Sun May 6th 3pm:
Cassie Jean & Fireflies
at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe
“Top 100 Alt-Folk Albums of 2022”  –Roots Music Report

“Tomorrow” was a recent #1 RMR Folk Chart single. The album also reached #22 on Alt-Country, #125 on Americana, #31 on Euro Indie, and has 3 tracks in rotation on blues shows.

A soccer mom, a hair band survivor, and a semi-retired classic rock sound engineer walk into a studio. 14 songs later, they emerge with “Heart over Head,” a genre-jumping debut album full of sweet, soulful vocals, uplifting lyrics and stories, and music that spans indie Americana, folk rock, and retro country, with hints of bluegrass, blues, and R&B.

Cassie Jean Barbaresi and Rich Odato are the songwriting duo at the core of Cassie Jean and the Fireflies. Partners in life and music, they made a fateful decision in 2020 to completely forgo cover gigs and ride out the pandemic in their home studio. It wasn’t long before the quality and quantity of new songs–fueled by Cassie’s prolific lyric writing–outpaced the pair’s meager production skills. Enter Bud Snyder of Baysound Studios, a Grammy-winning producer/engineer known for his work with the Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule, Gregg Allman and many others.