RICK LANDERS & HEARTLAND WITH FRIENDS AND SUNNY@MIDNIGHT

Rick Landers & Heartland and cameo appearances by some very special guests will perform Rick's award winning original songs and more. Rick is the publisher/editor of Guitar International magazine, an author and an Americana-style songwriter who in a short time found himself performing at such events as: the Herndon Festival, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the Washington Folk Festival, Reston Virginia's Founders Day, the W&OD Trail Family Fun Fest and more!

Other performers expected with Rick:
Ron Goad - percussion and 7x WAMMIE awards (Best Promoter in DMV)
Jim Nagle.- dobro - (Bull Run Bluegrass, The Stewart Sisters, The Difficult Run Band) and student of the legendary dobroist, Mike Auldridge.
John Werntz - stand up bass (Shenandoah Run, Pictrola, etc.) A-List bassist in the DC music scene.
Tim Spong - bass - our British mate who is a studio engineer who's performed on both sides of the Atlantic (Den of thieves, Space Pig, Dave Mininberg band).
Irwin Anolik - percussion - a twenty-plus year veteran on the "skins"
Bruce McDonald - keyboard with several local DC area bands, including the Rock Creek Kings.
Robin Brown - vocalist - fronts The Rockits, one of The Washington Post's "best of" #1 DC bands
Ron Moore - 6/12 string guitarist and original songwriter
more...!
In the works are Rick's & Heartland's debut album and two EPs due to be released in 2025, more lyric videos, a third book, The Adventures
of Digit & Tess, in Paris, and many more original songs to be recorded at the legendary BIAS Studios and A Writer's Paradise
studio in Nashville.

SONG LINK "WORKING OVERTIME: https://ricklanders.com/track/2891159/working-overtime-3-b-flat-featuring-jim-nagle-dobro-music-lyrics-by-c-rick-landers-2021-bmi-work-no-054292774
VIDEO 'WORKING OVERTIME": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhKnZlae34

SUNNY@MIDNIGHT
Jeff Smith, a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and the driving force behind Sunny@Midnight, has made waves in the music industry. His compositions have been featured in popular television programs such as “Young Sheldon”, “Army Wives”, “The Young and the Restless”, as well as an independent murder mystery film titled “Teach Me Tonight”. Additionally, his music has been prominently showcased in an ad campaign for Opel automobiles. His eighth record “Humphrey Piedmont’s Revelation Well” is available only at live shows.

Sherry Stewart, also a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, brings her unique blend of guitar, mandolin, and flute to fill out the Sunny@Midnight sound. Inspired by the harmonies and rhythms of nature, love, and the human condition, Sherry’s songs are delivered with a sassy gospel blues swagger. Her exceptional talent has been recognized the last couple of years, earning three of her song's awards in the prestigious Mid-Atlantic Song Contest national songwriting competition.

Sunny@Midnight’s quintet lineup adds fiddle virtuoso Marcy Cochran, John Werntz on bass, and Ron Goad on percussion. Together, they infuse this music with energy and rhythmic verve, delivering an entertaining and unforgettable musical experience.
Their first recording out now is “Break My Heart’ and it is getting airplay across the country and is a folk-rock country/blues gem of Americana.