A Songwriters in the Round Experience in honor of World Peace Day
Advanced Tickets: $25
At-the-door Tickets: $30
Reserved Seating
Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 3 pm
Celebrate World Peace Day with an evening of heartfelt music, meaningful connection, and rich storytelling at Groove for Good — a special Songwriters in the Round gathering where four acclaimed artists share the stage, swap songs, and reflect on the moments that shaped their music.
This is more than a concert — it’s an intimate, in-the-moment exchange of ideas and emotions between artists and audience alike. Expect laughter, deep thoughts, spontaneous harmonies, and powerful songs that speak to peace, unity, and the human experience.
Joining us for this unforgettable night are celebrated songwriters David LaMotte, Caroline Aiken, Annie Wenz, and Todd Hoke — four powerful voices whose music and presence promise to stir the soul and spark meaningful reflection.From folk and blues to roots and Americana, these acclaimed singer-songwriters will take you on a musical journey filled with heart, humor, and harmony.
Let music be the language of peace. Groove for Good — four artists, one stage, one world.
Across more than 3500 concerts, thirteen albums, four books, fifty states, and five continents, David LaMotte has gathered a large and loyal community of enthusiastic listeners. The Boston Globe writes that his music “pushes the envelope with challenging lyrics and unusual tunings, but he also pays homage to folk tradition,” while BBC Radio Belfast lauds his “charm, stories, humour, insightful songs, sweet voice and dazzling guitar ability.”
His most recent release, Still, spent five months in the Top 20 on the FAI Folk Charts in 2022, and his song September Me, from that album, was the #1 song in September of that year.
In 2024/2025, a song from the trio Abraham Jam, of which LaMotte is a member, had their song Braided Prayer prominently featured in the Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic play, Our Town. Learn more at www.davidlamotte.com.
Caroline Aiken is an internationally recognized musician and songwriter. She is a Georgia music icon and mentor to well-known artists including the Indigo Girls and Shawn Mullins. Her remarkable command of multiple instruments parallels her masterful songwriting and inimitable vocal style. She is a mainstay of the international folk scene, headlining major festivals such as the Kerrville Folk Festival and Mendicino Music Festival with Ruthie Foster. Caroline’s fanbase spans the globe as she tours venues and festivals across the United States and Europe. Learn more at carolineaiken.com/epk.
“Caroline Aiken is one of the reasons music will always survive.” — Bruce Burch, EMI, UGA, KSU
“Caroline is one of Atlanta’s most talented and respected performing songwriters. I guarantee absolute joy..” — Eddie Owen of Eddie’s Attic, Eddie Owen Presents
Annie Wenz has shared songs & stomped her dusty boots through 25 countries around the world, performing from places like The Kennedy Center & Germany’s Martin Guitar Museum, to some of the most prestigious festivals & song schools. Her music has smooched & rocked hearts at refugee camps in SE Asia, spas in Malaysia, ESPN videos, Major League Ballparks & Harley dealerships, and it’s played on Sirius XM, & radio stations internationally!
She’s known for her “anything from roots to funk grooves”, & Kerouac-ish magnifying glass-ified story songs about being a Psych RN and rafting guide, biker and backhoe digger! After years of touring around the US & abroad, she wandered into Hendersonville, kissed the ground & popped the cork! Learn more at www.anniewenz.com.
“Annie is a gifted diva and multi instrumentalist blessed with a crystalline voice, a keen ear for melody, an uncanny feel for rhythm & a strong sense of social justice!”
This one time, years ago, Todd Hoke got his friend Jefferson Ross to take him guitar shopping in Nashville and went home with a 1927 Martin 0-18! Todd played his very first show at Miss Bonnie’s Elvis Shrine and Literary Salon in Baltimore, MD, in the early 90s. Miss Bonnie’s was precisely as fancy as you no doubt are imagining. Todd Hoke is not as cool as these vignettes make him sound, but he is a pretty okay guy and folks mostly like his music. His mother does, anyhow, and that’s all he really cares about.
Todd waded into the songwriting pool while he and his wife were living in Austin and was quickly welcomed into the lively community of pickers, poets, and singers. He wrote about big skies, desert prophets and the slippery passing of time (a recurring theme for Todd, that last one). When Todd and Mrs. Hoke moved to WNC in 2005, his writing took on a more southern-fried tone – kudzu and catfish, anyone? In performance, Todd seeks to connect and entertain (or vice-versa) as a soloist or with his beloved HVL trio “Possum Royale”. Todd will begin working on his 6th album this year with Chris Rosser steering the ship. Todd’s mother cannot wait to hear it. More stuff and things about Todd and his music at toddhokemusic.com.
“Hoke isn’t telling us to ‘Shut up. Be Happy.’ Nor is he telling us to ‘Drink up and forget.’ He is telling us, instead, that if we look closely at that dragonfly and think about what we are looking at, we just might remember that there is more to life than our empty bank accounts… — Lyman Grant, damnintellectuals.com
