27th Annual Conference
PROGRAM
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Driftin’ River John Malcolm Penn
Folk Remedies Steve Spurgin
Perfect Storm Dan Crary & Thunderation
Swing 220 Don Stiernberg
Home Cookin’ Don Stiernberg
Further Adventures Johh Carlini
Hangtown Fry John Malcolm Penn
Past Perfect Steve Spurgin
About Time Don Stiernberg
Unseasonably Cool Don Stiernberg
Angel Eyes Stiernberg & Carlini
By George Stiernberg & Carlini
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Table Of Contents
Folk Alliance Staff
Louis Jay Meyers Special Projects Coordinator
Keynote Speaker
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Aengus Finnan Executive Director
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Jennifer Roe Operations Manager
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Mark Rubin Camp Director Michelle Conceison Panel/Workshop Coordinator Ana Muira Speakers Coordinator Sheena Keane FAI Int. Representative EPIC Events Production
Sheraton & Westin Map………………………………… 2
Speaker Series ………………………………………… 18
Schedule at-a-Glance…………………………………… 3
Artist in Residence……………………………………… 19
Volunteers………………………………………………… 4
Lifetime Achievement Awards………………………… 20
Sponsors………………………………………………… 5
Spirit of Folk Awards…………………………………… 21
Board History…………………………………………… 7
Folk DJ …………………………………………………… 22
Letter From the President……………………………… 8
Exhibitors ………………………………………………… 28
Letter From the ED……………………………………… 9
Day Schedules…………………………………………… 34
Things To Know & Do…………………………………… 10
Showcase Schedules …………………………………… 52
Kansas City Tours……………………………………… 11
Artist Directory…………………………………………… 60
Outreach………………………………………………… 13
Music Fair………………………………………………… 83
Regional Reports………………………………………… 14
Registrants……………………………………………… 117
Wisdom of the Elders …………………………………… 17
Ad Index…………………………………………………… 168
Shawn Poores Production Eve Goldberg Awards Assistant Scott Alarick & Nadia O’Bryan Awards Video Candace Shaw Trad & Int’l Host Charlie Stewart First Timers Showcase Host Cheryl Duckett Outreach Coordinator Sherry Brokus MusiCares Health Fair KC Music Collective Wed. Night Co-Producers Conference Art by A Man Called Wrycraft Christine Chastanet Graphics Coordinator Bill Isles Private Showcase Directory Don Bird Day Production - logistics Terry Mutchler Day Production - technical
Mission Folk Alliance International exists to nurture, engage and empower the international folk music community — traditional and contemporary, amateur and professional — through education, advocacy and performance.
folk alliance HEADQUARTERS 509 Delaware St. #101 Kansas City, MO 64105 816-221-FOLK (3655) Fax: 816-221-3658 fai@folk.org Folk Alliance International, founded by Clark and Elaine Weissman and the California Traditional Music Society, is a 501 (C)(3) educational non-profit organization in the USA. Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of FAI, its Board of Directors, its membership, or its staff. Portions of this program may be reprinted without permission, provided explicit citation of the source is made.
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Cindy Cogbill Private Showcase Coordinator
Canadian Society for Traditional Music
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Bryant Miller Sales Assistant
Bessie Jones
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Michelle Bacon Sales/Social Media Coordinator
Peggy Seeger
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Beth Hatch Volunteer Coordinator
Col. Chris Hadfield
official conference/camp hashtag: #FAI2015 #FOLK
foLK ALLIANCE REGIONS: Southwest - www.swfolkalliance.org Far-West - www.far-west.org Midwest - www.farmfolk.org Southeast - www.serfa.org Northeast - www.nerfa.org
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Conference Team Joelle May Publicity / Media Coordinator
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Jerod Rivers Membership Manager
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WELCOME Hotel Entrance
MEDIA
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EXHIBIT HALL
DAY SCHEDULE OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
LOBBY LEVEL
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B CENTURY
Registration
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Silent Auction
MUSIC FAIR
INFO
Instrument Check
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BALLROOM LEVEL
Saturday, February 21 8:30 am – Runners group (gather at the Westin front doors) 9 am - 9:45 am – Yoga (come at 8:30 for meditation) 9 am - 5 pm – Registration, Information, Silent Auction 10 am - 10:45 am – Panel Sessions 11 am - 11:45 am – Panel Sessions 11am – 12am – Camp and Music Fair (at the Sheraton) 12 pm – 1 pm – Book signing: Chris Hadfield (at the Sheraton) 12 pm - 1 pm – Lunch 12 pm – 12:45 pm – Yoga 1 pm - 2 pm – Speakers Series: Donna Walker Kuhne 2 pm - 5 pm – Industry Exhibit Hall 2 pm - 4 pm – Private Showcases 3 pm - 4 pm – Community Presentations & Industry Meetings #3 3 pm - 4 pm – Speakers Series: Dave Carroll 4 pm - 5 pm – Wisdom of the Elders 5 pm - 6 pm – Dinner 5 pm – Silent Auction Pick up 6:30 pm - 11 pm – Official Showcases 7:00 pm – 1:00 am – Public Concerts (at the Sheraton) 10:30 pm – 3 am – Private Showcases & Jam Sessions – Songwriters for Breakfast – Camp and Music Fair (at the Sheraton) – Kansas City bus tours (meet at Westin front doors) – Closing Party: offsite at Green Lady Lounge & Tank Room
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Sunday, February 22 10 am - 12 pm 11 am - 3:30 pm 11 am – 3:30 pm 7 pm - 11 am
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Thursday, February 19 8 am - 11 pm – Registration, Information, Silent Auction 9 am - 10 am – AGM – Annual General Meeting of members 9 am - 4 pm – MusiCares Musicians Dental Clinic 10 am - 11 am – Panel Sessions 11 am - 12 am – Panel Sessions 11am – 12am – Camp and Music Fair (at the Sheraton) 12 pm - 1 pm – Lunch 12 pm - 1 pm – Private Showcase Presenter Meeting REQUIRED 12 pm - 1 pm – First Timers Meeting 12 pm - 2 pm – Exhibit Hall Setup (exhibitors only) 1 pm - 2 pm – KC Ballet + Speakers Series: Rita Coolidge 2 pm - 5 pm – Industry Exhibit Hall 2 pm - 3:30 pm – Folk DJ Reception (for artists and DJs) 2 pm - 4 pm – Private Showcases 2 pm – MusiCares Custom Earplugs 3 pm - 4 pm – Commnity Presentations & Industry Meetings 4 pm - 5 pm – Mentor Session 5 pm - 6 pm – Awards Ceremony, Speaker: Sylvia Tyson 6 pm – Reception (hosted by FAI Board of Directors) 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm – Official Showcases 7:00 pm – 1:00 am – Public Concerts (at the Sheraton) 10:30 pm – 3 am – Private Showcases & Jam Sessions
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Wednesday, February 18 11 am - 11 pm – Registration, Information, Silent Auction 12 pm - 1 pm – Lunch 1 pm – 5:30 pm – Kansas City bus tours (meet at Westin front doors) 2 pm - 5 pm – Exhibit Hall Setup (exhibitors only) 4 pm - 5 pm – Private Showcase Presenter Meeting REQUIRED 4 pm - 5 pm – First Timers Meeting 5 pm - 6 pm – Dinner 7 pm - 8 pm – Opening Reception 8 pm - 11 pm – Opening Night Feature Shows 10:30 pm – Private Showcases & Jam Sessions
– Runners group (gather at the Westin front doors) – Yoga – Regions Breakfast – FAI Regional Meetings – Registration, Information, Silent Auction – MusiCares Musicians Dental Clinic – Panel Sessions – Panel Sessions – Camp and Music Fair (at the Sheraton) – Lunch – Yoga – Keynote Speaker: Col. Chris Hadfield – Industry Exhibit Hall – Private Showcases – Community Presentations & Industry Meetings – Speakers Series: David Israelite – Dinner – Reception (hosted by FMC/FMO) – Official Showcases – Public Concerts (at the Sheraton) – Private Showcases & Jam Sessions
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Tuesday , February 17 4 pm - 9 pm – Registration Opens 6 pm - 9 pm – Tote Bag Stuffing Party 9 pm – Post Tote Bag Stuffing Party, 18th Floor Suite
Friday, February 20 8 am 8 am – 8:45 am 8 am - 9 am 9 am - 10 am 9 am - 11 pm 9 am - 4 pm 10 am - 11 am 11 am - 12 am 11am – 12am 12 pm - 1 pm 12 pm - 1 pm 1 pm - 2 pm 2 pm - 5 pm 2 pm - 4 pm 3 pm - 4 pm 4 pm - 5 pm 5 pm - 6 pm 6:00 pm 6:30 pm - 11 pm 7:00 pm – 1:00 am 10:30 pm - 3 am
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All conference events take place in the Westin Hotel (unless noted). Info as of Jan 31, 2015 / subject to change. For all Fair and Camp schedule information please visit the Music Fair section
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Conference Schedule at a Glance
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Digital Schedule Available!
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fai 2015 volunteers Thank you to our wonderful Volunteer Coordinator Beth Hatch, and to our 250 amazing volunteers. We couldn’t do this without you!
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Haroon Abrahimkhel Doug Adams Kathleen Adams Matthew Alvarado Cherish Anderson Ryan Atkinson Danny Autry Alyssa Avery Marie Bachand Damon Bailey Jeanette Bair Doug Baker Stephanie Barrows Julie Bates Neil Battrum Denise Beason Jake Bell Suzy Bennett Rhiannon Birdsall Don Boles Kelly Bosworth John Boyd Liz Boyer Mary Bragg Ron Brammer Susan Brewington Sherry Brokus Shawn Bruce Havilah Bruders Kristopher Bruders Monzie Leo Brummett Carlos Bugosen John Bunch Season Burnett Melanie Busse Melissa Butler Jon Byrd Steph Cameron Alex Campbell Sarah Carpenter Serge Carriere John Chambers Sophie Chambers Zac Coffelt
Curt Conway Patrick Conway Lynnette Cooper Kevin Corbett Mary Corbett Barbara Corley Al Corte Laura Cortese Jake Cox Vern Crawford Anders Damberg Rita Danaher Kat Darling Short Andrea Davenport Ben Davis Sydney Delong Brian DeSpain Chuck Digby Chelsea Dix-Kessler Paul Doffing Kelly Dougherty Rick Drost Sue DuMond Jeff Eggerman Paul Eklund Gary Elliott Sean Ewbank Betsy Faubion Richard Faught Shawn Fisher Eric Fitts A Fitzgerald Philip Folk Michael Fraser Susan Frazier Henna Fuller Ken Gaines Charlie Garcia Carol Gard Anne Garney Linda Garrison Andy Geoghegan Don Gest Tyler Giles
Diane Gillenwater Marcy Green Ron Green Brigid Greene Suze Groebner Tasha Haas William Haight Bill Haman Amber Hansen Tenley Hansen Corey Haskins Elaine Hayden Christy Hays Steve Hermes Brett Hodges Susan Hodges Ali Holder Thomas Hopkins Barney Hubert Sara Ivancic Jordyn Jackson Tom James Greg Johnson Matthew Johnson Robert Jones Gisele Kashul Cameron Keeling Carol Kelly Mary Kenny Jen Kiper Sara Koron Karen Kosko David Kroeger Joan Kroeger Hal Kurz Kristen Lamb Ronnie Lamendola Anne Lamoy Lenore Langsdorf Jennifer Large Katie Larson Shanie Latham Len Lawhon Barbara Lea
Joanie Levenson Ryan Liley Amy Lindsey Mark Lindsey Dave Lizor Kim Logue Ian Lubar Dennis Lucas Jennifer Lyles Stephanie Macias Grant Mallett Jim Mathis Sean Mawhirter Jeremy McClain Maggie McConnell Kai McCoy Dennis McDoNoUgh! Kathy McGregor Pat McKeown Nancy Meis Walker Michael Linda Minson H. Vic Montgomery Mark Montgomery Sara Morgan Andrew Morris Bob Morrison Patricia Morrison Charlie Mosbrook Mike Neely Mark Nelson Richard Newman Brett Newski Kristina Ning Anthony Occhipinti Sonny Ochs John Oebodo Erika O’Shea Regina O’Shea Randy Palmer Angela Penrose Melanie Pethtel Daniel Phipps Jack Pledge
Cory Ponton Robert Potter Bill Powell Danny Powell Doug Price Jeff Pritchett Debbi Proctor Gary Proctor Sandy Pryor Alice Reckley Rebecca Rego Lizzie Jane Reh Morgan Reisman Doug Rieman Andrea Rocha Rebecca Roche Elaine Romanelli Robert Rosenberg Patti Ryder Katie Sachs Maribeth SamenusChambers Debra Schenk Isaac Schmidt Elizabeth Scriven O’Shea Shannon Andrew Sherrod Meladye Shively Aaron Short David Smart Mark Smeltzer David G Smith Carl Solomon Ginger St. James Joelle St. Pierre Kim Stanton Steven Sterner Matthew Stevens Inga Storbakken Emily Stucky Heather Styka Randy Styka Gautam Subra Jim Sullivan
Sara Swenson Patrick Sylvest Blessing Tangban BettySoo Terry Beki Test Valerie Thompson Jolleen Thorpe Robert Tims Tom Tipton Jeff Todd Martin Tomlinson Ralph Tomlinson Vi Tran Donna Trussell Emily Tummons Fred Uzzell Bob Walkenhorst Una Walkenhorst Seena Walker Mark Wallace John David Walls Wyatt Walls Brandon Walter Joe Wambold Melissa Warren Mike Warren Chris Watts Melanie Weaver Thomasjohn Wells Miller Emerson Wells-Barrett Joe Wheeler Emily White Sara Henderson White Aaron Wichler Mark Wildman Pat Williams Bill Wiseman Kathleen Wiseman Shannon Wurst Matt Yeates John Yingst Paul Zimmerman Laurel Zydney
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2016
If your name did not make the list by press time, please know you are deeply appreciated all the same.
Folk Alliance International Conference & MUSIC FAIR 2016
February 17-21, 2016 Westin & Sheraton Crown Centers • Kansas City, MO
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GOLD SPONSORS
KC Night sponsors
SILVER SPONSORS
Additional thanks to: Jamie Logan and Bill Isles
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BRONZE SPONSORS
KC Music Collective Money Wolf Music Midwest Music Foundation KKFI 90.1 FM Ink Magazine 90.9 The Bridge/KCPT Kissick Construction Missouri Arts Alliance Boulevard Brewing Co
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FUNDERS
Media Sponsors
Americana Rhythm Magazine Banjo Newsletter Elmore Magazine fRoots Guitar Aficionado JAM Magazine NewFolkRadio.com Penguin Eggs Magazine The Living Tradition Magazine Trad & Now Magazine The Kansas City Star The Pitch The Bridge 90.9FM KKFI 90.1FM Kansas Public Radio
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Our sponsors help us operate, achieve our mission, and present this conference each year. We appreciate their continued support to help FAI produce the world’s largest folk music industry and community gathering.
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Special thanks to our sponsors
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ADDITIONAL SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS
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Conference, CAMP & FAIR
FEB 17-21, 2016 KAnsAs CIty, MO OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
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Treasurer Donald Davidoff Englewood, CO (term end: 2016) Secretary Joan Kornblith Washington DC (term end: 2018) At Large Mary Sue Twohy Washington, DC (term end: 2017)
Keli O’Neill Wenzell Kansas City, MO (term end: 2017) Amy Reitnouer Los Angeles, CA (term end: 2017) Lisa Schwartz Philadelphia, PA (term end: 2016) Anya Siglin Ann Arbor, MI (term end: 2016)
Renee Bodie Los Angeles, CA (term end: 2017)
Matt Smith Boston, MA (term end: 2017)
Doug Cox Cumberland, BC (term end: 2016)
Jean Spivey Austin, TX (term end: 2017)
Jenni Finlay Austin, TX (term end: 2018)
Ellen Stanley St. Paul, MN (term end: 2018)
Ralph Jaccodine Boston, MA (term end: 2016)
Erika Wollam-Nichols Nashville, TN (term end: 2018)
Michael Kornfeld Huntington, NY (term end: 2017)
Chris Frayer Winnipeg, MB (term end 2015)
PAST Presidents 2011-2013 - Renee Bodie 2007-2011 - Dan Navarro 2007 - Val Denn 2006-2007 - Leslie Berman 2005-2006 - Tom Neff 2004-05 - Meredith Carson 2003-2004 - Rick Simon 2001-2003 - Dave Humphreys 1998-2000 - Pierre Guérin 1997-1998 - Angelo Joaquin 1996-1997 - Carolyn Bigley 1995-1996 - Jeri Goldstein 1993-1995 - Phyllis Barney 1991-1993 - Michael Miles 1990-1991 - Art Menius*
Tom May Andres Mendoza Cheryl McEnaney Doug Miller Ed Miller Mark Moss* Joann Murdock Bruce Newman Jim Olsen Sandy Paton* Tom Paxton Judy Peiser Dan Perrin Eric Peltoniemi Charlie Pilzer Randy Pitts Joel Rafael Millie Rahn Bob Riesman Warren Robinson Shelly Romalis* Jim Rooney Garth Ross Gloria Rosson Bruce Rouse Tamara Saviano Jack Schuller Carla Sciaky Mike Seeger Tony Seeger Jordy Sharp Gene Shay Dugg Simpson Ann Smiley Mark Smith James Lee Stanley John Stiernberg Ralph Sutton Dianne Tankle* Bil VornDick Wendy Waldman Jeff Warner David Warren Rich Warren Janie Wilson Randy Wynne Carol Young
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Dan Navarro Los Angeles, CA (term end: 2015)
Steering Committee (1989-90) Robert Cohen Jim Hirsch Caroline Paton Sonny Thomas Juel Ulven * denotes being part of the original Steering Commitee
Past Board Members Kwasi Aduonum Derek Andrews George Balderose* Sarah Bates Erin Benjamin Becky Blackley Anne Blaine * Margo Blevin* Ray Bloom Allison Brock Camilla Bryce-Laport Peggy Bulger Mary Cliff Eileen Cline Dan Crary John D’Agostino Hardin Davis Juan Dies Phil Doolittle Wyatt Easterling Mike Elcessor Linda Fahey Joan Fenton Kira Florita Mike Flynn Ann Forbes Randi Fratkin Herschel Freeman Bill Garrett Don Gest Gilles Girand Mike Gormley Mike Green Karen Haggman Scott Hargadon, Esq. Sara Hickman Ken Irwin Greg Johnson Barbara Karol James Keelaghan William ‘Biff’ Kennedy Alan Korokenko Jo Long Chris Lunn Dave Marsh Bill Marshall Susan Martinez
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Vice President Michelle Conceison Boston, MA (term end: 2017)
Tim McFadden Nashville, TN (term end: 2018)
Founders Clark & Elaine Weissman*
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Current Board President David Hirschland Los Angeles, CA (term end: 2018)
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Folk Alliance International (FAI) is a 501(c)3 registered charity. Its mission is: To nurture, engage and empower the international folk music community — traditional and contemporary, amateur and professional — through education, advocacy and performance. The organization began in Malibu, California in 1989 when Clark and Elaine Weissman and the California Traditional Music Society gathered a hundred people involved in the presentation and performance of folk music and dance. Many people have contributed to the growth of our organization. Volunteers have chaired numerous committees both to produce the annual conference and to further goals throughout the year. The work of FAI takes place under the leadership of our Board of Directors, but every member of the organization contributes to the success of our endeavors. For a list of all lifetime and founding members, and for past locations of the conference, visit www.folk.org.
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* 2015 Officers are elected at the conference, and announced at the AGM, Thursday 9am.
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Letter From The President
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Dear Members of the Folk Alliance Community,
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of Folk Alliance International I welcome you to our 2015 conference, the second to be held in Kansas City. As those of you who were with us last year can attest this city has welcomed us with open arms and exceeded our already high expectations as a host city. We hope you’ll get around town while you’re here and enjoy the sights, museums, cafes and of course barbecue.
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This year we welcome our new Executive Director Aengus Finnan to his first stewardship of the conference. It is no exaggeration to say that he has also exceeded the Board’s already high expectations as our leader and we are excited to see him in action. Please welcome him and make sure you also get a chance to say hello to the honorable Louis Meyers who will be running the Music Fair in the Sheraton, which includes the Winter Music Camp, Art Gallery and public concert series. As this is my last conference as your Board President I want to thank my fellow board members for all their support over the years and I look forward to serving with them in the future. This organization has been an inspiration to me as well as to anyone who values the importance of real music, heartfelt songs and a community of like-minded artists, young and old. Go make music and have fun!
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST David Hirshland President of the Board MUSIC FAIR REGISTRANTS 8 27th Annual Folk Alliance Conference 2015
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Letter From The executive director
Hello, hola, bonjour, dia duit, aho. Welcome to the 27th annual edition of the world’s largest gathering of the folk music industry and community.
I‘d like to highlight the exciting expansion of the Music Fair and Camp at the Sheraton Hotel where, under Louis Meyers’ guidance, the broader community (and delegates) are now welcome to experience folk music through classes, public concerts, a gallery, exhibit hall, and pop-up folk store. Meanwhile, as a conference I hope you’ll appreciate some of the refinements and changes to streamline activity, provide breaks, reduce schedule conflicts, create thematic program tracks, expand our collective awareness of the legends, leaders and innovators in our midst, and ultimately to enhance business for all. Additionally, I am thrilled to announce the creative cross-pollination of FAI and the Kansas City Ballet this year as we initiate an Artist In Residence pilot project. To launch this exciting new venture FAI sponsored musician Brandy Zdan to collaborate with L.A. based choreographer Kelly Ann Sloan and resident KC Ballet dancers as part of the New Works festival. Bravo to Artistic Director Devon Carney for his courageous leap of faith into the unknown with us.
Aengus Finnan Executive Director
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Have a fantastic, fun-filled, and fruitful weekend.
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My deepest thanks to our small but mighty staff of four, the tireless conference team, passionate volunteers, generous sponsors and partners, and to our incredibly dedicated Board of Directors. Thanks also to the KC Music Collective for curating and producing a wonderful Wednesday night showcase of the finest local artists. Thanks finally to Mayor Sly James and the people of Kansas City for so warmly welcoming our “musical tribe.”
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From the ancestral roots of our honored guest Rita Coolidge, to the unbelievable perspective of our Keynote speaker Commander Chris Hadfield, one thing is clear… folk music is ever-present in time, in cultures, and not only on earth, but now even in space. So, this weekend we celebrate folk music as a universal form of expression, a craft to be honed, an art form to be revered, a career to be proud of, and an industry to be built upon.
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Considering this, the theme for the conference, my first, became Planet Folk. I have intentionally sought to build new and stronger bridges with festival and venue presenters, and I would like to welcome formal representation from the funders and music export offices of Ireland, Australia, Estonia, Denmark, and Canada, among others.
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This land and this city has always been a crossroads for people, culture and commerce. Today we join that legacy with music from all corners of the globe. As we gather here in Kansas City it is worth reflecting on the history of this area, which was once home to the Kansa, Osage, Shawnee, Cherokee, Cheyenne, and Comanche tribes. In time a French trading fort was established just north of the hotel we are in, on the banks of the Missouri river, where Lewis and Clark would later camp (steps away from the door of our current store and office).
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THINGS TO KNOW AND DO The APP Download the conference APP to stay connected and informed. http://bit.ly/faicapp
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WEAR Your Badge! You MUST wear your non-transferable conference badge at all times. (Replacement cost is $500.) You cannot attend any events without it, including Official and private showcases, workshops, awards, parties, the Exhibit Hall, the camp, or off-site events. Badges must be displayed at all times. Your ID must match your badge for security purposes.
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Onsite Offices Instrument & Gear Check: Pershing West Volunteers: President’s Room Media Room: Union West Valuables Store passports and valuables in the hotel safe. Do not to leave instruments unattended. If you see any suspicious behavior, report it immediately to hotel staff and conference staff.
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Lost & Found Lost and Found is located at the conference information desk and at the hotel front desk. Flyers FAI is working diligently to go green. We encourage artists to run digital ads rather than paper flyers. Tables are provided along the halls for place handbills, postcards, etc. Please do not tape posters to walls, windows, or any area other than the allotted tables and please leave space for others. We recycle all materials left at the end of Saturday night. Artists are allowed to tape on the private showcase room floor levels with painters tape.
