Bel Mercy

Los Angeles–based folk-rock duo

Bel Mercy promotional photo in the California desert featuring the husband-and-wife folk-rock duo with an acoustic guitar.

Bel Mercy is a Canadian-born, LA-based folk-rock duo made up of Kristen and Chris. Their music borrows from the 1970s tradition of putting two voices, a little tension, and a lot of history in the same song. Having met as kids and now more than twenty years into their relationship, they’ve got plenty of the latter.

Their second single, “Better Days,” has been described as an uplifting track that “captures the uneasy space between doubt and hope,” with a musical “push and pull” that “mirrors the reality of change.”

Music

Bel Mercy performs as a duo acoustic act featuring close vocal harmonies, guitar, and a custom-built vintage suitcase drum for percussion.

Bel Mercy performing live at Grant Owen’s We Found New Music showcase in Los Angeles.

Returning performers at Grant Owen’s We Found New Music showcase, a curated live series spotlighting emerging artists in Los Angeles..

We Found New Music

Bel Mercy performing live at Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood with vocals, tambourine, and acoustic guitar.

Regular performers at Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood, with recurring appearances spanning weekend brunches and evening live music.

Hard Rock Cafe

Bel Mercy performing live on the main stage at Melrose Trading Post in Los Angeles.

Featured main stage performers at the Melrose Trading Post, presenting numerous 1 hour 45 minute shows at one of Los Angeles’ most iconic weekly markets.

Melrose Trading Post

Live Shows

2025-2026

The Guitar Merchant

Cinema Bar

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Bar 10 at Corbin Bowl

Freight & Salvage

Los Angeles, CA

Berkeley, CA

Tuning Fork

Missouri Lounge

Los Angeles, CA

Berkeley, CA

Mantra Wines

Fireside Lounge

Novato, CA

Alameda, CA

Porchfest LA

Los Angeles, CA

Weary Livers

Santa Monica, CA

TR!P

Rosegold Saloon

Santa Monica, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Birdstock Music Festival

La Jolla, CA

Melrose Trading Post

Los Angeles, CA

We Found New Music

Hardrock Café Hollywood

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Primrose Vintage Market

Sundays Before Sunset Festival

Torrance, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Upcoming Shows

Press

  • "Inspired by the complicated emotions that can accompany major life decisions and shifting relationships, "Better Days" captures the uneasy space between doubt and hope."

    — BUZZMUSIC Music Review

  • “We’ve basically buckled ourselves into a roller coaster that doesn’t seem interested in stopping.”

    — VoyageLA Interview

  • "Our music lives somewhere between folk and rock, warm, a little wistful, and centered on connection."

    — Literary Pixie Interview

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