This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month except when they don't, like this month. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist, Jerry Wicentowski, has […]

"Equal parts Townes Van Zant and Woody Guthrie. A remarkably competent finger style guitarist and arguably one of new folk's most gifted new lyricists." Averaging over 100 shows per year, CHAD ELLIOTT has been on the road for more than a decade performing a blend of roots, blues and folk music. He has played across […]

BUDDY MONDLOCK “Buddy Mondlock is the most startling new songwriting talent I’ve heard this year. This guy is an American Original, a folk poet whose vision veers effortlessly from wild witticism to soul-piercing insights. Living proof that the troubadour tradition sings on.”  Robert K. Oermann - Syndicated Music Writer “As acclaimed as he is as […]

The Wrong Omar, aka Joey Shaheen,  has been touring the US and Canada, singing his "sidewalk confessionals of bad choices" with a tongue-in-cheek curmudgeon persona for old souls of all ages. His solo acoustic show follows a string of radio and TV performances throughout the Southeast and Mid-West. Soulful work on the piano leads to […]

 Mineral Point (via Omaha) singer-songwriter KATIE BURNS will make her debut appearance here with Eric Miller on cello and John Birner on electric guitar.  Some of you may have heard Katie on the WPR 45 North last May  with author Dean Bakopoulos.  They performed their storylogues (Dean reads his stories in sections, with Katie performing songs in […]