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Opening Reception Join us Wednesday at 7 pm for a cash bar reception in the Century Ballroom foyer. Awards & Honors Come celebrate our community Thursday at 5 pm (Century A Ballroom) with guest speaker Sylvia Tyson.
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CAMP & Music Fair Your Conference Badge gives you total access to all Camp & Music Fair events taking place in the adjoining Sheraton Hotel. Just follow The Link to get to the Sheraton. The full schedule is in this program book. Exhibit Hall The Industry Exhibit Hall is open Thurs-Sat 2-5pm on the Lobby Level of the Westin. The Public Hall is open Thurs-Sat 11-6pm/Sun 11-4pm at the Sheraton.
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YOGA & Running Group Yoga classes will be offered Friday and Saturday at 8 am and Noon in the Brookside room. Runners lace up at the Westin front doors at 8am on these same days.
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MASSAGES Complimentary 15 minute massages will be offered throughout the conference by generous KC area massage therapists. Please check with the information desk for detailed information. Official Showcase Artists Please arrive at your showcase room 30 minutes before your scheduled show time, and let the stage manager or sound tech know you are there. The quicker we can get you on stage, the longer you can play. Please be considerate of other artists and adhere to the posted set times. In order to get the next artist on stage and ready to play, there is no time for encores. The stage manager or sound technician will give you a five minute sign and will expect you to end your set within the next five minutes. After your performance, please gather your stage gear and depart the stage as quickly as possible to allow the production crew to get ready for the next artist. MERCH & Silent Auction Located by registration in the Century B room, the silent auction features items donated to FAI for fundraising purposes. Auction ends Saturday at 5 pm. You may pick-up items Saturday after 5pm or on Sunday from 9 to 11 am. The Merch area features different versions of our art on t-shirts, jackets, and much more. Shipping is available for an extra fee. Smoking Both Hotels are 100% non-smoking hotels. Conference Evaluations A Conference Evaluation will be available online the week after the conference through the end of March at www.folk.org. Instrument Check Daytime Instrument Check is located on the Ballroom floor of the Westin in the Pershing West room. This service is for individuals who do not wish to carry their instruments around while participating in workshops and other conference activities between hotels. We will not accept band sound systems, tote bags, or other equipment. The room closes at 10:30pm and instruments not claimed cannot be accessed until the next morning. No exceptions! There is no Instrument Check on Sunday. Late-night instrument check (10:30pm - 2:00am) is located on the 6th Floor in room 656 Thursday - Saturday to allow for better traffic flow on the private showcase floors. Instruments can be left overnight at your own risk. Overnight instruments can be picked up the following morning at the downstairs Instrument Check. GENERAL STORE The FAI Pop-Up Folk Store is open each day from 11:00am - midnight next to the Art Gallery in the 2nd floor of The Sheraton Hotel. The store is sponsored by Music Caravan and will stock strings, picks, ca-
pos, tuners, instruments, and other musical goodies plus serve as our Music Fair information desk and sales outlet for public tickets, FAI swag, and much more. Regional Meetings Friday 9am - If you live in North America you are part of one of five FAI Regions. Attend these morning meetings to learn more about the 5 regional conferences, meet regional leaders and members, and discuss plans for the future. There is also a room dedicated to those outside of North America. FOLK DJ RECEPTION Thursday at 2 - 3:30 pm, Century C – hosted by the DJ’s who play folk music on air and online, this is a chance for artists and their agents, managers or labels to chat one-on-one and swap cards and CDs. ***a small donation is requested*** Social Media Follow us on Facebook, Twitter: @folkalliance and Instagram: folk_alliance. The official conference/ camp hashtag is #FAI2015 and #FOLK. The Media Room Media are asked to check in to the Media Room located at the Westin front doors in the Union Hill West room. Volunteers will help media locate performers and industry delegates as well as supply conference information. Hours are posted at the door. Jamming Feel free to play music anywhere in the hotels that will not disturb existing showcases, meetings, exhibitors, or non-conference hotel guests. Be aware of posted QUIET ZONES. Don’t block high traffic areas or leave your instrument cases in the way. Most importantly, a jam is a jam, not a showcase… invite others to play and don’t make this a personal showcase. Recycle, Recycle Remember to recycle. There are recycling bins throughout the hotel. Please use these! And another effort of going green is to recycle the badge holders. There will be bin near the hotel exit. You may also bring your badge holder to the Information Desk on the Ballroom level. Closing Parties Staying Sunday? Come to one of two off-site closing parties. The Conference party happens to be a five minute walk from the Westin at a great jazz venue: the Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand Blvd. and later at the Tank Room, 1813 Grand Blvd. Light refreshments will be provided. The Camp and Fair will hold an after party with live music at Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester Ave. Transportation will be offered to and from the Green Lady Lounge and the Tank Room.
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The trolley bus leaves from the Westin front doors every 45 minutes (the stops vary each day – check out the schedule that will be located by the front door). You can choose to get on or off at any stops, but don’t miss the last loop. BUS TOUR TIMES (leaving every 45 minutes) WEDNESDAY: 1 – 5:30pm (last bus leaves at 4:45pm) SUNDAY: 11am – 3:30pm (last bus leaves at 2:45pm) Visit the following link to learn more about each site, and other Kansas City highlights: https://www.visitkc.com/visitors/things-do/arts-and-culture Stops include: Boulevard Brewery – Founded in 1989, Boulevard Brewing Company has grown to become the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest. Their mission is simple: to produce fresh, flavorful beers using the finest traditional ingredients and the best of both old and new brewing techniques. Boulevard beers, known for their full flavor, distinctive character, and unsurpassed quality, are currently sold throughout the Midwest and in select markets from coast-tocoast. The Tasting Room is open daily where you can sample a variety of Boulevard beers. Country Club Plaza District – The Country Club Plaza (often referred to as The Plaza) is an American upscale shopping district and residential neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile. Established in 1922 by J. C. Nichols and designed architecturally after Seville, Spain, the Plaza comprises high-end retail establishments, restaurants, and entertainment venues, as well as offices. The Country Club Plaza is named in the Project for Public Spaces’ list 60 of the World’s Great Places. Jazz District at 18th & Vine – Visit the American Jazz Museum and Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame. Once the epicenter of the city’s AfricanAmerican community, the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District is a hot spot for jazz, for barbecue and for a look back at the game of baseball. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – The performing arts center for music, opera, theater, and dance, opened in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, in September 2011. What began as a sketch on a napkin has become an architectural icon and home for the performing arts in Kansas City. The Kauffman Center has changed Kansas City’s skyline, as well as the experiences of artists and audiences throughout the region.
Mid-America Arts Alliance – Created to support and stimulate cultural activity in communities throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Based in the heartland, M-AAA now creates and manages regional, multi-regional, national, and international programs including traveling exhibitions, performing arts touring, and professional and community development. Countless stories can be told about arts experiences in the communities that Mid-America Arts Alliance serves with performances, exhibitions, seminars, workshops, master classes, school tours, radio broadcasts, artist residencies, community projects, and lectures. Nelson-Atkins Museum – The museum is considered one of the top art museums in the United States. The Nelson-Atkins features one of America’s finest collections of Asian art, as well as extensive collections of American, American Indian, Egyptian, and European art. The Steven Holl designed Bloch Building contains galleries of contemporary and African art, photography, and special exhibits. Enjoy art outdoors at the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park, a collection of sculptures by many of the 20th century’s finest artists. Power & Light District – Offering over a half million square feet, The Kansas City Power & Light District is the Midwest’s premier entertainment epicenter. With more than 50 unique and captivating shops, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues, the district in the heart of downtown offers something for everyone. River Market District – The River Market is not only one of the city’s most historic neighborhoods, but also one of the most culturally rich areas. Brick streets, historic buildings, and decorative street lamps provide the ambiance of an old city in this thriving neighborhood. The area is a vibrant and friendly community with a bountiful anchor attraction, the region’s largest farmers’ market. Since the early 1800’s, the Historic River Market has been the place to be. It is located on the banks of the river, where French trading forts first stood, preceded by camps of the Kansa tribe of the Kaw Nation. Westport District – Westport, Kansas City’s original entertainment district, boasts a rich history as the oldest established community in Kansas City. More than 150 years ago, Westport marked the passage into the Western Frontier and set the foundation for what it is today: a thriving shopping and entertainment district. Westport is a fusion of local eateries, fashionable boutiques and hot night-spots compounded with remnants of the neighborhood’s historic past. Home of The Record Bar, The Riot Room, Half Price Books and much more.
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Hop on the trolley bus Wednesday and Sunday afternoon to see a dozen Kansas City music and art landmarks.
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Thursday and Friday, MusiCares will be providing the following health services FREE to eligible musician delegates: dental screenings, x-rays, & teeth cleaning, custom musician earplugs. Visit the MusiCare booth in the Garden Terrace for more information! Big thanks to Sherry Brokus, Debbie Carroll and everyone at MusiCares.
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The Halo Foundation partners with national area homeless shelters, residential care facilities, and transitional living programs to provide art therapy and life skills-based programming to youth in the greatest need. Internationally, HALO provides food, water, shelter, clothing, education, art therapy, and caretakers to abandoned or orphaned youth through 11 international programs in India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uganda. For more information visit www. haloworldwide.org.
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Thanks once again to FAI members Linda McRae and James Whitmire who will be presenting their Express Yourself Writing Workshops for the Halo Foundation’s Youth Program. The inspiration for their work came as a result of their involvement in the Arts and Corrections Program, teaching songwriting to the inmates at California’s New Folsom Prison. They are currently presenting their workshops in detox centers, alternative schools, women’s shelters and youth and adult correctional facilities across North America. www. lindamcrae.com/workshops
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FAI hospital outreach events have taken place for several years including at St. Jude’s in Memphis, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and Children’s Mercy Hospital here in Kansas City. Children’s Mercy Hospital is a comprehensive pediatric facility that provides medical care to patients from birth to 18 years of age. Thanks once again to FAI member Cheryl Duckett who has volunteered to organize another year of outreach with musicians performing for the kids. Please contact Cheryl at cduckettbooking@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining the group on either Wednesday from 1-1:30 pm, Thursday from 11:30-12 pm, or Friday from 10:30-11 am.
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2015 REGION REPORTS
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SERFA will celebrate our 8th conference in the peaceful setting of the Montreat Conference Center, located just 20 minutes from Asheville, NC. Like our sister regions, SERFA offers creative and informative workshops during the daytime to help educate and inspire our community. Last year saw the institution of The Kari Estrin Founding President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Culture in the Southeast. The inaugural recipient of this award was The Highlander Research and Education Center, with Executive Director Pam McMichael accepting. McMichael gave a moving presentation of the history of Highlander, whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the US South. Rosa Parks, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and hundreds of others over the years have taken inspiration and activism from their stays there, and it is where the song “We Shall OverCome” was evolved and disseminated. Capping off the award festivities was Highlander Center activist, Local 1000 founder, actor, writer, and beloved folk artist John McCutcheon, who delivered both a poignant and rousing keynote speech that was one of the true highlights of SERFA 2014. This year NC musicians Alice Gerrard and Si Kahn will accept Estrin’s award, along with the Rounder Record founders - Marian Leighton-Levy, Ken Irwin and Bill Nowlin. All five will take part in various workshops, with Marian Leighton-Levy delivering SERFA’s 2015 keynote. And this year our Wisdom of The Elders session will feature The Rounder Roundtable - hosted by Art Menius, discussing various issues of Southern music and activism. In addition, as an added feature to this award, SERFA will present Kahn’s play (he’s written several), a one-woman show featuring Sue Masseck, “Precious Memories,” about Sarah Ogan Gunning, whose album, The Silver Dagger, was one of Rounder’s first releases in 1976. SERFA also instituted a Community Hour in 2014 - short and varied workshops for a call to building communities through music and organizing, an expanded mentor program, and instrumental clinics. Attendees took advantage of a wide array of workshop offerings, wonderful meals together and all within the relaxed schedule and tranquil setting of Montreat. And how about the music?! SERFA hosts an Open Mic, Guerrilla Showcases, and three full nights Official Showcases, with jam sessions (each night in the lobby). Music is everywhere. Come see for yourself. Registration is open online, and Submissions for Official Showcases will be accepted until February 28 via serfa.org. We hope you will join us for our next wonderful gathering of the South East’s finest. Don’t wait, the earlier you register the more you save! Warm thanks to our volunteers, to our Board for their continued guidance, and to our conference director, Kari Estrin for her dedication in bringing you this stellar event. Have breakfast with SERFA during the regional meeting or visit us at the Regional Information table for more information.
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The Southwest Region of Folk Alliance International (SWRFA) represents the 5 states of Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah as well as the country of Mexico. The community is served through a main 4 day Conference usually held in the fall of the year and one -day events featuring the music business population in each of those areas. Our last one day was in Santa Fe New Mexico on March 28, 2014. Plans are in the works to present again in Texas and Colorado. All of our conference events include showcase opportunities, open mics and panel discussions. The 2015 SWRFA Conference is September 23 - 27 in Austin TX. Conference seminars and panels address many facets of the music business booking and tour planning, agents and managers, music law, the internet, getting airplay, studio know how, song sharing and discussion, wellness while on the road and looking for alternate ways to get our music to the world - such as in schools and films. We eat meals together and form wonderful new relationships and renew old ones. And we are certain to have FUN! Artists, managers, agents, venue operators as well as folks who come to listen enthusiastically are all encouraged to attend. SWRFA is run by a Board of Directors, currently Meredith Ray - CO, KC Clifford - OK, Paul Barker - TX and Dalis Allen, the Founder, Director and Conference Coordinator. Please join us during this Conference for our SWRFA breakfast meeting on Friday, February 20 at 9:30AM and at the Regions Exhibit Booth #101. The 11th Annual FAR-West Conference was held October 16-19, 2014 in Oakland California. This year’s conference was coordinated by Jeanette Lundgren and John Roy Zat and was attended by nearly 350 people - the largest FAR-West conference since 2009. Thursday night’s kick-off activities included the Venue’s Choice concert, where five local venues each presented a favored artist. As always, evenings continued well into the night, and some cases into the early morning, with 30 Private Guerilla Showcases and a late night jam room. The rest of the weekend included a wide variety of workshops and panels that offered information on hosting, touring, and musicianship. Afternoon activities included the popular Susanne Millsaps Memorial Coffeehouse and the Networking Center where artists, presenters and other music supporters could meet and mingle. Friday and Saturday evenings featured the Official Showcase Concerts with performances from artists chosen during the juried selection process.
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News from NERFALAND 2014 was NERFA’s 20th Anniversary and proved to be a banner year. We had quite a successful one-day mini conference in North Jersey with incredible help from The Folk Project and Sanctuary concerts. In September NERFA and SERFA together sponsored the first ever combined one-day mini conference which we affectionately called SNERFA. Our 20th Annual Conference in November had many highlights to commemorate this milestone. We were fortunate to have the internationally renowned Michael Wrycraft design a special logo which was prominently displayed on our program book, backpacks, neck wallets, water bottles and our long and short sleeve t-shirts. Most sizes sold out by Thursday evening. We are still receiving positive comments on the awe-inspiring keynote address by David Amram. We now have a link on our web-site where you can download the text to his address. Every year there are comments that this was the best Folk DJ showcase ever. We love watching the faces of third grade students as they participate in a parade leading to the special showcase we prepare for them each year. In addition to the multi-levels of showcasing and the exhibit hall, we also had a special showcase of Canadian artists and 28 workshops covering every topic you could imagine and well as individualized mentoring sessions. We had two special events as a special tribute to Pete Seeger. One was a film interview with Rik Palieri where Pete explains how he came to build the sloop Clearwater and how it was used to raise money to clean up the Hudson River. The other very special event was a sing-along lead by Pete’s proteges, The Hudson River Sloop Singers.
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FARM 2014 had many memorable moments. Our keynote speaker, Tim Grimm, was outstanding. It was an honor to award Eric Peltoniemi with FARM’s Folk Tradition in the Midwest Lifetime Award. Eric, co-founder and now president of Red House Records, has for 30 years made a positive impact on folk music and on the careers of many well known musicians. It was a surprise and pleasure when we learned that one of our juried showcase selections, The Underhills, included the son of our keynote speaker as a band member. In total we had 14 incredible showcase performances. New for 2014 was our Presenter & DJ Showcase. Venues, festivals and DJs were nominated to host and present the musician of their choice. This was our opportunity to honor those who support the careers of our members. FARM had three excellent years in St Louis. There are many conferences you can attend. The FARM conference is worth your consideration. The FARM conference includes 90 showcases, 19 workshops, free display space, private showcases, keynote, awards and more. But what is outstanding is the Midwest hospitality, the opportunity for networking and a large number of venues looking to book. FARM is, at the same time, friendly and laid back yet professional, providing real opportunities for attendees. FARM is excited to announce that our 2015 conference will be hosted at the Sheraton Iowa City in beautiful downtown Iowa City, Iowa, the home of The University of Iowa, from October 22nd to 25th. After an extensive site search that included consideration of every state and province in FARM’s large territory, it was the outstanding support of Iowa City’s (and sister city Cedar Rapid’s) strong local music scene, the
local Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Sheraton Hotel, and local venues that made Iowa City a great choice for our 2015 conference. Some features of FARM 2015 in Iowa City include: • A world class hotel (rated #2 in Iowa City by Trip Advisor) located in walkable, downtown Iowa City, next to the University of Iowa campus. FARM will be the ONLY conference in the hotel. • Meals planned and prepared by a creative chef committed to local sourcing and green cuisine. • An exciting Private Showcase room block location – poolside! • A focus on performance opportunities for FARM attendees before and after FARM (tour in, tour out), working with regional venues. • A historic pedestrian mall right outside the Sheraton’s front door, with performance spaces, music venues (including the broadcast location for Iowa Public Radio’s ‘Java Blend’ program with Ben Keiffer) and a great selection of restaurants, sidewalk cafes, and shops. • Free busking permits available to FARM attendees mean more performance opportunities. • Train, plane, shuttle and bus transportation available, including $1 fares on the MegaBus from Chicago. We’re excited about moving FARM’s great conference to a new Mid-West location in 2015 and plan on seeing you there!
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The highlight of the weekend is always the Best of the West luncheon. This year we honored Cassandra Flipper, executive director of Bread and Roses, with the Ambassador’s Award. Bread and Roses brings free quality music and other live art performances to people who are institutionalized or otherwise isolated from society. Legendary blues singer and political activist, Barbara Dane received the Performer Award for her amazing career as a jazz, blues and folk singer. While performing with some of the biggest names of the business, Barbara was always involved as an activist for peace and justice. She continues to inspire new generations with her work. During the weekend, FAR-West also recognized former board member, Bruce Hayden, for his contributions to music in the region. Bruce had been an active member, ably representing the world of folk radio. We also recognized outgoing board member, Steve Dulson, who is a former FAR-West president and vice-president, a musician, and was a music presenter for many years in Southern CA. Introduced this year was the Nancy Mestyanek “Within My Reach” Award. Nancy is fondly remembered for her pure joy when performing, and the smiles she brought to the audience when she broke out in a spontaneous dance during her official showcase performance. The award recognizes conference attendees who exhibit that type of joy for music and dance. The conference closed on Sunday afternoon with a new event, a “Storytelling Expo”, featuring a group of the region’s best storytellers. Next year’s conference will return to the Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California, October 15-18, 2015.
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May 13 -17, 2015 • 8th Annual Conference Montreat Conference Center • Montreat, North Carolina 2015 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Marian Leighton-Levy - Rounder Records The Kari Estrin Founding President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Culture in the Southeast 2015 Award Recipients: Alice Gerrard • Si Kahn • The Rounder Record founders: Marian Leighton-Levy, Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin SPECIAL EDITION OF WISDOM OF THE ELDERS: The Rounder Roundtable hosted by Art Menius with award recipients: Marian Leighton-Levy, Ken Irwin & Bill Nowlin Alice Gerrard, Si Kahn WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEATURE: Sue Masseck in Si Kahn’s one woman show about Sarah Ogan Gunning: Precious Memories followed by an open mic for SERFA attendees SHOWCASING, EXCITING WORKSHOPS, THE COMMUNITY HOUR, INSTRUMENTAL & SONGWRITING CLINICS, MENTOR SESSIONS, BEAUTIFUL LOCATION and much more
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• provide networking opportunities • increase member access to resources • expand the folk music experience for the general public • spread knowledge of the folk tradition
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• a meeting of Venues, Arts Councils, Music Presenters and Promoters, Music Business Professionals, DJs, Musicians and Music Lovers • a weekend of contemporary and traditional folk music, networking, education and workshops
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Tom Paxton's place in folk music is Tom Paxton’s place in folk music is secured not just by hit songs including “The Last Thing on My Mind” and “Bottle of Wine,” or awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, but by the admiration of three generations of fellow musicians. An internationally recognized and loved cultural figure, he has always chosen goodwill, humor and topical matters over commercial success.
With over 20 albums (many with her late partner Ewan MacColl), and iconic songs like “Gonna Be an Engineer” and “The Ballad of Springhill” (about the 1958 Nova Scotia mining disaster), she and her brothers (Pete and Mike) have given so much to the folk world. Her songs deal with ecology, unions, women’s liberation, employment, home, friendship, death, and so much more.
In 1968, operating out of his house, Dave began his job of leading one of North America’s iconic music clubs, The Ark, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served in that role for 40 years, doing everything from selling tickets to choosing the talent that was showcased there year after year. He is well-known and loved in the folk community, and his daughter Anya now carries the tradition in a new role at the Ark.
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The first Wisdom of the Elders panel was held at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance in 2010 and featured Oscar Brand, Theodore Bikel and David Amram. This year’s panel is co-hosted by Sonny and Canadian Luthier and musician Grit Laskin.
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Many of these community leaders and folk music pioneers have been interviewed individually over the years, but in 2010 Sonny Ochs entertained the idea of presenting legends and luminaries of the folk community in small group settings where they could interact and share stories and perspectives about their experiences over a lifetime in folk music.
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With so many new voices on the scene, countless changes in technology and communication, and the passing of friends and folk legends each year, it is worth pausing every now and then to celebrate our elders.
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SPEAKER SERIES Col. Chris Hadfield
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While serving as Commander of the International Space Station, Hadfield rose to unprecedented public profile for his embrace and use of social media while in orbit, including his zerogravity music video, a version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” which photo credit: NASA received over 10 million views. Hadfield is a passionate folk singer who has been playing guitar in space since his first mission on the MIR space station in 1995. In 2012 Hadfield achieved a “first” by recording his brother Dave’s song “Jewel in the Night” in space aboard the ISS. Most recently Hadfield recorded an entire album of folk songs while in orbit with the assistance of Earth-based producer Paul Mills (Stan Rogers) using the ISS “house guitar” a Larrivée Parlour. The album is as yet unreleased. Shortly after returning from his third and final space mission, Hadfield announced his retirement. Since then, he has published his best-selling memoir, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth. Keynote: Friday - 1pm, Century A Book signing: Saturday - 12pm, Gallery, Sheraton Hotel Official Showcase: Saturday - 7:30, Century C
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North America’s foremost expert on audience diversification, WalkerKuhne, is an accomplished arts administrator and educator who has devoted her career to increasing accessibility and connection to the arts for a rapidly growing multicultural population. Her career began as an Assistant Corporation Council for the State of New York, while she danced professionally on a part-time basis. Ms. Walker-Kuhne is an adjunct professor instructing in Marketing the Arts at Brooklyn College, Columbia University and New York University and credits her law background (Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law, Washington DC) for her ability to carry innovative programs to successful outcomes. Her first book, Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to Arts, Culture and Community became a top-selling, invaluable resource for today’s non-profit arts’ marketer, producer and student. Presentation: Saturday - 1pm, Liberty
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Rita Coolidge
Two-time Grammy Award winning artist, Coolidge has a dozen solo albums, including the multi-platinum Anytime… Anywhere, which was home to an incredible four top 25 hits: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher, We’re All Alone, The Way You Do The Things You Do, and You. She recorded three albums with former husband Kris Kristofferson and was one of the original “VJs”. In the ‘90s, as her place in popular music secured, Rita began devoting more time, energy and talent to other concerns. Inspired by her own heritage, she increased her involvement in projects that would benefit and call attention to Native American music, culture and issues. She joined the group Walela (Cherokee for “Hummingbird”) and in 2002, along with Robbie Robertson, performed as part of the internationally televised Opening Ceremonies for the Winter Olympics. She has been honored with the Lifetime of Musical Achievement honor at the First Americans in the Arts Awards, and received a Native American Music Lifetime Achievement Award. Presentation: Thursday – 1pm, Century A
David Israelite
Israelite is President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), a trade group representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. He works on behalf of music publishers and songwriters, representing their rights and advancing their interests in matters relating to the domestic and global protection of music copyrights. He will be discussing reforms NMPA recently proposed to the US Department of Justice regarding the current ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, along with other solutions for ensuring that songwriters receive a true, market-valued royalty rate for the use of their works. Before joining NMPA, David Israelite served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Attorney General of the US, and was appointed as Chairman of the Department’s Task Force on Intellectual Property. He served as Senator Bond’s top aide and as the Director of Political and Government Affairs for the RNC. Israelite practiced law in Missouri, earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri and received a BA in Political Science and Communications from William Jewell College. Presentation: Friday – 4pm, Liberty
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Brandy Zdan
Folk Alliance International proudly announces the launch of an Artist in Residence pilot project to develop partnerships, foster cultural cross-pollination, and nurture artistic growth. The inaugural 2015 partner is the prestigious Kansas City Ballet. Under the artistic direction of Devon Carney, KC Ballet has been simultaneously exploring new directions with last years’ launch of a New Moves festival, providing opportunity for emerging choreographers to create new pieces with resident dancers. Following an impromptu meeting between FAI’s Executive Director Aengus Finnan and Carney, a fledgling partnership was formed with the idea of bringing an adventurous folk musician into the mix; namely, acclaimed Nashville-based Canadian artist Brandy Zdan, who had earlier explored work with contemporary dancers.
