THRIFTONES They hang TV's in trees, they rehearse in a frozen attic, their tour vehicle is Townes Van Country, and they play familiar sounding music that you've never heard. They are Thriftones. With a sound driven as much by the groovy and often dark tones as it is by the lyrical content, the new 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. 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 country music historian Bill Malone […]

Bill is boldly flying solo this evening. He will have for sale his understated new record UNDERSTORY produced by son Satchel Paige Welch, recorded in Nashville with some great musicians.

SAM LLANAS (formerly of the BoDeans) is an iconic American singer, acoustic guitarist, and songwriter best known for his unique and distinctively soulful voice. It was Llanas’ voice that supplied the trademark vocal on Robbie Robertson’s “Somewhere Down the Crazy River.” In 1997 Llanas founded the band Absinthe. As Absinthe Sam released one album, 1998’s critically […]

THE WRONG OMAR aka Joey Sheehan sings 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 a set of guitar/harp and foot tambo […]