Kirby's Beer Store is excited to welcome singer-songwriters, Emily Fenton (Little Rock, AR) and Avery Lee (Fayetteville, AR) to the stage on Wednesday, April 19th at 9 p.m. Joining Fenton and Lee is local Wichita acoustic artist, Sontia Soul. Everyone is encouraged to join us for an evening of thought-provoking lyricism, dreamy guitar riffs, and powerful vocal climbs and Fenton and Lee continue on their "Go West" solo tour.

Avery Lee blends folk storytelling with the energy of '90s pop-country, rooted in the rhythms of life in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Their music and work are a rejection and resistance to gendered expectations and disenfranchisement of the working class. Lee’s lyrics confront norms of smallness, shame, and humility in the midsouth, and ask audiences to do the same. Their onstage presence is stern yet inquisitive, verging on confrontational. The resulting sound is a dance between softness and intensity. The music weaves gentle folk melodies with punk-inspired grit, punctuated by guitar riffs that echo the soulful twang of a pedal steel, creating a sound that’s as emotionally grounded as it is dynamic.

Emily Fenton is an artist from Little Rock, Arkansas with roots in Ithaca and New York City. Her music absorbs the raw honesty of folk, charming melodies of country, and irreverent attitude of rock ‘n’ roll to create a sound as unique and personal as the message they carry. Fenton’s autobiographical songwriting and vocal style evoke a nostalgia reminiscent of 90s Lilith Fair. An affinity for cut-to-the-chase lyrics and a fascination for psychedelic concept albums led to the creation of her first full-length album, Hello, from Planet Earth. The album was recorded live at the White Water Tavern in Little Rock, AR in the summer of 2022.

Sontia Soul is a solo acoustic artist that dabbles in love and light, but who also finds light in the darkness. Sontia knows that "we all know pain. But my purpose is to turn that pain into power."