Folk/Americana Artist ISMAY Reveals Upcoming Tour Dates, Announces New Single and Music Video

They just made their debut at SF Jazz’s “Americana Roots Week”. no name Additional Bay Area and Northern California shows, new singles and videos announced. Recently featured as one of a select group of artists from around the world to join her Apple TV + Show My Kind of Country, produced by Kacey Musgraves and Reese Witherspoon, ISMAY has found new fame and a growing fan base. Enjoy the layers.

The new single “Stranger in the Barn” from ISMAY’s upcoming album will be available on all streaming platforms on May 2nd. An accompanying video will be released on her May 16th. This track is a collaboration with prolific folk/Americana multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Andrew Merlin of Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) recorded at Echo Mountain Recording Studios in Asheville, North Carolina. ISMAY will share the stage in support of his new single with Davis on May 5th, Misner & Smith on May 6th in Santa Rosa, and Sunny War in San Francisco on May 26th. See show details below.

There’s music you hear and music you see, and the best do both. ISMAY creates intimate folk/Americana his songs that take you directly to the land where they were written, deeply rooted in the heart of Sonoma Mountain. The experience of taming a wild horse, escaping a wildfire and laying a lamb, fused with warm guitars and delicately graceful vocals, is an original soundscape that is a feast for the ear and the imagination.

Inspired by singer/songwriter Avery Hellman (they/them or she/her), ISMAY released their full-length debut album Songs Of Sonoma Mountain in 2020 to widespread acclaim. He was voted one of her 10 Best Her Albums in the Bay Area by KQED Arts and has been featured in American Songwriter, No Depression, Sonoma Magazine and more. Blending field recordings and complex melodies with live guitar-based ingenious constructions, ISMAY’s old-world charm is aptly showcased.

Hellman’s musical talent is no surprise. Growing up backstage at his grandfather’s Warren Hellman’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. So early on he was influenced by artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Hazel Dickens. Since then, ISMAY has performed at music festivals such as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Strawberry Music Festival, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, The Lantern Tour, and prestigious venues such as Great American Music Hall, Slims and Golden State. Theater, Mystic Theater. They have opened for notable artists such as Steve Earle, Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), Justin Townes Earle, Robert Earl Keane, John Doe and Chuck Prophet.

what: ISMAY / Misner & Smith @ The Melon Ball

where: Watermelon Music, 1970 Lake Blvd, Suite 1, Davis, 95616

when: Friday, May 5; doors open at 7:30 pm.music 8pm

WHO: no name

Misner & Smith

Tickets and information: $20; watermelonmusic.com, (530) 758 4010

what: ISMAY / Misner & Smith @ The Lost Church

when: Saturday, May 6th, 7:30 p.m.Music 8:15pm – 10:30pm

where: The Lost Church, 427 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

WHO: Meisner & Smith

no name

Tickets and information: $20; thelostchurch.com

what: Sunny War / ISMAY / Elizabeth Rubin @ Bottom of the Hill

when: Friday, May 26; doors open at 8pm.Music 8:30pm

where: Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th Street (17th @ Missouri), San Francisco, CA 94107

WHO: Sunny War

no name

Elizabeth Rubin

Tickets and information: $15; bottomofthehill.com, 415-626-4455, [email protected]

About “Stranger in the Burn”

“Stranger in the Barn” is based on Avery’s real-life experiences on the family ranch. The story is about breaking down our walls and offering curiosity to the unknown rather than harboring contempt and anger. Ismay recorded the prolific folk/Americana of Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) at her Echo Mountain Recording Studio in Asheville, North Carolina with her multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Andrew Her Merlin. We collaborated. The song features Jamie Dick (Alison Russell, Rhiannon Giddens) on drums, Clint Mullikan (Watchhouse/Mandolin Orange) on bass, and Andrew Allen Farlander (T Sisters) on guitar. increase. The Grammy Award-winning he was designed by Julian Dreyer (Steep Canyon Rangers, Rising Appalachia).

highlight:

● “So exciting to see ISMAY perform…ISMAY has an incredible future.” – Orville Peck

● ISMAY was featured on My County of Country by Reese Witherspoon and Kacey Musgraves on AppleTV+

● “Every song weaves in the sights, sounds and feel of the surrounding land and is gently guided by ISMAY’s meticulous care.

Guitar and delicate, mesmerizing vocals. – American songwriter

● Debut album Songs Of Sonoma Mountain was named one of the 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2020 and won.

Featured in American Songwriter, No Depression, Sonoma Magazine and more.

● Working on a sophomore album with a respected folk/Americana multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer.

Watchouse’s Andrew Merlin.

● Steve Earle, Watchhouse, Justin Townes Earle, Robert Earl Keen, John Doe,

Chuck Prophet.

• Performed at music festivals such as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Strawberry Music Festival, The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, The Lantern Tour, and prestigious venues such as Great American Music Hall, Slim’s, Golden State Theatre, Mystic Theatre.