This is event is an album release party for Xavier Serrano! Riley Cotton will be opening the show!

Xavier Serrano:
“Serrano is a local native to New Haven, CT

Influenced by artists like The Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Radiohead and Nick Drake, Xavier fuses traditional folk, melodic styles. Instrumental expressions with acoustic guitars, piano, string and wind instruments. His songwriting spins stories of deep sentiments; perseverance in the face of love, loss, grief, and the contemplations of meaning and spiritual concepts. Utilizing on the discordant chords of Jazz, Celtic folk, and Alternative Rock. Weaving together sounds of chamber music. Providing a sense of classical standards of the British folk-revival era and alternative rock.”

Riley Cotton:

Riley Cotton is a New England Music Award-nominated singer/songwriter based in Hartford, CT. Cotton has been described as “…an old-school type of songwriter whose songs and performance are able to cross space and time to touch that part of your brain where love, loss, happiness, and longing all co-exist” (Chip McCabe, The Dad Metal Blog). While growing up in Texas, much of her musical taste was shaped by the voices of the women of country music who so boldly embraced the power of their belt and femininity in the face of an industry that did not embrace them. While writing her own music, Riley aspires to share her lived experiences with, take a stance on the issues that compel her, and utilize the masterful storytelling mechanisms so prevalent in the music she grew up on.