Kansas City favorites Julia Othmer and Vi Tran join forces to celebrate their birthdays and host stellar Texas expat Tess Wiley on a rare visit from Germany for an evening of masterful singer-songwriter storytelling.

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Julia Othmer is a "captivating" piano-playing singer/songwriter known for her energetic live performances. Passionate and engaging, Othmer creates intimate warmth with her audiences. Using music to connect to people and social issues inspires her.

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Tess Wiley, daughter of Grammy Award winner Fletch Wiley and author/poet Kathryn Wiley, grew up mainly in Texas and has lived in Germany since 1998. She was part of the internationally successful band Sixpence None The Richer and currently performs regularly, among others, with Stoppok and Dietrich Faber, a.k.a. Manni Kreutzer. „Femme Sole“ is her sixth release.

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Vi Tran is a storyteller, actor, bandleader, and the owner/curator of The Buffalo Room artists’ salon. Born near Sai Gon, Vietnam, Tran is the author of the award-winning The Butcher’s Son, an autobiographical folk musical memoir that chronicles his family's journey from Vietnam to their resettlement in the cattle country of southwestern Kansas.