Sweet Pea Festival 2026 @ Lindley Park

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  Syml

  SYML is a musician, songwriter and producer based in Seattle, WA

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  The Nude Party

  The Nude Party congealed as one unit in the southern mountain town of Boone, NC in 2013 and gained their namesake very literally. Bonded by isolation, house party debauchery, a religion based on pushing the limits of bad taste, and a precocious predisposition towards the Kinks, the Animals and the Velvets, they have burgeoned into a rock and roll act to be reckoned with. As the hysteria at their local shows steadily increases, so does their reputation with local law enforcement, forcing them daily more to seek employment anywhere but home. While snooping cops seeking to stamp out indiscriminate behavior scour the borders of their homestead the Nude Ranch, the group has prodigally exiled themselves and are staying scarce with a string of self booked tours and one night stands which have linked them up with with such likes as The Growlers, The Oblivians, La Luz, Night Beats, and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard.

  Their stripped down and bare bone sound, akin to the British Invasion being transplanted back into the Carolina mountains, has so far proven to have been unrecordable… until now. The secret? Sticking to the obvious and going down into a sweaty basement with a few mics, fewer clothes and a revolving door of comrades and goddesses falling by for as long as they can take the heat. Lately the Nudes have even gotten good at playing with their clothes on. However if any audience member feels the need to participate in the spirit of exhibitionism the stakes at the Party will unblinkingly be called and raised.

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  John Craigie

  For over a decade, John Craigie has made music that brings people in. Not with spectacle, but with sincerity and songs that feel like conversations.

  I Swam Here, Craigie’s forthcoming studio album is due February 6, 2026 via Zabriskie Point Records. Much of the album, recorded in New Orleans in January 2025, finds Craigie backed by musicians handpicked by Sam Doores of The Deslondes. With him on piano, organ and vocals he brought along Howe Pearson on drums, Max Bien Khan on bass, Jonny Campos on pedal steel and an appearance by Desiree Cannon on vocals on one track. Longtime friend and collaborator, Anna Moss, appears on almost every song. While Craigie served as producer you can feel the influence and the talents of the New Orleans musicians on the seven of the ten tracks that were recorded there. The other three songs were recorded a few months later at the Rope Room up in Astoria, Oregon with a different band but mirroring the aesthetic of the New Orleans sessions. The cover art, painted by B. Schall, who herself has spent time living in New Orleans, mirrors the style and design of many samba and jazz records of the 50s and 60s.

  The record’s first single, “Fire Season,” was engineered by longtime collaborator Bart Budwig. This was one of the first songs written for the project and was recorded in Astoria with Cooper Trail on drums and Nevada Sowle on bass, both returning after working with Craigie on Mermaid Salt. It also has Luke Ydstie on bass (Blind Pilot, Michael Hurley) and Jamie Greenan on pedal steel.

  The second single “Dry Land” took a different path. They recorded a version in New Orleans but Craigie didn’t like the pacing and it had a long unneeded bridge. It was re-recorded in Astoria a few months later with a different piano line and a bowed upright bass.

  The 3rd upcoming single, “Edna Strange” is inspired by the songs of Marty Robbins and other western gunfighter ballads. This is the only song where Craigie plays steel string acoustic. Max Bien Khan is doing the nylon string guitar leads. One of the few songs to not feature Anna Moss vocals, instead they opted to reference Marty Robbins with the male trio vocal you can hear in the background,

  Following 2024’s Pagan Church — his acclaimed collaboration with TK & The Holy Know-Nothings that spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Americana Albums charts— I Swam Here feels both expansive and intimate, drawing from the musical history of the Gulf Coast and the quiet natural sounds of the Pacific Northwest.

  Craigie’s music continues to resonate far beyond the studio. He has packed out solo and band tours across the U.S., Europe and Australia, performed at Newport Folk Festivals, Pickathon, Edmonton Folk Festival, and High Sierra, and shared the stage with Langhorne Slim, Brett Dennen, Sierra Hull, Gregory Alan Isakov, Mason Jennings, Bella White, and Jack Johnson. His annual #KeepItWarm Tour donates $1 from every ticket sold to regional nonprofits fighting food insecurity, while his beloved John Craigie On the River trips on the Tuolumne (CA) or Rogue (OR) rivers have become a one-of-a-kind gathering for fans and friends alike.

  I Swam Here is another step forward for Craigie. Rooted in place, shaped by collaboration, and guided by his steady hand as a songwriter and producer. It blends the spirit of New Orleans with the stillness of the Pacific Northwest, and shows the quiet confidence of an artist who is still exploring his limits.