On Friday, July 21, Kareeta will light up the Ocean Institute with their incredible mix of traditional Country Music and Americana tunes inspired by the deep well of American roots music. Rising from the swamps of the southern delta, their music soars with stories of red sky redemption.

Sage Escalante is a 19 year old singer/songwriter and performer from Laguna Niguel, California. While attending Belmont University with a major in songwriting and minoring in music business, she hopes to propel herself into the music business here in Nashville after college. Sage plays piano, guitar, ukulele, and sings. Since her first song ever written when she was 12 years old, she released her first album in 2021 called “Youth” which she co-produced and wrote all 7 songs. Sage believes that music is healing, and without it she wouldn’t be who she is today. In 2015, Sage was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of cancer in her rib cage. This caused her to spend a full year in the hospital, and spent the majority of her time writing songs with the music therapist and learning how to play more and more instruments all by herself. She wouldn’t have discovered the beauty of songwriting if not for battling the horrible disease. Sage knows that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, and that sometimes it take a little bit more work and time to see it fully.