Leesburg Listening Room: Alex Alavi and Heather Aubrey Lloyd

Join us as the Leesburg Listening Room concert series returns!

Alex Alavi is a musician and cartoonist from Washington DC. He was born in a hospital that is now a condo, which seems to have informed his wry sense of humor. He was inspired to start playing when he heard the wondrous sounds of the Grand Canyon echoing his name across the horizon. He knew he needed something to drown out that blasted noise, so he got a guitar and now here we are. He's currently working on being able to play music, draw, and chew gum at the same time.

Heather Aubrey Lloyd has spent two decades playing every state in the lower 48, in every kind of scene, with any kind of song that might set her up for a good story: bait shops, biker weeks, farmer’s markets, folk festivals, chamber music societies, and clothing-optional resorts. A recovering reporter, Lloyd’s love of the journey evolved into equally adventurous songwriting that “sits with fear, grief, and even absurdity until they yield not just resolution, but transformation.” Finger-picked guitar and hand percussion, influenced by Baltimore's diverse music scene, accompanies her “unmistakable, full-bodied instrument of a voice that channels grit as readily as vulnerability.” Her powerful, emotive, genre-fluid vocals show surprising range, and a downright refusal to settle into any one category alone.

Best known as the co-front of alt-folk ilyAIMY (i love you And I Miss You), Lloyd's solo efforts have earned her recognition as a Falcon Ridge Folk Fest Most-Wanted Artist, National Women’s Music Fest Emerging Artist, No Depression-FreshGrass Finalist, Top 4 Telluride Troubadour, and Grand Prize Winner of the prestigious Bernard Ebb Songwriting Award. She was honored to open for the legendary Gordon Lightfoot on one of his final tours. 2026 finds her as the “Girlfunkel” in a wildly successful Simon & Garfunkel tribute, while also singing for lute-rock rebels, Ayreheart, featuring the Grammy-nominated Ronn McFarlane. Lloyd just released her second solo album, the “ambitious and unflinching” Panic Room With A View, “an alt-folk symphony, layering acoustic beauty with humor and hope,” says Amplify The Noise and MusicnGear.This evening will feature regional artists Alex Alavi and Heather Aubrey Lloyd.

Only 30 tickets available so don't hesitate to grab yours today!

Questions? Email leesburgmovement@gmail.com.