Freeway Clyde w/ Jentri Jollimore & Ollella

Freeway Clyde is an electric, omni-genre, seven-piece ensemble that creates something fresh — soundtracks for films that have never been made. The band spins poignant folk-rooted themes into a universe of collective improvisation and vast soundscape. Vintage synthesizers, electric strings, trumpet, viola and deep rhythm combine for a timeless sound, from velvet to furious. 

 A Tony Award-winning composer and arranger, Michael Chorney is one of Vermont’s most prolific and collaborative artists. After working for years on the score for the Broadway hit, Hadestown, he longed to develop a collective, ensemble approach to music making. He found it back in Vermont and put together a group of the region’s most intuitive players. Freeway Clyde took off.  Michael Chorney is a musician from Lincoln Vermont. He has worked as a composer, bandleader, librarian, orchestrator, assembly line worker, arranger, dance accompanist, carpenter, engineer, teacher and sideman. His work spans genre, from avant-garde prepared guitar pieces to arrangements of Paul Bowles, Kurt Weill and Sun Ra. He is the recipient of the 2024 Lockwood Prize for artistic excellence.

“Every moment is urgent and new” – Seven Days

Freeway Clyde is:

Michael Chorney – electric guitar, bandleader

Jeremy Fredrick – drums

Matt LaRocca – electric viola

Will Andrews – trumpet, electronics

Parker Shper - synthesizer

Zack Dupont – electric guitar

Pat Ormiston - bass

Jentri Jollimore is a self-taught guitarist and songwriter currently living in southwestern New Hampshire, USA. Her music is a mix of traditional folk influences, found sound, drama, and too much caffeine.

After a 10 year hiatus in a corporate job, Jentri is back to her heart's center: writing and performing original music. She's recorded songs and sounds for short films that range from horror to absurdist. She loves creating songs that are pure and true to herself. She dislikes writing about herself in third-person.

Ellie Barber a.k.a. Ollella is an indie-folk cellist and vocalist quickly rising as a musical innovator in the Pacific Northwest music scene. She is a two-time finalist in the NPR Tiny Desk Contest (2022, 2024) and just released her phenomenal sophomore album, Antifragile, on March 21st, 2025. Trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine, the Seattle musician merges her technical string background with authoritative vocals and live-looping. Described as “really outstanding” by NPR Music’s Bob Boilen and “so tastefully done” by Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast, Crying in H Mart), Ollella's sound is organic with a side of edge, pulling on influences such as Feist and Jesca Hoop.

Doors are at 7pm and music will begin at 8! Seating is first come first served!

Thanks to a grant from TD Charitable Foundation, this show has an Access For All option which lets you name your price (you can't buy multiples of this option at the same time, so to buy more than one ticket, it is necessary to do each additional ticket in a different transaction).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Nova Arts Block/Brewbakers Cafe, 48 Emerald Street, Keene, United States