No cover / bring cash to pay the band TROY & HADLEY Boston duo - stripped down 21st Century BRAVE NEW BLUES TROY MERCY & HADLEY LLOYD (Winners of The 2024 Boston Blues Challenge) bring the raw sound of Electric Blues into the 21st Century… A power-duo that plays BRAVE NEW BLUES. Troy: vocal/guitar/harmonica Hadley: drums/vocal Troy toured as guitarist with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Booker T. Jones. Hadley is fresh on the scene with surprising grooves. She heats up the stage like a spike of lightning. Pushing boundaries with fearless performance, artful lyrics, hooks and melody, they extend the tradition and create the future. “This duo is like Lightnin’ Hopkins playing with The Small Faces while David Lynch films it.” -Alan Smithee

TROY & HADLEY Boston duo - stripped down 21st Century BRAVE NEW BLUES TROY MERCY & HADLEY LLOYD (Winners of The 2024 Boston Blues Challenge) bring the raw sound of Electric Blues into the 21st Century… A power-duo that plays BRAVE NEW BLUES. Troy: vocal/guitar/harmonica Hadley: drums/vocal Troy toured as guitarist with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Booker T. Jones. Hadley is fresh on the scene with surprising grooves. She heats up the stage like a spike of lightning. Pushing boundaries with fearless performance, artful lyrics, hooks and melody, they extend the tradition and create the future. “This duo is like Lightnin’ Hopkins playing with The Small Faces while David Lynch films it.” -Alan Smithee

Troy Mercy & Hadley Lloyd play BRAVE NEW BLUES at The Wine and Blues Festival June 2025. More TBA… Going down the right bank of the river Adige, in Polesine, plunged in the peaceful of the Veneto countryside, you will find Agriturismo Corte Carezzabella, close to Venice, Padua, Ferrara and Rovigo.