Simple and straightforward, Sean Hayes’ warm, vibrato laden voice and powerful energy make for an incredible concert. He’s been compared to Bill Withers for his rhythmic sense and his soulfulness. His music has been featured in commercials, remixed by known DJ’s, and covered by multiple artists. If there were a map of Sean Hayes’ 20-plus year career, it would be circuitous. A tangled criss-crossing of backroads and blue highways denoting place, influence, and trajectory. You can hear it in the deep-roots syncopation, in the dusty folk-stomp and in the biorhythmic pulse that ebbs and thumps throughout his soul-tinged songs.

Eric and Erica is a duo with two voices, an autoharp, a keyboard, and a sampler. Their songs are pop music at their core, dressed up with the unusual shimmer of autoharp; soulful, reverb-drenched electric piano; and beats that are as strong and simple as they are surprising.