Tamsin Ackerly
Songs about small towns, long drives and the people who stay. Boise, Idaho.
The story.
Tamsin Ackerly grew up in a town of 900 people in eastern Oregon, learned guitar from a library book, and wrote her first songs on the night shift at a truck stop diner. She moved to Boise in 2019, put out a five-song EP recorded in a friend's garage, and has been on the road more weeks than not since.
Her second album, Magpie Season (August 2026), was recorded in six days in a cabin outside Stanley, Idaho, mostly live, mostly first or second takes. It is ten songs about leaving, staying, and the people who do each.
Tamsin performs solo: one voice, one guitar, a few stories. She is comfortable in a silent listening room and on a loud brewery patio, and she plays a lot of house concerts. She travels with her own small PA for rooms that need it. Everything a host or venue needs to know is in the tech rider in the Downloads section.
The new record, and what came before.
Magpie Season
Second album. Ten songs recorded in six days in a cabin outside Stanley, Idaho. Produced by Tamsin Ackerly and Jonah Pruitt.
- Magpie Season 3:41
- Night Shift at the Oasis 4:05
- Highway 20 3:28
- The Ones Who Stay 4:16
- Library Book 2:54
- Gravel 3:33
- Your Mother's Truck 3:49
- Stanley, in June 4:22
- Population 900 3:15
- Porch Light Left On 4:37
Garage Songs
Debut EP. Five songs, one microphone, one garage.
A music video, and more.
Hi-res, credited.
What they're saying.
Ackerly writes the way people in small towns actually talk, and then she breaks your heart with it.
Magpie Season is the rare record that sounds exactly like the place it was made.
She silenced a brewery on a Friday night with one guitar. I did not think that was possible.
On the road.
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Oct 03, 2026SaturdayThe Pearl Listening RoomBoise, ID, USAMagpie Season tour · hometown showSold out
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Oct 09, 2026FridayHouse concertMissoula, MT, USAPrivate address sent with RSVP
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Oct 16, 2026FridayGrain Elevator BrewingDriggs, ID, USAPatio show · free · 6pm
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Oct 23, 2026FridayThe Silver SpurBozeman, MT, USAw/ Jonah Pruitt · Doors 7pm
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Nov 06, 2026FridaySecond Story Books and MusicBend, OR, USASeated show · 40 seats
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Nov 14, 2026SaturdayPine Street HallBaker City, OR, USAVenue confirmingTBA
Magpie Season release show, The Pearl Listening Room, Boise (sold out, August 2026). Sawtooth Valley Gathering side stage (2024, 2025). Around 30 house concerts a year across Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming. Support dates for touring folk and Americana acts at The Silver Spur and Pine Street Hall.