ERNIE HENDRICKSON draws his inspiration from American roots music as varied as Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Jerry Garcia and others. Hendrickson's latest record, Walking with Angels, was made with veteran producer Bo Ramsey (Greg Brown, Lucinda Williams) Played with a live band consisting of Bo, Jon Penner on bass (Junior Brown, […]

Bill will play all by his self.

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. 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 been described by […]

A Valentine's Day spectacular with 2 great acts- THE PINES  with opening act  Mike and Ruthy Founded by Iowa natives David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey, indie-roots band The Pines surprisingly actually met in Arizona, where they both lived in a Mexican barrio and first began playing together. Forming The Pines, they returned to the Midwest, moving to Minneapolis. The Pines weave together many musical styles […]