eTown Presents Jacob T. Simons and Palamara

Date and Time

• Friday, May 29, 2026  7pm - 9:30pm

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About Jacob T. Simons:

Jacob T. Simons is a songwriter with a gift for fearlessness. He is not afraid to make himself vulnerable as he reaches into his soul and puts to the page whatever he might find there: beauty, ugliness, truth, untruth. Whether drawing on folk, blues or experimental music, his understated guitar work and plainspoken candor strip the compositions down to their raw essentials and leave nothing hidden. He is the former leader and impresario of the Michigan-based collective Moon Orchids, with whom he released a pair of acclaimed records prior to their dissolution in 2025.

About Palamara:

Palamara is a singer/songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. Anchored in the sounds of folk, country and ambient music, he writes songs about the human condition that are contemplative, cinematic and witty, sometimes all at once. He is an art gallery manager by day, musician by night.

Palamara has been direct support in the past for Willie Watson, The Milk Carton Kids and Rosali among others. The music blog Surviving the Golden Age once described his music as "Lambchop or the Magnetic Fields with a country twang." Kevin Alexander from On Repeat Records said his music “will remind you of the singer-songwriter records in your grandparents’ cabinet (100% said as high praise).”

Tomorrow is a Friend is Palamara’s third full-length record, independently released on April 11, 2025. Recorded at his apartment in Denver over the course of eighteen months, this is the first record Palamara has fully produced on his own. These ten songs are a journey toward placing hope, joy and a belief in the good of humankind at the center of life.