Chatham Rabbits
Maya de Vitry
The Walking Roots Band 
Honeytown
Juniper Tree

Spectator Bird
Tide Spring
Good Company
Ebony Nicole
Ears to the Ground Family

Shekinah
Ryan Scarberry
Clymer & Kurtz
The Rain Pickers

The Walking Roots Band

Friday, August 11, 6:30-7:30pm - John Kline Amphitheater Stage
Saturday, August 12, 6:15-7:15pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Festival co-hosts the Walking Roots Band are back to celebrate music and faith with their signature style of acoustic, Americana, folksy, blue-ish-grassy, roots music with generous portions of lyricism, harmony, humor, and love -- as well as a few dashes of Appalachian rap thrown in for good measure. The Walking Roots Band (TWRB) is a group based in Harrisonburg, VA, steeped in Anabaptist hymn-singing traditions, the band’s original folk music and reclaimed hymns are supported with lush vocal harmonies. The music speaks of hope, whether through sacred words written hundreds of years ago or in the honest voice of one of the band’s songwriters. TWRB doesn’t make music full-time, but when they are able to tour, perform, record, or even just get together to practice and arrange new music, they are thankful for the fans, family, and friends who make it all possible.

Chatham Rabbits

Saturday, August 12, 7:30-8:45pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

There is something warm and instantly familiar about the beloved roots duo, Chatham Rabbits. Partners in music and life, Chatham Rabbits’ Austin and Sarah McCombie blend their personal histories through deft songwriting and a history that comes from building a life together. Leaning into each other's strengths, their songs present a congenial, collaborative spirit that has captured the pure adoration of fans along the way and earned them praise from Garden & Gun Magazine, American Songwriter, and No Depression.

Their artistry hinges on a fervent desire to connect with others through the music that first brought the pair together. Steeped in the regional traditions of their North Carolina home, Chatham Rabbits’ musical pursuits represent a new age of roots music. Chatham Rabbits recorded and released their beloved debut album, All I Want From You in 2019. This set the standard for their sophomore release The Yoke is Easy, The Burden is Full—the centerpiece song “Oxen” was named “Top Folk Song of 2020” by Paste Magazine. Nurtured by central North Carolina’s fertile, influential music scene, Chatham Rabbits’ sound continues to evolve in their expansive third album, If You See Me Riding By (2022), which was simultaneously released with a television series, On the Road with Chatham Rabbits, on PBS-NC. The McCombie’s ingenuity during the Covid-19 crisis led to the creation of their mobile concert experience, The Stay at Home Tour, which took the duo to 194 neighborhoods in 2020-21. The pair is currently recording their fourth album of poignant original songs and continuing to foster their tight-knit fan community across the US.

Maya de Vitry

Friday, August 11, 7:30-8:45pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Maya de Vitry’s dynamic and vibrant voice seems to rise out of some necessity of simply bringing songs to life, embracing listeners with what Folk Alley calls a “soulful intimacy”. She grew up in a musical family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, understanding music to simply be a place of gathering, a way to spend a summer night by a campfire. She was surrounded by bluegrass and old-time music, and country, gospel, and folk songs. She took piano lessons from her grandmother, and took up classical violin in school, but it was some combination of the haunting fiddle music of Appalachia and the vulnerable poetry in Townes Van Zandt’s songwriting that first compelled her to begin creating tunes and songs of her own - and it was around campfires that she slowly found the courage to begin singing them. 

Maya first traveled and performed as a fiddling street musician, and then in bars, theaters, and on festival stages as a founding member of The Stray Birds. When the trio parted ways in 2018, Maya embarked on an ever-evolving musical path of solo work and new collaborations. Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, she enjoys moving between acoustic and electric worlds, playing in the musical spaces between folk, country, and indie rock - although she thinks of it all as “song music”. Her recordings and live performances embody both sincerity and playfulness, and a compelling reverence for the power of songs to be a place of gathering - whether played on stage, or around a campfire. 

Good Company

Friday, August 11, 4-5pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Good Company is a six-member a cappella group based out of the Shenandoah Valley.  They began rehearsing together in the Fall of 2013 and will celebrate their 10th anniversary in October with a reunion concert with all members, past and present. They have enjoyed singing a wide variety of music, from Palestrina to Pentatonix. Good Company has released 3 albums and received numerous awards including the Shenandoah Valley Sing-Off Champions. Our goal is for our music to speak into the lives of our audiences near and far. 

The Rain Pickers

Friday, August 11, 4-5pm - John Kline Amphitheater Stage

Celebrating the poetic instrumentals of Old (and New)-Time Appalachia and beyond, Perry Blosser (mandolin), Seth Stauffer (fiddle), Jesse Reist-Miller (cello), and Madeline Reist-Miller (banjo) make up The Rain Pickers, a string band from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. From distinguished stages to casual shindigs, their modern-yet-reverent energy captivates a broad audience.

Ryan Scarberry

Friday, August 11, 5:30-6:30pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Ryan Scarberry is a singer-songwriter based in Williamsburg VA and has played concerts in various venues ranging from churches, coffee shops, living rooms and pubs across the southeast. He writes songs that wrestle with life, love, and faith and his latest album is A Table & A Feast. Ryan loves to share songs and stories that can unite us in a common experience and hopes to serve the community by writing honest songs that remind us of hope.

