Passim Monday Discovery Series

January 8th: Allie Chipkin and Emily Sangder

Arden Lloyd is a Boston-based singer-songwriter who blends aspects of folk, indie rock, and jazz with emotionally poignant lyrics to create music that pulls you in and doesn’t let you go. Her voice is at the heart of her performances, inducing frisson in audiences everywhere. In 2020, she won the National YoungArts Competition for Voice: Singer-Songwriter, and was named a 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of 20 in the nation. She released her debut EP of folk-centric songs, This Moment, on November 12, 2021. Some new music will be entering the world in Spring 2023!

This is the inspiration behind the work of Poughkeepsie native, and now Brooklyn singer/writer/performer Allie Chip. Allie has been singing since her earliest childhood days, doing Celine Dion and the Little Mermaid on her boombox in the living room. She started voice lessons in 4th grade, moving onto choir, clarinet lessons, jazz singing and musical theater throughout college. All this experience led to Allie’s new EP, Cascades, recorded in Boston with Producer Kevin O’Connell.