Brooklyn Americana Music Festival - Day One
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 (EDT)
08:00PM - 11:00PM
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St
Brooklyn, New York 11231
Opening Night of 10th Annual BKAMF - Brooklyn Americana Fest.com
Starring Tyrone Cotton (Louisville KY), Jesse Lenat (Brooklyn NY), Annie Keating (Brooklyn NY), and Fern Maddie (VT). Em Cee Festival Founder, Jan Bell.
Voted Best Festival / Cultural Event 'Empire State Awards' 2023.
Tyrone Cotton folk, blues, soul, jazz and rock’n’roll. A fixture on the Louisville music scene for the past 30 years. His grandfather was a Baptist preacher, the Reverend Cleveland Roosevelt Williams, whose singing made him Cotton’s first musical hero. Other influences include Smokey Robinson, Guy Clark, and Sam Cooke, although he draws his greatest inspiration from Bob Dylan, of whom Cotton says, “He’s the mountain!” - 4 STARS Americana UK.
Annie Keating is Brooklyn based singer songwriter who the legendary BBC Bob Harris says 'Fantastic! A Must see!'. Oft described for fans of Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Fleetwood Mac.
Starring Tyrone Cotton (Louisville KY), Jesse Lenat (Brooklyn NY), Annie Keating (Brooklyn NY), and Fern Maddie (VT). Em Cee Festival Founder, Jan Bell.
Voted Best Festival / Cultural Event 'Empire State Awards' 2023.
Tyrone Cotton folk, blues, soul, jazz and rock’n’roll. A fixture on the Louisville music scene for the past 30 years. His grandfather was a Baptist preacher, the Reverend Cleveland Roosevelt Williams, whose singing made him Cotton’s first musical hero. Other influences include Smokey Robinson, Guy Clark, and Sam Cooke, although he draws his greatest inspiration from Bob Dylan, of whom Cotton says, “He’s the mountain!” - 4 STARS Americana UK.
Annie Keating is Brooklyn based singer songwriter who the legendary BBC Bob Harris says 'Fantastic! A Must see!'. Oft described for fans of Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Fleetwood Mac.
Jesse Lenat is a singer songwriter and actor. He has played his original brand of Americana
music at many venues including: The Jalopy Theatre, Brooklyn Americana Festival, the
original Living Room on the lower east side and has been a frequent performer at Willie
Nelson’s Farm Aid (Americas longest running benefit concert) for which he was the opening
act the only year it was ever held in NYC at Randall's Island. Jesse can be seen as AJ in all
3 seasons of the Amazon streaming series, created by Bryan Cranston, “Sneaky Pete”. Jesse
lives in Brooklyn with his dachshund Lola.
Fun Folk Fact: Jesse can also be seen as a 9 year old boy being interviewed outside of
Carnegie hall in the 1980 movie “The Weavers: Wasn't That A Time”
Fern Maddie is a balladeer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Central Vermont (N’dakinna). Her songs -- performed with clawhammer banjo, guitar, and clear, soulful vocals -- explore modern interpretations of traditional ballads. Her interpretations and originals have garnered national and international acclaim: her debut album, Ghost Story, was named #2 of The Guardian’s Best Folk Albums of 2022 and was listed on NPR’s Best Roots Music of the year.
IG: @bkamericanafest
IG: @bkamericanafest
Unfortunately due to Visa delays Lauren Housley and the Northern Cowboys cannot play the festival this year. We are doing everything we can to bring them out in 2025. Brooklyn based Jesse Lenat is going to play their time slot instead.
Lauren Housley, is an award-winning singer and songwriter hailing from Yorkshire and a young female artist and recent mother of two who has already made her mark with three independent albums and two BBC Radio playlist hit singles.
Lauren Housley, is an award-winning singer and songwriter hailing from Yorkshire and a young female artist and recent mother of two who has already made her mark with three independent albums and two BBC Radio playlist hit singles.