BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – Versatile crooner and master guitarist Alex Radus puts songwriting at center stage, pairing whimsical and poignant storytelling and soulful vocals across an eclectic, toe-tapping mix of Americana, folk, swing, and blues, leapfrogging genres and blurring the lines between them. He learned from some of the nation’s best fingerpickers at the Augusta Heritage Center, which influenced his unique finger style and respect for traditional music.
Radus hails from Pennsylvania’s artistically rich Lehigh and Delaware river valley, where he has established himself as one of the area’s premiere original music artists with his thoughtfully crafted lyrics and storytelling that sticks. He’s a frequent performer at the region’s best festivals and venues, including Musikfest, Zoellner Arts Center, Godfrey Daniels, Steelstacks, Hopewell Theater, World Cafe Live, and more.
He’s been direct support for John Gorka, Richie Havens, Darrell Scott, Chris Barron (Spin Doctors), and more. He was a staple of NYC’s early-aughts anti-folk scene at the Sidewalk Cafe, performing alongside Regina Spektor, Nellie McKay, and the Moldy Peaches. More recently, he was selected as a 2024 Falcon Ridge Folk Fest Emerging Artist and voted a Most Wanted artist to return to the Main Stage in 2025.
Fuchs is an award-winning musician and a teaching artist. A classically trained, improvisational multi-instrumentalist, Fuchs blends mindfulness and music, from bright and playful, to relaxed and meditative. His concerts are like a combination of a summertime lawn bowling party, a mystical poetry reading in a Bedouin tent, a smoky jazz club, a nuanced recital hall concert, and heart-opening meditation class.
He has performed his genre-bending ukulele instrumentals and soulful songs at concert halls and festivals across the USA and internationally. He founded and played lead guitar in the award-winning quartet Babik, performing the gypsy jazz music of Django Reinhardt with symphony orchestras. He was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his work bringing healing music to cancer patients, and was artist in residence for eight years at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
In addition, Fuchs has toured to three continents performing gypsy jazz guitar and meditative guitar styles with renowned sacred chant artist Snatam Kaur. He recorded on her Grammy-nominated 2018 release, “Beloved.”
Radus and Fuchs split the bill in a 3 p.m. matinee on Sept. 27. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.stage33live.com, or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. All ticket proceeds go to the performers. The performances will be recorded and filmed. More information can be found at the website above.