Ashley Ray

All ages welcome Doors: 6:30PM All support acts are subject to change without notice. Dive Bar Darling Album “Pauline” out now! Listen here: Watch NPR Tiny Desk performance here: https://youtu.be/ujDMZENuwwE “Ashley Ray is not a household name, but she's no newcomer: As a songwriter with a Grammy nomination under her belt, she's written for big acts (Little Big Town's "The Daughters") and earned co-signs from industry veterans (Lori McKenna). But on "Pauline," the opening track of her breakthrough album of the same name, the Kansas native defines herself not by what she's built, but by what she's been bequeathed: her grandmother's name. Declared with force, it's a fitting statement of purpose for a deeply personal album that reckons with what we pass down and where we call home. —Lyndsey McKenna, NPR Top 50 albums of 2020 “What a voice.” — Robin Hilton, NPR’s All Songs Considered “This gorgeous, gorgeous song is the title cut.” — Robin Hilton, NPR’s All Songs Considered, about “Pauline” " ... this will be her breakthrough, and it's her most personal record… the way she inhabits these songs, she’s one of the most fully formed characters I have experienced on a record recently " — Ann Powers, NPR "Poignant… Ray has already demonstrated many times over that she can create a moving piece of music" — American Songwriter “Special” — CMT “Real deal” — Leslie Fram, CMT "[Ashley] co-wrote maybe my favorite song of last year... this is the voice of someone with attitude" — NPR's World Café, Ann Powers “Like Lori McKenna, Ashley Ray excels at painting these memorable songscapes, suggesting sentiment or character with just a sound or a lyric, never giving too much away. Elsewhere, she demonstrates her ability to evoke Miranda Lambert through her more gritty, tough tracks. An unexpected dose of groove, "Slurry" features an organ and stabs of edgy electric a'la Elizabeth Cook. "Dirty Work" reads like an unearthed Buddy & Julie Miller cut, damning men's two-faced expectations that