Katie Dobbins Music & Hermit Woods Winery Songwriter RoundUp at Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery – Meredith, NH

Show Details

Wednesday July 30th, Tickets $10 – $15

Feat. Katie Dobbins, Holly Furlone, & Leo DiSanto

Complimentary Wine Tasting: 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Doors & Dinner orders 6:00 – 7:00 PM / Show starts at 7:00 PM

Songwriter RoundUp Hosted by Katie Dobbins – Acoustic show featuring 3 local songwriter acts sharing the stories behind their songs and performing in-the-round

Short Series Description

Hermit Woods Winery & Katie Dobbins Music celebrate their 2nd anniversary of Songwriter RoundUp, a monthly music series where audience members can enjoy talented singer-songwriters from the New England Area in the Lakes Region’s premier listening room. Enjoy songs and stories from host Katie Dobbins and guest Holly Furlone, & Leo DiSantoas as they perform acoustically in-the-round. New songwriters are featured on the last Wednesday of every month in this intimate series! Tickets are $10 – $15 at hermitwoods.com.

Artist Bios

Katie Dobbins

Award winning singer-songwriter and light warrior Katie Dobbins seeks to share honest music that captivates listeners and brings light to the darkness. With a mastery of storytelling and the heart of a poet, this soulful songstress captures elements of life and relationships in ways that lift the spirit and challenge the soul. Her album There Is Light, produced by multi-award-winning producer Sean McLaughlin of 37′ Productions, was awarded Album of the Year at the 2021 Limelight Music Awards. Her single There’s a Light, mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Jeff Lipton, was featured on Spotify’s Editorial playlist. Her music has been featured on prominent radio stations like The River and “Boston’s Hottest Country,” with host Carolyn Kruse raving “Sweet but bold, Katie’s voice is reminiscent of one of her heroes, Jewel, but only deeper… A fearless spirit with a gentle touch.” Dobbins’ latest single Grateful is an uplifting ballad aiming to inspire awe and wonder in all who listen. The track was mixed and mastered by Emmy-nominated producer Brian Coombes of Rocking Horse Studio (NH).

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*For photo, please credit: Kris Dobbins

Holly Furlone

Growing up on the Seacoast of New Hampshire, everything in the world around her was music. Windshield wipers and blinkers transformed into beats and rhythms. Diverse landscapes inspired her imagination. Thoughts developed into words that brought forth poems, which eventually became lyrics.

During a summer job at a sleepaway camp when she was 18, Holly picked up her first guitar, learning enough chords to set some of those early poems to music. Over the next 10 years, she dabbled in songwriting and playing, eking out creative time between the demands of a career in education and becoming a mother. In 2013, Holly was able to shine some light back on making music, and she eagerly ventured out to open mics, sharing her original songs and connecting with local musicians.

As a singer-songwriter, Holly is a storyteller. Her heartfelt lyrics are brought to life by a passionate and commanding voice, tuneful acoustic guitar, and connected on-stage experience. Holly’s live shows take on an intimate listening room feel. She plays solo shows in venues of all sizes, and especially appreciates settings that provide an environment for directly connecting with people. When she’s playing out with her fun-loving, folk/rock trio, The Midweeklings, it’s more of a “get on the dance floor” energy, bathed in three-part harmony and Jägermeister.

Leo DiSanto

An American teller of tales and singer of songs, a compulsive adventurer, a rural Pennsylvania yokel with a restless curiosity and a passion for street performance, Leo DiSanto has hauled his

wanderlust wagon and his guitar case everywhere from gypsy camps in Transylvania to monasteries in the high Himalaya to the boulevards of New Orleans to the wild interior of Alaska. He sees it as his existential mission to embody some of the noises life makes. Known

for his imaginative songwriting, powerful singing voice, exciting live performances, and captivating and hilarious storytelling, Leo is the founding front man of the award-winning, original Amerikindasorta string band, Vinegar Creek Constituency.

Now touring and recording as a solo artist, Leo has spent the post- pandemic years touring the country in an ever-expanding route from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico to Ireland’s Galway Bay, usually in the company of a wildly enthusiastic brown dog named Ringo, playing songs for anyone who will listen (and some who won’t). Leo’s 3rd full-length solo album, To Fly So Low, will be released in early 2025.