COSMIC
SONGWRITER
FESTIVAL

5 VENUES • 4 NIGHTS
Listening Room Environment
Bloomington, Indiana
May 17-20, 2023

S.G. Goodman • Aaron Lee Tasjan • Jason Wilber • The Local Honeys

Kostas • Helen Darling • Jaimee Harris • Jarrod Dickenson • JP Ruggieri • Scott Cook • Charlie Jesseph

The Reverent Few • Tommy Alexander • Dakota Curtis • Rikki Jean • Luke Powers • Paul Bertsch

Copeland James • Silvia Josefina • Adam deWeber • CJ Reichard • hopedaddy • Matt Lundquist • Rickie Maxwell

Hazy Hollows • Amanda Webb • Millaze • Lenox Monroe • The Monon Troubadours • Oso Blues

PERFORMERS

S.G. Goodman

Buskirk-Chumley • May 20
“No one escapes the marks left behind when it comes to love or the absence of it,” says singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman...
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Aaron Lee Tasjan

Buskirk-Chumley • May 20
Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, the new album from Aaron Lee Tasjan, a genre-bending rising
star who’s bold reimagination...
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Jason Wilber

The Bluebird • May 18
Jason Wilber’s latest record, Time Traveler, plays like a radio signal emanating from some distant outpost...
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The Local Honeys

The Bluebird • May 18
With their self-titled debut on La Honda Records , the duo have set forth on a journey to create something true...
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Kostas

Blockhouse • May 19
Kostas has written for several country music artists, including Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, George Strait, and Travis Tritt...
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Helen Darling

Blockhouse • May 19
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Jaimee Harris

Orbit Room • May 17
Jaimee Harris turned 30 during the pandemic. It’s a milestone that is a rite of passage even during normal times...
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Jarrod Dickenson

The Bluebird • May 18
If Jarrod Dickenson’s third studio album, BIG TALK sounds like a mighty roar of defiance, that’s not a design choice or...
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JP Ruggieri

The Bluebird • May 18
JP Ruggieri is a Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitarist and pedal steel guitarist whose broad range of abilities have...
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Scott Cook

Blockhouse • May 19
Cook is one of the hardest-working DIY troubadours on the road today, averaging around 150 shows including a dozen...
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Charlie Jesseph

Buskirk-Chumley • May 20
Inspired by R&B, Soul, & Latin Music, solo singer-songwriter Charlie Jesseph combines smooth vocals with a variety...
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The Reverent Few

Buskirk-Chumley • May 20
Nick & Paige both grew up playing in the Chicagoland blues scene, weaving sounds of rhythm and blues with...
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Tommy Alexander

Blockhouse • May 19
In 2015 something undeniable was pulling the 31-year old DIY musician, self-made entrepreneur, and college...
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Dakota Curtis

The Bluebird • May 18
Dakota Curtis is a singer-songwriter from the Ohio River Valley of Southern Indiana. He now resides in Bloomington.
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Rikki Jean

The Bluebird • May 18
Rikki Jean learned the harsh realities of life at a young age, losing her father at age five. Growing up in Southern...
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Luke Powers

Orbit Room • May 17
He considers his biggest writing influences to be John Prine, Willie Nelson, and Jim Croce. His live performances are a...
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Paul Bertsch

Orbit Room • May 17
His 5th CD, titled “Martians and Earthlings” is his “pandemic project”, 15 songs covering all kinds of topics…Marriage, faith...
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Copeland James

Orbit Room • May 17
Language is an imperfect tool of communication, but Copeland James is trying their best to bridge the gap...
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Silvia Josefina

Blockhouse • May 19
With their pen and guitar in hand, Silvia Josefina creates soothing soundscapes for everyone to enjoy. In January...
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Adam deWeber

Blockhouse • May 19
deWeber's style can be described as "Singer-songwriter, with Attention-Deficit-Disorder," and has...
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CJ Reichard

Orbit Room • May 17
In the ‘80s, while a student at IU, CJ climbed through the windows of a law school classroom with her all-woman...
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hopedaddy

Orbit Room • May 17
Tales of love, friendship, family, travel, and the wisdom of a life well-lived (and also not), written and recorded in Unionville...
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Matt Lundquist

Switchyard Pavilion • May 20
Matt Lundquist gathers inspiration for songs from the Lost Roads, Deep Woods and Front Porches of Southern...
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Rickie Maxwell

Switchyard Pavilion • May 20
Ricki Maxwell is a local musician who has been playing bass guitar in various Bloomington area bands since the early...
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Hazy Hollows

Switchyard Pavilion • May 20
Hazy Hollows are a duet of Tio Savich and Noelle Wanchic, who are adding a third and fourth for their debut album “Rip and a...
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Amanda Webb

Switchyard Pavilion • May 20
Hailing from the moonshiner hills of Brown County, Indiana, Amanda Webb is a vocalist and keyboardist regionally known...
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Millaze

Switchyard Pavilion • May 20
Millaze’s piano-songwriting authors life within an ink-sketched, reality-amalgamate, dream world inside her mind...
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