Owen Grooms Monday Music Series
Live Stream Shows
Live Stream Shows
Owen Grooms Presents Jacob Goins and Potluck
about jacob:
Jacob Goins is a folk songwriter, performer, and producer from the far west of North Carolina.
His writing is born of woods, of the emergence and recession of light, and of the silence in which he lingers. He strives to make art that doesn’t sing over the quiet, but sings along with it.
A native of Western North Carolina, Jacob was born in Brevard and grew up in Brasstown, among a large family of musicians. Though his style draws from traditional Appalachian music, his influences are broad, spanning English Folk, Piedmont Blues, Classical, and Jazz. These are combined with his subtle guitar playing and vocal style that are an intuitive response to the lush and mountainous land that he comes from.
Jacob’s 2024 crowdfunded album, a spring may well up, was written during the pandemic, when he experienced an artistic drought that he had never felt before. Through that season he had nothing to do but write music about not being able to write. Alongside those songs of wrestling came instrumental pieces about simple things, calling him again outside of himself: a song for his home community, a song for his best friend’s baby, lifelong familiar creeks… At the end of this season, he had a group of beloved, but very particular, songs he thought were only for him. Songs of his own healing.
Soon after these songs were penned, Jacob and his wife Lauren went on a long trip across the country playing shows, as they have done for the last few years. To Jacob’s surprise, in sharing those new songs they found that musicians and poets aren’t the only ones who lose their song sometimes. This knowledge formed his motivation to record the album alongside Lauren, whose intricate piano playing and vocals can be heard throughout.
Owen Grooms Presents Old Sap and Potluck
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Poet from Chicago, rambled out to Montana, cut a banjo from a tamarack, strings across the country, foot like a freight train, voice rushing down over lush Appalachia, sings a thrush tune through the rush hour and into your long-forgotten prairie dreams.
Folk. Folk Rock. Americana.
Old Sap just released Marble Home, his best work yet,
“a record that understands music as shared space. For listeners who believe albums should feel alive, Marble Home delivers fully.”
—Claire Uebelacker, Ballyhoo Magazine
Owen Grooms Presents Jennifer Rhea Linville and Potluck
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Jennifer Rhea Linville and Owen Grooms play heartwarming original and traditional songs on guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle. Jenn grew up in Transylvania County, North Carolina, and has played music here throughout her life’s journey with her family and friends, including the bands Chrysalis and The Woven. Owen plays with Pretty Little Goat and other regional bands, and teaches traditional music through the Transylvania County Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) Program. Together, they offer sweet harmonies that bring ease to your soul and a smile to your face. Their debut self-titled album was released in June 2024 and features Jenn’s evocative songwriting and soulful lead vocals, traditional tunes brought to life by Owen’s unique clawhammer banjo style and lead singing, and Jenn’s beautiful harmonies. The duo released their second album, Under the Hawthorn Tree, in June of 2025 which features more instrumentation and guest artists, while keeping the music heartfelt, honest and sincere. Their newest album, Sail Away Ladies, is a retreat to simplicity, in that it features only gourd banjo and vocals, and was recorded on tape. Join us for an evening of dynamic traditional and original mountain music.
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We will also be hosting a community potluck dinner this evening and every Monday from 6–8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food or a place setting, for any reason, we are happy to feed you and provide dishes for you to use. We look forward to sharing a meal together!
