Hilary Gardner and the Lonesome Pines

A jazz band performing live on stage at a cozy venue. Three musicians are visible: a woman playing an accordion, a woman singing into a microphone, and a man playing an electric guitar while singing. They are all smiling and appear to be enjoying the music. Audience members are seated in front, some with raised hands. The background features a brick wall, a mirror, and a poster of a cartoon figure playing a flute.

New York City-based vocalist Hilary Gardner and her band, The Lonesome Pines, make their debut in Vermont with evening of music celebrating the nostalgic heart of the American West. 

Their album, On the Trail with The Lonesome Pines (Anzic Records), was hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “something new and wondrous.” It went on to win the 2025 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Album, was named 2025 Western Album of the Year by the International Western Music Association, and earned The Times of London’s praise for its “Manhattan-meets-moonshine gems,” landing in their top 10 jazz albums of the year.

With warm harmonies, irresistible rhythms, and intimate storytelling, Hilary Gardner and The Lonesome Pines bring cinematic Americana to life—don’t miss this appearance.

Press:

“A singer with a beguilingly subtle wit.”  -The New Yorker

“A delightful innocence, tempered by Tin Pan Alley wit and romance and a drowsy desert atmosphere to soothe 21st-century woes. ★★★★”  -The Times (U.K.)

“A sound suggestive of the vast expanses of the open plains, a huge empty canvas that paints an internal picture—a surreal, extraplanetary prairie of the mind…something new and wondrous.” -The Wall St. Journal