Zdan writes, sings, and performs on electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, and accordion. She has recently stepped forward as a solo artist following over 10 years of international touring, initially as Winnipeg-based Twilight Hotel (receiving two JUNO award nominations), and later as a side-woman for Austinbased female super-group The Trishas.
Excerpt performance with KC Ballet duo: Thursday 1pm, Century A
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Working with KC Ballet’s selected choreographer, LA-based Kelly Ann Sloan, and a company of 10 dancers over the months of January and February, a 12 minute piece entitled Lone Hunter was created and premiered Feb. 6th at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity in Kansas City. A six minute excerpt of the piece will be presented at the conference with two dancers as an opening for Rita Coolidge’s presentation.
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Dave Carroll is a songwriter, storyteller and social media innovator best known for his viral Youtube video called United Breaks Guitars, called “one of most important videos in Googles history”. The song chronicled his experience in the customer service process with United Airlines. His creative use of social media to share that message as an Independent Musician, has reached over 150 million people. As the #1 most watched YouTube Music Video in the world in July 2009, United Breaks Guitars became a metaphor for change and innovation, alerting companies everywhere to the importance of delivering an exceptional customer experience. Carroll has testified (and sung) on Capitol Hill in Washington, delivered a keynote at Columbia University, was a featured question on Jeopardy, and wrote a book about his customer experience called, “United Breaks Guitars: The Power of One Voice in the Age of Social Media”
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With ten albums and over two hundred songs to her credit, including her Billboard hit song “You Were On My Mind”, Tyson has had a long and distinguished career as a solo artist, with her group Quartette, and originally as half of the acclaimed folk duo Ian & Sylvia. Tyson is an emeritus member of the boards of CARAS (Canadian music awards), and she is one of the founders and past president of The Canadian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, is a past recipient of Folk Alliance’s Spirit of Folk Award, and has received Canada’s highest civilian honour, The Order of Canada. In 1985 she co-edited songwriters book with Tom Russell, entitled And Then I Wrote – The Songwriter Speaks. A seven time Juno Award nominee, she has published one novel, “Joyner’s Dream”, and is presently working on her second.
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The 2015 Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients The 2015 Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented at the Westin Hotel on Thursday, February 19th
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LIVING - Peggy Seeger
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Margaret “Peggy” Seeger is one of the leading figures of the British Folk Revival. Born in 1935 into one of North America’s foremost folk music families, Seeger lived and worked in Britain for 35 years with singer Ewan MacColl. Together the two helped create The Radio Ballads, a series of documentary programs for BBC that broke new ground in radio storytelling by blending original music, sound effects, and first-person interviews. MacColl and Seeger went on to found The Critics Group, an influential “master class” for traditional musicians. A multi-instrumentalist, Seeger is acknowledged as one of the finest interpreters of Anglo-American folksongs, and has also written music for films, television and radio. She has collaborated on books of folksongs with Edith Fowke, Alan Lomax and Ewan MacColl. Many of her original songs are considered classics, including “I Want To Be an Engineer” and “The Springhill Mining Disaster.” She has recorded 23 solo albums and participated in more than a hundred others. Her latest album “Everything Changes” was released in September 2014.
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LEGACY - Bessie Jones
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Photo: Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity.
Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Jones (1902 – 1982) was born in Smithville, Georgia and grew up learning African-American songs and games from her parents and grandparents. Jones was a tremendously gifted teacher and singer who recognized the importance of her African-American folk culture and helped to preserve and spread traditions, in the process influencing generations of civil rights activists, musicians, and scholars. She moved to The Georgia Sea Islands in 1933 and soon became involved with groups dedicated to preserving the folk traditions of the Islands. When she met Alan Lomax in 1959, Jones realized she needed to share her unique cultural heritage with a wider public. In 1963 Jones recruited a group of singers from the islands to form The Georgia Sea Island Singers. The group travelled across North America, appearing at Carnegie Hall, The Newport Folk Festival, The World’s Fair in Montreal, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the inauguration of Jimmy Carter and many other notable events. They also performed and taught in hundreds of schools, and in the early 1970s, Jones released “Step It Down,” a pioneering collection of African-American games, songs, and stories.
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Formed in 1956 as the Canadian Folk Music Society by the eminent ethnographer and folklorist Marius Barbeau, The Canadian Society for Traditional Music provides a national focus for lovers of diverse musical traditions, with annual conferences held in all regions of the country, from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From its initial focus upon First Nations and rural French and English cultures, the Society has broadened its horizons to encompass musical traditions found throughout Canada and the world. Its annual peer-reviewed journal, MUSICultures (formerly the Canadian Folk Music Journal, and before that the Canadian Journal for Traditional Music / La Revue de musique folklorique canadienne), includes scholarly articles pertaining to Canadian, global, and transnational musics. Its quarterly magazine, Canadian Folk Music /Musique folklorique canadienne, contains articles, notices, reviews, and commentary on all aspects of Canadian folk and traditional music. In addition to publications, the CSTM manages an archive of journals, programmes, recordings, books, and pamphlets pertaining to traditional music in Canada. The archive may be accessed at the Music Library of the University of Calgary.
Tom Coxworth
Tom has been part of the folk and roots music community since 1979, participating with numerous Alberta music festivals as an organizer, advisor, or board member including the Edmonton, Calgary, and Canmore folk festivals. Tom has worked as columnist, reviewer, interviewer, an awards juror, artist manager, studio producer, tour manager, a CBC host, and even a booking agent. 20 years ago he was asked to produce a flagship program called Folk Routes for the legendary CKUA Radio Network. He has been a Folk Alliance attendee since 1992 and his passion for folk music includes a very large collection of music (and resource material) that towers over most libraries.
David Hirshland
David is the Executive Vice President, Rights Management at BMG. He joined BMG as they acquired Bug Music, a pioneer in admin-only publishing relationships, allowing artists to retain their copyrights. Bug was known for 90/10 splits and quarterly payments, unheard of at the time. Dave has been a passionate member of the Folk Alliance community since attending his first conference in 1998, later joining the Board at the suggestion of his late cousin, Harriet Kyriakos, a founding member. David served as Board President for two years, shepherding the organization through the transition to a new Executive Director and to our new home in Kansas City. In honor of all he has done for Folk Alliance, and despite the fact he is a San Francisco Giants fan, we happily present him a Spirit of Folk Award.
Shelley Nordstrom
Shelley has been an ambassador for Canadian East Coast music for more than a quarter of a century. She is the International Export Manager for the ECMA’s and a pioneer in creating new partnerships and opportunities across national and international industry networks. She has helped establish and nurture international export development programs and trade missions, overseeing the operations of a national music chain, distribution, working with industry associations, event management and artist management services. Her commitment to artists, her in-depth knowledge of the community, and her work ethic continues to expand the cultural reach of an entire region of North America on a global stage.
Folk Alliance Australia
FAA has a mission to represent and elevate Australia’s diverse performing folk arts industry in mainstream cultural life. The organization supports Australian festivals, events, performers and community groups by nurturing, preserving and developing the cultural bonds that give community its identity and cohesion. FAA holds an annual showcase conference with a focus on Youth development, and strives to reflect Australian cultural diversity in its activities and decision-making. It encourages networking, information sharing, fellowship, and training, and lobbies on behalf of folk music. FAA also strives to promote Australian folk activities to overseas and domestic markets. A list of past Lifetime Achievement and Spirit of Folk Award recipients is available at www.folk.org.
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Working behind the scenes from the quiet coastline of Ireland, Sheena has been a subtle but pivotal person in the lives and careers of countless folk artists. She has worked as a multi-disciplinary curator for festivals, artist residencies, and arts centers, and she has managed, tour managed, and project managed international artists throughout their worldwide tour and careers, helping market, publish, and position each for personal and professional success and well-being. Her enduring passion for the work of touring musicians saw the launch of her own company, Blue Grace Music, ten years ago, an award- winning Arts Management Company that has curated over 1000 shows, tours, and festivals.
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Sheena Keane
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Dana first attracted local attention at age 16 when he started performing at the prestigious Vanguard Coffeehouse in Kansas City. He left art school to move to Los Angeles where his poetic songs caused a stir and landed a self-titled first album on Elektra. He then moved to Texas, performing and recording with Shake Russell in the late 70s, before forming the band Dana Cooper’s DC3. In 1988 he moved to Nashville and returned to his acoustic roots. From humble beginnings in Independence, Missouri to performing on Austin City Limits, his highly literate work has been inspiring audiences for over 40 years with a total of 20 albums to his name.
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Dana Cooper
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In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Awards it is important to honor the people and organizations that have had a major impact on our community and who continue to clear a path and set the stage for others. We are pleased to announce our 2015 Spirit of Folk recipients. These awards are presented during the Awards Ceremony on Thursday evening at the Westin.
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Spirit of Folk Awards
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FOLK DJ RADIO CHART - END OF YEAR 2014 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L playlists • Based on 159806 airplays from 184 different DJs
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TOP ALBUMS OF 2014
TOP ARTISTS OF 2014
TOP SONGS OF 2014
TOP LABELS OF 2014
1.The Red Album, Red Molly 2. The Turning Point, Tim Grimm, Cavalier 3. Bright Side Of Down, John Gorka, Red House 4. Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie, Various Artists, Compass 5. Inside Llewyn Davis, Various Artists, Nonesuch 6. Georgia I’m Here, Joe Crookston, Milagrito 7. The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson, Red House 8. I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands, Cahalen Morrison And Eli West 8. One Evening In May, Laurie Lewis, Spruce And Maple 10. The River And The Thread, Rosanne Cash, Blue Note 11. A Permeable Life, Carrie Newcomer, Available Light 12. Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern And Ray, Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick, Spruce And Maple 13. Carter Girl, Carlene Carter, Rounder 14. Ancient Dreams, Red June, Organic 15. The Longing Road, Johnsmith 16. Beyond the Blue, The Duhks, Compass 16. Still On The Levee, Chris Smither, Signature 18. Current Affairs, Runa 19. Best Medicine, The Stray Birds, Yep Roc 20. Pretty Bird, Cosy Sheridan, Waterbug 21. Kindred Lines, T Sisters, Spruce And Maple 22. Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne, Various Artists, Music Road 23. For Keeps, Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt, Red House 24. 22 Days, John McCutcheon, Appalseed 25. Louder Than Words, The Henry Girls
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1. King Of The Folksingers, Tim Grimm, The Turning Point 2. Holed Up In Mason City, John Gorka, Bright Side Of Down 3. Eliza Jane, Eliza Gilkyson, The Nocturne Diaries 4. “Green, Green Rocky Road”, Dave Van Ronk, Inside Llewyn Davis 5. Lake, Tim Grimm, The Turning Point 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Red Molly, The Red Album 6. Riding The Train, Joe Crookston, Georgia I’m Here 8. Fare Thee Well, Oscar Isaac And Marcus Mumford, Inside Llewyn Davis 9. Bright Side Of Down, John Gorka, Bright Side Of Down 10. Homeward Bound, Red Molly, The Red Album 10. She’s That Kind Of Mystery, John Gorka, Bright Side Of Down 12. Livin’ In America, Cahalen Morrison And Eli West, I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands 13. Really Spring, John Gorka, Bright Side Of Down 14. Blame It On The Dog, Tim Grimm, The Turning Point 14. Loretta, The Stray Birds, Echo Sessions 14. Rovin’ Gambler, Tim Grimm, The Turning Point 14. With A Memory Like Mine, Red Molly, The Red Album 18. Dot The Dragon’s Eyes, Hanneke Cassel, Dot The Dragon’s Eye 18. Long Journey Home, Rodney Crowell, Tarpaper Sky 18. Woodstock, Heather Maloney And Darlingside, Woodstock 21. Feather’s Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash, The River And The Thread 21. Names, Nathan Bell, Blood Like A River 21. Willow Tree, Red Molly, The Red Album 24. Fiddlehead Fern, Cahalen Morrison And Eli West, I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands 24. Railroad, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
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1. Pete Seeger 2. Bob Dylan 3. John McCutcheon 4. John Gorka 5. Red Molly 6. Eliza Gilkyson 7. Tim Grimm 8. The Stray Birds 9. Joe Crookston 10. Cahalen Morrison And Eli West 11. Jesse Winchester 12. Johnny Cash 13. Laurie Lewis 14. Chris Smither 15. Carrie Newcomer 16. Rosanne Cash 16. Seldom Scene 18. Laurie Lewis And Kathy Kallick 19. Dave Van Ronk 20, ”Peter, Paul And Mary” 21. The Duhks 22. Johnsmith 23. The Henry Girls 24. Greg Brown 25. Cosy Sheridan
1. Rounder 2. Red House 3. Compass 4. Sugar Hill 5. Columbia 6. Signature 7. Smithsonian/Folkways 8. Appleseed 9. Borealis 10. Rebel 11. Nonesuch 12. Spruce And Maple 13. Rhino 14. Waterbug 15. Warner 16. Vanguard 17. Sony 18. Flying Fish 19. Philo 20. New West 21. Yep Roc 22. Capitol 23. Bear Family 24. Green Linnet 25. RCA
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Mike Regenstreif CKCU-FM ON Mitch Park Kidnappers New Zealand Naomi Soule and Terry Moses KCLC-FM MO Nick Barr WAMC-FM NY Norm Mast WVPE-FM IN Norman Whitman WYSO-FM OH Pamela Smith WPKN-FM CT Patrick Clifford WDVR-FM NJ Paul Hartman WTMD-FM MD Paul Hefti live365.com CA Paul Stamler KDHX-FM MO Peter Fraissinet WVBR-FM NY Peter Jones WTJU-FM VA Peter Kernast and John Bates WTSR-FM NJ Peter Thompson KALW-FM CA Ray Baumler WRUR-FM & WITH-FM NY Rhonda J. Miller WXIN-FM RI Rich Warren WFMT-FM & syndicated IL Richard Gordon WVUD-FM DE Richard Howard KZMU-FM UT Rik James KGLT-FM MT Rob Thurlow KRFC-FM CO Robert Resnik VPR VT Robin Pressman KRCB-FM CA Ron Olesko WFDU-FM NJ Roz Larman KPFK-FM & syndicated CA Sandy Goodson WTJU-FM VA Sandy Miranda KPFA-FM CA Sean McGowan KLCC-FM OR Sharon Downes 2MAX-FM Australia Simon Dillon Phoenix FM Karen Rakos KEUL-FM AK Australia Kate McNally NHPR NH Sonny Ochs WIOX-FM NY Kelly Walker Troy Public Radio AL Steve Brockway KRFC-FM CO Ken Batista WYEP-FM PA Steve Clarke CHES-FM ON Ken Yavit KBAC-FM NM Steve Edge CITR-FM BC Kevin Elliott WEFT-FM IL Steve Fisher CKUA-FM AB Kevin Vance KALW-FM CA Steve Harris KCMJ-FM CO Larry Hillberg KVMR-FM CA Steve Jerrett KOPN-FM MO Larry Hoyt WAER-FM NY Steve Kindig WTJU-FM VA Laurel Paulson-Pierce KRBS-FM CA Steve Pritchard CKLN-FM ON Laurie DesJardins KVMR-FM CA Stu Weaver WFCF-FM FL Len Holton KUAR-FM AR Sue Kessell WNUR-FM IL Leonard Epstein KRFC-FM CO Susan Forbes Hansen WHUS-FM & Lilli Kuzma WDCB-FM IL WWUH-FM CT Linda Fahey WKSU & Susi Lanagan PBS-FM syndicated OH Australia Lyle D. Skinner CJUM-FM MB Taylor Caffery WRKF-FM LA Maggie Ferguson WXOU-FM MI Terri Fatseas 2MCE-FM Mara Noelle KVMR-FM & Australia KFOK-LP CA Terry Carpenter WTJU-FM VA Mark Michaelis WGDR-FM VT Terry Fatseas 2MCE-FM Mark Pedersen WOJB-FM WI Australia Mark Tobler WTUL-FM LA Terry O’Laughlin WORT-FM WI Mary Sue Twohy SiriusXM & Thomas Bisard WNMC-FM MI syndicated DC Tim Quackenbush KPTZ-FM WA Mel DeYoung WPSU-FM PA Todd Tyson The Point-FM VT Menachem Vinegrad Upper Galilee-FM Tom Coxworth CKUA-FM AB Israel Tom Druckenmiller WDIY-FM & Michael Alzo WSLU-FM NY syndicated PA Michael Benson WPKN-FM & Tom Funk KGLP-FM NM WESU-FM CT Valerie Cormier CITR-FM BC Michael Kane WBRS-FM MA Wanda Fischer WAMC & Michael Stock WLRN-FM FL syndicated NY Wayne Greene live365.com LA
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Abby Parks WLJS-FM AL Al Kniola WVPE-FM IN Allison Brock CKUA-FM AB Allison Brown CJAM-FM ON Amanda-Lynn Stubley CHRW-FM ON Amy & Travis Luncan WYSO-FM OH Andrew Antipin WPRB-FM NJ Andrew Doerr KCSB-FM CA Annie Keville WVBR-FM NY Art Menius WMMT-FM KY Arthur Berman CiTR-FM BC Arthur Dean WCNI-FM CT Artie Martello, mostlyfolk.org NY Barbara Trumpinski-Roberts WEFT-FM IL Bill Hahn WFDU-FM NJ Bill Revill WESU-FM CT Bill Stuart WFIT-FM FL Bill Wagman KDVS-FM CA Blair Larsen KUSU-FM & UPR UT Bob McWilliams KANU-FM & KPR KS Bob Weiser WBRS-FM & WOMR-FM MA Brad Edmondson WVBR-FM NY Bradley Kolodner WAMU-FM DC Brenda & Roman Tacik CJTR-FM SK Bruce Cameron 2MCE-FM Australia Bud Johnson syndicated AK Cameron Polson WTJU-FM VA Caragh McMaster WTJU-FM VA Caroline Doctorow WPKM-FM & WPKN-FM CT Carolyn VandeWiele WFHB-FM IN Charlie Backfish WUSB-FM NY Chris Kocher WHRW-FM NY Chrisana McGill WSPN-FM NY Cindy Funk WYSO-FM OH Colin Fielding 3INR-FM Australia Craig Huegel WMNF-FM FL Dan Alloway KTEP-FM TX Dan Murphy acousticoutpost.com NH Jean Geiger KBCS-FM Darla Novak KZFR-FM CA Jeanne Holton WMNF-FM Darwin Davidson WERU-FM ME Jeff Eads WNKU-FM Dave Hardy djsleepy.com MA Jeff Robson CJUM-FM David John KTRU-FM TX Jenni Peal KNON-FM David Sears WBGU-FM OH Jenny Flux 2AIR-FM Deadwood Dick KKUP-FM CA Australia Dennis & Judy Cook WOBC-FM OH Jeremy Butler WUAL-FM & Dennis Brunnenmeyer KVMR-FM CA APR Diane Crowe WMCB-FM MA Jim Canales WWSP-FM Diane Karl KBOO-FM etc OR Jim Dubinsky WUVT-FM Dick Hermans WHDD-FM CT Jim Fisher WGCS-FM Don Jacobson KBOO-FM OR Jim Gilliland WRUW-FM Donna Mavity WTUF-FM GA Jim Marino CFMU-FM Doug Dick WVGN-FM VI Jim Rogers WIUP-FM Ed McDonald WVMR-FM etc WV Jim Schwall WORT-FM Ed Mellnik KBOO-FM OR Joe Pszonek WMSC-FM Frank Gosar KLCC-FM OR John & Maureen RumseyKVMR-FM Frank Hoppe KCSN-FM CA John C. Falstaff WRFG-FM Gail Comfort c mrnashville.com MB John Lupton and George Mercer Gary Irving WVUD-FM DE WVUD-FM Gene Shay WXPN-FM PA John Mazza WNHU-FM George Dayton WTJU-FM VA John Patterson WXPI-FM Gerd Stassen EVW John Platt WFUV-FM Germany John Weingart WPRB-FM Gerry Goodfriend CKUT-FM QC Johnny Bazzano KRCB-FM Graham Rice WJFF-FM NY Jon ‘Chip’ Colcord WSCS-FM Graham and Barbara Dean WBCR-LP MA Jon Kiger WRFG-FM Greg Harness KRBX-FM ID Jon Stein WTBQ-AM Hansjoerg Malonek ISW-FM Germany Juliet Youngren WEFT-FM Harlon Joye WRFG-FM GA Justin Helmer KVSC-FM Heather Miller KRUU-LP IA JŸrgen Kramer ZuSa Jan Hall CFRU-FM ON Germany
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Join Us for the Annual Folk Alliance Western Regional Conference!
12th Annual FAR-West Music Conference October 15-18, 2015 Marriott Oakland City Center Oakland, California
www.far-west.org Showcases • Panels & Workshops 11th Annual “Best of the West” Awards Luncheon Networking Center Exhibit Hall • Master Classes Jamming & Song Circles SAVE THE DATES. After 2015…
October 13-16, 2016 • October 5-8, 2017 Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA Attend the 12th Annual Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West) Conference and meet the people who are making things happen in folk and acoustic music from all over the West. Learn how to build your community, career and contacts while making and listening to music with your peers. Showcase opportunities abound and it’s truly very affordable.
