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• Sat

  28

  Mar

  2026

  THE GRAHAMS | TBA

  Doors 18:45 | Live 19:15 | Finish 10:45

  

  THE GRAHAMS | SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2026

  https://youtu.be/NU4oaHsxVhU?si=R7_BfbzdNOdu2cXP

  The Grahams
  The Bridge
  2025 Bio

  Alyssa and Doug Graham have spent most of their 37 years together making music. The New
  Jersey natives, who met in high school, traveled the world early on in a quasi-jazz band. One of
  the bands they frequently performed with in the jazz touring circuit included members of the
  GRAMMY-nominated Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band. While this was an incredible
  experience, the pair wanted to return home to their folk roots.

  
  Once stateside, during a walk in New York’s Central Park, the couple brainstormed a 10-year
  project of three concept albums. They soon embraced their love of Americana music, rooted in
  childhood favorites like the Grateful Dead, The Band, and Neil Young, and traveled “the rivers,
  the rails, and the roads,” Doug says. The trilogy had The Grahams writing songs (along with
  childhood bestie Bryan McCann) about the people they met along the way for their 2013 debut
  Riverman’s Daughter, which saw the pair spend a year on a Mississippi riverboat; 2015
  sophomore album Glory Bound, where they toured the country by rail; and the final installment,
  Kids Like Us (2020), in which they trekked Route 66 via the roads on motorcycle.

  
  The songwriters continue to push themselves creatively on their new record, The Bridge. For the
  first time since the inception of The Grahams in 2013, Alyssa and Doug give listeners an honest
  glimpse into their personal lives within their music. The Bridge, the duo’s fourth studio album,
  has the couple embrace the collaborative Nashville co-write and, as a result, leave a bit of
  themselves in each of the project’s 11 tracks. Named after the George Washington Bridge that
  frequently took the duo from the Garden State to New York City during their childhood and
  formative teen years, The Bridge is inspired by their everyday lives.

  
  “We were always trying to write these voyeuristic stories about people we met on the road,
  places we went, and different cultures,” Alyssa says. “This time, we tried something new and had
  an amazing experience with these songwriters, digging into who we were as children, who we’ve
  become, what our real life is about. It was scary and challenging.”

  
  The Grahams wrote much of The Bridge with GRAMMY-nominated producer Dex Green,
  singer-songwriter Kate York, and GRAMMY-nominated songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan. The pair
  credits Kate for pulling “the real stuff” out. “This record is hyper personal, and we went places
  with the lyrics that we would never go ourselves,” Doug says.

  The lead single, “Found It In Us,” was the first song The Grahams penned with the team. The
  ethereal ballad about searching for one’s place in the world finds the couple reflecting on their
  life as touring musicians. While Doug had wanted to stop traveling for years, Alyssa describes
  herself as being “go, go, go.”

  
  “I have always been searching for something, though I’ve never been sure what it is,” she says.
  “We were always chasing something. The song is about the recognition and realization that we
  don’t have to chase the dream. This is the dream: us. This childhood love affair we’ve had for
  over 37 years, and now this amazing, six-year-old daughter.”

  
  We could be looking forever
  For something we already have
  And maybe we travel too much
  We already found it in us

  
  Doug says they didn’t know how to create the idea in song form, but Kate did. The pair credits
  York for helping them write about their lives honestly and vulnerably. While The Grahams say
  “Found It In Us” is the core of who they are, other songs, like the deeply personal “The One
  Who Remembers,” bare Doug and Alyssa’s soul.

  
  “The One Who Remembers” is a heartbreaking tale of a loved one with Alzheimer’s. Alyssa
  cries whenever she hears the piano ballad, and did so while writing with Doug, Kate, Dex, and
  Aaron Lee. My father is an addict/ My husband kind of is too/ My mother can’t remember my
  name, she sings in the opening verse.

  
  “We were writing that song stream of consciousness,” Doug says. “That song is as bleeding-heart
  honest as possible that we could write.”

  
  Other songs, like “Worst Parts of Me” and “Little Fires,” highlight The Grahams’ playful side
  and ability not to take themselves too seriously. While “Little Fires” shares marriage advice from
  Doug (“you both have to be able to win fights”), the opening track “Worst Parts of Me” recalls
  Carole King’s melodic movement.

  
  Raised on Carole King, Joan Baez, and Carly Simon, Alyssa says King’s Tapestry album was a
  mainstay in her childhood home. “I know every single word to every single song, and I always
  felt a connection to her,” Alyssa says of King’s seminal album. It was only natural to nod to King
  within the song’s melody.

  “The line that started that song is funny: Honestly, I know how I can be. The way I sing a little off
  key when I'm drinking,” Alyssa says, reciting the track’s lyrics. “That’s a real thing. It started as a
  silly infraction that is endearing to Doug. Then we were like, ‘There are a lot of those. What are
  the worst parts that we still love about each other after all these years?’ That’s a fun song and a
  cool throwback to the Carole King era.”

  
  While the intriguing “Georgette” pays homage to their daughter with haunting instrumentals, The
  Grahams credit their studio band for pushing them and making them better musicians. The band
  features an A-list of studio and touring musicians including drummer Matt Chamberlain (Fiona
  Apple, Bob Dylan), bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Fiona Apple, Soul Coughing), keyboardist Ray
  Jacildo (The Black Keys), pianist Rob Berger (Iron & Wine), and synths mastermind Patrick
  Warren (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann).

  
  This musicianship is best seen on the powerful closing track, “Only New York.” A song that pays
  homage to a city that The Grahams call part of their heartbeat and one of the main characters in
  their life, “Only New York” serves as a bookend to the deeply personal project.
  “This record sets the tone for us as evolved songwriters who have lots more to say,” Alyssa says.
  “We would love people to delve into these personal stories.”

  
  The Bridge was recorded at 3Sirens, The Grahams’ East Nashville studio and record label.
  Opened in September 2021, the space was conceived to inspire fellow creatives and dreamers in
  a communal environment.

  
  “We want people to come and have the setting to create, whether it’s writing sessions, recording
  sessions, or videos,” Alyssa says. “Part of what we wanted to do with 3Sirens, and why we
  started doing compilations for charity, is because we wanted to give back to humanity as well as
  make music.”

  
  The Grahams also give back through their DAG Foundation, which provides financial assistance
  to one musician, writer, and fine artist annually. “It’s another way for us to give back to the
  artistic community,” she adds. “We’ve been trying to help other artists avoid some of the pitfalls
  we went through, and give them access to places to write, places to collaborate, build
  community, and fund it.”

  
  With nearly 40 years of creativity, The Grahams continue to expand their artistic journey while
  inspiring others. Throughout the process, Alyssa and Doug Graham leave the world better than
  they found it.

  

   

  
  www.thegrahamsmusic.net

   

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