Tune in on Tuesday, June 11th @ 1pm when Sparkle Motion hosts singer-songwriter, ISMAY, for a live in-studio performance and interview.
ISMAY is Avery Hellman, a Bay Area native who creates rich, atmospheric songs that are heavily influenced by the California ranch where they worked in their 20s. Hellman grew up attending Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the music festival launched by their grandfather, Warren Hellman, and incorporated the melting pot of sounds that is California into their being.
Latest album, Desert Pavement, is a collection of transcendent American roots songs, full of folky textures and alt-country stylings that invokes a variety of traditional and contemporary sounds. Desert Pavement follows ISMAY’s critically acclaimed 2020 debut Songs of Sonoma Mountain and continues their lyrical exploration of life spent on the land.
Catch ISMAY live on July 20th at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.