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INDUSTRY EXHIBIT HALL MAP
WELCOME
Folk Alliance International The Westin Crown Center Ballroom
EXHIBITORS
201 Herschel Freeman
202 Horizons – UK & Ireland
203 Bee Agency
204 Quicksilver
206 Standing O Project
205 CD Baby
207 Atomic Music Group 306 Soona Songs
106 NSAI
105 Borealis Records
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104 Culture Ireland 103 Fleming Artists
502 Americana Music Asso.
503 Oasis
504 Bill Wence
505 Katie Glassman
506 Local 1000
304 Brian Ashley Jones
508 Kari Estrin
501 IBMA
514 Val Denn
305 Billy Strings
507 Folk Alliance Australia
513 MPress Records
512 Bandzoogle
511 myeventapps
510 LilFest
303 Augusta Heritage Center
509 Kari Estrin
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302 The Sparrow Agency
102 Kerrville
101 FAI Regions
401 AIM: Artist in Motion
402 Folquébec
701 – Folk Waves 702 – Joël Fafard / Lauren Sheehan 703 – Shubb 704 – Tikly 705 – Colorado Ladies of Folk 706 – Inner Fire, Outer Light
403 Breakout West
404 Folk Music Ontario 601 AALLOTAR
405 Folk Music Canada 602 Handmade Guitars
301 Midnight Mango
406 East Coast Music 603 Mark Franzke
604 KC Music Collective
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
605 MidAmerica Arts
610 Danielle Lefebvre
609 D’Addario
608 Music Resource
606
American Folklife Center
MUSIC FAIR
DROP BY THE EXHIBIT HALL EACH DAY for a ticket to
win A 2016 VIP PASS (Registration & hotel) REGISTRANTS
The winning ticket will be posted on social media at 5pm Saturday Does not apply to exhibitors
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EXHIBITORS
201
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
606
Horizons - UK & Ireland
202
Americana Music Association
502
Inner Fire, Outer Light, LLC
706
AIM: Artists in Motion
401
International Bluegrass Music Association
501
Atomic Music Group
207
Joël Fafard / Lauren Sheehan
702
Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College
303
Kari Estrin Management
508, 509
Bandzoogle
512
Colorado Ladies of Folk
705
Bee Agency/Ronny Cox
203
505
Bill Wence Promotions
504
Katie Glassman & Snapshot / Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore KC Music Collective
604
Billy Strings & Don Julin
305
Kerrville Folk Festival
102
Borealis Records
105
LilFest
510
Breakout West
403
Local 1000
506
Brian Ashley Jones
304
Mid-America Arts Alliance
605
CD Baby
205
Midnight Mango
301
Culture Ireland
104
MPress Records
513
D’Addario
609
Music Resource Group
608
Danielle Lefebvre Artist & Concert Agency
610
MyEventApps
511
East Coast Music
406
Nashville Songwriters Association International
106
FAI Board of Directors & Regions
101
Oasis
503
Fleming Artists
103
Quicksilver Productions
204
Folk Alliance Australia
507
Shubb Capos
703
Folk Music Canada
405
Soona Songs
306
Folk Music Ontario
404
Standing O Project
206
Folk Waves
701
The Sparrow Agency
302
Folquébec
402
Tikly
704
Franzke String Instruments
603
Val Denn Agency
514
Handmade Guitars by Bob Gramann
602
EXHIBITORS
Herschel Freeman Agency
DAY SCHEDULE
601
REGISTRANTS
Aallotar
WELCOME
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EXHIBITORS
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Americana Music Association Booth 502 Danna Strong PO Box 628 Franklin, TN 37065 www.americanamusic.org danna@americanamusic.org
AIM: Artists in Motion
Booth 401 Nicole Rochefort www.aimbookingagency.com nicole@aimbookingagency.com
Atomic Music Group
Booth 207 Logan Bosemer PO Box 101242 Nashville, TN 37224 www.atomicmusicgroup.com/ logan@atomicmusicgroup.com
Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College Booth 303 Brittany Hicks 100 Campus Drive Elkins, WV 26241 www.dewv.edu hicksb@dewv.edu
Bandzoogle
Booth 512 Dave Cool 706 Main Montreal, QC J0P 1H0 www.bandzoogle.com dcool@bandzoogle.com
Bee Agency/Ronny Cox
Booth 203 Barbara Bowers 15250 Ventura Blvd. Ste 710 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 www.ronnycox.com bbowersmusicagent@gmail.com
Borealis Records
Booth 105 Bill Garrett 290 Shuter St. Toronto, ON M5A1W7 www.borealisrecords.com bill@borealisrecords.com
Breakout West
Booth 403 Lisa Lanigan 1831 College Ave. Regina, SK S4P 4V5 www.creativesask.ca lisa.lanigan@creativesask.ca
Brian Ashley Jones
Booth 304 Brian Ashley Jones www.BrianAshleyJones.com brianashleyjones@comcast.net
CD Baby
Booth 205 Chris Robley 13909 NE Airport Way Portland, OR 97230 www.cdbaby.com chris@cdbaby.com
Culture Ireland
Booth 104 Therese O’Connor Third Floor, 23 Kildare Street Dublin, www.facebook.com/cultureireland Therese.OConnor@ahg.gov.ie
D’Addario
Booth 609 Courtney Klein 595 Smith St Farmingdale, NY 11735 www.daddario.com cklein@daddario.com
Daniel Lefebvre Artist & Concert Agency
Booth 610 Danielle Lefebvre 135, des Ecoliers Trois Rivières, QC G9B 7W1 agencedlefebvre.com danielle@ agencedlefebvre.com
Booth 103 Susie Giang San Francisco, CA www.flemingartists.com susie@flemingartists.com
Folk Alliance Australia Booth 507 Una McAlinden www.folkalliance.org.au una@iprimus.com.au
Folk Music Canada Booth 405
Tamara Kater
755 Gladstone Toronto, ON M6H 3J5 www.folkmusiccanada.ca tamara@folkmusiccanada.ca
Folk Music Ontario
Booth 404 Alka Sharma 508-B Gladstone Ave. Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1 www.folkmusicontario.ca asharma@folkmusicontario.ca
Horizons - UK & Ireland
Booth 202 Crispin Parry 60-62 Clapham Rd London, SW9 0JJ www.britishunderground.net/ crispin@britishunderground.net
Inner Fire, Outer Light, LLC Table 706 Patricia Morrison 405 Liberty St. Ashland, OR 97520 www.innerfireouterlight.com patricia@innerfireouterlight.com
International Bluegrass Music Association Booth 501 Eddie Huffman 608 W. Iris Dr. Nashville, TN 37204 www.ibma.org eddie@ibma.org
Joël Fafard / Lauren Sheehan
Table 701 Jennifer McGlone www.glow-arts.co.uk jennifer@glow-arts.co.uk
Table 702 Joël Fafard www.joelfafard.com joelfafard@gmail.com Lauren Sheehan www.laurensheehanmusic.com info@laurensheehanmusic.com
Folquébec
Kari Estrin Management
Folk Waves
Booth 402 Gilles Garand 10300, rue Lajeunesse, local #2.116 Montreal, QC H3L 2E5 www.espacetrad.org info@espacetrad.org
Booths 508, 509 Kari Estrin PO Box 60232 Nashville, TN 37206 www.kariestrin.com kari@kariestrin.com
Franzke String Instruments
Colorado Ladies of Folk
Handmade Guitars by Bob Gramann
teresastorch@gmail.com
Booth 603 Mark Franzke www.franzkestringinstruments.com mfranzke@kc.rr.com
Booth 602 Bob Gramann 122 Laurel Ave. Fredricksburg, VA 22408 www.bobgramann.com bob@bobgramann.com,
Table 705 Katey Laurel www.kateylaurel.com mail@kateylaurel.com Teresa Storch www.teresastorch.com
Megan Burtt www.meganburtt.com megan@meganburtt.com
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Booth 606 Jennifer Cutting 101 Independence Ave., SE Washington, DC 20540 www.loc.gov/folklife/ jcut@loc.gov
Booth 201 Herschel Freeman 7684 Apahon Lane Germantown, TN 38138 www.herschelfreemanagency.com hfreeman@herschelfreemanagency. com
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Fleming Artists
Booth 305 Don Julin 2913 Concord St. Traverse City, MI 49684 www.donjulin.com/billystrings.html donjulin@charter.net
Booth 406 Shelley Nordstrom 6029 Cunard Street, Suite 5 Halifax, NS B3K 1E5 www.ecma.com international@ecma.com
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Billy Strings & Don Julin
Booth 504 Bill Wence PO Box 39 Nolensville, TN 37135 www.billwencepromotions.com billwencepro@earthlink.net
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American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Booth 601 Teija Niku 2306 McKinley St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55418 www.aallotarmusic.com aallotarmusic@gmail.com
EXHIBITORS Herschel Freeman Agency
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East Coast Music
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Bill Wence Promotions
MUSIC FAIR
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Katie Glassman & Snapshot / Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore Booth 505 Katie Glassman www.katieglassman.com Booking@fiddleparlor.com Mollie O’Brien www.mollieobrien.com info@mollieobrien.com
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KC Music Collective
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Booth 604 Bill Sundahl 90.1FM KKFI www.kkfi.org Ink Magazine www.inkkc.com Midwest Music Foundation www.midwestmusicfound.org Money Wolf Music www.moneywolfmusic.com kcmusiccollective@gmail.com
Kerrville Folk Festival
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Booth 102 Dalis Allen PO Box 291466 Kerrville, TX 78029 www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com dalis@kerrvillefolkfestival.com
LilFest
Booth 510 Nancy Emrich Freeman 711 Lake Ave. Wilmette, IL 60091 www.lilfest.com Info@LilFest.com
Local 1000
Booth 506 Richard Coombs 322 W. 48th St., 3rd Floor New York, NY 10036 www.local1000.com richard@local1000.org
Mid-America Arts Alliance
MyEventApps
Soona Songs
Nashville Songwriters Association International
Standing O Project
Booth 511 Karen Bernique www.myeventapps.com/ karen.bernique@favequest.com
Booth 605 Christine Dotterweich Bial www.maaa.org christine@maaa.org
Booth 106 Krista Darting 1710 Roy Acuff Place Nashville, TN 37203 www.nashvillesongwriters.com/
Midnight Mango
Oasis
Booth 301 Matthew Bartlett The Old Stables, Spring Farm Moorlinch, BW TA7 9QS midnightmango.co.uk matt@midnightmango.co.uk
MPress Records
Booth 513 Meredith Tarr 118 E. 28th St. #1010 New York, NY 10016 www.mpressrecords.com meredith@mpressrecords.com
Music Resource Group
Booth 608 Martin Folkman 32 Ann St. Clifton, NJ 7013 IndependentMusicAwards.com; imamartinfolkman.com martin@musiciansatlas.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
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Booth 503 Tom Laverty 7905 N. Rt. 130 Delair, NJ 8110 www.oasiscd.com/ tlaverty@avldigital.com
Quicksilver Productions
Booth 204 Martha Stracener Dantzic 1341 H Street NE, Suite 101-B Washington, DC 20002 www.quicksilverproductions.net/ martha@quicksilverproductions.net
Shubb Capos
Table 703 Gary Mobley 578 Martin Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 www.shubb.com gary@shubb.com
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The Sparrow Agency
Booth 302 David Salada 943 Jackson Bridge Rd. Bowling Green, KY 42101 www.thesparrowagency.com david@thesparrowagency.com
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Table 704 Tricia Martin 317 6th Ave., 5th Floor Des Moines, IA 50309 www.tikly.co tricia@tikly.co
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Exhibit Hall
Century A
Century C
Pershing North
Pershing South
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 EXHIBITORS
11:00am
Registration, Information, Silent Auction (Century B)
1:00pm
Kansas City bus tours (meet at The Westin front doors)
2:00pm
Exhibit Hall Setup (2pm-5pm)
4:00pm
DAY SCHEDULE
7:00pm
Opening Reception (Century Foyer)
8:00pm
Opening Night Feature Shows
10:30pm
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
First Timers’ Orientation
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
8:00am
Registration, Information, Silent Auction (Century B)
9:00am
MusiCares Dental Clinic (Garden Terrace)
Annual General Meeting for all members
10:00am
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
11:00am
Camp & Music Fair starts for the day (at the Sheraton)
12:00pm
Lunch
INDUSTRY TRACK
Century C
Pershing North
Pershing South
Succession Planning in the Folk Community
Keeping Up With Digital Technologies
Financial Planning, Accounting, Tax Prep
On The Griddle: Song & Recording Review
Music Products Today: Alive To Thrive
Booking Agency Administration
First Timers’ Orientation Exhibit Hall Setup
1:00pm
MUSIC FAIR
2:00pm
COMMUNITY
MusiCares Custom Earplugs (Garden Terrace)
3:00pm
KC Ballet + Speakers Series: Rita Coolidge
Exhibit Hall
Folk DJ Reception (2 - 3:30pm)
4:00pm
Mentor Session [w/ FAI Board]
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Awards Ceremony, Speakers Series: Sylvia Tyson
5:00pm 6:00pm
Reception hosted by FAI Board (Century Foyer)
6:30pm
Official Showcases
10:30pm
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
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Penn Valley
Roanoke
Shawnee Mission
Liberty
Brookside
Union Hill East
Closed Session Presenters
Meet Up! Health on the Road
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Pershing East
WELCOME
DAY SCHEDULE
Pershing East
Penn Valley
Roanoke
Shawnee Mission
Liberty
Broadcasting the Show
Presenter & Artist Website Derby
Crossing Borders
Making & Selling Vinyl
The Radio Landscape: The DJ’s View
Archiving Folk Collections
The Charitable Way
Going Global: The Plan Before You Fly
Performing Arts Markets
Engineering: Soundcheck To Showtime
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ARTIST Track
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Private Showcase Orientation
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PRESENTERS Track
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
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Private Showcase Orientation
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Other Rooms
Exhibit Hall
Century A
Century C
Pershing North
Pershing South
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
EXHIBITORS
8:00am
Runners Group (Front Door)
9:00am
Registration, Information, Silent Auction (Century B)
International Delegate Meeting
MusiCares Dental Clinic (Garden Terrace)
COMMUNITY
10:00am
DAY SCHEDULE
11:00am
Camp & Music Fair starts for the day (at the Sheraton)
12:00pm
Lunch
INDUSTRY TRACK
Century C
Pershing North
Pershing South
Copyright, Licenses & Royalties
Something APPening Here
Community Presentation: American Jazz Museum
The Instrument Friendly Skies
Manage This
Music in Film, Television & Beyond
Speaker Series Keynote: Col. Chris Hadfield
1:00pm
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
2:00pm
Exhibit Hall
3:00pm
Speed Dating Session
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
4:00pm
5:00pm
Dinner
MUSIC FAIR
6:00pm
Reception Sponsored by Folk Music Canada & Folk Music Ontario (Century Foyer)
6:30pm
Official Showcases
10:30pm
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
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Roanoke
Shawnee Mission
Liberty
Brookside
Union Hill East
WELCOME
Pershing East
Regions Breakfast (Roanoke Foyer) Regional Meeting NERFA
ARTIST Track
Pershing East
Penn Valley
Roanoke
Shawnee Mission
Liberty
World Music in Folk Programming
Reaching New Audiences
Cracking the Code: Canada
Cracking the Code: Continental Europe
Breaking TRAD-ition (and the Rules)
Presenting International Acts
It Takes A Village (of Volunteers)
Cracking the Code: United Kingdom
Servicing Radio via Digital Platforms
Building & Motivating Your Team
Friends of Bill W.
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PRESENTERS Track
Regional Meeting SWRFA
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Regional Meeting SERFA
Internet Killed The Video Star
Community Presentation: Woody Gutherie Continuing Legacy
Community Presentation: The Lomax Legacy
Meet Up! Artists on S ocial Media
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Speakers Series: David Israelite
Closed Session Industry Round Table Agents & Managers
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Yoga
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Regional Meeting FAR-West
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Other Rooms
Exhibit Hall
Century A
Century C
Pershing North
Pershing South
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 8:30am
Runners Group (Front Door)
9:00am
Registration, Information, Silent Auction (Century B)
EXHIBITORS
INDUSTRY TRACK
10:00am
DAY SCHEDULE
11:00am
Camp & Music Fair starts for the day (at the Sheraton)
12:00pm
Book Signing: Chris Hadfield (at the Sheraton)
Pershing North
Pershing South
Is This A Good Deal? Is This A Good Deal?
Journalism Today Journalism Today
Running A Label
New Voices New Voices On The Airwaves On The Airwaves
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
1:00p
Alan Lomax Open Mic
2:00pm
Exhibit Hall
3:00pm
Community Presentation: Benefits of FAI Membership
4:00pm
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
5:00pm
Dinner
6:30pm
Official Showcases
10:30pm
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 10:00am
11:00am
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7:00pm
Kansas City Camp & Music Fair Bus Tour Activity (leaves 45 minutes) (at the Sheraton) Closing Party (Green Lady Lounge & Tank Room)
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Pershing East
Penn Valley
Roanoke
Shawnee Mission
Liberty
Brookside
Union Hill East
WELCOME
DAY SCHEDULE
Meditation
Shawnee Mission
Liberty
Not Just Booking, Not Just Booking, Building Building
Cracking the Code: United States
Daring to Co-Write
Accompanists Tell All
CFMA Film: Music of the People
Yoga
Speaker Series: Donna Walker-Kuhne
Gene Shay’s Song Critique (w/ Rich Warren)
Wisdom of the Elders
Community Presentation: The Ocean Academy Fund Speakers Series: Dave Carroll The Art of Modern Video Artist Profiles
Community Presentation: Ancient Instruments
Meet Up! Women in Music
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Greening Folk For Pete’s Sake!
Friends of Bill W.
DAY SCHEDULE
Roanoke
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Penn Valley
Canadian Organizations All Ages: Family-Friendly Cracking the Code: The Radio Landscape: The Radio TheThe Producer’s Impact Canadian All Ages: Cracking the Code: Producer’s & Their Missions Presenting Australia & New Zealand The Promoter’sThe View Landscape: Organizations & Their Family-Friendly Australia & New Zealand Impact Promoter’s View Missions Presenting
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Pershing East
ARTIST Track
Songwriters for Breakfast
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Wednesday 11-11pm 1 - 5:30 pm 2 - 5pm 4pm 7pm
- Registration Opens - Century B - Kansas City Bus Tours - Leaves from the Westin lobby every 45 minutes (last bus at 4:45) - Exhibit Hall set-up (exhibitors only) - First Timers Orientation - Pershing North - Private Showcase Orientation - Pershing East (attendance is required to present a private showcase) - Opening Reception - Century Foyer
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WELCOME
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Financial Planning, Accounting, Tax Prep for Us Folk - Pershing South Moderators: Donald Davidoff (Swallow Hill, FAI Treasurer), Tim Mason (Crow Collaborative) Bookkeeping tips, tricks, and best practices for artists and small business operators - plain and simple. General accounting. Preparing for tax season. Longterm financial goals, smart choices, and retirement planning for Folk entrepreneurs and individuals. Broadcasting The Show - Pershing East Moderator: Taylor Denn (eTown) Panelists: Adam Harris (Mountain Stage), Holly Lowman (Americana Music Association), Emma Beaton (Concert Window) It takes a particular vision and skill to broadcast live shows over the airwaves - be they regularly scheduled programming or special event awards shows - on radio, internet or television. Hear these accomplished panelists share their stories, what they think works well, what to keep in mind when working across different media channels, what audiences tune in for, barriers to overcome to reach more people, and what they see in our future. Presenter & Artist Website Derby - Penn Valley Moderators: David Dufresne and Dave Cool (Bandzoogle) Bring your site to our experts for critique of your current site and some advice on how to make it better. See what is working for others that might work for you. Audience comments are welcome and encouraged. Crossing Borders - Roanoke Moderator: Derek Andrews (Global Cafe), Panelists: Liana White (CFM/AFM), Matthew Covey (Tamizdat), Tret Fure (Local 1000) A review of common rules, fees and paperwork for international tours and artists. How to plan and leave adequate lead time to secure the necessary documents. What documents are required. The risks of touring without documentation. The organizations that have benefits and services to assist you in the process. Making & Selling Vinyl - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Joe Vent (A to Z Media), Panelists: Matt Earley (Gotta Groove), Chad Kassem (Acoustic Sounds), Gary Salstrom (Quality Record Pressings) Learn about the processes available today to make vinyl - from time honored to newfangled. A survey of best practices, approaches, timing, your options, cost/benefit decisions, and important steps and tips to remember. What to listen for when you get your test pressings. Also learn about the vinyl buyer, what makes vinyl sell, and how to capitalize on the trend that is the talk of retail and eCommerce.
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Keeping Up With Digital Technologies - Pershing North Moderator: George Lichter (Polyglot Partners) , Panelists: Courtney Gallagher (Passim), Chris Robley (CD Baby), Mike Fordham (PledgeMusic) The digital landscape is no longer just social media - technology is evolving all the time. There are a myriad of tools available to artists, management, labels, agencies, venues, broadcasters and others in the industry. Some that facilitate activities we are used to doing, and some that are entirely new innovations. Take a current look at changing norms, best practices, formats, and trends for online promotion – from the perspectives of providers and users alike.
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Succession Planning in the Folk Community - Century C Moderator: David Siglin (The Ark), Panelists: Jim Fleming (Fleming Artists), Steve Szymanski (Planet Bluegrass), Rich Warren (WFMT) Our music was written 500 years ago and it was written yesterday. Our past and our future live together. We respect tradition, value experience, and constantly seek to better our craft, our community, our world. We innovate and create - art and companies. Many of our ventures are celebrating 20, 30 and 50 year anniversaries. The sustainability of our community depends on mentorship of future leaders and organizational planning by companies that make up our infrastructure. Leaders in our community discuss mentorship of new talent and how they empower future leaders in their organizations. How to find and mentor your replacement (if applicable). How to trust our future generation. How to share time honored best practices and key learnings, while encouraging our future leaders to “make it their own.”
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Thursday 10 - 10:45am
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AGM: Annual General Meeting - Century A Join us as our Board of Directors welcomes its newest members, and we recap the past year. A Q&A will follow the reports. All registrants are welcome.
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Thursday 9 - 9:45am
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The Radio Landscape: The DJ’s View - Liberty Moderator: Bob McWilliams (Kansas Public Radio) Panelists: Greg Torrington (Galaxie/Stingray), Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM), Tom Power (CBC), Volker Steppat (German Public Radio Bremen) An international panel of Folk DJs discuss their roles, jobs, challenges they face. What they are listening for. What they are trying to do. Their efforts to keep Folk on the air. Who the Folk radio listening audience is, and how to expand Folk’s reach. How much freedom do they have to program? How do sound formats affect DJs? How do DJs design shows that stream internationally? What is social media’s role in radio? How essential is it to land on air interviews? What role do on airs play in programing? These DJs will let you know you how to better chance for airplay and how you, yes YOU, can support folk radio.
Thursday 11 - 11:45am EXHIBITORS
On The Griddle: Song & Recording Review - Century C Moderator: William Kennedy Jr. (Charterhouse Music Group) Panelists: Ellis Paul (Artist), Gary Paczosa (Sugar Hill/Vanguard Records), John Platt (WFUV), Michelle Szeto (Paquin) A new take on the On The Griddle concept! This year, we’ve assembled a panel representing many roles in our community - radio, presenting, songwriting, production and label execs listen to your songs and provide their thoughts on composition, production, context, and how they experience what they hear in your music. 60 seconds of your music will be listened to by industry experts who will give their feedback. Are you ready for the Griddle?
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Music Products Today: Alive To Thrive - Pershing North Moderator: Clay Pasternack (CPI Distribution) Panelists: Lynn Lancaster (Proper Music), Carrie Colliton (Record Store Day), Judy Mills (Mills Record Co) While the physical record business may be declining across the music industry, some genres and pockets of the industry are seeing a resurgence of loyalty to record stores - in part influenced by increased demand for vinyl. Hear these distribution veterans and record store owners discuss the state of physical product today, how to focus your efforts, how they have managed in this time of great change, and what they see as the future of their business.
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Booking Agency Administration - Pershing South Moderator: Tim Des Islets (Bumstead Productions) Panelists: John Laird (The Americana Agency), Nicole Rochefort (Artists In Motion), Jim Fleming (Fleming Artists) Understanding the unique challenges in booking agency small business management / entrepreneurship. From startup stage, building awareness for your agency and artists, and setting up infrastructure, hiring agents and staff – to maturity stage, organizing for growth and adjusting to the needs of diverse buyers. These agency heads will discuss a range of topics including roster planning, workload balancing, conflict of interest management, working with artists and their teams, commission conversations, and staff recruitment, training, development and retention. Archiving Folk Collections - Pershing East Panelists: Charles Haddix (University of Missouri - Kansas City), Melissa Totten with Betsy Siggins (FOLK New England), Jennifer Cutting (American Folklife) Presentations from organizations who are actively archiving folk collections, with Q&A to follow.
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The Charitable Way - Penn Valley Moderator: Michael Kornfeld (Folk Music Society of Huntington) Panelists: Lisa Schwartz (Philadelphia Folksong Society), Donald Davidoff (Swallow Hill), Jennifer Roe (Folk Alliance International) Calling all non-profits, and those considering incorporation? This session will review why organizations incorporate, the various options available, the process to do so, and the benefits and obligations of both not-for-profit and charitable status. A brief presentation on the FAI’s charitable “umbrella coverage” will be made. As well as governance tips and best practice for running a healthy, responsible, and transparent non-profit.
