
Pickathon Presents
Hannah Juanita & the Hardliners and Leroy From the North
Sun, 2 Aug, 8:00 PM PDT
Doors open
7:00 PM PDT
Showdown Saloon
1195 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202
Event Information
Age Limit
21+

Country
Hannah Juanita and The Hardliners
Hannah Juanita and The Hardliners
Country
Hannah Juanita left her home state of Tennessee in her early twenties, excited to meet the world. She travelled in search of herself, worked odd jobs, and spent countless nights singing fireside under the stars with friends, never pursuing music as a career.
Eventually, Hannah made it back to Tennessee, landing in Nashville with nothing but her dog Loretta, her guitar, and a handful of heartbreak songs. She started singing around town and quickly became a staple live performer and a highly respected vocalist in the traditional country scene in Music City, known for her classic, old school sound.
Self proclaimed ramblin’ gal, Hannah Juanita has toured heavily around the country since 2021 headlining and supporting acts like Kaitlin Butts, Braxton Keith, Town Mountain, Nick Shoulders, Emily Nenni, Summer Dean, and Jesse Daniel. Her debut record ‘Hardliner’ established her reputation as a full-hearted, free-spirited, and irresistibly genuine honky tonk angel. Hannah Juanita's second full length record, 'Tennessee Songbird', produced by Mose Wilson, was released August 30, 2024 to high acclaim, breaking into the top 40 on the Americana Radio Chart and top 3 on the Alt Country Chart. Named one of the five female artists creating the future of country music by Grammy.com, in 2025, Hannah will be touring across America and Europe.

Americana
Leroy From the North
Leroy From the North
Americana
Leroy is his real first name, but everyone calls him Eli. And 'From The North' is only half right — because although Eli Wulfmeier grew up in Michigan, he has been living in Los Angeles for years now. That ambiguity is also in My Favorite Gun, the new album by his band Leroy From The North: it sounds like seventies guitar rock, but is tighter and more melodic than the genre usually offers. Wulfmeier learned the trade partly the hard way. He was a member of The Wild Feathers for a time, a band put together by Interscope Records on the model of The Eagles — an experience he himself describes as an industrially-crafted boy band adventure. The lesson he drew from it: do it yourself, do it your own way. With Leroy From The North, he did exactly that. The band describes itself as a velour tracksuit with a cowboy hat — americana and rock that blend into each other. The best point of comparison is The Sheepdogs: melodic, inventive, with vintage guitar notes and an energetic rhythm foundation. The background vocals are a strong weapon — multi-pointed harmonies that give the whole thing extra body without emphatically stepping into the foreground. The title track immediately sets the tone: compact, infectious, with a guitar line that lingers. “The War That Never Was” is darker cut. “Laid to Rest” stands out for a hard, infectious riff, the most pronounced rock moment on the album, while “I Belong” shows that the band can also slowly pick up the gas without sacrificing conviction. Wonderful discovery!