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Artist: Feeling it, trusting it, and saying it, Americana’s Grandson, Gabriel N. Akins, is a storytelling alchemist who uniquely listens to his life. This is his contribution to the story of Americana and its family.

Genre: Southern Americana

For Fans Of: Mississippi John Hurt, Doc Watson, Gillian Welch, Roy Book Binder, The Wood Brothers

Bio: Gabriel is founding member of The Matchcoats, found Country Blues and Americana often meets him where feet are on the ground, meals are shared, and dishes are being washed with a neighbor. “One day while going through some pain of my own I remembered watching Sonny Terry on a recording of Rainbow Quest.” says Gabriel. He continues, ”Sonny was hootin’ and singin’ Leadbelly’s, Rock Island Line, right there with Brownie McGhee and Pete Seeger, while rockin’ on one of his ribs and this hit me; some notes you don’t learn how to hit unless you’re feeling the road under your feet." Life is complex, mundane, and holy, like a kid who grew up on a farm with unique vision into Shakespeare’s writing and yet, not likely to read his work. So, Gabriel hopes to engage listeners at their unique position on life’s road. He comes bearing a couple handfuls of fresh metaphors and tunes from a place where we all are doing our best and sometimes even making an unholy mess of it all. 

Gabriel has performed at a broad scope of venues and events, both public and private. Please feel free to look over the venues he has performed at since 2011. 

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