Zoe & Cloyd w/special guest Evan Murphy

“A musical collaboration that demands to be heard.” - Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

Zoe & Cloyd - The innovative “klezgrass” music of Zoe & Cloyd springs from the rich traditions and complementary styles of fiddler/vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Descending from a lineage of klezmer and jazz musicians, Natalya trained classically in her home state of Massachusetts before moving south in 2004. John, a twelfth generation North Carolinian and grandson of pioneering bluegrass fiddler, Jim Shumate, is a 1st place winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest and the Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. Based in Asheville, NC, Natalya and John are also experienced educators and are both instructors in the traditional music program at Warren Wilson College.

In 2023, Zoe & Cloyd released their fifth studio album on Organic Records, entitled Songs of Our Grandfathers. The project is an homage to their respective bluegrass and klezmer roots and has been enthusiastically received with feature articles in Bluegrass Unlimited, No Depression and the Bluegrass Situation. Also in 2023, Zoe & Cloyd performed at numerous events including Bluegrass Omagh in Northern Ireland, the Earl Scruggs Music Festival, the NC Folk Festival, and hosted A Swannanoa Solstice at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. Zoe & Cloyd delight audiences with soaring harmonies and heartfelt songwriting, seamlessly combining original bluegrass, klezmer, old-time and folk with sincerity and zeal.

“Songs of Our Grandfathers is about tapping into tradition, but also carrying it forward, an exercise in finding new room for creativity while honoring the past.”– No Depression

“Songs of Our Grandfathers is a timely, historically meaningful and masterfully executed project.”– Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

www.zoeandcloyd.com

Evan Murphy - Through years of collaboration and creation, Evan Murphy has earned a reputation as an adventurous and thoughtful songwriter. Sung with an honest, unadorned folk tenor, and supported by rock solid guitar playing, Evan’s songs connect deeply and directly with listeners. He was a founding member of acclaimed string band Mile Twelve, and with them played some of the country’s finest music festivals and venues. In 2019 Evan released his first solo project, a roots rock EP titled Born Again Town. Brian Carroll of Red Line Roots wrote, “It isn’t often you come across an artist who can excel to a certain level of one genre, never mind entirely separate ones through different projects, but that’s just what Evan Murphy has proven.” Evan lives in Boston where he performs regularly and teaches guitar.

Doors open at 6pm for food and drinks.  Advanced tickets cost $20, day of show tickets cost $25.