Galen Hefferman and Jahnavi Veronica

We are a folk duo, who can also bring other musicians when the budget allows.

For the two of us, you will often find us bringing quite a few acoustic instruments along with both our voices-
Cello, Viola, Oud, Baglama Saz, Guitar, Frame Drums, and when we have a more filled out stage, upright bass, piano, and more percussion.

We joke sometimes that we are the smallest eight person band you have ever seen.

We are on the quiet side, focused listening time suits us better than noisy bars. We can bring our own amplification but will need more sound support for larger venues.

Our songs are all original.

Jahnavi Veronica and Galen Hefferman (based in Oregon) weave their songs together with haunting vocal harmonies, plucked and bowed strings, percussion, and the willing voices of those who show up – creating soundscapes rooted in dreams and communications with nature.

They seek to create songs that can be a balm for challenging times, to transform and revive, and to open to a full hearted life, twisting the fibers of the dream world and the living world into one, speaking from the underground rivers that feed the springs that jump forth from wild willed places.

They make music as a way to give gifts to all who hear them, to the land they stand on, and to the clear stars above.

For small venues, we can bring our own sound equipment to amplify. For anything larger than a 30 person event, we will require a PA system, in general, although we do like to sing into live air without sound support if everyone is quiet enough to allow us to be heard.

We have mics, we bring all our instruments.

We need one grounded power outlet.

Please let us know if you have chairs available for us to sit in, or we will bring our own.

We don't have lighting equipment besides some string lights, so whatever suits the event best will be provided by you.

We need at least an area big enough to fit the two of us and at least four instruments, including a cello, and a place to put instrument cases.

We generally need a half hour to set up at least.