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TICKET LINK follows bio. SETH BERNARD came to an understanding early that music, poetry and art, along with activism, farming and earth science, all intertwine into one great work. Probably because of the crowded farm dinner table, where books of poetry, tapes of jazz, blues, rock n’ roll and traditional music, guests of all kinds, […]

Ticket link follows bio. MARK STUART spends every year as a full-time working artist and musician. Mostly performing his own unique shows, doing singer-songwriter concerts, he can be witnessed excelling as a band guitarist at hometown Nashville, Tennessee gigs or sessions, too. Notable artists such as Freddy Fender, Steve Earle, Joan Baez, and Steve Forbert […]

THE FLYING CHAUCERS  aka Daniel Connolly and Keralee Gueneviere — began auspiciously and explosively in 2013 when K stumbled upon D’s gig on a subzero night in a famous Chicago dive bar. With her face towards a Guinness and her back towards the band, Keralee heard Daniel’s celestial harmonies and delicatatious finger pluckings; then turned […]

WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN (Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.)

WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN (Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.)

WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN (Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.)

WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN (Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.)

ROD MACDONALD  ticket link to come Rod MacDonald (born August 17, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, novelist, and educator. He was a “big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs”, performing at the Speakeasy, The Bottom Line, Folk City, and the “Songwriter’s Exchange” at the Cornelia Street Cafe. He co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. He is perhaps best known for his songs […]

MIKE COMPTON and JOE NEWBERRY,  masters of old-time mandolin and banjo/guitar, dig deep into early country music and blues. Their duet-singing, two-man string band ranges between traditional songs, instrumentals, ‘mother’ ballads and original tunes. It’s not about the number of notes with Compton and Newberry, but telling the truth and respecting the song. More bio […]

Ticket link coming soon. JOY CLARK is a New Orleans-born singer-songwriter, lyrical guitarist and composer who creates soulful compositions that celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love. Her intricate rhythms and warm melodies reveal a sweet vulnerability that have enchanted audiences around the world. Growing up the daughter of a minister, she learned to create […]

A self-described “tree-hugger that watches NASCAR,” GRANT PEEPLES is known for his axe-sharp socio-political tunes, raucous humor and heart-gigging ballads.  More bio follows ticket link. He is the recipient of the Focus Foundation Award for Creative Excellence, which cited the “humor, compassion and wisdom of his songs,” and their “unflinching social insight and cultural acuity.” […]