Current projects
See what we’re currently up to, including community events, crowdfunding campaigns, and more!
Join us for a Community Night Fundraiser on Tuesday, August 5th, from 5-7PM at Brickyard Hollow in Yarmouth!
Featuring live acoustic performances from several of the emerging artists we are currently supporting, joining you table-side for dinner!
Adele Edelawit
Help fund this coastal cowgirl's debut EP of original country music before she starts college in Nashville this fall!
Edelawit started working with Equal Measure Arts on her first EP of original songs earlier this year, after learning the fundamentals of music production as an intern at Monaco Studios over the past 10 months. Here, she shares her story in her own words: from her roots in Ethiopia, to discovering her love for country music while growing up with her adopted family in Maine, and her motivations as a singer/songwriter. Now she is asking for community support with a crowdfunding campaign to cover the final costs of finishing her debut EP before moving to Nashville this fall to put herself through college at Fisk University—with your help, she can bring her unique lived experience to the country music landscape!
Artist bio: Adele Edelawit is a coastal cowgirl from Maine who plays her own soulful blend of folk and country music. A graduate of the PATHS music program, she is now a Junior Engineer at Monaco Studios, and will be starting at Fisk University in Nashville this fall to study music business. Since early 2025, she has been recording her debut EP with the support of Equal Measure Arts, who has also facilitated live performance opportunities to showcase her music—including on WMPG’s long-running radio program Local Motives, and at All Roads Music Festival in Belfast, ME.
Alma June and The Persian Cats:
Help fund their debut album and be one of the first to hear it!
Equal Measure Arts is supporting Alma June and The Persian Cats in recording their debut album at Monaco Studios in Falmouth, Maine. Alma has been self-funding the album while completing her senior year of college at the University of Southern Maine, and the studio provided a student discount, however the band is now asking for support from the community in order to get this project across the finish line with mixing, mastering, and distribution. Listen to their first single here!
Alma actually helped inspire the formation of Equal Measure Arts: before founding the nonprofit, board members Victoria Stubbs, Ethan Woodman Fowler, and Sam Monaco had already seen her music’s potential. Initially, Ethan and Victoria began coaching Alma on singing and songwriting when she was still a high school student enrolled in their music class at PATHS; more recently, Sam encountered Alma and her band while hosting WMPG’s Local Motives program, where they caught his attention with their bold live-on-the-air performance. Since the band started working with Equal Measure Arts, the nonprofit has supported them with subsidized studio time, professional photography & videography, and performance opportunities at local venues including Blue, Mayo Street Arts, and All Roads Music Festival.
Consider making a donation to match EMA’s efforts to help these talented emerging artists gain a foothold in the music industry. All donors who contribute $50 or more will receive an exclusive first listen of the album via digital download, plus monthly updates from the band!
Band bio: Alma June and the Persian Cats is an eclectic amalgamation of styles. Though it never side steps nostalgia, the music is difficult to compare. Jazzy vocals, classical fingerstyle guitar, neo romantic viola stylings weaving in and out of free-flowing beats, intricate and classical bowed upright bass meet with a mourning multi-phonic horn section. Scott Barber, viola. Dravyn Cloutier, drums. Jorge Allen, Saxophone. David Hession, Trombone. Nick Rhodes, Guitar. Matt Nelson, Upright Bass. Alma June, Voice and guitar.