From ragtime to rockabilly to R&B, Open Road, composed of veteran singer-songwriters Lucia Comnes and John Palmer, serves up original songs and carefully crafted acoustic covers. Characterized by close male-female vocal harmonies, melodic guitar, and soulful fiddle and viola accompaniment, their first album ‘Skylark’ debuted at #3 on the Folk Alliance national chart in May.

Open Road, a duo featuring veteran songwriters Lucia Comnes and John Palmer, serves up  original songs and reimagined acoustic covers as authentic Americana, from ragtime to rockabilly with a dash of R&B. Characterized by close male-female vocal harmonies, melodic guitar, and soulful and dynamic fiddle and viola accompaniment, their first album ‘Skylark’ topped acoustic and folk radio charts in the US this spring, debuting at #3 on the Folk Alliance national chart for May. Lucia has played with Joan Baez, Jefferson Hamer, Paul Brady, and KITKA, and John has done session work with Fantasy Records in Berkeley, and played guitar and bass in a number of SF Bay Area rock and string bands.  Founded by John in February, 2022, Open Road has since toured Northern California, Nashville, Italy, and Ireland, playing more than 35 concerts in its first year. Their ‘Skylark’ album is named after their first single, which is the first song they wrote together after meeting under the mentorship of Rodney Crowell in Nashville. During another visit to Nashville, they played ‘Skylark’ for Emmylou Harris who called the song ‘sweet and lovely.’ Open Road released a second album in 2023, an EP entitled ‘Nashville Sessions’, a collection of original songs backed by some of Nashville’s top session players. Both albums are available on all major streaming services. Lucia and John are storytellers who share a passion for songwriting, and enjoy interpreting songs by favorite writers including Rodney Crowell, Larry Campbell, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt, and Tom Petty.