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Mary Battiata & Little Pink – Alt-Country and Americana with Rich Storytelling and a Twang-Folk-Pop Sound play JULY 13th ARCADIA
Mary Battiata & Little Pink is the ongoing Alt-Country, Country, Americana, Twang-Folk-Pop project of singer-songwriter Mary Battiata (pronounced Bah-tee-ah-ta – it’s Italian). Mary Battiata and Little Pink will perform at the Arcadia Round Barn’s Elm Tree concert on Sunday, July 13th 2025 at 1 p.m.
Mary is a singer-songwriter and alt-Country bandleader who plays and tours from her home base in Northern Virginia. Ms Battiata has a fabulous voice and wraps it around some excellent lyrical content, the quality of which rivals the writing of Rodney Crowell.
Mary was raised in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington DC, when local radio was still playing hours of classic Country and vintage Bluegrass every day (thank you Eddie Stubbs!) She was singing and playing acoustic guitar by high school, and began writing songs in the mid-1990s, after returning from several years as a foreign correspondent (in East Africa and Eastern Europe).
She formed her first alt-Country band in 1997, inspired by the songwriters – local and touring – that she saw at her neighborhood music venue, the newly hatched IOTA club, where she played, too. In 1999, she formed Little Pink, a capable and fluid lineup of top-tier players drawn from the DC and Baltimore Roots and Country scenes. The band’s name, and its sound, were inspired by The Band’s recording, Music From Big Pink.
Battiata’s influences include: Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Hazel Dickens, George Jones, the Feelies, Aftermath and Flowers, to name a few.
“Everything you most loved about Dolly and Rosanne is here, with heart-tugging hooks that snag like spurs.” —Andrew Darlington, RNR Magazine, UK
- Who: Mary Battiata and Little Pink
- When: Sunday, July 13th 2025
- Time: 1 p.m to 3 p.m.
- Where: Arcadia Round Barn on ROUTE 66
- Admission: FREE, but donations are accepted for the upkeep of the Round Barn
The Arcadia Round Barn, a beloved Route 66 landmark, is operated by the nonprofit Arcadia Historical Society and staffed with dedicated volunteers. It is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
