Alkemie organizes “Panoply at Jalopy” to include Smoke Ring & Sibyl
On March 6 we shared the Jalopy stage with our friends Sibyl and Smoke Ring— two groups who also meld the music of the past with the sensibility of the present.
Following our fellow performers, Alkemie performed our album, a fine companion, live and in full to a packed house!
Smoke Ring opens for Alkemie with lots of sass and sparkle
SMOKE RING is a mixed voice barbershop and contemporary a cappella quartet based in New York, NY pushing the limits of what’s possible in barbershop. Made up of Rebecca Eckes (tenor), Stephanie “Tags” Taglianetti (lead), Gabriel Spector (bass), and Alexander Ronneberg (baritone), their humble beginnings began behind a curtain in Charlotte, NC, where they tucked away for some privacy to ring chords in a crowded room. They made things official in 2023, the same year they took first in Voices of Gotham’s Tin Pan Alley novice quartet contest. Their rapid ascent continued in 2024, when they became the first-ever mixed voice quartet to win the Mid-Atlantic District quartet competition and placed 9th at their debut at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2024 International quartet contest—making them the highest-ranked mixed voice quartet in the world.
Like Alkemie, Sibyl draws inspiration from the ancient tradition
This folk duo from New York City was formed by Chloe and Lily Holgate, two sisters that draw inspiration from the ancient tradition of the Sibyls—prophetic women of the ancient world who foretold the future through poetry and song. Blending their love for storytelling with their classical foundations, they refract traditional folk music through a contemporary, emotive light. Sibyl has performed on chamber music series around the northeast, at rock music venues around the city and many house concerts for small audiences—their favorite venues! Sibyl has been a resident artist at Avaloch Music Institute, and in 2022 they were winners of WNYC's Public Song Project.
