ILYAIMY W/ Special Guests The Rebecca Berlin Trio

Acoustic Grunge from Baltimore, MD

For over two decades, rob Hinkal and Heather Aubrey Lloyd have crisscrossed the nation as ilyAIMY (i love you And I Miss You) playing everything from bait shops to biker weeks to clothing-optional resorts, folk festivals, heavy metal festivals and jams of def comedy. Award-winn narrative songs with soulful, powerful male / female harmonies and a percussive, clawhammer-like acoustic guitar provide the heart of the band, while their infectious energy and rapid-fire lyricism is softened with cello, driven by Irish bones and bodhran, beatboxing, djembe, and thickened by didgeridoo, synths and keys creating “an acoustically roiling, combustible attack on the usual singer/songwriter fare”.

Their energetic brand of new-folk has garnered honors from the Bernard/Ebb Songwriter Awards, Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, Kerrville Folk Festival, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Washington Area Music Awards, Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, National Association for Campus Activities, the Northeast & Southeast Regional Folk Alliances, FOLK Ontario and more. They are three-time winners of the Washington Area Music Association Winners for Best Contemporary Folk Group and are known for combining their award-winning songwriting, tight male/female harmonies, signature intricate slap-style guitar work, ukulele, percussion and an eclectically humorous stage show into an exquisite package.

“This March, to celebrate our 4th Year Anniversary of Live from the Lair, we had special guest Rebecca Berlin pop in with her band, Willard Morris (Ayreheart) and our own Joey Jenkins! We had an AMAZING time – so good, in fact, that the next morning I asked if they wanted to join us on THIS bill. It’s strange to watch a woman go from “Tori-ish singer/songwriter with showtune chordings” to “I don’t know, but there’s a LOT of FUNK in that woman!” was incredible, and I’m very excited about making this show happen.” – Rob Hinkal