Katie Dobbins

An evening of exceptional music, delicious food, and fine wine in the Hermit Woods Winery Loft Listening Room. Complimentary wine tasting begins at 5:30pm, and Loft doors open at 6pm. Dinner orders can be placed between 6pm & 7pm. Original songwriters' round begins at 7pm featuring Katie Dobbins, Dan Fallon, & Dylan Patrick Ward. SHOW: Hermit Woods Winery & Katie Dobbins Music partner together to present a monthly music series titled Songwriter RoundUp, where audience members can enjoy talented singer-songwriters from the New England Area in the Lakes Region’s premier listening room. Enjoy songs and stories from host Katie Dobbins and two additional guest acts as they perform acoustically in-the-round. New songwriters will be featured on the last Wednesday of every month in this intimate series! PERFORMING ARTISTS: Katie Dobbins Singer-songwriter and light warrior Katie Dobbins seeks to share honest music that captivates listeners and brings light to the darkness. In 2023, Katie was awarded "Best in Lakes Region (Solo Act - Silver)" by the Laconia Daily Sun, and nominated "Female Performer of the Year" at the New England Music Awards. With a mastery of storytelling and the heart of a poet, this soulful songstress captures elements of life and relationships in ways that lift the spirit and challenge the soul. Her album There Is Light, produced by multi-award-winning producer Sean McLaughlin of 37' Productions, was awarded Album of the Year at the 2019 New England Music Awards and 2021 Limelight Music Awards. Her single There’s a Light, mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Jeff Lipton, was featured on Spotify’s New Friday Christian playlist. Her music has been featured on prominent radio stations like NPR and “Boston’s Hottest Country,” with host Carolyn Kruse raving “Sweet but bold, Katie’s voice is reminiscent of one of her heroes, Jewel, but only deeper… A fearless spirit with a gentle touch.” Her latest single Giants, along with several other new releases, was produced by award-winning Brian Coombes at Rocking Horse Studio in Pittsfield NH, and can be found on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and more. Lucas Gallo Hailing from New Hampshire, Lucas Gallo is an original singer/songwriter that has been strumming strings and singing songs from the depths of dive bars to the bowels of brewery rooms and from the fields of festivals to the steps of stages combining a love of the acoustic guitar with a love of rhythmic words. Gallo is influenced by songwriters from Dylan and Young to Sexton and Montbleau, and everything in between. Gallo has released 2 albums, 3 live albums, 3 EPs, and a number of singles and continues to write, record, and play around New England. Lucas Gallo is endorsed by Breedlove Guitars. David Roberts Combine an Americana Troubadour with a cocktail of soulful melodies, outlaw folk and swampy lounge blues and you get David Karl Roberts, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who creates a blend of whiskey soaked, folk, blues and Americana. A familiar face in the Northern New England music scene for several decades, DKR has been an opening act for nationally touring artists such as Dave Bromberg, Hot Tuna, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Fairport Convention, Dave Mason, Rick Danko, Trout Fishing in America, Joe Pug, Chris Pierce, Treat Her Right, Morphine and Aquarium Rescue Unit and can be found playing his songs in listening rooms and bar rooms throughout New England.