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Folk All Y’all presents: Jesse Ruben

Jesse Ruben
Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all present Jesse Ruben
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $20
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Jesse Ruben (he/him) is a singer/songwriter living in Brooklyn, NY. Best known for his lyrical storytelling and engaging live shows, his songs have been heard on more than a dozen TV shows in the US and abroad. His most recent single “This Is Why I Need You” reached the top 10 in 12 different countries, and has been streamed more than 60 million times across all platforms. He has recorded live sessions for NPR and MTV Asia, and has been featured on CNN and in Esquire Magazine.

Beyond his music career, Ruben is highly active in philanthropic endeavors. He is a co-founder of Generation Lyme, a community built to empower people facing Lyme disease through sharing patient stories and hosting online Meet-ups. In addition, he is the founder of The We Can Project, an initiative for young students designed to help them discover their passions and give back to their communities. To date, more than 800,000 young people have participated. To promote the program, he was personally invited by Hoda Kotb to perform live on The Today Show.

Folk All Y’all presents: Mia Borders

Mia Borders
Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all presents Mia Borders
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $20
purchase TICKETS HERE

Mia Borders (she/her) is a renowned singer-songwriter who has captivated audiences with her soulful voice, electrifying performances, and diverse musical style. Born and raised in the vibrant city of New Orleans, her passion for music was evident from an early age and she quickly developed into a multifaceted artist, defying genre boundaries.

Borders’ live performances are nothing short of electrifying, infusing her soulful vocals with a contagious energy that leaves audiences spellbound. Whether she’s performing in intimate clubs or on grand stages, her charisma and connection with the crowd are unparalleled. Her ability to seamlessly transition between high-energy anthems and intimate ballads showcases her versatility and depth as a performer.

Beyond her musical accomplishments, Borders is deeply rooted in her New Orleans community, using her platform to uplift and support various charitable causes. Off stage and outside of the studio, Borders runs Third Coast Entertainment, a booking agency and event production company aimed at elevating women, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC artists. She also founded The Borders Foundation to support artists from marginalized communities.

Mia Borders continues to push the boundaries of her artistry, consistently delivering powerful and emotive music that touches the hearts of listeners around the world. Her dedication to her craft, combined with her authentic storytelling and soulful delivery, has made her beloved by her fans, and her impact is sure to resonate for years to come.

Folk All Y’all presents: Nathan Graham

Nathan Graham
Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all presents Nathan Graham
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, July 18, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $20
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When you think of a singer-songwriter, who comes to mind?

Nathan Graham (he/him) says it probably isn’t somebody who looks like he does, and he wants to change that.

Born and raised in Chicago, Graham meshes South Side Blues with Nashville Americana, beginning his career backing blues singers at famous haunts like Buddy Guy’s Legends and Kingston Mines. He spent a decade as a guitar-for-hire before picking up a mic to tell his own stories on the stage.

Soulful and steady, Graham’s music offers a raw introspective of the human condition that’s both painful and comforting. His guitar conveys heartbreak, lyrics tell stories of regret, but his rich vocal delivery offers the remedy.

Having brought his songs on international tours with both major label and indie acts, Graham is challenging the notion of what it means to be a singer-songwriter. He’s driving inclusivity within the genre, and he hopes to evoke a sense of understanding in the process.

“I’m writing about universal experiences,” he says. “I’m writing music to connect my story to yours, show you all that we have in common, and maybe help both of us feel less alone.”

Folk All Y’all presents: Kyshona

Folk All Y’all presents: Kyshona

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20 (plus fees)

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Kyshona (she/her) is an artist ignited by untold stories, and the capacity of those stories to thread connection in every community. With the background of a licensed music therapist, the curiosity of a writer, the patience of a friend, the vision of a social entrepreneur, the resolve of an activist, and the voice of a singer – Kyshona is unrelenting in her pursuit for the healing power of song. She lends her voice and music to those that feel they have been lost, silenced, forgotten or alone. Through her organization Your Song, she facilitates therapeutic songwriting sessions with groups and individuals in hopes of reconnecting those who are divided.

Kyshona’s latest project, Legacy, tells the long story of her own family’s journey. Recorded right here in Memphis at Southern Grooves (our Crosstown Concourse neighbor), the album furthers Kyshona’s mission to connect and enlighten through the sharing of our histories. We are so excited to welcome her back to Folk All Y’all to celebrate this beautiful release.

Folk All Y’all: Pierce Pettis

Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all present Pierce Pettis in The Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20

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After a lifetime of crafting finely-wrought, heart-touching songs, singer-songwriter Pierce Pettis (he/him) feels that he’s finally found his comfort zone. “The biggest change,” he says of this point in his career “has been getting over myself and realizing this is a job and a craft. And the purpose is not fame and fortune (whatever that is) but simply doing good work.”

“From the time I was very little, I always had the music going in my head,” Pettis explains. “In school, I met other kids who wanted to be rock stars, just like me.  From the time we were around 10 or so up through high school, we put together various bands — all of them horrible.”

His “horrible” bands didn’t deter him though and even though he had a nagging feeling  (“I thought I was supposed to be a doctor or something.”) he persevered, not only playing music but writing songs in a mix of rock, folk, country and R&B genres that landed him an unpaid position as a staff writer for Muscle Shoals Sounds Studios. While there, his track “Song at the End of the Movie” found its way to Joan Baez’s 1979 album Honest Lullaby.

Pettis hit the road and became a member of the “Fast Folk” movement in New York in the mid-1980s and was a staff songwriter for PolyGram from 1993-2000.  Pierce Pettis’ songs have been recorded by artists including Susan Ashton, Dar Williams, Garth Brooks and Art Garfunkel.

About The Green Room: Operated by Crosstown Arts, The Green Room is committed to providing the best possible environment for the two most important components of a musical performance: the artists work and the audiences listening experience.

About Folk All Y’all: Intimate, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters, proudly presented in Memphis, Folk All Y’all is a public, nonprofit listening room series supported by our pledges from our community.

Entry requirements may change but your purchase indicates acceptance of any necessary health policy.

Folk All Y’all: Hayley Reardon

Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all present Hayley Reardon in The Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20

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Hayley Reardon (she/her) is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and a storyteller in the truest sense of the word. Her songs serve as postcards from an artist brave enough to take the road less traveled. Reardon dove head first into music at the young age of 15, and has spent much of the past decade writing, recording and performing music around the world.

Raised in a coastal Massachusetts town north of Boston, Reardon spent three years based in Nashville and much of the past six years carrying her songs and stories all over the globe — including a six-month artist-in-residency stay in Dachau, Germany — gathering experiences, inspiration and soulful connections. Her ever-deepening music carries a lyrical and melodic weight beyond her years, being described as “brilliantly moving folk/pop with a lyrical depth and soul” (Performer Magazine) and “a melancholy little masterpiece” (American Songwriter Magazine). No Depression writes “Reardon is truly a treasure.”