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Going Global: The Plan Before You Fly - Roanoke Moderator: Sean McManus (Manitoba Music) Panelists: Rose Cousins (Artist), Susan O’Grady (Star House Collective), Jordie Lane (Artist), Shelley Nordstrom (East Coast Music Association) This is part 1 of a multi-part series of panels on strategic approaches to exporting your music and touring internationally. This first session features some key facilitators of international tours and artists who have toured in many countries around the globe. Discussion will include realistic timelines from idea to execution, ways to find, vette, hire and manage distant team members. What team members and artists need to think about and plan – and the timing needed to approach exporting strategically. Performing Arts Markets - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Renee Bodie (Levitt Pavillion) Panelists: Angel Mercier (JCCC), Ken Waldman (Artist), Herschel Freeman (Herschel Freeman Agency), Ken Carlson (Arts Midwest) Learn about opportunities in performing arts markets, and know what to look for and ask to detect if there may be opportunities and connections for what you do at PACs. This panel means to explore the role of Folk music in arts presenters’ programming. Understand the unique way arts presenters plan, program and buy. What is the role of arts presenting conferences, and how you might need to approach them differently from this conference. Hear an artist’s perspective on the experience of showcasing, selling and engaging arts audiences.
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Engineering: Soundcheck To Showtime - Liberty Moderator: Zachariah Hickman (Accompanist/Band Leader), Panelists: Oliver Craven (The Stray Birds), Peter Mulvey (Artist) We conduct sound checks everyday, but how often do we deconstruct what does and doesn’t work about them? Most often, we just aim to get to them on time, and aim to get through them without any technical failures, batteries dying, or friction between engineer and artist. Finally hear engineers and artists talk frankly about some of their best and worst, and what made them so. Artists and engineers discuss production techniques that create the best audience experience.
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Thursday 12 - 12:45pm
WELCOME
Lunch Break First Timers Orientation - Pershing North Private Showcase Orientation - Pershing East (attendance is required to present a private showcase)
Thursday 1 - 1:45pm Thursday 2 - 5pm
Industry Exhibit Hall Drop by the hall to talk to the agents, managers and labels representing showcasing artists, sign contracts, and network with peers. Collect your daily ticket in the hall for a chance to win a VIP pass (registration & hotel) for FAI 2016.
EXHIBITORS
Speakers Series: Rita Coolidge (pg 18)- Century A Featuring a performance of Lone Hunter, a pilot collaboration between Folk Alliance and the Kansas City Ballet. See pg 19
FOLK DJ RECEPTION DONORS Acoustic Accents with Bud Johnson Acoustic Music Agency Borealis Records Tom Coxworth - Folk Routes The Eclectic Hours/FM Odyssey Radio Shows Kari Estrin Consulting & Acoustic Radio Promotion Aengus Finnan Wanda Fischer - WAMC, Albany, NY
Fox Run Concerts & Studio Nancy Emrich Freeman - LilFest Music Tim Grimm Hootenanny Power - WRKF Baton Rouge, LA Hudson Harding Music Kerrville Folk Festivals Sue Kessell - WNUR, Chicago, IL Mara Levine – Artist Dan Navarro
Old Town School of Folk Music Radio Wayne Real People’s Music Loretta Sawyer Agency Soona Songs, Inc. Sundilla Concerts & Radio Hour Roger Wise -KWMV/Hardscrabble House Concerts, Westcliffe,CO Woodstock (IL) Folk Festival
Thursday 3 - 3:45pm
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Folk DJ Reception - Century C This event is designed for anyone interested in meeting the people who are the voices of Folk Music on the Radio and the Internet. It is an opportunity for publicists, artists, agents, labels and anyone else to MEET the Folk DJ’s all in the same room at the same time. You do not have to be a dj to participate or attend, but we do encourage all djs and radio media people to join us. Donations are requested, but not required.
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Thursday 2 - 3:30pm
Thursday 4 - 4:45pm
Mentor Session [with Folk Alliance Board members] - Century C The Board of Folk Alliance International are an incredibly diverse group of professionals representing a coast to coast spectrum of the industry. They include festival ADs, venue bookers, managers, administrators, finance experts, performance rights experts, marketing gurus, artists, and more. If you haven’t signed up in advance drop by information to select a remaining session.
Thursday 5 - 5:45pm
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Meet Up! - Union Hill East Topic: Health On The Road - (Meet Ups are an unfacilitated open group discussion open to all Conference attendees)
Awards Ceremony (Recipients pg. 20, 21) with guest speaker Sylvia Tyson (pg. 19) - Century A
Thursday 6pm
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Reception hosted by FAI Board - Century Foyer
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Friday 8 - 8:45am
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WELCOME
Runners Group - meet at front door of the Westin. YOGA - Brookside Regional Breakfast - Roanoke Foyer
Friday 9 - 9:45am
Something APPening Here - Pershing North Moderator: Bill Love (MyEventApps), Panelists: Alka Sharma (Folk Music Ontario), Linda Fahey (Folk Alley/WKSU) Tips, tricks, and trends regarding smartphone integration with your event, venue, organization, radio station, agency, label. Hear from conference, festival and event producers on how they use apps or other mobile solutions to engage with audiences. Community Presentation: Using the American Jazz Museum Brand to Develop Community Connections- Pershing South Presenters: Greg Carroll (Chief Executive Officer), Bill McKemy (Education Manager) and Chris Burnett (Marketing Manager). This session will explore how the American Jazz Museum uses its brand to develop partnerships through education programming and performance opportunities for artists and students within the greater Kansas City music community. Great exemplar for developing community connections and an opportunity to learn about programs at the American Jazz Museum. World Music in Folk Programming - Pershing East Moderator: Gerald Seligman (Caravan Arts), Panelists: Gilles Garand (Folquebec), Doug Cox (Vancouver Island Music Festival), Chuck Wentworth (Rhythm & Roots Festival), Derek Andrews (Global Cafe) Each country and culture has its own music, but in an industry that has divided music by genres (with many once again sitting under the banner of Folk), “world” music has flourished under its own banner. Gather round to here why it is important to program Wold Music as part of the Folk tradition, how to do it effectively, stories of pitfalls and successes, and the significance of inclusion. Reaching New Audiences - Penn Valley Moderator: Rick Fenton (Music Ontario), Panelists: Erika Wollam Nichols (The Bluebird), Maggi Landau (Madison Square Park Conservancy), Rich Kardon (Point Entertainment), Martin Wollesen (The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center) Risk taking and the developmental role of the Presenter. Presenters make programming decisions every day based on creative curation, ticket sales, brand development, artist/show development, utilization of space(s), audience demand, agent and company relationships, educational content, community demographics, and various other criteria. Hear these presenters discuss how they make programming decisions, instances when they have taken risks or tried new things, what worked, what didn’t, how they measure success of different programs and marketing techniques. How to identify and engage new audiences - draw and measure new ticket buyers while maintaining your loyal core.
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Copyright, Licenses & Royalties - Century C Moderator: Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM), Panelists: Michelle Conceison (Market Monkeys), Renee Bodie (Levitt Pavillion), David Hirshland (BMG Chrysalis), Dan Navarro (Artist), Tom Neff (Grassy Hill) Folk Alliance recently issued a white paper entitled “Understanding Copyright, Royalties and Practical Application in Folk Music” covering some of the ways key topics relate to our Folk community. This session is a walk through of that material with some of the authors of the document, and a Q&A to answer questions. Find a copy at www.folk.org
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Friday 10 - 10:45am
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NorthEast - NERFA (Liberty) SouthEast - SERFA (Roanoke) SouthWest - SWRFA (Shawnee Mission) Far-West - Far-West (Penn Valley) Midwest - FARM (Pershing East) International (Pershing North)
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Regional Meetings – open to all - various rooms (see below) This is a chance to meet the leaders of your local region and many of the folks who are attending from your region. A great way to make new friends in your own back yard and see how you can contribute to the growth of your Folk Alliance International region. Information will be available on special regional activities and our annual Folk Alliance International Regional Conferences. There will be a continental breakfast available for the early risers. It never lasts long....
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Cracking the Code: Canada - Roanoke Moderator: Laura Cortese (Artist), Panelists: Susan de Cartier (Starfish Entertainment), Sheri Jones (Jones & Co), Joanne Setterington (Indoor Recess), Shelley Nordstrom (East Coast Music Association) Tips for agents, managers and artists regarding market access for artists traveling from abroad to Canada. Markets, routing, showcase opportunities, visas, media, and promotion. An overview of the folk club, festival, touring circuits and arts markets. How to get started. How often to return. How to find, build and motivate your team.
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Cracking the Code: Continental Europe - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Gunnar Madsen (ROSA, Denmark), Panelists: Juliana Voloz (Management and Booking, Germany), Bavo Vanden Broeck (Festival Dranouter, Belgium), Mateusz Dobrowolski (Ethnic Arts Association “Transetnika”, Poland), Liina Gross (Estonian Traditional Music Center / Viljandi Folk Festival) Tips for agents, managers and artists regarding market access for artists traveling from abroad to Continental Europe. Markets, routing, showcase opportunities, visas, media, and promotion. An overview of the folk club, festival, touring circuits and arts markets. How to get started. How often to return. How to find, build and motivate your team.
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Breaking TRAD-ition (and the Rules) - Liberty Moderator/MC: Tom Power (CBC), Artists: Trad Attack, Melisande, James Hill A gathering of minds – artists who are merging contemporary sounds, beats and context with traditional music, and vice versa. Exploration of traditional instruments and instrumentation. Electronic experiments with traditional material. Not really a panel, not really a showcase – kind of a merged thing, just like the music. Panelists will talk about what they do, exhibit some of the tools and techniques they use, and share their viewpoints. They will discuss boundaries, collaborations, definitions, relations, and their experiences making the music they create. A survey of expanded boundaries – both socially and in sound.
Friday 11 - 11:45am
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The Instrument Friendly Skies - Century C Moderator: Joan Kornblith (Cool Creek Entertainment) Panelists: Alfonso Pollard (American Federation of Musicians), Dave Carroll (Big Break Enterprises), Dan Navarro (Artist) Rights, realities, and regulations regarding instrument transportation. Folk Alliance’s Advocacy Committee spent a good part of the summer and winter gathering your stories, and communicating with many entities who are actively engaged in efforts to educate airlines and better their policies regarding travel with instruments. In this panel, we will share what we’ve learned, and you will hear from key constituents who are making a difference. Manage This - Pershing North Moderator: Holly Lowman (Wingman Management), Panelists: Ralph Jaccodine (Ralph Jaccodine Management), Sheri Jones (Jones & Co), David Tamulevich (Tamulevich Artist Management), Michelle Conceison (Market Monkeys) There are as many types of managers as there are artists - just as artists’ needs are unique, so unique are the managers who provide those services. This panel will discuss those differences, what managers do, what managers look for in artists, what artists look for in management, the manager’s role in the building and coordination of the team, how management has and hasn’t changed over the years, and current topics managers should be considering.
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Music in Film & Television and Beyond - Pershing South Moderator: Mike Beck (Access Film Music), Panelists: David Hirshland (BMG Chrysalis), Mike Todd (ASCAP), Kelly Reichman (Hallmark) Having a song placed in a film or TV show has been a mark of a successful career for a few years now. But did you know there is a whole world of other possibilities for licensing your music – from toys and cards to videogames and toothbrushes? This panel will walk through the process behind the scenes, demonstrating several paths for licensing music in visual media as well as in these products and others. Industry executives will share stories from their experiences, shed light on the way licensing decisions are made, and review the benefits to recording artists and songwriters alike.
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Presenting International Acts - Pershing East Moderator: Doug Cox (Vancouver Island Music Festival) Panelists: Dave Shaughnessy (Kansas City Irish Festival), Ben Mandelson (WOMEX), Dalis Allen (Kerrville Folk Festival) How presenters who book out-of-country acts discover new talent, fund offers that can support import travel, schedule, market and promote international talent. Best practices securing work visas/waivers. Also operational artist support elements and customs that may be different on the ground week and day of performance when working with artists from other countries. It Takes A Village (of Volunteers) - Penn Valley Moderator: Brad Tisdel (Sisters Folk Festival) Panelists: Chloe Goodyear (Woodford Folk Festival), Tanya Corbin (Edmonton Folk Festival), Renee Gaumond (Freight & Salvage) At the heart of every great folk event, venue, festival, organization are the volunteers that keep everything running. But volunteers don’t organize themselves! (OK, sometimes they do...) This panel of presenters and organizers will share their tips about volunteer recruitment, management, motivation and loyalty.
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Cracking the Code: United Kingdom - Roanoke Moderator: Crispin Parry (British Underground) Panelists: Neil Pearson (English Folk Dance and Song Society), David Messer (DMP/Dingwalls), Suzie Ungerleider (Oh Susanna), Huw Williams Tips for agents, managers and artists regarding market access for artists traveling from abroad to Europe. Markets, routing, showcase opportunities, visas, media, and promotion. An overview of the folk club, festival, touring circuits and arts markets. How to get started. How often to return. How to find, build and motivate your team.
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Building & Motivating Your Team - Liberty Moderator: Val Denn (Val Denn Agency), Panelists: Nelly Neben (Axis Artist Management), Jimmy LaFave (Artist), Ashley Warren (Music Road Records), Nick Loss-Eaton (Nick Loss-Eaton Media), Suze Casey (Calgary Folk Club) How to attract and motivate your dream team. What are common roles on an artist’s team, and how does each team member interact? How can we communicate internally so everyone is working together effectively and efficiently? Hear these industry professionals, who have worked with many artists in diverse capacities, discuss the teams they have worked on that have enabled them to do their best work, and why. How they measure success. How they came to work with artists, what inspires and guides them, as well as tips and best practices that make their jobs easier and most rewarding.
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Friday 12 noon
EXHIBITORS
Servicing Radio via Digital Platforms - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Brad Paul (Brad Paul Media), Panelists: William Kennedy Jr. (Charterhouse Music Group), Kimberly Sinclair (Spincount), John Platt (WFUV), Gregg Torrington (Galaxie/Stingray), Jon Hart (KTBG The Bridge) While once considered cutting edge, it is now common for new albums to be serviced to radio via digital service providers. Hear radio professionals talk about best practices they are seeing most, how it works, and what they see as the future. Hear promoters share their experiences, and perspective on digital servicing adoption. Artists, Labels, Promoters and Programmers are encouraged to attend this session to engage in a conversation about what is happening now, what can realistically happen in the next 6 months, and what we can all look forward to in the future.
WELCOME
DAY SCHEDULE
Lunch Break - On your own, YOGA - Brookside
Friday 1 - 1:45pm
Speakers Series Keynote: Commander Chris Hadfield (Astronaut and folksinger) - Century A Topic of: space, life, and folk music - See Speakers Series profile on page 18
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OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Friday 2 - 5pm
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Friday 2 - 2:45pm
WELCOME
Internet Killed The Video Star - Liberty Speaker: Matt Barnett (Brought To You By) Gone are the days of music videos being the cornerstone of marketing plans for musicians & their labels. Content is now king, but how can artists constantly feed multiple social media streams without bottomless budgets? In this presentation, we will discuss: creating media strategies that will attract & grow your audience; how to effectively work with video directors & production houses; and making budgets & content stretch over the year.
Friday 3 - 3:45pm EXHIBITORS
Speed Dating - Century C Meet new friends and colleagues in a fun, laid back, and fast paced “Getting to know you”. This is not a Pitch session, but a genuine effort to step past the business of the day and learn something about the person behind the badge. Smiles guaranteed. Woody Guthrie’s Continuing Legacy - Roanoke Presenters: Deana McCloud (Woody Guthrie Center), Ellis Paul, Jimmy LaFave The Woody Guthrie Center will present the current educational mission of the Center and future goals of the Woody Guthrie Archives. This panel includes artists who have worked in the archives to research and co-write songs with unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics.
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Alan Lomax Centennial: Legendary Collections - Liberty Speaker: Stephen Winick Alan Lomax (1915-2002) spent almost 70 years collecting, archiving, and analyzing folk music. He recorded legendary blues, old-time, and Cajun performers for the Library of Congress, recorded throughout Europe, and pioneered folk on radio and TV. For his centenary, two successors at the Library present some of his greatest finds! Meet Up! - Union Hill East Topic: Artists on Social Media - (Meet Ups are an unfacilitated open group discussion open to all Conference attendees)
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Friday 4 - 4:45pm
Speaker Series: David Israelite - Liberty Topic of: Performing Rights - See Speakers Series profile on page 18
Friday 6:00pm
Reception: Hosted by Folk Music Canada & Folk Music Ontario - Century Foyer
Saturday 8:30-9:45
Meditation (8:30) & YOGA (9-9:45) - Brookside Runners Group - Meet at front door of the Westin
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Saturday 10 - 10:45am
Is This A Good Deal? - Pershing North Moderator: Matt Smith (Passim) Panelists: Brad Madison (Mongrel Music), Lori Peters (Concerted Efforts), Anya Siglin (The Ark), David Tamulevich (Tamulevich Artist Management) Examine some common booking offers, and discuss mutual gains negotiation and market goal-setting and strategic booking. Hear stories from agents and buyers about deals they have done, what they have seen work and not work, the way they view their roles in their communities and on behalf of their clients. How do they determine what is fair compensation? How do presenters and artists make investments together, and ensure they pay off?
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Journalism Today - Pershing South Moderator: Joan Kornblith (Cool Creek Entertainment), Panelists: Kim Ruehl (No Depression), Amy Reitenour (The Bluegrass Situation), Chris Schimpf (Sacks & Co), Lynne Margolis (American Songwriter/Grammy.com/Lone Star Music Magazine) Popular television shows like The Newsroom and House of Cards have brought light to the conflict between journalists trained to substantiate with multiple sources and “report the news” and new digital era writers, bloggers and publications driven by page views and trending search keywords. Hear some of Folk’s finest writers (and one bright publicist) discuss the state of journalism today - how they experience and navigate these topics in their careers, and what we should know about our role in Folk audience and media relations.
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Canadian Organizations & Their Missions - Pershing East Moderator: Tamara Kater (Folk Music Canada), Panelists: Erin Benjamin (Music Canada Live), Andy McLean (East Coast Music Association), Trisha Carter (Canadian Independent Music Association), Grit Laskin (Canadian Folk Music Awards) There are countless organizations serving the Canadian industry, with focus on Artists, Presenters, and Industry at large. Some are national, some regional. These are only a few! Meet some folks working at non-granting arts service organizations supporting our community. Hear their missions, what they do, and how their work collectively moves, inspires and supports our community.
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The Radio Landscape: The Promoter’s View - Liberty Moderator: Tim McFadden (Tim McFadden Management and Consulting) Panelists: Al Moss (Al Moss Promotion), Brad Paul (Brad Paul Media), Kimberly Sinclair (Spincount) Radio promoters discuss what’s changed, what’s the same. What the radio promoter’s role is, what they need to be effective, how best to work with them, how to set goals, and how to measure results.
Saturday 11 - 11:45am
Not Just Booking, Building - Penn Valley Moderator: Brad Madison (Mongrel Music), Panelists: Matt Smith (Passim), Amy Mangan (Hugh’s Room), Renee Gaumond (Freight & Salvage), Roger Menell (Swallow Hill) Presenters discuss how they grow artists “in the room” - from discovering new talent, to helping build awareness, to developing headlining skills and audience, to participating in an artist’s career development as they grow. What are the nuances and intricacies these master career builders think about. Risks they’ve taken. What’s worked. What hasn’t. And how to know what’s working.
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Greening Folk - For Pete’s Sake! - Pershing East Moderator: Leslie Benson (Shelter Valley Folk Festival) Panelists: Dave Margulies (High Sierra Music Festival), Steve Szymanski (Planet Bluegrass), Sam Baijal (Hillside Music Festival), Steve Schuman (North Valley Productions) How to reduce the Environmental impact of a festival in simple ways.
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New Voices On The Airwaves - Pershing South Moderator: Mary Sue Twohy (SiriusXM), Panelists: Jenny Bienemann (WFMT), Kendall Stewart (WUMB), Ian Zolitor (WXPN) Folk music is always evolving. The act of collecting and sharing music is as long as the tradition of making it. Our DJs play a role in that. Just as we have a constant flow of emerging artists performing new music, so too we have new radio professionals spinning and helping the music get heard. Hear through the ears of Folk radio’s new DJs, how they screen new music, what they think listeners want to hear, their relationships with Folk, and skills DJs just starting out need to have to build their own following (personal brand, other related work, technologies, etc).
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Running A Label - Pershing North Moderator: John Allen (New West Records) Panelists: Garry West (Compass Records), Geoff Kulawick (True North Records), Eric Peltoniemi (Red House Records), Tonni Maruyama (Anti Records) These fine panelists share their perspective on the labels they run, what makes them tick, what makes them solvent, how their histories inform their culture and releases, changes they have made, how they operate today, and how they are planning for the future. Best practices on things from small business management, to human resources staff/contractor management, to A&R and artist development, to goal setting, measuring success, and beyond.
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The Producer’s Impact - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Mark Erelli, Panelists: Daniel Ledwell (Lake Echo), Gary Paczosa (Sugar Hill/Vanguard Records), Ken Whiteley There are an infinite number of ways to make a record today - especially as digital tools have evolved and become more accessible. This panel will explore the role of producer today. In recording demos, albums, in the various stages of the project from pre-production to tracking, to mixing, to mastering. Core basics of recording will be covered, but particular focus will be dedicated to how to work with a producer to realize your creative vision.
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Cracking the Code: Australia & New Zealand - Roanoke Moderator: Chloe Goodyear (Woodford Folk Festival) Panelists: Ash Bell (Starboard Canyons), Gerry Paul (Gerry Paul Productions), Glenn Dickie (Sounds Australia), Mel Parsons (Artist) Tips for agents, managers and artists regarding market access for artists traveling from abroad to Australia & New Zealand. Markets, routing, showcase opportunities, visas, media, and promotion. An overview of the folk club, festival, touring circuits and arts markets. How to get started. How often to return. How to find, build and motivate your team.
WELCOME
DAY SCHEDULE All Ages: Family-Friendly Presenting - Penn Valley Moderator: Jean Spivey (Old Settler’s Music Festival) Panelists: Anne Saunders (Falcon Ridge Folk Festival), Crista Munro (FolkWest), James Keelaghan (Summerfolk) Family and all-ages approaches to presenting. How does it differ when an entire event is targeted at the family, versus when you are presenting to families and adults only within the same event or venue? How do you attract the talent that is right for your audience? What is unique about promoting to all ages? What to consider in terms of scheduling, and booths and services families need to stay for the day, or even camp.
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WELCOME
Cracking the Code: United States - Roanoke Moderator: Tim Des Islets (Bumstead Productions), Panelists: Angie Carlson (Red House Records), Chris Schimpf (Sacks & Co), Herschel Freeman (Herschel Freeman Agency), Linda Fahey (Folk Alley) Tips for agents, managers and artists regarding market access for artists traveling from abroad to the United States. Markets, routing, showcase opportunities, visas, media, and promotion. An overview of the folk club, festival, touring circuits and arts markets. How to get started. How often to return. How to find, build and motivate your team.
EXHIBITORS
Daring to Co-Write - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Matt The Electrician, Panelists: Robby Hecht, Dan Navarro, Clare Reynolds, Wyatt Easterling Often done but rarely discussed, this session will unpack co-writing. Why and how collaboration might start, save, or build your career - financially and creatively. The types of co-writes that happen often, to determine what type could be right for you. How to approach a co-write when you have set one up. And what to do legally to protect your work.
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Accompanists Tell All - Liberty Moderator: Natalia Zukerman, Panelists: Mark Erelli, Zachariah Hickman, Daniel Ledwell, Miranda Mulholland Some most-hired accompanists share their experiences. Musically, how they approach artists’ material, how they view their role in a show, and the different dynamics they have experienced playing with different people. Financially, how they prefer to handle conversations about compensation, per diems, expenses. Logistically, how they keep a pipeline of work, organize multiple tours at once, and/or manage side playing alongside the other projects/pursuits in their creative careers.
