Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

The Blues Broads
The Blue Broads are: Tracy Nelson, founder of the legendary group MOTHER EARTH, whose signature composition “Down So Low”, has been recorded by among others, Etta James, and Linda Rondstadt. Annie Sampson, former longtime cast member of “Hair” and the groundbreaking group Stoneground....

Marcia Ball
Pianist and singer/songwriter Marcia Ball is a living example of how East Texas blues meets southwest Louisiana swamp rock. Ball was born March 20, 1949, in Orange, Texas, but grew up across the border in Vinton, Louisiana....

The Black Lillies
A country act that shades to the Americana side of things, the Black Lillies were formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2009 by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Cruz Contreras (formerly of Robinella & the CC Stringband), guitarist and pedal steel player Tom Pryor, drummer and percussionist Jamie Cook (both Pryor and Cook were formerly members of the Everybodyfields), bassist Robert Richards, and vocalist Trisha Gene Brady....

Laurie Lewis
Native Berkeleyite Laurie Lewis' songwriting, fiddling, and crystal-clear singing have brought her national recognition, a Grammy, and two International Bluegrass Music Association Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year....

Garrin Benfield