The Martha Bassett Show welcomes Liz Longley, Bill West, and DaShawn Hickman Presents Sacred Steel to the Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC! We have two great singer-songwriters on this one. Liz Longley joins us from Nashville, TN and Bill West returns to the show from Chapel Hill, NC. And our friend and bandmate, DaShawn Hickman, brings his new project to the show which features Wendy Hickman, Charlie Hunter, Brevan Hampden, & George Sluppick.

This show from February 17, 2022 welcomed Victoria Victoria to the show for the first time. Good friends Jonathan Byrd and Rex McGee returned also and Rex brought along his sons’ Gus and Harmon. Tori Elliot and her band play some of the great new songs from the recently released "To the Wayside." And her band backs up Jonathan on his song "Fog on the Mountain."

Presley Barker returns to the Reeves Theater with his brother Luke. On this show from May 20, 2021 we also welcomed EmiSunshine to the show for the first time. These are two of the finest young musicians out there and we were honored. Both have been out there working since the age of 9 and continue to find new and exciting directions. Along with their great music, Martha and the band also do a fun version of the Merle Travis song, "Sixteen Tons," made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Here is a special episode featuring some unreleased high points from the show. We always have great performances that don’t make it to radio and these are just a few! Live from the beautiful Reeves Theater in downtown Elkin, NC.

The Martha Bassett Show welcomes Zoe & Cloyd, Gaelynn Lea and Rex McGee to the Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC! Zoe & Cloyd join us from Asheville, NC along with Kevin Kehrbergh on the bass. NPR Tiny Desk winner Gaelynn Lea makes her first appearance on the show and Rex McGee steps out with band member Fiona Burdette on mandolin for a prodigious feature number.

This show from June 3, 2021 was Dom Flemons’ first visit to our show and we had a ball! All of the other folks on this one have become fast friends of TMBSalso and we always look forward to their return. Along with Dom’s historical knowledge, superb musicianship, and wonderful stage presence, we welcomed virtuoso dulcimer player Sarah Kate Morgan and the Dan River Girls back to the show.

Our first show of Season 4 was a feel good time! Life had begun to open up a bit on the pandemic landscape and we had one of our funkiest friends, Colin Allured, to the show and he was quick to point out, “It’s Party Time, Baby!” We also welcomed the remarkable singer-songwriter Lyn Koonce from Greensboro and she brought a whole batch of great new songs from her most recent record, “Begin Again.”

This show from November 5, 2020 was the last show we did of the first pandemic year and it was quite a celebration of strength through adversity. We welcomed 2 of North Carolina’s finest bands: Violet Bell and Chatham Rabbits. All of the folks on this show are about as talented and sweet as they come. We had lots of collaboration and went everywhere from mythical sea creatures to Brené Brown and the merits of vulnerability.

The Martha Bassett Show welcomes Heather Maloney to the Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC! Heather hails from Massachusetts and has received numerous accolades for her signature brand of endearing, powerful folk songs exploring themes of spirituality, transformation, and impermanence. The old-time duo of Tatiana Hargreaves & Sonya Badigian also join, with some wonderful “brother” duets, and Ryan Newcomb captivates with his beautiful singing and songwriting.

Our second show of Season 2 was a first in many ways. We had our first spoken word artist on the show – Minton Sparks! The incomparable singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd returned, being our first guest to do so after being on our first show ever in 2018. And lastly, Shohei Tsutsumi was our first international guest. A devoted student of old-time music, Shohei had relocated for a time from Japan to Elkin to further his studies by learning from some of the area’s greats and taking part in festival competitions.