Shekinah

Saturday, August 12, 11:30am-12:30pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Shekinah is an independent women’s vocal ensemble specializing in a cappella music. For two decades Shekinah has filled a unique musical niche in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, delighting audiences from sing-off competitions and community events to Christmas coffeehouse benefit concerts and church services.

Although many Shekinah members have roots in the Mennonite church’s traditional a cappella harmonies, the group continually expands its repertoire to include music from around the globe, from ancient to contemporary. Shekinah enjoys performing a wide variety of musical genres and challenging themselves to grow as a community of singers. 

Ebony Nicole

Saturday, August 12, 12:30-1:30pm - John Kline Amphitheater Stage

Ebony Nicole is a local Harrisonburg, va singer songwriter. She was born in Tacoma, WA and has lived in NJ, NYC, Seattle and spent a summer studying worship music in Australia. All of those many places have influenced her musical taste and sonic vibe. She has been writing music since age 12 and was recognized for an original song titled “show me” at a Richmond, VA talent showcase at age 13. Her 2018 single ‘High and Dry’ was awarded a special mention in the United Kingdom Songwriting Contest in the singer-songwriter category. Her first Ep ‘It’s complicated’ dropped in 2016, Her second EP- ‘Feels, this way’ was released January of 2021, as a series of downloadable singles that you can find on any major music platforms online. She recently released her first full length album called “I’m Fine” September 19,2022. You can also find Ebony Nicole featured all over the Soul and seed music project lending lead and background vocals. Check out this acoustic singer songwriter with indie RnB vibes.

Tide Spring

Saturday, August 12, 1-2pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Tide Spring plays grassy roots music textured with punchy licks and rich vocal harmonies. Taking their name from a unique ebbing and flowing spring near their home in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, they’ve produced two albums, Seeds and This New Plow, featuring thought-provoking originals and carefully curated covers. Find them at lawn socials, breweries, churches, and fundraisers all over the countryside, and invite them to your next gathering. 

Listen on: YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming services.

Spectator Bird

Saturday, August 12, 2-3pm - John Kline Amphitheater Stage

“Sisters, Rachel and Lindsey FitzGerald, make their home in the mountains of Virginia...Together they’ve hewn out a sound that is at once honest and elegant, sincere and captivating. Weaving sibling harmonies with award winning songwriting to produce a tapestry of sound as ancient and ambient as the hollows themselves.” - Heather Hannah

Honeytown

Saturday, August 12, 2:30-3:30pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Honeytown is a four-piece ensemble of creative musicians from the Kidron, Ohio area. Concerts feature an eclectic stew of original compositions, unexpected arrangements and tight harmonies, which have endeared them to audiences from rural barn parties, festivals, downtown theaters, conferences and church functions. Varied instrumentation including fiddle, banjo, bass ukulele, accordion and an assortment of percussion makes their music an unpredictable mix of raw, unfiltered, organic acoustic music! This will be their 4th appearance at Sing Me High.

Clymer & Kurtz

Saturday, August 12, 3:45-4:45pm - John Kline Amphitheater Stage

Folk-rock singer-songwriter duo Clymer & Kurtz seamlessly blends intense and gentle melodies textured with harmonies, agile and inventive guitar playing, piano, and sometimes percussion. Based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Christopher Kurtz and Maria Clymer have collaborated for decades, crafting music that is at once simple and rich, emotive and unique. Their music has been called “freshly original” ... “outside the usual run” ... “subtle and always imaginative.”

Christopher has taught middle school English and worked as a radio journalist, university marketing writer, and director of development for a college access nonprofit. Maria is a home educator, gardener, and member of Shekinah women’s vocal ensemble. Their combined music experiences include community choirs, choir directing, a jazz ensemble, rock and Americana bands, and piano and guitar accompaniment.

Ears to the Ground Family

Saturday, August 12, 4:15-5:15pm - Joseph Funk Main Stage

Ears to the Ground Family is a group of friends from Harrisonburg, Virginia with a serious focus on lyrical content and vocal harmonies. We make music of resistance to oppression and empire, of communities of hope, and of a faith that sustains us. Our tunes draw from R&B, spirituals, soul, folk/Americana, chant, hip-hop, Taize, and Anabaptist hymns, especially from the Mennonite tradition. For seven years as a band we chose to share our music almost exclusively live, in small settings, un-plugged, locally or regionally—traveling from home by bicycle in the "Petrol-Free Jubilee Bicycle Tour" as far as 300 miles away each summer to share our music. We have always preferred the outdated and peculiar model of the elusive traveling troubadour, sharing our music seasonally, as this enabled us to root ourselves deeply within our home communities and invest in the valuable work that inspires our music. Since this approach to music meant that we didn't have recorded music to leave in our wake, we decided to take the leap in 2017 and share the beautiful gift that is created when we come together as Ears to the Ground Family. Our debut album, Full Moon in June, is a collection of nine songs that we have been playing together for more than a decade, and we look forward to sharing our music with friends old and new at Sing Me High.

Juniper Tree

Saturday, August 12, 5:15-6:15pm - John Kline Amphitheater Stage

Juniper Tree is an indie folk duo composed of Taylor Bess and Valerie Westerman Bess. Their introspective, nature-immersed songwriting and electric harmonies draw listeners into a peaceful environment. The duo resides in Richmond, Virginia and is currently recording their first studio album in Taylor's space at In Your Ear Studios in Shockoe Bottom.