Strawberry Flats

You can expect a lively set of bluegrass standards, classic country, and originals inspired by those genres.
The music we play is generally family friendly and upbeat, but as is tradition in country and bluegrass, mentions of drinking and dying and cheating do come up (examples: Your Cheatin Heart; Old Home Place). None of our songs, covers or originals, involve any explicit sexual references or strong language.

Austin-based band Strawberry Flats was born on a sweltering August afternoon in 2021 under a small sign at Mozart’s Coffee Shop reading "Late Night on the Lake.” There, Hannah and Tony found themselves drawn together by a shared love of coffee and roots music. Since then, the Flats have evolved to a fully homegrown band, with Kyle Smith on Mandolin, Noah Griffin on banjo, and Lenny Nichols on upright bass.

They’ve been called “darling and old-timey,” and they prefer that over any specific sub-genre of country music. They live somewhere at the crossroads of bluegrass, classic country, and punk.

Hannah's roots run deep as a multi-generational Mississippi-Delta native, where she spent most of her life until moving to Austin a decade ago. Tony's journey began in the heart of the midwest in Green Bay, Wisconsin and led him through many places throughout the USA before landing in Austin. Kyle also happens to be from Wisconsin (Wisconsonites always seem to find each other), while Noah and Lenny are both native Texans.

Their debut album, "Home Cookin'," is a testament to their down-home spirit, born from late-night jam sessions and recorded in a home studio that doubles as their bedroom closet. It's a raw and honest collection of originals that explore the universal themes of love, loss, and midnight revelry.

They are passionate about the connection they forge with their audience, tapping into the shared human experience with songs that feel like old friends. Their live shows are a celebration of American roots music, where Hannah's sweet yet soulful vocals and Tony's scrappy guitar licks intertwine with the mandolin melodies of Kyle Smith, the banjo rolls of Noah Griffin, and Lenny Nichols holding it down on upright bass.

So whether you find them pickin' at a local jam or singing a Carter Family classic on a stage somewhere around Austin, Strawberry Flats invites you to pull up a chair, grab a cold drink, and let their music take you home.

Acoustic instrments, core band is vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo and upright bass; fiddle, pedal steel, cello also may join us