J. Chambers and Walter Parks with special guest Posey Lulu

J. Chambers is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from St. Louis. He purposefully avoids over accompaniment or unnecessary adornment, leaving his music raw and visceral with a gut punch range of emotion. His songs lean on intimate, provocative vocals that float hooky, searing melodies over simple, stripped-down acoustic guitar. Few artists step on stage as willing to expose their personal vulnerabilities, so that the audience might experience its own. J. is the former singer/songwriter of Universal Records’ New World Spirits and St. Louis’ own Blackout Angels. Posey Lu, singer, writer and acoustic guitarist from St Louis exhibits exquisite musicality, artistic maturity and creative instincts well beyond her young age of 19. Posey’s originals are an intimate conversation in present day real-talk and her magnificent covers honor the forerunners in her acoustic realm –Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Paul McCartney & others.

Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, now living in St Louis, Walter Parks was recently invited by The Library of Congress/American Folklife Collection to showcase and archive the hollers, hymns and reels that were performed by homesteaders in The Okefinokee Swamp – the headwaters of The Suwannee River. For 10 years Walter toured and recorded the world over with Woodstock legend Richie Havens – performing at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden and at The Glastonbury Festival in England. In 2014, Walter was the sole accompanist of Judy Collins at her Lincoln Center tribute to Pete Seeger. Walter is the leader of two Americana roots groups – Swamp Cabbage (electric-folk/rock) and The Unlawful Assembly (reimagined spirituals).