Carriage House & Kelley Smith

These talented regional artists will share an evening of original songs filled with warmth and honest emotion. Along the way, they’ll tell the stories behind the music, offering a deeper connection to the words and the melodies.

Minnesota songwriter Kelley Smith is a wallflower who fancies old poetry and grandpa sweaters. All at once whimsical and haunting, Smith delivers deeply affecting lyrics with wry charm and a time traveler’s voice. Prone to melancholy and daydreaming, Kelley spent her childhood roaming the woods of the north country. To this day, her longing for that landscape runs deep and seems to find its way into her songs in one way or another.

Joining her is Carriage House, a husband and wife folk duo now rooted in the Driftless. Their songs, shaped on the road in a converted van, weave close harmonies around stories of love, longing, and life in uncertain times.