Hope Savage is an award-winning Bay Area singer-songwriter and rhythm guitar player with a musical style centered on Americana/Folk, ranging into Bluegrass and Old Time. She grew up in Pacifica and has been a Chit Chat Cafe regular with the trio Savage Bond. She teaches preschool family music classes at Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica and has recently appeared at the California Bluegrass Association's annual Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley, on the rooftop park at Salesforce Tower in SF and at the bandshell in Golden Gate Park. She has played across the country as a soloist and with her various bands including Savage Bond and the Hopeful Romantics on the West Coast, and as Mo' Hope in New England. She has four albums of original music recorded and is working on a new solo album. Hope came in as a runner-up in the Great American Song Contest for her breakup song "Invite The Last Tear", which she is excited about performing at this upcoming showcase.
Jonny Domino, bluesman from the piedmont/tidewater region of Maryland. Working alongside the rural black laborers in construction supply, he learned the music, lifestyle and lore of the blues and Hoo-Doo. For over 45 years Jonny has played guitar and steel bodied resonator guitar for audiences on both coasts.
Hitchhiking Honeymoon is made up of married couple Eric Beattie and Marymoore Patterson and Sam Pointer. Since Sam is not local, Eric and Marymoore often play as a duo and their songwriting themes include love, loss, triumph, and the struggle for us to stay connected to each other and to the natural world. Their three albums - Hitchhiking Honeymoon (2019), River Friend (2020) and Chase the Sun (2022) - are populated by a range of interesting characters including river spirits, lovers on a beach, a widower mourning the loss of his wife, talking fish who scold fishermen, a self-driving car, and a cat who hates bluegrass.
Throughout her storied music career, Anna Karney has performed across the country and released an incredible catalog of chart topping and critically acclaimed music. Always keeping her mind on social justice and positive messages, KARNEY channels her love for the planet and the beauty of the earth into her powerful new full-length album CREATURES IN THE GARDEN.
