Meredith Edgar & Jamie Duncan (North Beach First Fridays)

Meredith Edgar is a San Francisco-born, Bay-Area-raised singer-songwriter with a voice that Cindy Emch of Secret Emchy Society says “sounds like she stepped out of the starring singer role in a David Lynch movie.” A lifelong singer and performer, she started writing and playing originals at open mics when she was just 14. Over the years she’s honed her unique sound through the influence of such musical artists as Billie Holiday, Jolie Holland, Fiona Apple, Morphine, Julie London, and Gillian Welch. Edgar’s songs have been described as melancholic, melodic, and deeply personal. Upon hearing the song “Tidal Waves,” Ari Notis, staff writer for Kotaku, said that Edgar’s “buttery vocals” affected him far more than he was prepared for. Her songs, says singer-songwriter Paul Griffiths “are a haunting, melodic mix of passion and melancholy” in which she “fearlessly explores feelings and reactions to her own times and artfully makes them universal.” Edgar has shared bills with acts such as Mark Eitzel, Noelle Fiore (Noelle & the Deserters), Andrés Miguel Cervantes, Brian Belknap, Greg Hoy, Minor Birds, The Pine Box Boys, Paula Frazer & Tarnation, Jacob Aranda, The Crooked Jades, The Waybacks, and more. Check out Meredith’s music here!