The Gantry, Nikki Tally, Dogs on Main Street

Singer/songwriter Kevin Goldhahn started The Gantry in the summer of 2011 while working on his self titled debut solo EP. The solo project quickly turned into something bigger and after the release of the EP in October of 2011, The Gantry was officially formed.

Raised in Ruffin, North Carolina and hailing from Asheville, it’s only fitting that Nikki’s music is as eclectic as the state that boasts the mountains and the sea. Trying to pin down Nikki’s style, critics and reviewers alike have compared her to Patty Loveless and Gillian Welch, but to leave the comparisons there would be doing a disservice to her fiery stage performance, hauntingly seductive and raw gritty lyrics, lifted by a voice that harkens back to her Appalachian roots, and shores up on the edges of contemporary country, folk, and old time that has her audiences stomping and clapping for more.

Dogs On Main Street, the stage name of balladeer Mac Rowe, hails originally from Richmond, VA. Forming in 2009, Mac has played regularly throughout central and northwest Virginia. He played many venues including The Camel and Gallery 5 in Richmond. He also participated twice in the MACRoCK Festival in Harrisonburg, Virginia including headlining bands such as The Dodos, The Bouncing Souls, and S. Carey. In 2011, he released his debut EP Bound In Blood. Its uncompromising lyrics began to make waves in the Richmond music scene. "Rowe channels Bruce Springsteen in a way that feels fresh and honest. His lyrics exist in a world where love is worth fighting for and making it through the night is never a struggle--it's when our dreams come true," writes Shannon Cleary of RVA Magazine.