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ilyAIMY & Ayreheart at Institute of Musical Traditions
Institute of Musical Traditions
10701 Old Georgetown Rd
Rockville, MD 20852
May 12, 2025
7:30 PM EDT
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Saint Mark Presbyterian Church | 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, MD | 7:30pm. Tickets : $20 advance (+$2 box office fee)/ $25 door available at https://imtfolk.org/5-12-ayreheart-and-ilyaimy
With a stage set for baroque lute, electric cello, Irish bones, fretless bass, bodhran, violin, colascione, acoustic guitars, myriad drums and types of hand percussion, it would be excusable for an audience to have no idea what’s about to happen – but ilyAIMY and Ayreheart create a beautiful, eclectic, coherent collective reframing the former’s award-winning songwriting with the latter’s progressive Renaissance arrangements, and the latter’s GRAMMY award-nominated, Celtic and jazz-infused instrumentation with the former’s electric stage presence and 4-part vocal harmonies. “ ilyAYREheart’s ” music spans hundreds of years, from heart-achingly beautiful ballads sung by singer/songwriter Heather Aubrey Lloyd in Old Scots to epic modern compositions inspired by Frank Herbert’s Dune with a couple of Led Zeppelin covers to round it all out.
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ilyAIMY Biography
Bait shops, biker weeks, folk fests and clothing-optional resorts - Baltimore’s ilyAIMY (i love you And I Miss You) has played it ALL nationwide for more than two decades. Similarly adventurous songwriters, audiences should expect everything from barbershop to beatboxing, innovative acoustic guitar, and rapid-fire lyricism softened by cello and lush harmonies. ilyAIMY's live performances can be anywhere from a duo to a sextet - the full band also features drum kit, keyboard, and additional percussion. With honors from Kerrville NewFolk, Telluride Bluegrass, FreshGrass, Falcon Ridge Folk, NERFA, SERFA and the Washington Area Music Association, ilyAIMY is an award-winning “welcome jolt in folk.”
“Imagine, if you will, the rhythm section of Earth Wind and Fire teamed up with the folk sensibilities of Steeleye Span and you will have ilyAIMY.” - Vance Gilbert
"ilyAIMY ain't your grandpa's folk music - and thank goodness. They are fearless writers and performers. Heather Lloyd's voice is enough for me. Voices this rich and emotionally hard-hitting - equal parts velvet darkness, barely contained heartbreak, and hard-won, unstoppable joy - don't come around often. Sing me the phone book - I'll ask for an encore." - Pat Wictor, folk supergroup Brother Sun
Read More“Imagine, if you will, the rhythm section of Earth Wind and Fire teamed up with the folk sensibilities of Steeleye Span and you will have ilyAIMY.” - Vance Gilbert
"ilyAIMY ain't your grandpa's folk music - and thank goodness. They are fearless writers and performers. Heather Lloyd's voice is enough for me. Voices this rich and emotionally hard-hitting - equal parts velvet darkness, barely contained heartbreak, and hard-won, unstoppable joy - don't come around often. Sing me the phone book - I'll ask for an encore." - Pat Wictor, folk supergroup Brother Sun
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