“Live & Local” is a free, community-centered music series celebrating the artists who live and create right here at home, with select evenings hosted by a different local musician bringing their own sound, collaborators, and creative vision to the stage. Each night features a full set from the host followed by an open, collaborative jam—no two nights the same, always free, always local, always live.

This is a pass-the-hat event—please help support and show your appreciation for the featured artist by contributing what you can.

Woodshed connects with audiences through timeless storytelling and high-energy arrangements of jazz classics and originals. On vocals, Margo Seymour invites us to share in the joy and heartache of the human experience. On sax, Eppo Maertens delivers dynamic solos and solid bass lines with the resonant bass saxophone. On keys, classically trained pianist Nathalin Moy shares the depth of her composition and improv skills. Finally, on the kit, percussionist Yves Dusenge anchors the group with meticulous finesse.

For the collaborative second set of this Motel Chelsea Live & Local performance, they’ll provide lead sheets for instrumentalists from the audience to join us on stage. We’ll also invite people to sing along to some of the best known standards in our repertoire such as Dream a Little Dream of Me, Paper Moon, and On the Sunny Side of the Street.