Name: J EDWARDS | Marques Morel
Start: 2025-09-30T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-30T23:00:00-05:00
Location: The Ideal Theater & Bar

J Edwards doesn’t just sing—he testifies. With a voice like a weathered storm and songs that carry the weight of smoky barrooms old churches and restless highways this Nashville-based troubadour delivers raw soulful storytelling straight from the gut. Born into a musical Pentecostal family and shaped by the deep groove of gospel blues and outlaw country J Edwards brings a rare kind of intensity to the stage—where every lyric lands like a revelation and every strum feels like redemption. Whether you know his name or not once you hear that voice you don’t forget it.
Kicking off the night is Marques Morel a road-worn Midwestern songsmith whose gritty delivery and poetic fire have earned him comparisons to Johnny Cash Bob Seger and Townes Van Zandt. Whether he’s stomping solo with guitar harp and kick drum or backed by his band The Midnight Wind Marques delivers every note like it’s his…