Since the release of his 2019 album Northern 45, Jeff Cramer has been digging into the nooks and crannies of modern folk, establishing himself as a distinctive interrogator of what it means to call America home. A self-described Midwest runaway, his passion for the American landscape reveals itself not only in his music but in his lifelong advocacy for clean energy. In August 2024, Jeff released Forever Morning with acclaimed producer Andrew Berlin (Gregory Alan Isakov’s Evening Machines) — a sprawling road-trip through homelands real and imagined, mixing soft-thrumming acoustics and sunny drumbeats with a healthy dose of self-exploration. A month later, he and a magically slapdash band recorded Live at the Bluebird, a spur-of-the-moment celebration of music he’d spent the better part of a decade crafting with meticulous care. Stripped down and revved up, Cramer combs through the storied landscape of his folk forefathers to make music that’s both homage and evolution. He’s currently at work on a new record, and tours when his day job lets him, or when he can live without the sleep.
Jack Gregori brandishes his deep baritone voice and black Stetson from local blues bars in Washington, DC to Hollywood, giving audiences a rare opportunity to practice a rebel yell and test out their best heel-toe moves. Raised in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on early piano and saxophone lessons and a childhood diet of The Beatles, Howlin’ Wolf, and The Rolling Stones, Jack found his way to country music only after a winding path through three states, a law degree, and a boom-to-bust mortgage career — eventually landing in DC, where his honky-tonk band, Human Country Jukebox, built a loyal following through a multi-year residency at the legendary Madam’s Organ. That local buzz turned national when he advanced on NBC’s The Voice, drawing praise from Grammy-nominated coach Ellie Goulding (“Your voice is incredibly deep and powerful”). The Washingtonian and Washington City Paper have both spotlighted his rise, and the résumé backs it up: over 500 shows in just the past few years, a 2014 debut album, performances at nearly every major DC venue from the Black Cat to The Hamilton, and shared stages with Nashville mainstays like Jim Lauderdale — all delivered with the kind of lived-in perspective that gives real weight to songs about heartbreak and gratitude alike.
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