Jesse Terry in Concert with Daventry and special guests Craig Bickhardt and Tommy Geddes - Saturday Oct 22 at 7PM

Trinity Presbyterian Church in Berwyn, PA is thrilled to announce Jesse Terry as its next performer in Trinity's Spotlight Concert Series on Saturday, October 22nd at 7 PM. Joining Jesse in support of the full
band concert is backup band Daventry, with special guests guitarist Craig Bickhardt and drummer Tommy Geddes. This will be an amazing concert that you will not want to miss. All are welcome!

Jesse Terry is a internationally touring, award-winning singer-songwriter and road warrior. His music has been compared to the likes of Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Kenny Loggins. He has an uncanny ability to weave tales of travel and homecoming, and of sorrow and redemption, into songs that are both timeless and fresh. This CT-based artist has toured the globe, made an appearance at Bonnaroo in 2015, and released four albums since 2009. Terry's music reflects an amalgam of influences, from Nashville to Laurel Canyon, and his melodic and lyrically-driven Americana style belongs on a playlist between cuts from Josh Ritter, Jackson Browne, Ryan Adams and Neil Young.

Just two months after graduating the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Terry landed himself a publishing deal as a staff-songwriter in Nashville, TN. Jesse went on to write songs professionally in Music City for five years before growing restless and hitting the road full-time. Since then, Terry has toured relentlessly in support of his two full-length albums, including recent support slots for Darrell Scott (member of Robert Plant's Band of Joy), Tony Lucca, Marty Balin (founding member of Jefferson Airplane) and Liz Longley. He has shared festival stages with the likes of Mat Kearney, Dar Williams, David Wilcox, Rodney Crowell and Lori McKenna.

"I think I always needed music," Terry explains. That simple truth encapsulates the style of an artist whose lyrical depth has garnered multiple songwriting accolades. The buzz over Jesse Terry continues to build, with tours bringing him from coast to coast and across oceans to the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. His music has appeared in CW's Hart of Dixie and PBS's Roadtrip Nation. Earlier this year, ABC used "Stay Here With Me" for its series "Forever."

Jesse has won Grand Prize in several international songwriting competitions, including the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the CMT/NSAI Songwriting Competition and the 2012 OurStage.com Finals. Jesse's song "Let The Blue Skies Go To Your Head" was included on a recent NMS compilation, released worldwide on June 19th by Tommy Boy Records. He was also selected as one of the "Top 5" in the American Songwriter/Martin Guitar's "Pub Deal" contest.

Terry's star is on the rise, and it's no surprise. Through the course of four releases, The Runner (2009), Empty Seat On a Plane (2012), Stay Here With Me (2013), and The Calm & The Storm (2015), Terry draws from a wellspring of emotional depth and combines it with performance skills honed over hundreds of shows and hundreds of thousands of miles on the road. The result is a palette ranging from poetic ballads to uptempo, rootsy pieces, always beautifully crafted and displaying sweet wistfulness and heartache. This is music that explores the contrast of light and dark, with a core that is timeless and authentic. Jesse Terry's superlative new EP, The Calm & The Storm, captures both the intimacy of his live performances and his thoughtful compositional style, with choice layers of harmonies and instrumentation that evoke the landscapes and faces of the road, the trials and the joys of a traveling troubadour.

RECENT HAPPENINGS, ACCOLADES & FESTIVAL:

• 2016 Invited Writer - Listening Room International Songwriter Retreats - Ireland
• 2015 Philadelphia Folk Festival Artist
• 2015 Bonnaroo Artist
• 2014 1st Place International Songwriting Competition

The doors will open at 6:30 PM and the concert will begin at 7 PM. There is no charge for admission, but a free will offering of $15-20 per person is recommended.

Trinity Presbyterian Church is located on Waterloo Avenue, 1 block south of Route 30 (Lancaster Pike) in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Parking is free. The GPS address for the main church parking lot is 51 Waterloo Ave, Berwyn PA, 19312.

For more information about the event, contact John Ward at concerts@trinityberwyn.com, call 484-639-9273, or visit http://spotlight.trinityberwyn or the Spotlight Facebook page.

Here is a video of Jesse Terry performing his new song "Carry".