with Courtney Marie Andrews and Deb Talan

Welcome dinner: 6:00-7:30

Courtney Marie Andrews + Deb Talan: 7:30-8:45

About Courtney Marie Andrews

Courtney Marie Andrews is no stranger to introspection. From her humble teenage beginnings in the Arizona folk circuit, to her Grammy-nominated album Old Flowers (2020), to her place today as a preeminent voice and perspective in the American songwriting tradition, the celebrated singer-songwriter has always mined the depths of her experience and her sense of self, in order to cultivate a world reaching far beyond her own. Through stories of love, loss and the life lived in between, her work creates a place for others to feel heard and seen, a place for healing and growth of the human heart and spirit.  

Now emerging from a distinctly fertile creative period, Andrews is poised for her return to the public eye, wielding a new body of work that includes a wealth of songs, as well as the the August 26th release of her second poetry collection, titled Love Is a Dog That Bites When It’s Scared. Will you follow her there?

About Deb Talan

The album “I thought I saw you” by Deb Talan (distributed by ONErpm in February, 2025) is a collection of lush, songwriter folk-pop gems. It was recorded by Deb and Bryan Vanderpool (the Well Pennies, Golden Bear Studios) over 18 months, and supported by many local Iowa musicians, most notably Dan Padley (guitars, keys) and Jay Foote (bass.) From the gorgeous pean to moving-on of the opening song “A Glimmer in the Grass,” to the quirky sparkling looking-for-love of “Just Another Unicorn,” Deb’s voice and writing urge the listener to lean into the whole range of feelings involved in making and accepting big life changes. Informed by her 2020 divorce from her long-time Weepies partner, these songs of loss, longing, uncertainty and daily joy, point a way towards fully claiming one’s own life, including the hope for new love, when everything feels like it’s fallen apart. In “A Glimmer in the Grass” she sings, “now, find home again.” And it feels like she has.