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ISMAY is a Folk/Americana music project driven by California-based singer/songwriter Avery Hellman. Their debut album Songs Of Sonoma Mountain was released in 2020 and named one of the 10 best Albums in the Bay Area, garnering features in American Songwriter, No Depression, Sonoma Magazine and more. For their sophomore album, Desert Pavement, they teamed up with prolific Folk/Americana multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse.

Growing up backstage at their grandfather’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, ISMAY was inspired early on by artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Hazel Dickens. Since then, they have appeared throughout the West Coast at music festivals such as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Strawberry Music Festival, The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, The Lantern Tour, and at renowned venues such as the Great American Music Hall, Slim’s, the Golden State Theater and the Mystic Theater.

ISMAY has opened for acclaimed artists including Steve Earle, Watchhouse, Robert Earl Keen, John Doe, Chuck Prophet and Sunny War. In March of 2023, ISMAY was featured as one of a select group of artists from around the world participating in the Apple TV+ Show My Kind of Country, produced by Kacey Musgraves and Reese Witherspoon. Gearing up for the release of their sophomore album Desert Pavement, ISMAY will be touring throughout the United States and revealing more exciting announcements during the year. To learn more please visit www.ISMAYmusic.com.

 

My Kind of Country’s ISMAY — "Linger" | Apple TV+

“When ISMAY sings the air leaves the room, you listen." 

- Mickey Guyton

"It is so exciting to see ISMAY perform… (ISMAY) has an incredible future."

- Orville Peck

The Official Music Video for “Stranger in the Barn”

ISMAY performs “I Called You Up”