Our Spring 2018 Music on the Porch season opens with two of the best banjo players in the world. Ryan Cavanaugh gained early fame as a young musician, sharing stages with with traditional greats like Doc Watson, Doug Dillard, and … Read more

Will Ridenour has studied the West African harp-lute kora since 1999, touring 28 countries with punk outfit Zegota and dance band Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba. Gabriel Pelli brings an indie rock and jazz background from his work with The … Read more

Join us on the lawn for our 2017 Fall Music on the Porch series! September 7: Kamara Thomas (Cosmic Americana) September 21: Violet Bell (Lizzy Ross & Omar Ruiz-Lopez) September 28: Gabriel Pelli & Will Ridenour (Roots Music from Two Continents) All … Read more

Based out of Durham, NC, Violet Bell is an original indie duo striving to create “folk-soul music that sings in your bones.” Lizzy Ross has made a name for herself with stirring original songs and “a voice like cigarettes and … Read more

Join us at the Love House & Hutchins Forum for the first show of our Fall 2017 concert series! Music on the Porch is sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South, and all are welcome. Born … Read more