Josh Joffen is an award-winning songwriter, singer and guitarist, a professional who brings an amateur’s love of songs and songwriting to every song and every performance. Josh crafts songs that are exuberant, emotional, humorous, insightful, and poetic, in a style that weaves together traditional and modern folk, jazz and pop influences into a tapestry of tunings and guitar voicings.

J. Barrett Wolf has lead a multi-faceted life since childhood. Born in 1954, Freeport, NY, he's the eldest of three brothers, the son of a truck driver father and entrepreneur businesswoman mother. Barrett moved to upstate New York State in 2004. He's been hosting the monthly poetry open mike at RiverRead Books, in downtown Binghamton, for the past two years and just edited their first chapbook anthology, "RiverReadings: The pen Like Poets of RiverRead Books: 2011.'

Grounds & Sounds features the best in live acoustic music in a casual, comfortable atmosphere.  Enjoy gourmet coffee, pastries and desserts.  Bring a bottle of wine and we’ll pour it for you – fruit and cheese plates are available, too. 

The show begins with an open mic at 8PM.