Saturday 12 noon
Book Signing: Chris Hadfield – Sheraton Lobby
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Community Presentation: Film - Music of the People - Liberty Music of the People / La Musique du Peuple is a bilingual Canadian film which was commissioned by the Canadian Folk Music Awards to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Director Andy Frank, who presents the film, crossed Canada to ask dozens of past Award recipients how they defined folk music today. (34 minutes, English/French with subtitles) Lunch Break YOGA - Brookside
Saturday 1 - 1:45pm
Speaker Series: Donna Walker-Kuhne - Liberty Topic of: Audience Diversification - See Speakers Series profile on page 18
Saturday 2 - 5pm SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Industry Exhibit Hall Drop by the hall to talk to the agents, managers and labels representing showcasing artists, sign contracts, and network with peers. Collect your daily ticket in the hall for a chance to win a VIP pass (registration & hotel) for FAI 2016.
Saturday 2 - 3:45pm
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Gene Shay’s Song Critique (with Rich Warren WFMT) - Shawnee Mission Moderator: Rich Warren Panelists: Tom Paxton, Eric Peltoniemi (Red House), Mary Armstrong (Philadelphia City Paper), David Siglin (The Ark), Bil VornDick (Producer) This is as much a songwriting help session as a critique. We request that each songwriter plans on performing one song that she or he just finished or is in the process of completing or wants to further polish. These should not be songs they already have recorded. We request songwriters provide the panel with a lyric sheet. The panel will offer gentle, constructive criticism on how to tweak and improve songs, addressing lyrics and melody. This is not a performance critique. We also hope that participants will stay for most of the session to provide their fellow songwriters with an audience. All conference attendees are welcome to attend. Some amazingly great songs from both well-known and unknown songwriters have debuted at this workshop, which is the longest running workshop at Folk Alliance. The panel consists of a broadcaster, journalist, presenter, producer, and record label owner. Rich Warren will be sitting in for Gene Shay at the moderator. Sign up in advance at the information booth.
Saturday 2 - 2:45pm REGISTRANTS
Alan Lomax Open Mic - Pershing North Come hear pre-registered artists who have prepared loving and unique renditions of songs from the Lomax collection. Community Presentation: The Ocean Academy Fund - an artist gives back in Belize - Liberty Speaker: Danny Michel A musician takes a vacation, to Belize, but wanders off the beaten path. There he discovers a community in need, yet full of hope and music. Returning to the road and a full time performing schedule he proceeds to raise over $60,000 towards a school scholarship program. Returning year after year he falls in love with the local music, ultimately recording with area musicians and producers and releasing an album with the Garifuna Collective. Come hear his story and be
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DAY SCHEDULE inspired to do more than just chase the next gig. Speaker Series: Dave Carroll - Liberty Topic of: Flyers rights, and customer service. See Speakers Series profile on page 19 Community Presentation: Ancient Instruments - Brookside Speaker: Gerald Trimble Presentation of a collection of ancient instruments including the viola da gamba, viola d’amore and others dating from the 17th century. The presentation will feature the 1691 “Earl of Radnor” viola d’gamba by legendary London maker Barak Norman. Gerald will provide historical and musical information on the importance of these instruments in the last 500 years, their impact on music, their cross-cultural connections, and their applications in contemporary musical creation. Additional instrumentalists from different traditions who also play rare and unusual instruments, including the mandobass, presented by Bill Banks, who is not only the foremost player of this instrument today, but has the largest number of extant Gibson mandobasses in any collection. Bill will also demonstrate the hurdy-gurdy, a fascinating and complex “string bagpipe”developed during the middle ages and still played in many cultures.
EXHIBITORS
WELCOME
Saturday 3 - 3:45pm
Wisdom of the Elders - Shawnee Mission Peggy Seeger, Tom Paxton, Dave Siglin in conversation with hosts Sonny Ochs and Grit Laskin Community Presentation: Creative approaches to Filming Artist Profiles - Liberty Presenters: Seán Phair and Chris Murphy Under the banner of Ambiguous Fiddle, two videographers from West Cork, Ireland use film to document artists’ stories and performance in a way that compliments the music, yet tugs the viewer to look in through new angles on the craft and persona of each artist. Sharing a series of short films they will discuss their process, illustrate key aspects and the evolution of the modern day music video, and highlight the value of documenting characters and careers in earnest and interesting ways. Subject artists have included Ireland’s Glen Hansard, Australia’s Mama Kin, Canada’s Mo Kenney, Scotland’s Rachel Sermani, and America’s Rachel Ries. *Ambiguous Fiddle are the official videographers of the 2015 FAI conference, and are funded in part by the generosity of Culture Ireland*
Sunday 10am
Songwriters for Breakfast - Shawnee Mission Songwriters… we invite you to add to the legacy of new songs created during the conference by picking up your “assignment” for what has become a conference tradition. Hosted by Dalis Allen (SWRFA/ Kerrville Folk Festival), performers will be drawn from the sign up list for 2 hours. You never know who will be in the audience. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 1. Pick a topic from the jar at Information (Century Foyer). 3. Write a 3-4 min. song this weekend on your interpretation of the topic. 4. When your song is finished sign up at Information to perform Sunday. 5. Arrive at Shawnee Mission room in advance of 10:00am.
MUSIC FAIR
Sunday 11am - 3:30pm
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Community Presentation: The Value of Folk Alliance Membership - Pershing North Presenter: Jerod Rivers (FAI Membership Manager) - Your Folk Alliance membership includes an abundance of benefits and services you may or may not know about. Meet the FAI Membership Manager and hear more about how you can take advantage of savings and opportunities your membership has to offer year-round.
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Saturday 4 - 4:45pm
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Meet Up! - Union Hill East Topic: Women In Music - (Meet Ups are an unfacilitated open group discussion open to all Conference attendees)
Kansas City Bus Tours - Leaves from the Westin lobby every 45 minutes (last bus at 2:45)
Sunday 2 - 5pm
The Brian Hicks Quartet, (off site) folk’n’jazz at the Blue Room Conference Closing Reception Green Lady Lounge (1809 Grand Blvd.) - badges required followed by after party next door at The Tank Room (1813 Grand Blvd.) featuring QuiQue Escamilla, TRAD.Attack, and others - Camp & Music Fair After Party - Knuckleheads Saloon (2715 Rochester St.)
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Sunday 7pm
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WELCOME
2015 FOLK ALLIANCE Benton’s
Century A
Century C
Liberty
Pershing East
90.9 KTGB - The Bridge
INK
The Pitch
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 7:00pm
Opening Reception
FOLK ALLIANCE OPENING NIGHT CONCERTS EXHIBITORS
Money Wolf Music
8:00pm to 11:00am
DAY SCHEDULE
9:00pm
8:00 - The Thunderclaps; Betse and Clarke; Schwervon!; Folkicide 9:15 - Destroy Nate Allen 9:45 - Billy Bats; Beau Bledsoe; Brandon Hudspeth & Jaisson Taylor; Ernest James Zydeco
KCPT 8:00 - The Phantastics 9:00 - Victor & Penny 10:00 - John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons
8:00 - Barclay Martin Ensemble / Madagascar 9:00 - Kawehi 10:00 - The Grisly Hand
8:00 - Miry Wild 8:45 - The Project H 9:30 - Hembree 10:15 - The Latenight Callers 11:00 - Old Sound
8:00 - Rural Grit 8:45 - Howard Iceberg 9:30 - Carswell & Hope 10:15 - Dollar Fox 11:00 - Ay MusiK
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 6:00pm
Reception in Century Foyer hosted by the FAI Board of Directors Sponsored by IBMA
Sponsored by Music PEI
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
6:30pm
Dana Falconberry
7:00pm
Slocan Ramblers
7:30pm
Jack Williams
Allie Farris
Ashley Condon
David Berkeley
Gold Heart
Tish Hinojosa
Kenv Kinney
The East Pointers
Bill & Kate Isles
8:00pm
10 String Symphony
Ken Whiteley and The Beulah Band
Sylvia Tyson
Catherine MacLellan
Penny & Sparrow
8:30pm
The Lonely Heartstring Band
Susie Vinnick
Victor & Penny
Irish Mythen
Annika
9:00pm
The HillBenders
Curtis McMurtry
Dayna Kurtz
Tim Chaisson
The Lovebirds
The Strings And A Goat Skin
Jay Nash & Josh Day are the Contenders
9:30pm
Billy Strings & Don Julin
The Small Glories
Quique Escamilla
10:00pm
Run Boy Run
New Country Rehab
Ray Bonneville
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
10:30pm 10:30pm
PEI JAM
The Blackbird Revue
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 6:00pm
Reception in Century Foyer sponsored by Folk Music Canada & Folk Music Ontario Sponsored by Folquébec
Sponsored by Deering
Sponsored by ASCAP
6:30pm
Chris Ronald
MUSIC FAIR
Sin & Swoon
Chuck Mead & his Grassy Knoll Boys
7:30pm
MAZ
Ray Wylie Hubbard
8:00pm
The Bombadils
Carrie Elkin
8:30pm
Briga
Dom Flemons
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
9:00pm
Sarah Jane Scouten
Town Mountain
7:00pm
Ronny Cox Band
REGISTRANTS
Tim Easton
Bryan Hayes
James Hill
Dan Bern
Mary Caroline
The Howlin’ Brothers
Jeff Black
Seth Glier
Catie Curtis
Ryan Culwell
Mipso
Mark Erelli
Josh Harty Jim Byrnes Charlie A’Court
9:30pm
Les Poules a Colin
Ghost of Paul Revere
Jess Klein
Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson
10:00pm
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
Rant Maggie Rant
Red Molly
10:30pm
Mélisande [électrotrad]
10:30pm
Private Showcases (Floors 5-7)
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The Amigos
Midwest Music Foundation
Kissick Construction
Hale Center for Journalism
90.1 KKFI
89.3 KCUR
8:00 - Teri Quinn; David George; Nate Allen; Keith Bohanon 9:15 - Betse Ellis; Brett Newski; Nate Cartwright; Jeanette Powers 10:30 - Amy Farrand; Billy Beale; Ben Byard; Cheri Woods
8:00 - Havilah Bruders; Gregg Todt; Kris Bruders; Raenaldo Torres 9:15 - Nicole Springer; Clay Hughes; Dead Ven; Reach 10:30 - Mikal Shapiro; Vi Tran; AJ Gaither; Jen Harris
8:00 - The Matchsellers 8:45 - Maria the Mexican 9:30 - Gracie Schram 10:15 - The Blackbird Revue 11:00 - The Hardship Letters
8:00 - Bob & Diana Suckiel 8:45 - Ruddy Swain 9:30 - Calvin Arsenia 10:15 - The Expassionates 11:00 - Cowgirl’s Train Set
Kate Rose
Betse & Clarke
Richie & Rosie
Phil Madeira
Tony Furtado
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore
Laney Jones & The Lively Spirits
Laith Al-Saadi
Robby Hecht
Wild Ponies
Anthony da Costa
Greg Trooper
Joël Fafard
Megan Jean & The KFB
Dawn & Hawkes
Ellis
Elise Davis
Quiles & Cloud
Harpeth Rising
Ensamble Iberica
Kaia Kater
J.D. Wilkes
* Kerry Patrick Clark
Zack Joseph
Graham Weber
J.R. Shore
* Mark Alan Stansberry
Katie Glassman & Snapshot
Foes of Folly
Rick Fines
* Lucy Billings
8:00 to 11:00 - Johnny Hamil’s GAWD: GAWD will be joined by Several Jazz Artists as well as Folk Artists playing Wednesday Night
* Buzz Cason * Sponsored by Bill Wence Promotions
Callaghan
Natalia Zukerman
Veretski Pass
Tillamook Burn
Owen Danoff
Aallotar
Tommy Womack
Chad Elliott
Jordie Lane
The Lowest Pair
Colleen Brown
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Peter Mulvey
Quinn Bachand’s Brishen
Luke Bell
Adam Burrows
Paul Doffing
Jacquelyn Hynes
Corinne West Bandits
Nathan Bell
The Currys
Eljuri
Busby Marou
Matt the Electrician
Lisa Nicole Grace
Amado Espinoza
Brandy Zdan
BettySoo
Diyet
Gerald Trimble’s Celtic & World Music
Ellis Paul
Devon Sproule
Lizzy Hoyt
Maria The Mexican
EXHIBITORS
Penn Valley Wednesday Only
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Shawnee Mission
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Roanoke
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Pershing South
MUSIC FAIR
Pershing North
REGISTRANTS
SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
WELCOME
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
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OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE Benton’s
Century A
WELCOME
Century C
Liberty
Sponsored by Grassy Hill Entertainment
Sponsored by The International Americana Music Show
Pershing East
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Sponsored by CIMA~Music Ontario 6:30pm
Owen Temple
EXHIBITORS DAY SCHEDULE OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
7:00pm
The Young Novelists
The Honeycutters
Jenn Grant
Lowri Evans
Hiroya Tsukamoto
7:30pm
Digging Roots
Dan Navarro
Chris Hadfield
Red Moon Road
Jacob Johnson
8:00pm
Ariana Gillis
The Ragbirds
Jimmy LaFave
Mel Parsons
The Vivants
8:30pm
Russell deCarle
Sam Baker
The Stray Birds
Hannah Shira Naiman
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
9:00pm
The Lovelocks
The Steel Wheels
The Young’uns
Daniel Champagne
Steve Dawson
9:30pm
Oh Susanna
Brianna Gosse
Rose Cousins
Pirates Canoe
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
10:00pm
Danny Michel
Trad.Attack!
The Elders
Sweet Alibi
The Nadas
10:30pm
The Strumbellas
I Draw Slow
Kristin Andreassen
10:30pm
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Trad.Attack! Kooreke www.tradattack.ee
Sweet Alibi I’ll Wait www.sweetalibi.com
Lizzy Hoyt feat. John Reischman V’la l’bon vent (La Berceuse) www.lizzyhoyt.com
Colleen Brown Lead Me On colleenbrownmusic.com
Phil Madeira Waiting On A Slow Train www.philmadeira.net
Corinne West Bandits Whisky Poet www.corinnewest.com
Daniel Champagne Holding The Moon www.danielchampagnemusic.com
Catie Curtis When You Find Love www.catiecurtis.com
Dave Carroll Now www.davecarrollmusic.com
Brianna Gosse Travelling Show www.briannagosse.com
James Hill She’s Still Got It www.jameshillmusic.com
Dayna Kurtz It’s How You Hold Me www.daynakurtz.com
Aallotar Syamestani rakastan www.aallotarmusic.com
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The Blackbird Revue When You Are Mine www.theblackbirdrevue.com Callaghan When You Loved Me www.callaghansongs.com
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Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin Silbury Hill www.philliphenryand hannahmartin.co.uk The Currys Come On Home www.thecurrysmusic.com Lowri Evans Corner of my eye www.lowrievans.co.uk The Secrets Over You www.thesecrets.ca Victor & Penny Day Off Boogie www.VictorandPenny.com Joël Fafard Sitting on Top of the World joelfafard.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE Penn Valley Wednesday Only
Pershing South
Roanoke
Shawnee Mission
Matthew Francis Andersen
Patchy Sanders
Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham
Alanna & Alicia
Ciaran Lavery
Kizzy Crawford
Dave Carroll
Little Brave
The Secrets
Wendell Ferguson
OH PEP!
Edie Carey & Sarah Sample
Rod Picott
Demi Louise
Miranda Mulholland
Rachel Ries
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Mo Kenney
Possessed by Paul James
Tall Heights
Gabriel Kelley
Dana Cooper
Aoife Scott
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
Jennah Barry
Chris Jones
The Show Ponies
Kevin Presbrey
Jim Photoglo
Jess Morgan
Bernadette Morris
Craig Moreau
Starboard Cannons
The Honey Dewdrops
Darren Eedens
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• The Lovelocks • Oh Susanna • Danny Michel • The Strumbellas
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WEDNESday, February 18
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Benton’s (20th Floor) Presented by Money Wolf Music Bands play in the round 8:00 PM The Thunderclaps; Betse and Clarke; Schwervon!; Folkicide 9:15 PM Destroy Nate Allen 9:45 PM Billy Bats; Beau Bledsoe; Brandon Hudspeth & Jaisson Taylor; Ernest James Zydeco
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Century A (Ballroom Level) Presented by KCPT - Channel 19 8:00 PM The Phantastics 9:00 PM Victor & Penny 10:00 PM John Velghe & the Prodigal Sons Century C (Ballroom Level) Presented by 90.9 KTBG - The Bridge 8:00 PM Barclay Martin Ensemble/Madagascar 9:00 PM Kawehi 10:00 PM The Grisly Hand Liberty (Ballroom Level) Presented by INK 8:00 PM Miry Wild 8:45 PM The Project H 9:30 PM Hembree 10:15 PM The Latenight Callers 11:00 PM Old Sound
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Penn Valley (Ballroom Level) Presented by 89.3 KCUR 8:00 to 11:00 PM Johnny Hamil’s GAWD: GAWD will be joined by Several Jazz Artists as well as Folk Artists playing Wednesday Night Pershing East (Ballroom Level) Presented by The Pitch 8:00 PM Rural Grit 8:45 PM Howard Iceberg 9:30 PM Carswell & Hope 10:15 PM Dollar Fox 11:00 PM Ay MusiK Pershing North (Ballroom Level) Presented by Midwest Music Foundation Artist perform in the round 8:00 PM Teri Quinn; David George; Nate Allen; Keith Bohanon 9:15 PM Betse Ellis; Brett Newski; Nate Cartwright; Jeanette Powers 10:30 PM Amy Farrand; Billy Beale; Ben Byard; Cheri Woods
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Pershing South (Ballroom Level) Presented by Kissick Construction Artist perform in the round 8:00 PM Havilah Bruders; Gregg Todt; Kris Bruders; Raenaldo Torres 9:15 PM Nicole Springer; Clay Hughes; Dead Ven; Reach 10:30 PM Mikal Shapiro; Vi Tran; AJ Gaither; Jen Harris Roanoke (Ballroom Level) Presented by Hale Center for Journalism 8:00 PM The Matchsellers 8:45 PM Maria the Mexican 9:30 PM Gracie Schram 10:15 PM The Blackbird Revue 11:00 PM The Hardship Letters Shawnee Mission (Ballroom Level) Presented by 90.1 KKFI 8:00 PM Bob & Diana Suckiel 8:45 PM Ruddy Swain 9:30 PM Calvin Arsenia 10:15 PM The Expassionates 11:00 PM Cowgirl’s Train Set
THURSday, February 19 Benton’s (20th Floor) - Sponsored by International Bluegrass Music Association 7:00 PM Slocan Ramblers 7:30 PM Gold Heart 8:00 PM 10 String Symphony 8:30 PM The Lonely Heartstring Band 9:00 PM The HillBenders 9:30 PM Billy Strings & Don Julin 10:00 PM Run Boy Run Century A 7:00 PM Jack Williams 7:30 PM Tish Hinojosa 8:00 PM Ken Whiteley and The Beulah Band 8:30 PM Susie Vinnick 9:00 PM Curtis McMurtry 9:30 PM The Small Glories 10:00 PM New Country Rehab Century C 7:00 PM Allie Farris 7:30 PM Kevn Kinney 8:00 PM Sylvia Tyson 8:30 PM Victor & Penny 9:00 PM Dayna Kurtz 9:30 PM Quique Escamilla 10:00 PM Ray Bonneville Liberty - Sponsored by Music PEI 7:00 PM Ashley Condon 7:30 PM The East Pointers
8:00 PM Catherine MacLellan 8:30 PM Irish Mythen 9:00 PM Tim Chaisson 9:30 PM Ten Strings And A Goat Skin 10:00 PM PEI Jam Session Pershing East 6:30 PM Dana Falconberry 7:00 PM David Berkeley 7:30 PM Bill & Kate Isles 8:00 PM Penny & Sparrow 8:30 PM Annika 9:00 PM The Lovebirds 9:30 PM Jay Nash and Josh Day are the Contenders 10:00 PM The Blackbird Revue Pershing North 6:30 PM Kate Rose 7:00 PM Phil Madeira 7:30 PM Laith Al-Saadi 8:00 PM Greg Trooper 8:30 PM Ellis 9:00 PM Ensemble Iberica 9:30 PM Zack Joseph 10:00 PM Katie Glassman and Snapshot Pershing South 6:30 PM Betse & Clarke 7:00 PM Tony Furtado 7:30 PM Robby Hecht 8:00 PM Joël Fafard 8:30 PM Elise Davis 9:00 PM Kaia Kater 9:30 PM Graham Weber 10:00 PM Foes of Folly Roanoke 6:30 PM Richie and Rosie 7:00 PM Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore 7:30 PM Wild Ponies 8:00 PM Megan Jean & the KFB 8:30 PM Quiles & Cloud 9:00 PM J.D. Wilkes 9:30 PM J.R. Shore 10:00 PM Rick Fines Shawnee Mission 7:00 PM Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits 7:30 PM Anthony da Costa 8:00 PM Dawn and Hawkes 8:30 PM Harpeth Rising Sponsored by Bill Wence Promotions 9:00 PM Kerry Patrick Clark 9:30 PM Mark Alan Stansberry 10:00 PM Lucy Billings 10:30 PM Buzz Cason
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Liberty - Sponsored by The International Americana Music Show 7:00 PM Lowri Evans 7:30 PM Red Moon Road 8:00 PM Mel Parsons 8:30 PM Hannah Shira Naiman 9:00 PM Daniel Champagne 9:30 PM Pirates Canoe 10:00 PM Sweet Alibi 10:30 PM I Draw Slow Pershing East 6:30 PM Owen Temple 7:00 PM Hiroya Tsukamoto 7:30 PM Jacob Johnson 8:00 PM The Vivants 8:30 PM Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar 9:00 PM Steve Dawson 9:30 PM Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys 10:00 PM The Nadas 10:30 PM Kristin Andreassen Pershing North 6:30 PM Matthew Francis Andersen 7:00 PM Alanna and Alicia 7:30 PM Little Brave 8:00 PM Edie Carey & Sarah Sample 8:30 PM Rachel Ries 9:00 PM Tall Heights 9:30 PM Eric Brace & Peter Cooper 10:00 PM Kevin Presbrey 10:30 PM Craig Moreau Pershing South 6:30 PM Patchy Sanders 7:00 PM Ciaran Lavery 7:30 PM The Secrets 8:00 PM Rod Picott 8:30 PM Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin 9:00 PM Gabriel Kelley 9:30 PM Jennah Barry 10:00 PM Jim Photoglo 10:30 PM Starboard Cannons Roanoke 6:30 PM Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham 7:00 PM Kizzy Crawford 7:30 PM Wendell Ferguson 8:00 PM Demi Louise 8:30 PM Mo Kenney 9:00 PM Dana Cooper 9:30 PM Chris Jones 10:00 PM Jess Morgan 10:30 PM The Honey Dewdrops Shawnee Mission 7:00 PM Dave Carroll 7:30 PM OH PEP! 8:00 PM Miranda Mulholland 8:30 PM Possessed by Paul James 9:00 PM Aoife Scott 9:30 PM The Show Ponies 10:00 PM Bernadette Morris 10:30 PM Darren Eedens
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Pershing South 6:30 PM Natalia Zukerman Benton’s (20th Floor) 7:00 PM Owen Danoff - Sponsored by Folquébec 7:30 PM Jordie Lane 7:00 PM Sin and Swoon 8:00 PM Peter Mulvey 7:30 PM MAZ 8:30 PM Paul Doffing 8:00 PM The Bombadils 9:00 PM The Currys 8:30 PM Briga 9:30 PM Lisa Nicole Grace 9:00 PM Sarah Jane Scouten 10:00 PM Diyet 9:30 PM Les Poules a Colin 10:30 PM Lizzy Hoyt 10:00 PM Christine Tassan et les Imposteures 10:30 PM Mélisande [électrotrad] Roanoke 6:30 PM Veretski Pass Century A 7:00 PM Aallotar 7:00 PM Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys 7:30 PM The Lowest Pair 7:30 PM Ray Wylie Hubbard 8:00 PM Quinn Bachand’s Brishen 8:00 PM Carrie Elkin 8:30 PM Jacquelyn Hynes 8:30 PM Dom Flemons 9:00 PM Eljuri 9:00 PM Town Mountain 9:30 PM Amado Espinoza 9:30 PM Ghost of Paul Revere 10:00 PM Gerald Trimble’s Celtic and 10:00 PM Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear World Music 10:30 PM Maria The Mexican Century C 7:00 PM Ronny Cox Band Shawnee Mission 7:30 PM James Hill 7:00 PM Tommy Womack 8:00 PM The Howlin’ Brothers 7:30 PM Colleen Brown 8:30 PM Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards 8:00 PM Luke Bell 9:00 PM Mipso 8:30 PM Corinne West Bandits 9:30 PM Jess Klein 9:00 PM Busby Marou 10:00 PM Rant Maggie Rant 9:30 PM Brandy Zdan 10:00 PM Ellis Paul Liberty - Sponsored by ASCAP 7:00 PM Tim Easton SATURday, February 21 7:30 PM Dan Bern Benton’s (20th Floor) - Sponsored by 8:00 PM Jeff Black CIMA~Music Ontario 8:30 PM Catie Curtis 7:00 PM The Young Novelists 9:00 PM Mark Erelli 7:30 PM Digging Roots 9:30 PM Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson 8:00 PM Ariana Gillis 10:00 PM Red Molly 8:30 PM Russell deCarle 9:00 PM The Lovelocks Pershing East 9:30 PM Oh Susanna 6:30 PM Chris Ronald 10:00 PM Danny Michel 7:00 PM Bryan Hayes 10:30 PM The Strumbellas 7:30 PM Mary Caroline 8:00 PM Seth Glier Century A 8:30 PM Ryan Culwell 7:00 PM The Honeycutters 9:00 PM Josh Harty 7:30 PM Dan Navarro 9:30 PM Jim Byrnes 8:00 PM The Ragbirds 10:00 PM Charlie A’Court 8:30 PM Sam Baker 10:30 PM The Amigos 9:00 PM The Steel Wheels 9:30 PM Brianna Gosse Pershing North 10:00 PM Trad.Attack! 6:30 PM Callaghan 7:00 PM Tillamook Burn Century C - Sponsored by Grassy Hill Ent. 7:30 PM Chad Elliott 7:00 PM Jenn Grant 8:00 PM Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker 7:30 PM Chris Hadfield 8:30 PM Adam Burrows 8:00 PM Jimmy LaFave 9:00 PM Nathan Bell 8:30 PM The Stray Birds 9:30 PM Matt the Electrician 9:00 PM The Young’uns 10:00 PM BettySoo 9:30 PM Rose Cousins 10:30 PM Devon Sproule 10:00 PM The Elders
FRIday, February 20
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OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTISTS 10 String Symphony (Nashville, TN USA)
Alanna and Alicia (Melbourne, Victoria AUS)
Matthew Francis Andersen (Berwyn, IL USA)
10 String Symphony is: Christian Sedelmyer: 5-string fiddle/vocals (Jerry Douglas Band) + Rachel Baiman: 5-string fiddle/vocals/ clawhammer banjo “ With smar t, zesty arrangements and appealing harmonies, they produce an invigorating sound that showcases their exceptional fiddle work. The result is music that feels intimate, yet full.” -Erie Times-News Rachel Baiman (708) 846-6102 10stringsymphony@gmail.com www.10stringsymphony.com
