Every first Wednesday of the month, Annette curates, hosts and performs in the round with some of the area's finest local and touring singer songwriters. This month has a killer line-up with touring artists Grace Morrison and Katie Dahl as well as DC's own powerhouse, Justin Trawick. That's a lot of star power on one stage!! Come early for a seat. Donations $10-$20 please!

Join Ashville DJ, Bruce Swan for his #164th MMMWNL Livestream with Ben Gage and Annette Wasilik. You MUST register to enter the Zoom performance. Here's the link again: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sce6uqzguE9B-ldRFdQ8agXz0N1m3IU27

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Annette with her band, Annette Wasilik & The Porchmen, perform at this sweet, sweet location in DC. Doors open at 7:15pm. Email: luckypenny@luckypennylivingroom.com to reserve a spot!!

Come enjoy the yummy food and friendly staff at El Golfo in Silver Spring/ Takoma Park while listening to songwriters Juels Bland, Susan Rowe and Annette Wasilik.

Every first Wednesday of the month, Annette wrangles the best local and touring songwriters to play at Rockville's favorite music venue. This month Teghan Devon, Maureen Andary, Greg Stivil are showcased. $10-$20 Suggested donation. Maureen Andary ~ With humor, grace, and cabaret vocal stylings of yesteryear, Maureen Andary delights listeners at intimate venues and festivals alike. A Songwriter with a Creative Writing degree from New York University and musical theater training, she performs with the composure of an actor and the tenacity of a practiced poet, commanding the audience with every breath. She has served as an Artist-in-Residence at the Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts, and has performed at such distinguished venues as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Mansion at Strathmore, The Birchmere, and Lincoln Center. When she released her debut album, Maureen was selected as a finalist in the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, competing in the live finals on the Mountain Stage, and was a 2009 finalist in the MidAtlantic Song Contest. She has won several grant awards for her songwriting and performance including 2014, 2016, 2017, & 2018 Fellowships with the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Teghan Devon ~ Teghan Devon is an award-winning singer-songwriter based in the DMV. In 2022, Teghan’s single “Our Garden”, won Grand Prize in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, in July of 2020, her EP “Little Lion”, reached #70 on the Folk Alliance International Folk DJ Chart, and in both 2017 and 2018, she was a New Folk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Teghan's music has been heard on “The Young and the Restless”, and “Ghosted: Love Gone Missing”. Teghan is known for her memorable melodies and pensive lyrics. Her songwriting shows traces of some of her heroes, Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Tracy Bonham. Her voice has been compared to that of Lizzy McAlpine, Norah Jones, and Fiona Apple. "Much like the biggest and best, Devon takes the intimacy of songwriting to the next level... giving the nod to Taylor Swift in her early days." — Lucas Andrew - Music Crowns (Our Garden)

Greg Stivil ~ Greg Stivil of Teething Veils began in Washington, DC with occasional live shows at places from planetariums to their own living room at 611 Florida Ave. Teething Veils have released five LPs (Velorio, 2013; Constellations, 2014; Sea and Sun, 2017; Canopy of Crimson, 2020; and, To Have and to Hold, 2022) and a 7” single (Dinner Date, 2015) through the artist-run DC-and-Santa-Fe-based collective Etxe Records. They have played live in 47 US states plus the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces.

"These little songs—sepia-toned yet searching, eccentric yet melodically inclined—add up to something that feels like its own pocket universe, sometimes wistful, sometimes the kind of menacing only achieved via a late-career Tom Waits death rattle." -Washington City Paper

“If the latest from this self-described chamber-folk outfit feels funereal, it isn’t just because bandleader Greg Svitil sings like a eulogist. It’s because funerals allow emotions to be purged and smothered, making time feel stranger than slow.” -Chris Richards, Washington Post Annette Wasilik ~ Annette's performances are marked by her compelling alto and moving songs that "touch you to the bone". In the tradition of the poet songwriter, with rich tones reminiscent of Linda Thompson or Natalie Merchant, she weaves a spell both startling in its intimacy and expansive in its vision. Her songwriting influences include Jane Siberry, Lucinda Williams and John Prine to mention just a few. Both down to earth and deeply atmospheric, Annette’s songs are explorations into longing, love, loss, God, home, homesickness and hope. In her late teens and twenties. Annette was performing in local cafes, small venues and eventually festivals. When her daughter was small, Annette took a break from performing to attend her family and grow her healing practice. Now she is out performing again and becoming known in the DC area and nationally as a powerful songwriter and performer. Annette's debut CD, Songs from the Talking House, was awarded Contemporary Folk Recording of the Year by the Washington Area Music Association in April 2016. She also won Honorable Mention for her song Don't Look Down in the 2016 MidAtlantic Song Contest. Her January 2020 release, Love & Fire, is her first album on the Azalea City Cooperative label. On release, it landed at #6 on FAI Folk DJ chart and #1 on the NACC chart and ended up #40 for the year. In 2019, Annette created a new concert series, Local Cream, to showcase the best local and regional songwriters. In the spring of 2022, her song "Almost" was a finalist in The Great American Song Contest and won "Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting" Award.

Most excellent musicians, Rob Hinkal and Kristen Jones of ilyAIMY welcome back Annette to play from their home in the weekly livestream series.

Annette, Boston singer songwriter Jobie and DC's Greg Stivil of Teething Veils share the night and the stage. Doors open at 7:00. Masks are now required because of the upsurge of covid.

Tony Denikos, Annette Wasilik, Mary Battiata and Georgie Jessup share songs and stories.

Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 8:00pm. Twenty-four musicians from the DC metro area are coming together to celebrate the music of Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, The Pretenders, Tracy Chapman, Indigo Girls, Queen Latifa, Suzanne Vega, Joan Osborn, Bonnie Raitt, Jewel, Emmylou Harris, Lisa Loeb, Nelly Furtada and more.

Annette brings Rich Morey, Jesse Palidofsky and Craig Cummings to this month's Local Cream. $10-$20 suggested donation.

Annette and Tom (unless his health care schedule precludes) travel down to North Carolina to give a joint concert in the mountains of Annette's father's home town!

Join Tom Prasado-Rao, Friction Farm and Annette for a very special evening of incredible songs.

Annette & The Porchmen, Ruthie Logsdon w/Andy Rutherford, Karen Collins and The Backroads Band, Jesse Palidofksy, Craig Cummings and Little Red and The Renegades. $10-$20 suggested donation.

Annette Wasilik and Jesse Palidofsky on WOWD-LP FM radio w/John Previty and Bryan Reichhardt's "DC Roots: Guitar Edition Show" Interview with one superb bass player and one superb film maker!

This is a magical invitation only event in Woodstock Md. If you would like an invitation, email me at skysongs.aw@gmail.com and I will send you an invite with details,

Annette welcomes Dirk Hamilton, Charlie Bryant and Erik Balkey to this month's Local Cream Showcase.

Takoma Local Cream kicks off the festival at 11am on the Columbia Ave Stage. Susan Rowe, Juels Bland and Annette Wasilik support each other in a super round-robin set!