Meredith Edgar is a San Francisco-born, Bay-Area-raised singer-songwriter with a voice that Cindy Emch of Secret Emchy Society says “sounds like she stepped out of the starring singer role in a David Lynch movie.” A lifelong singer and performer, she started writing and playing originals at open mics when she was just 14. Over the years she’s honed her unique sound through the influence of such musical artists as Billie Holiday, Jolie Holland, Fiona Apple, Morphine, Julie London, and Gillian Welch.
Edgar’s songs have been described as melancholic, melodic, and deeply personal. Upon hearing the song “Tidal Waves,” Ari Notis, staff writer for Kotaku, said that Edgar’s “buttery vocals” affected him far more than he was prepared for. Her songs, says singer-songwriter Paul Griffiths “are a haunting, melodic mix of passion and melancholy” in which she “fearlessly explores feelings and reactions to her own times and artfully makes them universal.”
Edgar has shared bills with acts such as Mark Eitzel, Noelle Fiore (Noelle & the Deserters), Andrés Miguel Cervantes, Brian Belknap, Greg Hoy, Minor Birds, The Pine Box Boys, Paula Frazer & Tarnation, Jacob Aranda, The Crooked Jades, The Waybacks, and more. Check out Meredith’s music here!
Jamie Duncan is an East Bay guitar player, whose styles include country, jazz, Americana, and rock n’ roll. Jamie began playing the guitar at the age of 12, and is largely self-taught. He was drawn to the Fender Telecaster after discovering the music of Roy Buchanan in his early 20s, and quickly fell in love with country, jazz, and western swing. The influence of Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Les Paul, Danny Gatton, Wes Montgomery, and Lenny Breau soon followed. Having spent the last 5 years as a sideman in numerous Bay Area country, Americana, and jazz groups, he has now formed his own group, the core of which includes Tim Rowe (Crying Time, Inner Ear Brigade) on drums, and Joe Kyle Jr. (Howell Devine, The Waybacks) on bass. The trio performs mostly instrumental music, ranging from swing-driven country jazz in the tradition of The Texas Troubadours to moodier, more introspective pieces, with improvisation at the center and a shared approach to bringing these different musical traditions together.