Sunday, September 28th, we’re excited to welcome Los Angeles based musician, Erisy Watt, to The Stakeout for a night of clever, contemplative, and playful 60s-inspired folk. Katie Pearlman (Nashville) will kick off the night w her boundary pushing songwriting.
ERISY WATT
“I wrote through all of it,” says musician Erisy Watt in referring to the changes 2023 held for her, “the anticipation, the upheaval, and the aftermath.” In a short span, Erisy entered a new decade, lost a loved one, saw the end of a relationship, flew halfway around the world to work in remote regions of Thailand and Indonesia, returned home, packed up her life in Portland, and moved to Los Angeles. “Showing up at my desk with pen, paper, and guitar each morning in the midst of navigating such uneven terrain allowed me to process and feel more grounded.”
Hailed by No Depression as “what contemporary folk sounds like at its peak,” Erisy’s music often harkens comparisons to 60s singer-songwriters. But on her third album, ‘not either or but everything,’ she shakes the sound loose from the tenets of decade or genre. From the cosmos to the kitchen sink, lyrically, Erisy’s art is in connection, and on this new offering she hones an even deeper acuity for tracing the through line, peering through both telescope and microscope in search of the common threads.
KATIE PEARLMAN
Katie Pearlman says what women think but are too afraid to say out loud. With the release of her latest EP “Fumbling Towards Glory” Pearlman explores themes of femininity, defiance, and intuition, set to a lush soundscape that mixes elements of folk, indie, and alternative.
An LA native who spent her formative years performing music and studying philosophy in New Orleans, it was New Orleans that awoke the performer in her soul; learning piano and guitar along the way and fronting a live band singing in clubs and at jazz festivals. After returning home from college, Pearlman found success as a songwriter penning Grammy-nominated songs for Kelly Clarkson, Sabrina Carpenter, Grace Potter, and others accumulating over 120 million streams as a featured artist, in addition to lending her vocals to artists like Gryffin, Dijon, and Lukas Graham.
Pushing the boundaries with both her music and lifestyle, Katie found inspiration in the community she created after moving to Taos, New Mexico, and in the divine feminine energy from influences such as Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, and Natalie Merchant. “I follow the cosmic feeling,” says Katie. “I’m designing my own life. I want to grow. And I want to make people feel less alone. A pioneer on the journey of coming home to yourself, Katie Pearlman is following her magic.
She is currently living in Nashville, TN and working on her debut album.