Samuel McDuffie & Friends, emerging artist LIVE in the Roots
2026-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | the Roots
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Samuel McDuffie found his love for music and songwriting as a teenager growing up in Macon, GA. He wrote his first song at age 13 and performed his first concert at age 15. Over the years, Samuel has lived and toured all over the southeast, allowing him to grow his songwriting and stage presence. He now lives in Dahlonega, GA, and hopes to continue to perform and entertain. Through his love of Southern Rock and interest in Appalachian American culture, he has crafted his songwriting into an art form of storytelling, ranging from sing-a-longs to character building.
His craftsmanship takes the listener on a journey through history and gives them the perspective of the characters he has created with his songs.
This night of music will provide the audience with Samuel McDuffie, welcoming his new band “Bleak Midnight” making their first public debut. Bleak Midnight will be joining Samuel McDuffie to play a few songs on their upcoming EP that will be released in 2024. Come out and enjoy a night of storytelling through the eyes of Moonshiners, a Cherokee Princess, First-Time Parents, Fisherman, and Friends last summer together before the venture into the real world of working full time.
Intimately connect to both artist and venue in our lush, speakeasy-style, 100-seat listening room. Hear the stories behind the all-original songs as the artist(s) share their inspiration and even their heartaches.
Doors open at 7:00pm; show starts at 7:30pm; VIP lounge or balcony seating with table service available by contacting events@canopyandtheroots.com . Locally-sourced craft beer and wine available for purchase.

James Corbin with guest Stuart Oliver: Country-Americana LIVE in the Roots
2026-11-21 18:30 - 20:00
James Corbin is a combat veteran, storyteller, and prolific songwriter. He released four albums “Dichotomy,” “Dahlonega Days,” and “Live From the Hoag Auditorium” while in college. Shortly after 9/11 and graduation, he went into the U.S. Army as where he deployed to Iraq three times. Those combat tours were the impetus behind his record, “From Baghdad to Bisbee” which comprised songs he wrote while there. James’ new record, James’ newest release, “Where the Roots Raise the Road” was released in 2024 and provides another motley collection of powerful, funny, and poignant songs that all can relate to. Accompanying James on stage will be the incredibly talented musician, songwriter, and producer Stuart Oliver. Originally from Dahlonega, Stuart now resides in Tucson, Arizona where he writes, produces, performs, and teaches music professionally.
“James is a captivating performer. He is a master at engaging a crowd and drawing them in. His songs move you to tears. They also make you laugh hysterically. Most importantly, they always make you feel more human and understood. A live show with James is a true experience into the mind, heart, and humor of a truly gifted storyteller.” Molly Kummerle, critically acclaimed DJ, vocalist, and jazz artist.
Born in rural North Georgia and based in Southern Arizona, Stuart Oliver is a multi award-winning, Billboard charting singer-songwriter and record producer. His songs explore themes of nature, spirituality and love spanning the spectrum from humorous to heart-wrenching. In 2022, Oliver founded Desert Myth, a Tucson-based art collective promoting creativity as a sacred act that enriches our cultural myth.
www.desertmyth.com
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“…unapologetic cosmic Americana – evocative storytelling delicately carved from pain – musically and lyrically heart rendering.”
Jaime Manser – Zocalo Magazine, Tucson
“..a rare example of a songwriter taking a moment to love the world he lives in..”
Flagpole Magazine [Athens, Georgia]
Doors open at 6:00pm, show begins at 6:30pm.

Eliot Bronson : storytellin' Americana LIVE at Canopy + the Roots
2026-12-05 19:30 - 21:00
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Over the course of seven albums, indie folksinger Eliot Bronson has created his own brand of atmospheric American roots music. He’s an award winner. A road warrior with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. An internationally-renowned songwriter with a voice that swoons and sweeps, making fans out of everyone from his hometown newspaper, The Baltimore Sun — who championed Bronson from the very start, hailing him as “a folk singing wunderkind” back when he was still playing local coffeeshops — to Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb, whose work on 2014’s Eliot Bronson and 2017’s James placed Bronson on the same client roster as heartfelt songwriters like Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton.
His new record, Arrive, will be released on Nov. 6, 2026.Produced by the incredible Oliver Wood Engineered and mixed by Brook Sutton at The Studio Nashville. Over the last two years, Eliot has been sneaking away to the mountains or the forest on solo writing retreats. I’ve been listening for the words I needed to hear. I’ve been asking myself, “What can I offer? What can I learn? And what needs to be healed?” There’s so much to say about this record. There will be time for that. For now, I’ll just say that this is a different kind of album for me. The songs aren’t fueled by pain or grief, but by abundance. Sure, there’s still sadness in them. But there’s a greater wholeness somehow. Joy, even.I’ve never been more proud of anything I’ve made. Or of the incredible group of people I got to make it with.Huge thanks to robertbrethartley , Will Robertson , John Mailander , Gabe Dixon , Matt Glassmeyer kRisTINA TRAIN , JP Ruggieri , Mark Raudabaugh and of course, Oliver Wood. We made a really special record, my friends, and I can’t wait for the world to hear it.
Photography: Andrew Lee Graphic design: Keith Brogdon
Before moving to ATL, he’d grown up in working-class Baltimore, within walking distance of the Pentecostal Church where his father and grandfather once preached to congregants who spoke in tongues. His parents drew their inspiration from religion and 1960s counterculture, but Bronson took his own from the records that filled his father’s collection, from folk acts like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Joni Mitchell to the trailblazing blues duo of Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. Inspired to make his own music, he began writing songs as a teenager and eventually relocated to Atlanta, where he performed with The Brilliant Inventions for years before winning first place in the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest as a solo act.
Bronson is a diverse songwriter, bouncing between poetic turns-of-phrase and direct narratives, and he’s never sounded so compelling as a vocalist. Whether leaping into his falsetto or singing in a woozy croon, he wrings every ounce of feeling from his lyrics, bringing those emotions to vivid life.