‘In concert Australian identical twin sister singer songwriters Alanna and Alicia are entertaining and lively characters with an unpredictable, unscripted natural humour inspired by close observations and wry story telling. They are brimming with talent, a free spirit and endearing charm.’ (Jamie McKew, director Port Fairy Folk Festival) Maudee Egan 614-165-46410 maudeesmail@iinet.net.au www.alannaandaliciaegan.com
Matthew was born and raised in Chicago. But as a former fishing guide home has also been as far as northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. That’s where Andersen’s songs take you: from the local taverns and street lights, to the boat landings and rivers deep within the northwoods. Matthew Francis Andersen’s writing shows you where this Midwesterner has been. Logging trucks and taxi cabs, game wardens and bar patrons all live inside his songs. Matthew Andersen (708) 522-3050 andersen_matt@yahoo.com www.matthewfrancisandersen.com
Thursday, Benton’s, 8:00pm
Saturday, Pershing North, 7:00pm
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Charlie A’Court (Dartmouth, NS CAN)
Laith Al-Saadi (Ann Arbor, MI USA)
Charlie is synonymous with impassioned performances that grip an audience the very moment he takes the stage. Planted at the crossroads of roots and soul, Charlie’s voice, fierce guitar work and songwriting, have earned him a host of awards from Music Nova Scotia and the ECMA. His latest, Triumph & Disaster, won 2013 ECMA for both R&B/ Soul Recording & Blues Recording of the year, and also 2014 Maple Blues Awards for Songwriter and Male Vocalist. Fearlessly bridging genres and challenging stylistic conventions, Charlie has secured his place as one of Canada’s fresh generation taking the international stage by storm. Bruce Morel (902) 453-0330 charlie@charlieacourt.com www.charlieacourt.com morelpro@ca.inter.net
A 20+ year veteran of the Detroit Blues scene, Laith Al-Saadi (37) was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI and began singing at age 4. He began playing guitar at 13 and has been been performing professionally since he was 15. His songs are an eclectic mix of Blues, Roots Rock, Americana, Folk & Jazz and he has shared stages with artists like BB King, Buddy Guy, Leon Russell, Gregg Allman, Joe Bonnamassa, Johnny Winter and many more. He was a national finalist in Guitar Center’s King of the Blues competition in 2006. Enough... Check out the music!!! :) Laith Al-Saadi (734) 623-4331 laith@laithmusic.com www.laithmusic.com
Friday, Pershing East, 10:00pm
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Aallotar (Helsinki, FIN)
Friday, Roanoke, 7:00pm
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Aallotar is a freshly minted transatlantic collaboration between Finnish-American violinist Sara Pajunen (Minnesota) and Finnish accordionist Teija Niku (Finland). The ensemble is founded on the common musical ground the women share, but also revels in the cultural differences born when an ocean and the passage of time separate a lineage. Sara Pajunen (612) 802-2455 aallotarmusic@gmail.com www.aallotarmusic.com
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Thursday, Pershing North, 7:30pm
The Amigos (New York, NY USA)
Friday, Pershing East, 10:30pm
Based in New York City, The Amigos deliver footstomping, accordioninfused dance music blending folk-rock, zydeco, and hot jazz. In 2014, they released “Diner In The Sky,” toured China and Southeast Asia on behalf of the U.S. State Department and opened for acts like the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sam Bush, and Tab Benoit. Sam Reider (415) 377-1643 contacttheamigosband@gmail.com reider.sam@gmail.com www.theamigosband.com
Saturday, Pershing North, 6:30pm
Kristin Andreassen (Brooklyn, NY USA)
Saturday, Pershing East, 10:30pm
Kristin Andreassen toured the world with Uncle Earl, Sometymes Why, and Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble before launching her solo career. Her award-winning “Crayola Doesn’t Make a Color for Your Eyes” has been covered over 100 times and made the year-end rebroadcast after her appearance on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion. Kristin’s second album, Gondolier, comes out February 17, 2015. Existing at the intersection of traditional music and inquisitive indie-folk, the songs are brought to life by two musicians who are both exquisitely creative and undeniably rooted in the timeless groove of roots music: Jefferson Hamer (guitar) and Rosie Newton (fiddle). Kristin Andreassen (443) 336-6803 kristinandreassen@me.com www.kristinandreassen.com
Annika (Nyack, NY USA)
Thursday, Pershing East, 8:30pm
At 17, Annika is an ASCA P awardwinning multiinstrumentalist singer/songwriter. In the past year, she won Audience Choice in WNYC`s Battle of the Boroughs, she wrote/produced/provided all instrumentation on an EP, and she participated in RealWomenRealSongs (a group of women who each wrote a prompted song-a-week during 2014). Ginger Bennett 914-589-3675 annika@annikamusic.com ginger@annikamusic.com http://annikamusic.com
From the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Jennah Barry is a singer, songwriter and musician. With a sound ultimately lead by her magnetic vocals, Barry’s mellifluous voice swoops in unassumingly and sweeps you into a wave of warm, swirling tones. Her debut album Young Men is written from the perspective of a bona fide small-towner in the belly of a big city, produced by Colin Nealis (Aidan Knight, Andy Shauf) and recorded and engineered by the great Diego Medina at the Old Confidence Lodge in Riverport, NS. Jennah Barry (902) 299-0195 bookingjennahbarry@gmail.com www.iamjennahbarry.com
Luke Bell (Cody, WY USA)
Friday, Shawnee Mission, 8:00pm
I grew up in Wyoming till the age of 21. I then spent two years in Austin playing at the Hole in the Wall and the White Horse mainly with a couple bands. I moved to New Orleans for several months and did seasonal ranch work in Wyoming-for now I’m in Nashville. I like work, cowboy culture, just plain good songs, honkytonks, real life people, my dog, and my 95 Buick. Neill Smith (816) 786-5724 stellarbooking@yahoo.com http://lukebell.bandcamp.com/releases
Nathan Bell (Signal Mountain, TN USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 9:00pm Folk/roots artist Nathan Bell is known for straightforward yet poetic lyrics, supported by master guitar playing. Sing Out! called his music “powerful stuff.” And Acoustic
Dan Bern (Los Angeles, CA USA) Friday, Liberty, 7:30pm
Dan Bern is best known for his prolific songwriting. He has r e l e as e d e i ghte e n albums since 1997. Bern also focuses on writing for movies. He composed over a dozen songs for the spoof-biopic Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and composed songs for Judd Apatow’s Get Him to the Greek. Lori Peters (310) 415-1298 dbhq@danbern.com lori@concertedefforts.com www.danbern.com
Betse & Clarke (Kansas City, MO USA)
Thursday, Pershing South, 6:30pm
Betse & Clarke explore their love of old time music with an adventurous spirit. Betse Ellis sings and plays fiddle with an exhilarating combination of sensitivity and reckless abandon. Clarke Wyatt has an exciting and innovative approach to three-finger banjo. They perform traditional tunes, creative arrangements, and original compositions. Betse Ellis (816) 305-6909 betswilder@att.net http://fiddlebetse.com
Lucy Billings (Nashville, TN USA)
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Santa Fe-based songwriter/author David Berkeley sings songs c a p a b l e of b r e a king and healing the heart. Called a “musical poet” by the San Francisco Chronicle” and a “double fantasy of Nick Drake and Donovan” by Rollingstone.com, He’s recorded 5 studio albums, toured with Ray Lamontagne, Nickel Creek, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Bragg and more. Berkeley’s been a guest on This American Life, the World Cafe, Mountain Stage, Acoustic Cafe. A 2014 Kerrville Newfolk Finalist and 2013 New Song finalist, Berkeley’s currently working on his most ambitious project yet: a novella and an album of accompanying songs to be released in 2015. Amanda Case (206) 781-3956 gigs@davidberkeley.com aic@aicentertainment.com www.davidberkeley.com
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Saturday, Pershing South, 9:30pm
Thursday, Pershing East, 7:00pm
During the five years since her last album of original material, BettySoo zigzagged her way across North America and Europe. Mostly, she toured. Every other minute, she was flying to visit friends in rehab, driving for days with friends whose family lives were crumbling, visiting mental hospitals, cleaning kitchens and bathrooms when friends had no will to do it themselves. Perhaps she did exactly what she needed: she wrote dozens of songs, capturing seemingly endless moments of grief, loneliness, loss, fleeting moments of joy and love and recorded twelve of them on her new album When We’re Gone. Laura Thomas (512) 560-2000 bettysoomusic@gmail.com www.bettysoo.com laura@comboplatebooking.com
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 10:00pm
Lucy Billings delivers authentic songs with a crystalclear voice. Reviewers have praised the “warmth and honesty in Billings’ songs that make her music seem closer to the listener” and her “knack for writing songs that make you feel like you’re part of the story.” Lucy’s latest release, Carry the Water, is a compelling journey through the twists and turns that we all experience. Without pretense Lucy examines life’s questions and struggles as a keen observer with a soft heart. A voice that is powerful yet reassuring combined with lyrics that reflect our truths, Lucy’s songs will draw the listener in. Bill Wence 650-740-2921 beinglucy@mac.com www.lucybillings.com/ billwencepro@earthlink.net
Billy Strings & Don Julin (Traverse City, MI USA)
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Jennah Barry (Mahone Bay, NS CAN)
David Berkeley (Santa Fe, NM USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 10:00pm
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Called the ‘Bard of the Workaday World’ by the Wall Street Journal, and ‘perhaps the most captivating songwriter in America’ by Lone Star Magazine, Sam Baker hails from Itasca, Texas. NPR’s Robert Christgau said of him: ‘Baker’s music is simultaneously beautiful and broken…his is a story that must be told...” Teri Baker 817-488-0099 info@sambakermusic.com www.sambakermusic.com
BettySoo (Austin, TX USA)
Thursday, Benton’s, 9:30pm
Incendiary American roots duo Billy Strings & Don Julin tap into the vein of the earliest bluegrass music, back when bluegrass was a rough-and-tumble art form pouring out of the Appalachian mountains, made with great virtuosity and huge attitude. With just two instruments (guitar and mandolin) and two voices, this duo has been tearing up stages across America and generating huge buzz based on their intense live shows. Bluegrass started off with a howl to be heard, and this same spirit is alive and well today in Billy Strings & Don Julin. Don Julin (231) 392-9184 donjulin@mac.com donjulin@mac.com www.billystrings.com
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Saturday, Century A, 8:30pm
Guitar said, “Few singersongwriters are willing to tell the unvarnished truth in stories … that resonate for real people. Nathan Bell is one of them.” Smitty Smith (423) 488-8943 nathansbell@gmail.com pumphouseconcerts@gmail.com www.nathanbellmusic.com
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Sam Baker (Austin, TX USA)
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Jeff Black (Nashville, TN USA)
Ray Bonneville (Austin, TX USA)
Colleen Brown (Edmonton, AB CAN)
At the forefront of modern troubadours, Jeff Black is both the man behind the songs anda compelling and passionate performer. Black commands a powerful stage presence, his soul-driven live performances traversing the clay dust roads from acoustic classics to contemporary folk. David Salada (765) 291-9829 jeff@jeffblack.com www.jeffblack.com david@thesparrowagency.com
Ray Bonneville is a hard driving, blues d i p p e d, s o n g a n d groove man who writes about people on the fringe of society. Ray’s vibe is loose and soulful, with a greasy guitar style, horn-like harmonica, smoky vocals and pulsing foot percussion. In 1999 he won the Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy) and was nominated twice more. His song “I am the Big Easy” was the most played song by American folk DJs, and won “Song of the Year” in 2009. Ray won the International Blues Challenge in 2012 in Memphis. His 2014 record “Easy Gone” is on Red House Records. Evangeline Elston (530) 632-3798 evangelineelston@yahoo.com www.raybonneville.com
Often compared to Heart and Joni Mitchell, this multiinstrumentalist channels folk-pop songs about love, fate, and psychic retooling. The Globe and Mail declares “The talents of this musician shine like a beacon. Her boldly written originals… have the good bones and great melodic rhythm of classic big-screen pop songs” Colleen Brown (780) 819-1651 colleen@colleenbrownmusic.com http://colleenbrownmusic.com
Friday, Liberty, 8:00pm
The Blackbird Revue (Kansas City, KS USA)
Thursday, Pershing East, 10:00pm
Thursday, Century C, 10:00pm
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper (East Nashville, TN USA) Saturday, Pershing North, 9:
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From the heart of the Midwest, The Blackbird Revue’s worn, comfortable, Americana sound is garnering national attention. Featured on NBC’s The Voice, as well as The Discovery Channel, and boasting one of Kansas City’s top ten albums of 2013 (Ink Magazine), this husband and wife duo has created a sound that is achingly beautiful, hauntingly memorable, and passionately performed. Danielle Prestidge 913-558-4496 jacob@theblackbirdrevue.com theblackbirdrevue@gmail.com http://theblackbirdrevue.com
The Bombadils (Montreal, QC CAN)
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Friday, Benton’s, 8:00pm
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The Bombadils are a four piece folk ensemble that unite an eclectic variety of inf luences to present a unique interpretation of traditional music. The group first connected in Montreal, QC, at McGill University over a shared curiosity surrounding the Celtic and bluegrass traditions. They were raised Canada-wide and trained in classical performance and modern improvisation.The Bombadils have been bringing music to concert halls and Irish pubs of the world since 2009, allowing diverse influences to flow naturally through their compositions, all the while bridging cultural and linguistic forms. Anh Phung (514) 609-2257 thebombadils@gmail.com www.thebombadils.com
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Grammy nominees Eric Brace & Peter Cooper have created a body of work that reflects their journalistic sensibilities, a love of harmony and wry humor, and deep respect for the masters they’ve played with. In 2013, the pair released “The Comeback Album.” Country Standard Time said, “Brace & Cooper have clearly cultivated a winning formula.” Since then, both have released solo projects - Cooper’s heralded “Opening Day” and Brace’s folk-opera, “Hangtown Dancehall.” Their fourth album (coming 2015) will pay tribute to the Washington, DC music scene and feature songs by the Seldom Scene, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Marvin Gaye. Lindsay Hayes (828) 775-6592 lindsay@redbeetrecords.com www.redbeetrecords.com/eric-brace-petercooper
Briga (Montreal, QC CAN)
Friday, Benton’s, 8:30pm
Montreal native Briga is the daughter of a Polish father, and a Québecoise mother. Her music is a reflection of her fragmented i d e n t i t y : a hy b r i d of songs written in French & English, accompanied by her fervent violin firmly rooted in eastern European & Romani Folk sounds. Valerie Denn (512) 413-8461 brigamusic@gmail.com www.brigamusic.com valdenn@valdenn.com
Friday, Shawnee Mission, 7:30pm
Adam Burrows (Hendersonville, TN USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 8:30pm
Adam Burrows was born and raised in Northeastern Ohio and his songs reflect his small town upbringing, drawing the listener in by celebrating life’s everyday moments and embracing those that are fleeting. Adam’s lyrics capture the beauty of easy conversation, and his characters remain with you like old friends. Adam Burrows (615) 804-4360 adamburrows@yahoo.com www.adamburrows.com/
Jim Byrnes (Vancouver, BC CAN)
Friday, Pershing East, 9:30pm
For nearly fifty years Jim Byrnes has crooned, drawled, belted, hollered and sweet talked more songs into a microphone than most people ever get to hear in a single lifetime. Whether it’s low down blues, gospel, R&B, swing, country or good old rock and roll — it’s always the real deal. Kathy Campbell (604) 732-6071 kathy@pooka.ca www.jamestbyrnes.com
Callaghan (Nashville, TN USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 6:30pm
Callaghan moved from London to America in 2010 to record and tour with Shawn Mullins. Playing piano and guitar she offers stunning vocals and intelligent songwriting. Aquarian Weekly said: “this Brit’s been listening to her Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow records...Callaghan, oh Callaghan, sing me back home” Stephen Massey 770-310-4195 stephen.massey@me.com www.callaghansongs.com
Friday, Pershing East, 7:30pm
The heart of a frontier woman, the soul of a poet; Yellowknife’s Mary Caroline captures the edginess and beaut y of her nor thern life. Mar y Caroline spent the summer at Catherine North Studio, where she recorded her debut studio album to follow up 2 independently recorded albums. The full length album is due out in January 2015. It captures her time spent living in a remote trapper’s cabin on the shores of the Liard River, as this fiercely independent song-smith finds her way in the world in less conventional settings. Mary Caroline has toured extensively across Canada during 2013 and 2014. Mary Cox (867) 444-0690 marycarolinemusic@gmail.com www.marycaroline.ca info@fallingtree.ca
Dave Carroll (Halifax, NS CAN)
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 7:00pm
Dave Carroll is a songwriter, storyteller and social media innovator best known for his viral Youtube video called United Breaks Guitars, called “one of most important videos in Googles history”. For over 25 years and 14 recordings with Sons of Maxwell, and on his own, Dave has been honing his craft combining the essence of powerful stories to music. The results have allowed him to make a living doing what he loves. You can’t ask for more than that. Dave Carroll 902-877-6900 dave@davecarrollmusic.com davecarrollmusic.com
Tim Chaisson (Charlottetown, PE CAN) Thursday, Liberty, 9:00pm
Since the release of Tim Chaisson’s acclaimed album The Other Side in 2012 via Bumstead Productions, Chaisson has ventured across the globe performing to ever-expanding audiences. Tim was a “Singer/Songwriter Discovery of the Year” on SiriusXM The Coffee House and was a Nominee in the 2013 Canadian Country Music Awards Discovery Program. Tim’s forthcoming release, Lost In Light, scheduled for release in early 2015, was produced by Bill Reynolds from Band Of Horses. Tim Des Islets (416) 656-2600 tim@bumstead.com http://timchaisson.com
Daniel Champagne (Bega, New South Wales AUS) Saturday, Liberty, 9:00pm
This Australian singer, songwriter, one-of-akind guitar virtuoso started playing at 5, began writing songs at 12, and at 18 hit the road. He is a leading light in acoustic music, with a reputation for making festivals buzz, holding crowds in his palm, dropping jaws and breaking guitars wherever he goes. Gina Mendello (615) 333-2202 danielchampagnemanager@gmail.com www.danielchampagnemusic.com
Kerry Patrick Clark (Whitehouse, OH USA)
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 9:00pm
Kerry Patrick Clark is a musical Norman Rockwell. His palette is a simple 12-note scale, a 6-string guitar and one voice that seeks to sing hope into the human experience. His songs are the compass that points the heart home. He dares the dreamer in each of us to remember who we are. He challenges the believer in each of us to choose who we want to be. Bill Wence 419-913-3032 Kerry@KerryPatrickClark.com billwencepro@earthlink.netwww.kerrypatrickclark. coml
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker (London, UK) Friday, Pershing North, 8:00pm
Acclaimed as ‘one of the hottest tickets in folk’ on UK national radio, multi-award winning English musicians Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker offer ageless stories of love and loss. Whether interpreting words centuries old or singing her own authentic lyrics, Josienne’s jewel-like voice nuances the simplest phrase and sends it, effortlessly, straight to your heart. Ben’s musicianship provides the perfect setting. Their debut album reached No.1 in the UK folk chart, garnering rave reviews and a constellation of stars and awards. The live performance always enchants reviewers, who speak of ‘shimmering cathedrals of sound’. Not to be missed. Mick Harding benwalker1981@gmail.com mick@playpenmusic.co.uk www.josienneclarke.co.uk
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Mary Caroline (Yellowknife, NT CAN)
It has been ten years since this all-woman quartet started tending their craft in the gypsy jazz milieu. Pioneers in a domain usually reserved for men, they reinvent this timeless music with originality and flair. From standards to original compositions, their arrangements innovate, rejuvenate and leave room for unbridled creativity. Danielle Lefebvre (819) 377-2608 christine@christinetassan.com danielle@agencedlefebvre.com www.christinetassanetlesimposteures.com
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With a career spanning more than five decades, Buzz has enjoyed success as a writer, producer, and performer. His genre breaking songs such as “Everlasting Love” and “Soldier of Love” are a testament to his versatility and talent. With a long list of accomplishments and awards, Buzz has been indicted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, The Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and was honored by the CMA last year. in their “Poets and Prophets” series. His most recent personal project, Troubadour Heart on Plowboy Records, received wide airplay on Americana and country radio. Bill Wence 615-424-3808 buzz@buzzcason.com http://buzzcason.com/ billwencepro@earthlink.net
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 10:30pm
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Award-winning singersongwriters Carey and Sample recently joined forces on the “transcendentally beautiful”’Til The Morning: Lullabies and Songs of Comfort (Midwest Book Review). It won Gold in the 2014 Parents’ Choice and NAPPA Awards. “Quite the intoxicating blend of the sentimental and pensive… won’t leave you with a dry eye.” -Popmatters Sarah Sample (801) 906-3682 sarah@sarahsample.com edie@ediecarey.com www.ediecarey.com
Saturday, Pershing North, 8:00pm
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures (Montreal, QC CAN) Friday, Benton’s, 10:00pm
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Buzz Cason (Nashville, TN USA)
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Ashley Condon (Montague, PE CAN)
Thursday, Liberty, 7:00pm
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Raised between two potato fields on Prince Edward Island, Ashley Condon is the grandchild of Bill Leblanc, a Canadian country pioneer who onc e spent the night in jail with Hank Snow. Like pecan pie ‚sweet and nutty, Ashley has won audiences over with her larger-than-life stage presence and downto-earth charm. Growing up on everything from old-time country to folk, blues and soul, her music resonates. Mark Watson (905) 637-8188 ashleycondonmusic@gmail.com mark@watsonentertainment.com www.ashleycondon.com
Dana Cooper (Nashville, TN USA)
Saturday, Roanoke, 9:00pm
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Dana Cooper is a song poet with 25 albums to his credit. He was named 2014 Heritage Musician of the Year in his hometown of Kansas City. Dana’s songs have been recorded by countless artists. He tours extensively in the US and Europe with plans for a 2015 Canadian tour. Terri Stewart 615-438-3262 danacoopermusic@gmail.com stewartmgmt@comcast.net www.danacoopermusic.com
Corinne West Bandits (San Francisco, CA USA)
Friday, Shawnee Mission, 8:30pm
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Whisky poets & angels, cowgirls & bluebirds, West ’s c harac ter s chart the tides, test the winds, and weather severe storms; all given life by her compelling stagepresence and luscious voice. West’s deep Americana sound, informed by nomadic-roads traveled, continues to radiate her respected reputation within the global acoustic-roots music-scene. 415-525-0438 savannah@corinnewest.com corinne@corinnewest.com www.corinnewest.com
