August 20, 2016 3:00-3:45 PM De Tierra Caliente at Philadelphia Eakins Oval Outdoor Stage

AUGUST20

PHL SONGWRITERS PROJECT 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Philadelphia Songwriters Project (Phillysongwriters.com) is a non profit arts and education organization that has been serving the mid-atlantic region since 2003. It’s mission is to serve as a resource for songwriters of all genres of music. 2016 was the 11th consecutive year of It’s songwriting competition, which chooses 4 winners from a field of 200 to go on a summer tour including some of the regions best summer festivals and venues.

Lineup:

12:00 – 12:45 : Quincy Mumford

Quincy is a songwriter, and front man for Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why, Funk/Soul/Pop band from Asbury Park, NJ. Mumford’s previous tours have found him sharing the stage with Slightly Stoopid, Rusted Root,Donovan Frankenreiter, Tedeschi Trucks Band.

1:00 – 1:45: Bernard Sarkissian

Developed a love for music back in the 1960’s and it has never dimmed. His songwriting focuses on love and loss of family, society’s ills as well as my work in the field of addictions.

2:00 – 2:45: Time Gap

Time Gap is a local teenage blues band that performs at scenes such as The Phoenixville Blues Festival, Sellersville Theater, and International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Their original EP is titled “Flashback”

3:00 – 3:45: De Tierra Caliente

is a Latin party band whose music fills the air with bright colors and gets everybody up and dancing. Catchy melodies and unaffected lyrics fuse with Latin, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms to inspire an irresistible North/South American party.

4 – 6 – Music Garden Adam Web
Optimistic acousitfunk. Adam’s music is shaped with percussive guitar grooves, soulful vocals, and spiritually conscious sentiment. With his rootsy approach he has drawn comparisons to contemporary singer/songwriters like Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson and Donavon Frankenreiter. Adam has performed in 14 states across the country including such festivals as South by Southwest (Austin, TX) and Musikfest (Bethlehem, PA). He has performed at such prominent venues as the Hard Rock Café in Nashville, TN and Milkboy Philly and The Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA.