Sadie Gustafson-Zook

• Folk
• Jazz
• Singer/Songwriter

Every time Sadie Gustafson-Zook carves a linoleum block, sews a pencil case out of scraps, or admires the way the ink in her Pilot G-2 glides over her journal, she thinks, “I should be doing this all the time.” The act of creating something tangible is the air Sadie breathes. Her songwriting is the same- weaving an internal dialogue, the stories she tells herself, warm melodies and clever chords into something real, something she can physically feel with her hands and her throat. And chances are that you’ll be able to feel them too.

Sadie’s songs have been endorsed by some of the most respected songwriting contests in the country, winning Kerrville Folk Festival’s 2022 New Folk Contest (as well as placing as a finalist in 2020), earning second place at the Rocky Mountain Folk Fest’s Songwriter Showcase, and winning first place at the NewSong + LEAF Songwriting Contest. Sadie has been featured on the Basic Folk podcast and on Folk Alley.

On Sadie’s May 2024 album “Where I Wanna Be,” she takes the listener along on an intimate journey as Sadie decides where to call home. Recorded on an 8-track reel to reel, this stripped-down album isn’t hiding behind anything. Over the course of 10 delightful tracks the listener gains insights into Sadie’s middle school crushes on gay boys, a desire to call the weatherman to ask for some guidance, and the nerve-wracking experience of meeting your idols and feeling small. Throughout the album Sadie’s agile vocals and intricate guitar playing shine while her thoughtful lyrics capture the immensity of potential and the complexity of history that emerge during times of life transition.

Following closely on the heels of “Where I Wanna Be” is Sadie’s fall 2024 EP entitled “What I Pushed Below,” out November 13th, 2024.

Luke Concannon

Luke Concannon has early memories of falling asleep at Irish family parties to the sound of guitars, singing, and dancing; he’s been making music in community ever since: Upon meeting double-bassist John Parker in school, the two formed the folk hip-hop duo Nizlopi (best known for the “JCB Song”), selling a million records in their twenties and deeply influencing a young Ed Sheeran (who interned with them). Through the strain of recording and touring world-wide with a small family-run label, Nizlopi parted ways.

Invigorated by a hitch-hiking trip to Palestine, Luke wrote his first solo album ‘Give it all’ kindling the fire for a solo singer-song writer career. Luke followed his love, the singer Stephanie Hollenberg, to the United States and they married in 2019. Stephanie wrote the Chamber musical ‘At Love’s Hearth’ and performs and teaches around the world, often with Luke.

Ecstatic Bird in the Burning, Luke’s 2022 album debuted at no12 in the folk charts on both sides of the Atlantic (with a no7 single ‘Doing Nothing’) and garnered rave reviews.

A pandemic collaboration with multi-instrumentalist composer Darius Christian  (Macklemore/Leslie Odom Jr) lead to the singles ‘What would you change’, ‘Brother’ (a dialogue between a Ukrainian and Russian soldier) and ‘Dance with you’ (with a joyful global community made video) New singles are coming through 2025 along with UK and US tours. Luke and Stephanie now resides in a Yurt on Abenaki land in Vermont with wonderful neighbours, and a parliament of bard owls.