippi River Delta, Ever More Nest builds houses of emotion among fields of mercy, forests of fears, and streams of consciousness. These are houses that are lived in, that draw in visitors to comfortable confines with the promise of warmth despite the dust, grit, and dangers of the day.
Rooted in Southern musical traditions and infused with confessional 90s angst, the music of Ever More Nest can likewise lull and rock you right off a front porch. Ever More Nest’s dynamic, homegrown voice—hugged by lush, church-pew harmonies— is complemented by ghostly, effusive guitars, spirited mandolin and banjo, mournful fiddle, and a rhythm section steady as a country train.
Ever More Nest ( Kelcy Mae Wilburn) also travels as a duo, four piece or six piece band. Contact us for routing and pricing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSdQxYuOESo
https://www.evermorenest.com/
“Brilliant... a beautiful tapestry weaved from thought-provoking messages and Wilburn’s honest soul.”
Website: https://www.evermorenest.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EverMoreNest
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evermorenest/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Dn46N1
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/evermorenest
YouTube:https://bit.ly/3RV3AtA
David Jacobs-Strain is a fierce slide guitar player, and a song poet from Oregon. He’s known for both his virtuosity and spirit of emotional abandon; his live show moves from humorous, subversive blues, to delicate balladry, and then swings back to swampy rock and roll. It’s a range that ties Jacobs-Strain to his own generation and to guitar-slinger troubadours like Robert Johnson and Jackson Browne. “I try to make art that you can dance to, but I love that darker place, where in my mind, Skip James, Nick Drake, and maybe Elliot Smith blur together.”
David Jacobs-Strain has appeared at festivals from British Columbia to Australia, including Merlefest, Telluride Blues Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, Bumbershoot, and Blues to Bop in Switzerland. He’s taught at Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch, and at fifteen years old was on the faculty at Centrum’s Blues and Heritage workshop.
Bob Beach is a master harmonica player, flute player, songwriter and singer. Bob has performed for years with many musicians and is the harp player of choice on the east coast and beyond. Bob met David in 2002. Their live show moves from humorous, subversive blues, to delicate balladry, and then swings back to swampy rock and roll
Photo by Michelle Mc Afee
“David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach blew me away last summer at Swannanoa. As we say at home, they knocked my hat in the creek. I can’t envision the audience that could fail to take to them from the first chord and to the last. Hear them yourself as soon as you can.”
Tom Paxton
Website: https://davidjacobs-strain.com/
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/davidjacobsstrain/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjacobsstrain/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/djstrainmusic
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqHUB6wBjvFau5brQn1L95A
Heather Pierson is a pianist, singer/songwriter, songleader, and performer whose inspiring live performances and growing catalog of releases delve into Americana, blues, New Orleans jazz, vocal chants, instrumental piano, and folk. Best known for her ease at the piano and her bell-tone vocals, Heather’s songs and musicianship embody joy, honesty, playfulness, and a desire to share from the heart. She tours as a duo with Shawn Nadeau on bass and harmony vocals, and as a trio adding Craig Bryan on drums, percussion, and harmony vocals.
Throughout her colorful career, Heather's eclectic skill set continues to propel her onto concert hall stages and into barrooms, coffeehouses, resort hotels, living rooms, and churches. Her nearly non-stop performance schedule speaks of her tireless work ethic and endless devotion to her crafts. Defying genre and classification and yet fully embracing all musical styles, Heather is an artist who speaks the language of music in as many dialects as her abilities will allow. Her life’s work is to share her love of music and her gratitude for life with others – one song, one heart, and one mind at a time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60zDfZ6dVKo
"Heather is like two great acts in one, sliding from sweet acoustic Appalachian old-timey vibe with Patty Griffinesque lyrics to brassy New Orleans blues piano with a bone thrown to Bessie Smith.”
DC Bloom | Lone Star Music Magazine
Website: https://heatherpierson.com/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherPiersonMusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeatherPierson
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/heatherpierson/
Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/7HCrpKHbdMzpkaHYBRMhzz
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeatherPiersonMusic
Heather Pierson Trio
The ability to write songs that are both modern and ancient is a rare thing. The product of an arcane art of weaving in traditional influences so thoroughly that they become the warp and weft of fresh creations.
The Black Feathers, made up of Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler, are two such talents. They first became aware of the magic between them while collaborating on several musical projects, becoming The Black Feathers and life partners in 2012.
Americana, Folk, and Acoustic Indie Rock sensibilities coexist comfortably in their musical world, with Hughes’ guitar work buoying the kind of harmonies often only heard in family bands.
The Covid-19 pandemic brought their Spring 2020 tour to an abrupt end; returning them to their UK home. The Black Feathers are on an extensive tour with their new album ANGEL DUST & CYANIDE which was released July 8, 2022 . Expect to hear songs from the new album, on the upcoming tour. Their tour takes them from the west coast to the midwest and ends up on the east coast late Fall 2022. Several major festivals are on the tour including, Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts & the Kate Wolf Festival.
The duo will return in 2023- dates TBD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CcvUFbl9tY
Press review of "Angel Dust and Cyanide"
The most intense numbers are “Barcelona,” which is beautiful & its coda “Nos Da.” Chilling. It’s as if Sarah McLachlan was singing a Strawbs song. It’s that good. https://americanahighways.org/
Website: https://theblackfeathers.com/
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/theblackfeathers
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theblackfeathersmusic/
Twitter https://twitter.com/blackfeathersuk
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/01vSfFIYwtjUe5XqNw6iU7
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/theblackfeathers