Arts and Entertainment

Kelly Willis, Brennen Leigh, Melissa Carper at The Annex

July 17 2025

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and show starts at 8:00 p.m.
The Annex 2500 Church Street, Unit A Norfolk, VA 23517 Price: $25 advance; $28 day of show; $32 reserved seating; Fee free, physical tickets are available at Packed House – cash only.
North Shore Point House Concerts Presents:
Thursday, July 17 at The Annex
Kelly Willis, Brennen Leigh, Melissa Carper
When Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh – accomplished singer-songwriters who have forged unique lanes in country music – joined forces as a power trio, there was no more appropriate labeling themselves than Wonder Women of Country.
Willis scored country hits with her solo albums after signing to MCA Records. Leigh has cultivated a following resurrecting honky tonk that attracted collaborators like Asleep at the Wheel and fans in Rodney Crowell and Guy Clark. Carper, raised on Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash, “sounds like a voice from a bygone era . . . evoking the cool, smoky croon of a lounge singer,” according to Rolling Stone.
“A delightful country buffet, Willis, Carper, Leigh pulls on the superpowers of three of the genre’s ever-dwindling purists,” wrote the Austin Chronicle about their debut EP.
Now, they’re together, merging their superpowers.
Look and listen:

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