Queer Music Scholar | Writer | Singer of Sad, Silly Little Songs

Becks is a queer scholar and musician, focusing their work on community engagement and placemaking through music, organizing, and agriculture. As a musician, Becks works to create events that bridge the divisions in communities. Their scholarship focuses on queer Appalachian music and the importance that music traditions hold, both in Appalachian communities and the queer community. Their Master’s thesis, “Queer Musicking in Appalachia: An Exploration of Space, Place and Identity Through the Lens of Traditional Music and Dance,” is now available for your viewing here:

Becks is also the Director of Operations for Stateline Resource Station, a flood relief organization in Western North Carolina that they co-founded with Valentine Reilly in the wake of Hurricane Helene. In this role, Becks coordinates with boots on the ground Case Management and works to administer and apply for grant funding to further the recovery efforts in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and Southern Virginia.

Tour Dates

  • 4/19

    WVU Lavendar Graduation

    Private Event

  • 4/24

    House Show in Nashville, TN

    Doors @ 7pm

    Linda Therese, Emily Lehr, Foxtooth & becks!

  • 4/25

    Sounds Like Collierville Festival with Emily Lehr

    Click Here

  • 5/3

    Suicide Prevention Benefit @ 123 Pleasant St. in Morgantown, WV

  • 5/5

    Monkeywrench Books— Morgantown, WV

    becks! & Brook Pridemore

    $10, Doors at 7pm

  • 5/6

    Anyfolk RVA—Richmond, VA

  • 5/7

    Post Apocalyptic Poets Featured Artist @ Bibliopub— Roanoke, VA

    6PM, $5-15 NOTAFLOF

  • 5/8

    Mountain View Mercantile— Christiansburg, VA

    7pm, $10

  • 5/9

    Freefolk Brewing—Fayetteville, WV

    6-8pm, Free Show (Donations Welcome)

  • 5/20

    Mon Arts Paperbag Lunch Concert @ The MAC—Morgantown WV

    12-12:45pm

  • 5/23

    Rambling House—Columbus, OH

    $8 ADV, $10 DOS, Doors 5pm

    Moe Reen, becks!, The Hen & The Crow

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  • 5/27

    Hoffner Pub—Cincinnati, OH

    Free Show, 8-11pm

    Emma Vulnerability, becks!, Ariana Hodes & The Longest Year

  • 5/28

    The Train Depot—Louisville, KY

    $15, Doors at 6:30

    Andrew James Chapman, becks!

  • 5/29

    House Concert in the Woods @ Maryville College— Maryville, TN

    $20 Suggested Donation

    Maddie McCullough, Dyin’ Runaway, becks!

  • 5/30

    Seeker Coffee—Old Fort, NC

    $10, 8pm

    Dumbest Fella Alive, Sage Christie, becks!

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