Essence & Gold Country at The Lost Church

Singer-Songwriter/Folk/Americana| Saturday, July 11th, 2026 | Doors 7:30pm $20 General Admission Doors at 7:30pm. Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission All-Ages are welcome $3 off each ticket when you use the code earlybird1 at checkout. Offer ends July 5th. Promo Codes are not applicable at the door. Codes are not case sensitive, but must be typed as one word. Like-Hearted Hits the Highway and Black Oak Artists proudly present: SF Bay Area favorite Essence and Gold Country and UK/Nashville's incomparable Danni Nicholls. Danni is celebrating the release of her most recent album titled: Making Moves, while Essence and Gold Country are enjoying huge success with their most recent single titled: Good Mom. Essence & Gold Country draw from deep roots in Appalachian, Americana, and classic Country traditions, with songwriting influenced by legends like John Prine, Dolly Parton, and Lucinda Williams. Essence's voice has been compared to Emmylou Harris and Dolly herself. Her songs have appeared in film and TV, and she ha shared stages with Sheryl Crow, The Old Crow Medicine Show, and Tom Petty. Award winning singer-songwriter Essence Goldman has been immersed in art and music since childhood. Her birth name really is ‘Essence’ – she was raised by quintessential flower children. As a sixth generation native of San Francisco, her parents were two free spirited bohemian artists from the Haight-Ashbury ‘Summer of Love.’ Essence’s sound nods to songwriting legends like Tom Petty and Lucinda Williams, Dolly Parton and Gillian Welch. In addition to writing folk/Americana, country, pop and rock songs, Essence has produced a very much loved children's album called “A Dog Named Moo.” Essence recently received national and international spotlights for her work with Bernie and the Believers through NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series and BBC. “The story of Bernie and the Believers is the most powerful I've ever come across at the Tiny Desk.” - Bob Boilen, (host and creator of NPR's o