Chamomile & Whiskey w/ Erynn McLeod

This show is a part of the Rivanna Roots Concert Series, presented by The Front Porch and Rivanna River Company. Doors open at 5 pm and music is from 6-9 pm. This is an outdoor show and all concerts are rain or shine. For more information about what to bring, parking, and policies, check out our FAQS! 

Chamomile and Whiskey came about like all good, simple things--by making two things into one.  In the case of this group, Marie Borgman and Koda Kerl--native musicians of Nelson County, Virginia--combined chamomile tea with Evan Williams whiskey one evening.  They decided that what they had made tasted like their sound. Although the group has evolved since forming in 2011, it, like the subtle mixture of herbal tea and whiskey, has matured and found its own sly, subtle voice.  If a band has feet, then Chamomile and Whiskey has both on them firmly on the ground.  But if a band is a living thing like a plant--which the best bands are--Chamomile and Whiskey has grown from roots set deep in Americana,  blues, Celtic, old-time and the singer-songwriter tradition of the south. The group has developed a more electric sound with Drew Kimball on guitar and enhanced the foundational fiddle and guitar sound with drummer Stuart Gunter. Their last studio album was recorded in 2019 in Nashville by Ken Coomer of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo. It sounds like music that is lived in and lived through.  Their sound tastes like Chamomile and Whiskey.

Erynn McLeod, a Charlottesville based singer-songwriter, writes at the cross road of folk and musical theater. As a native New Yorker, her roots are grounded in musical theater but she has branched out to create her own contemporary sound. In 2019, she graduated from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain with a MM in Contemporary Performance. During her program, she won first place at the International Writers Camp in Haarlem, Netherlands and was blessed to have one of her original songs, Queen, produced by Patrice Rushen. When she is not performing around town she can be found teaching at The Front Porch as the Director of Children's Programming. She is currently recording her debut project locally with production duo, New Immunity, and can’t wait to share it.

It takes a village to make the magic of these concerts possible! A huge thank you to our sponsors: Flow Subaru, WNRN, Tiger Solar*, Martin Horn, Woodard Properties, Nola Builds, Sun Tribe, Cville Weekly, and Blue Ridge Outdoors. We’ll also be serving some of the finest local beer, wine, and cider from our wonderful community partners: a big thank you to: Random Row Brewing Company, Potter’s Craft Cider, and Blenheim Vineyards for being our exclusive beverage partners, and to our Artist Hospitality sponsor Hogwaller Brewing, our Artist Hospitality sponsor. Please visit and support these local businesses – they’re wonderful people, passionate about our community, and we’re grateful to feature them at Rivanna Roots 2025.

*Use code “RivannaRoots” for $1,000 off a solar installation with Tiger Solar.