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards (Boston, MA, USA) Friday, Century C, 8:30pm
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refreshing groups in the New England post-folk scene. Laura Cortese has a vision for her band’s sound: bold and elegant, schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cajun two-stepping and rock-n-roll hip swagger. They have served as cultural ambassadors in Asia for the American Music Abroad program in addition to touring nationally and internationally. Cortese Laura (617) 230-7041 corteselaura@gmail.com www.thisislauracortese.com
Rose Cousins (Halifax, NS CAN)
Saturday, Century C, 9:30pm
Rose cousins is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and recording artist from canada. Originally from prince edward island, she now lives in halifax, and performs across the us, canada, europe and australia. Her juno award winning album we have made a spark was named to npr’s top 10 americana & folk albums of 2012, won 3 ecmas, a canadian folk music award, and was long-listed for the polaris prize in canada. In america, she’s been recognized by usa today, oprah magazine, wfuv, wxpn and other outlets. She made a short film about the boston community where spark was recorded (rosecousins.Com/film). Michelle Conceison (617) 233-1893 rose@rosecousins.com www.rosecousins.com michelle@marketmonkeys.com
Kizzy Crawford (Cardiff, Wales UK)
Saturday, Roanoke, 7:00pm
Kizzy Crawford has received UK radio support from BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 4. Showcase highlights include Glastonbury, WOMEX, London Jazz Festival, Festival No. 6 , Lorient Festival, PEI Festival, Canada, and she has supported Gruff Rhys and Newton Faulkner. Kizzy also played a showcase at the House of Commons, Westminster alongside Cerys Matthews. Rhiannon Morgan-Bell + 44 (0) 7940 469223 rhi@morgan-bell.com www.kizzyofficial.com 746-372-6023
Ryan Culwell (Nashville, Tennessee USA) Friday, Pershing East, 8:30pm
After 31 years in the Texas panhandle Ryan Culwell left the dust bowl scarred plains in the care of roughneck oilmen and moved to Nashville, but only heard the flatlands calling back to him. March 3rd, Culwell will release Flatlands, his first album in 8 years, on Lightning Rod Records. Logan Rogers 806-282-8008 ryanculwell@icloud.com www.ryanculwell.com/logan@thirtytigers.com
The Currys (Port St. Joe, FL USA)
Friday, Pershing South, 9:00pm
The Currys have cultivated their brand of harmonyrich Americana through summers of writing and per for ming on the Florida Gulf Coast. In late 2013, the band independently crowdfunded the recording of their debut album, Follow, and have spent much of 2014 touring to support the release. Tommy Curry (850) 866-6494 bookthecurrys@gmail.com www.thecurrysmusic.com tfcurry86@gmail.com
Catie Curtis (Newton, MA, USA)
Friday, Liberty, 8:30pm
Catie’s toured the US and Europe for 20 years, releasing 13 CDs. Her easy stage presence gives audiences the feeling of being with a friend. With songs in numerous films and tv shows, Curtis was dubbed “folk-rock goddess” by the New Yorker and she performs at the White House every Christmas. Jeff Laramie 608-664-8160 Catie@CatieCurtis.com www.catiecurtis.com
Anthony da Costa (Austin, Texas USA)
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 7:30pm
Anthony da Costa is a 23-year-old singer/ songwriter living in Austin, TX. Originally hailing from Pleasantville, NY (about 45 minutes north of New York City), Anthony has been writing songs since the age of 10 and playing professionally since 13. In 2007 (at the age of 16), Anthony became the youngest winner ever of both the Falcon Ridge and Kerrville Folk Festival songwriting competitions. He has released 7 albums and 3 EP’s to date, including collaborations with Abbie Gardner of Red Molly, John Elliott, and Raina Rose. His most recent solo album, “Secret Handshake” was released in 2012 and debuted by American Songwriter Magazine. Sing Out! once said that he’s “an outstanding writer of plainspoken Americana.” adacostamusic@gmail.com http://anthonydacostamusic.tumblr.com/
Owen Danoff (Washington, DC USA)
Friday, Pershing South, 7:00pm A n awar d - w innin g songwriter from Washington DC, Owen Danoff mixes catchy melodies with introspective ly r ic s to c reate a composite of folk and pop/rock. Influences
Dawn and Hawkes (Austin, TX USA)
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 8:00pm
After a happenstance encounter, songwriters Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes joined together to multiply their talents and formed a male/female fronted band touring the c ountr y, sharing songs, shows, and everything in-between. Austin based indie-folkamericana duo, Dawn and Hawkes, first appeared in front of a large audience at the Kerrville Folk Festival, where Dawn was awarded as a finalist for emerging songwriters. Within a month, they had recorded and released their self-produced EP, Golden Heart, featuring signature harmonies and an indie-folk sound influenced by an array of genres. Their debut album has climbed to the top 25 of Billboard’s Folk chart. Lacey Johnson (662) 419-1300 lacey@atomicmusicgroup.com www.dawnandhawkes.com
Steve Dawson (Nashville, TN USA)
Saturday, Pershing East, 9:00pm
Steve Dawson is a Canadian multi JunoAward winning artist, guitarist and producer. Primarily known as an innovative slide and fingerstyle guitarist, Steve has produced over 50 albums for others, and has 6 award-winning solo albums to his credit. He also is the owner of the indie label Black Hen Music. Ian Menzies 403-472-9484 sdguitar@icloud.com www.stevedawson.ca ian@menziesmixedmedia.com
Digging Roots (Barrie, Ontario CAN)
Saturday, Benton’s, 7:30pm
For the last few years the JUNO winning genreblurring indy band from Toronto have been touring in North America, Europe and Australia. Musical partners Raven and ShoShona have been finding the right balance of fairytale luck, old fashion hard work and the rare creative chemistry to make a go of it. Their upcoming album Love Drive brings more globalblues infused songs to their live shows with a supporting tour already in the making with performances across Canada, the US, and Australia. Nicole Rochefort (416) 953-5752 shoshona@diggingrootsmusic.com nicole@aimbookingagency.com http://diggingrootsmusic.com/
Diyet (Burwash Landing, YT CAN) Friday, Pershing South, 10:00pm
Born in a tent, raised in a cabin across a glacial lake in the wild and magnificent Kluane region of the Yukon, Canada. Diyet’s unique style of Alt-Folk gives legs to stories deeply rooted in a northern life. Diyet and her band have almost played their way across the circumpolar north and have played on small stages, stadium stages and sometimes no stage at across Canada and Europe. When You Were King, Diyet’s latest album is a moody contemplation of time and place, individual and society, with melodies that stick and stark instrumentation that subtly brings the north to life. Debbie Peters 867-332-2900 diyet@me.com www.diyetmusic.com debbie@magnumom.ca
The East Pointers (Charlottetown, PEI CAN) Thursday, Liberty, 7:30pm
The East Pointers are three young men whose talent and penchant for traditional celtic tunes of decades past greatly belie their respective ages. And while each member of the freshly formed trio – banjoist Koady Chaisson, fiddle player Tim Chaisson, and guitarist Jake Charron – is an accomplished musician in his own right, their recent union is a testament to their shared output being, to borrow a common adage, greater than the sum of its parts. Tim Des Islets 416-656-2600 info@bumstead.com
Tim Easton (Nashville, TN USA)
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Paul Doffing is a 28 year old singer and guitarist who tours nationally by bicycle. Since 2012 Paul has biked t wice the distance across the continental U.S., performing over 100 shows and advocating a mindset of sustainability and reduced dependence on fossil fuels. Next year he tours the world. Paul Doffing (612) 709-6722 pauldoffing@gmail.com www.pauldoffing.com
Friday, Pershing South, 8:30pm
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Elise Davis’s latest Life EP released May 2014. Life offers a peek inside the elation/hardships of a born musician making her way in the shadow of the neon circus of downtown Nashville. While the songs could take a slight right turn and fit nicely on the Music Row hit parade, there’s an honesty and sharp-witted integrity fueling her creativity and constantly veering left. Ultimately, staying true to her message may place her beyond the periphery of the country label machine, but it simultaneously allows true music fans opportunity to focus on a songsmith destined for a different kind of limelight. Josh Talley 501-960-2555 elise91588@yahoo.com www.elisedavis.com jtalley@vectormgmt.com
Russell deCarle is a founding member/ vocalist/songwriter of highly-decorated Prairie Oyster; and a CCMA and SOCAN Halls of Fame inductee. 2010’s “Under the Big Big Sky” launched his solo career. He has since released “Live at LoudMouse Studios” featuring Steve Briggs and Denis Keldie, and is completing a 2015 studio record. Randi Fratkin 416-861-1600 russelldecarlebooking@gmail.com randifratkin@gmail.com www.russelldecarle.com
Saturday, Benton’s, 8:30pm
Friday, Liberty, 7:00pm
T im E aston’s new Thirty Tigers release, “Not Cool”, recently spent 20 weeks on the Americana radio charts. The album is a whirlwind of tunes that showc ase his influences, including Doc Watson, Elmore James, and Keith Richards. As a songwriter whom Rolling Stone praised as having a “novelist’s sense of humanity,” Easton’s Not Cool further expands his already impressive output of melodic and nuanced tunes. Easton maintains a rigorous tour schedule and has been co-writing in Nashville. He has also been contributing to film scores and soundtracks, including Marc Smolowitz’s powerful, award-winning 2011 documentary, “The Power of Two.” Photo credit: Nate Burell Bill Hutchison (614) 893-5375 darkwatson@gmail.com www.timeaston.com bhutchi@columbus.rr.com
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Paul Doffing (Hampton, MN USA)
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Russell deCarle (Toronto, ON CAN)
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include John Mayer, Paul Simon, and the Wallflowers, though the end result is his own. His first full-length album, Twelve Stories, was released in 2014. Owen Danoff (202) 746-2116 owendanoffmusic@gmail.com www.owendanoff.com
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Darren Eedens (Cardiff, Wales UK)
Carrie Elkin (Austin, TX USA)
Known in his travels as “The Dirty Little Picker‚“ Darren Eedens has been relentlessly on the road and releasing steadily for 4 years. A Canadian Musician known for his abilities on his home soil that now calls Cardiff, Wales home as he tours Europe more and more. An old soul filled with story telling imagination, Darren Eedens, bends truths, and creates upbeat rhythmic banjo and guitar tracks with hauntingly morbid lyrics. With his many influences ranging from the honky tonkin’ folk and bluegrass pickers of the past, he uses his unique and powerful voice to captivate anyone within earshot. Shawna Cooper darreneedens@gmail.com shawna@dollartone.com www.darreneedens.bandcamp.com
Red House Records artist Carrie Elkin has emerged as one of the defining voices in the world of singersongwriters, being celebrated by Texas Music Magazine as their artist of the year. Maverick Magazine said it best after a recent festival performance: “... Onstage Elkin was simply a force of nature.” Carrie Elkin (512) 426-2348 carrie@carrieelkin.com www.carrieelkin.com
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 7:30pm
The Elders (Lenexa, KS USA)
Saturday, Century C, 10:00pm
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Since forming in 1998, The Elders have become one of America‚’s most respected Celtic rock bands. Employing guitars, drums, banjo, accordion, mandolin, piano, whistle & fiddle, these six gentlemen create music that transcends the stereotypical notion of Celtic music. Powerful vocals, blazing instrumentals and song writing that is unaffected by fads, trends and the giant maw of mind-numbing commercialism. Steve Phillips (816) 591-8440 theelders.band@gmail.com www.eldersmusic.com
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Eljuri (New York, New York USA) Friday, Roanoke, 9:00pm
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Ecuadorian singersongwriter/guitarist Eljuri’s powerful latin fusion, soaring guitars and relevant lyrics inspire the fight for freedom. Performing as a power trio, her tours in the US, Mexico, Canada and Colombia are critically acclaimed. Her message of empowerment motivates a diverse audience of music lovers of all ages and cultures. Alexandra Gatje 917-744-9464 alex@eljurimusic.com www.eljurimusic.com/
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Friday, Century A, 8:00pm
Chad Elliott (Coon Rapids, Iowa USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 7:30pm
“Equal parts Townes Van Zandt and Woody G u t h r i e .” A w a r d winning songwriter Chad Elliott is just finishing up his 20th album, “ Wreck and Ruin,” in Nashville with Grammy-nominated producer Ken Coomer (Wilco). He has shared the stage with such greats as Odetta, Tom Paxton and David Olney among others. Alyssa Elliott 515-460-5634 chadelliottmusic@gmail.com homefirebooking@gmail.com http://chadelliott.net/
Ellis (Minneapolis, MN USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 8:30pm
If you look up the definition of open-hearted, you just might find a photo of Ellis. She is at once funny and wise, thoughtful and uninhibited, and her captivating voice is matched by her uplifting lyrics. She is an award-winning songwriter often chosen as the audience favorite at folk festivals across North America, and a regular guest on A Prairie Home Companion. Renee Gebhardt 406-587-9318 ellis.delaney@gmail.com renee@mountaintimebooking.com www.ellis-music.com
Ensemble Iberica (Kansas City, MO USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 9:00pm
Ensemble Ibérica performs the music of Ibéria (Spain and Portugal) and the colonial Americas while educating the public about Iberian cultural influence. Programs
explore diverse time periods, styles and locations including the Spanish baroque, Portuguese fado and Argentine tango. The Ensemble features extraordinary musicians from classical, jazz and folk music traditions both locally and from around the world. Beau Bledsoe 816-471-5107 beau@beaubledsoe.com www.ensembleiberica.org/
Mark Erelli (Melrose, MA USA)
Friday, Liberty, 9:00pm
Singer/songwriter Mark Erelli has tackled everything from western swing and protest songs to lullabies and murder ballads. He tours as a multi-instrumentalist sideman for Lori McKenna and Paula Cole. In 2014, he produced Lori McKenna’s newest and released his 9th solo album “Milltowns,” a tribute to his hero Bill Morrissey. Lori Peters (617) 969-0810 mark@markerelli.com www.markerelli.com lori@concertedefforts.com
Quique Escamilla (Toronto, ON CAN)
Saturday, Century A, 7:00pm
Quique Escamilla fuses traditional Mexican musical styles such as Ranchera and Huapango with other Latin American rhythms— as well as rock and reggae —creating his own unique ‘Music of the Americas’, while delivering passionate lyrics that touch on issues like indigenous rights, sustainability and that tackle any form of oppression. He is the winner of World Solo Artist Of the Year award at the Canadian Folk Music Awards 2014. He and his band toured across Canada coast to coast in 2014 in support of this new album “500 Years of Night” Derek Andrews (647) 267-6522 quique1@gmail.com www.quiqueescamilla.com derekandrews@sympatico.ca
Amado Espinoza (Overland Park, KS USA) Friday, Roanoke, 9:30pm
Amado Espinoza (charango) from Cochabamba, Bolivia, is a unique performing artist and instrument maker. He respects his folk traditions of the Andes Mountains, while creating compositions that are sincere to his musical-wanderlust personality. He also plays arabic, latin and african percussion, as well as native flutes from various traditions. Amado Espinoza (913) 620-0740 amadoespinoza@gmail.com www.amadoespinoza.com
Foes of Folly is a gypsy-folk band inspired by Eastern European & Russian Folklore tempos while still maintaining an Americana soul. Together since 2012, the band’s heart pulling lyrics are performed in harmony over accelerated melody lines ensuring mixtures of thought provoking and dance worthy songs. Joseph Wheeler (913) 638-1202 foesoffolly@gmail.com http://foesoffolly.bandcamp.com
Thursday, Pershing South, 8:00pm
Joël Fafard sings with the sexy, sandpapered vocal style of the newgeneration bluesman, breathing new life into grand old numbers like “Ain’t no grave,” and “Spoonful”. Fafard has added a few gems of his own to the tradition, all backed up by his uncommon skills on the resonator guitar. Joël Fafard (604) 399-9995 joelfafard@gmail.com http://joelfafard.com
Dana Falconberry (Austin, TX USA)
Thursday, Pershing East, 6:30pm
Austin resident and Michigan native, Dana Falconberry, is a songstress known for her eloquent interpretations of nature and wildlife in her lyrics and music. Unbound from genre classifications, her recent releases have ranged from the 2012 orchestral-folk release “Leelanau” to a 2014 electronic recording collaboration with Jim Eno of Spoon. Jack Tuggle (512) 569-3012 jack@bootstrapsmgmt.com www.danafalconberry.com
Allie Farris (Nashville, TN USA)
Thursday, Century C, 7:00pm
Allie Farris is a singer, songwriter, and pianist living in Nashville, Tennessee. Raised on classic rock, her influences include Elton John, Joni Mitchell, and Tom Petty, among many others. Lush melodies and powerful vocals help to shape her songs of love, longing, and life on the road. Allie Farris 214-668-1129 allie.farris@gmail.com www.alliefarris.com blackoakartists@hotmail.com
Rick Fines (Peterborough, ON CAN)
Thursday, Roanoke, 10:00pm
Rick Fines is an eng a g i n g sto r y te l l e r and songwriter. He has won MapleBlues Awar ds f o r S o ng writer of the Year and Acoustic Act Of The Year (twice), won first place in the blues category of 2003 International Songwriting Competition, with B.B. King one of the judges, received nominations from both the Juno and the Handy Awards, played for legendary blues piano player Pinetop Perkins. Rick toured from Newfoundland to B.C. to the Arctic last year alone. Rick has just released “Driving home” - All original, upbeat and optimistic, this is a more electric, bigger production featuring his best writing to date. Photo credit: E Basciano Rick Fines (705) 927-1867 rick.fines@sympatico.ca www.rickfines.ca
Dom Flemons
(Hillsborough, North Carolina USA) Friday, Century A, 8:30pm
Dom Flemons is the “American Songster,” pulling from traditions of old-time folk music to create new sounds. As part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, which he co-founded. He has played at a variety of festivals spanning from the Newport Folk Festival to Bonnaroo, in addition to renowned venues such as the Grand Ole Opry. In July 2014, Dom released his third solo record with Music Maker Relief Foundation, digging deeply into ragtime, Piedmont blues, spirituals, southern folk music, string band music, jug band music, fife and drum music, and ballads idioms with showmanship and humor, reinterpreting the music to suit 21st century audiences. Chris Colbourn chris@concertedefforts.com www.domflemons.com corn@musicmaker.org
Tony Furtado (Portland, OR USA)
Thursday, Pershing South, 7:00pm
A two-time National Banjo Champion, slide-guitarist, singersongwriter and sculptor, Tony Furtado has wandere d t hr ough genres and styles, never growing static and always evolving musically. He has toured tirelessly for over two decades supporting his 16 albums. Tony has 2 self-produced projects due for release in 2015 and plans to tour them extensively. Chris Webb (646) 688-5442 cwebb@jamnmanagement.com http://tonyfurtado.com
Gerald Trimble’s Celtic and World Music (Kansas City, MO USA) Friday, Roanoke, 10:00pm
Gerald Trimble, viola da gamba innovator, is the primary exponent of a new style of playing an ancient instrument. His visionary and virtuosic playing combines Celtic, Eastern, and Early Music influences with modern techniques and improvisational skills that span several centuries - from Baroque to Jazz - seamlessly uniting the entire continuum. Gerald Trimble (818) 989-4505 celticandworldmusic@gmail.com geraldtrimble@hotmail.com www.geraldtrimble.com
Ghost of Paul Revere (Portland, ME USA)
Friday, Century A, 9:30pm Born of the waters of the Saco River, brothers in all but name, the G host of Paul Revere is Maine’s hollerfolk band. They
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Thursday, Pershing South, 10:00pm
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Wendell is mostly a guitarist, he’s won nine CCMA and a CFMA B e s t I n s t r u m e nt a l Album of the Year awards to attest to that. He’s been twice nominated for a Juno award (Canada’s Grammy) and he was just inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Not bad for a guy who’s never worked a day in his life. Wendell Ferguson (416) 902-7660 wendell@wendellferguson.com www.wendellferguson.com
Saturday, Roanoke, 7:30pm
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Lowri Evans, a wonderful singer songwriter from Wales. Blessed with a voice capable of wide emotional power, her songs take their musical colours from a broad palette that includes folk and country, all beautifully knitted together through her innate musicality and heartfelt delivery. Lowri Evans 07 800 568211 lee@lowrievansofficial.co.uk www.lowrievans.co.uk
Saturday, Liberty, 7:00pm
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Foes of Folly (Kansas City, MO USA)
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Wendell Ferguson (Toronto, ON CAN)
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Lowri Evans (Newport, Wales UK)
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build their songs around powerful three-part harmonies, energetic performances, and a non-traditional way of interpreting traditional American music. Derek Lombardi (207) 239-0144 ghostofpaulrevere@gmail.com www.ghostofpaulrevere.com
Ariana Gillis (Vineland, ON CAN)
Saturday, Benton’s, 8:00pm
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Ariana has been touring extensively, opening shows for the likes of Josh Ritter, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and many more. She has performed on the NPR nationally syndicated show, Etown, playing at several major festivals in USA & Canada. Ariana’s fans include industry luminaries, Don Was, Bob Ezrin, Steve Wozniak, Dave Marsh, Josh Ritter and Bernie Taupin to name a few. “Ariana Gillis may be the best new emerging artist anywhere, PERIOD!”, Dave Marsh, best selling author, former music critic of Rolling Stone Magazine & Creem Magazine. David Gillis (905) 562-7004 info@arianagillis.com www.arianagillis.com info@davidgillis.com
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Katie Glassman and Snapshot (Denver, CO USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 10:00pm
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Katie Glassman and Snapshot marry Western Swing with contemporary songwriting. They spent four months at #1 on the Western Swing chart, and Katie is a national fiddle champion. “Snapshot is like a 1940s time capsule, combining the best of the Carter family traditions with that era’s jazzy riffs.” No Depression Katie Glassman (303) 495-9780 katieglassmanandsnapshot@gmail.com katie@katieglassman.com www.katieglassman.com
Seth Glier (Northampton, MA USA)
Friday, Pershing East, 8:00pm
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Seth Glier is a Grammy nominated singer-songwriter who spends his life on the road performing over 200 shows a year. He’s helped over 200 children find sponsors as a LIVE! Artist Partner with ChildFund International. Seth recently finished recording his fourth studio album due out in April. Susie Giang 734-995-9066 ext. 16 sethglier@yahoo.com www.sethglier.com susie@flemingartists.com
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Gold Heart (Leesburg, VA USA)
Thursday, Benton’s, 7:30pm
The quintet, GOLD HEART, featuring the three Gold sisters, have been wowing audiences in the acoustic community since 2005. Their awardwinning instrumental ability and harmony-laden vocals are sweetly unique. Highlights include four albums, a major tour of the United Kingdom, performances in 24 US States and multiple appearances in Canada. Tori Gold (703) 774-5183 thegoldheartsisters@gmail.com www.goldheartsisters.com
Brianna Gosse (St. John’s, NL CAN)
Saturday, Century A, 9:30pm
At barely 20 years of age, Brianna Gosse has rocked a long list of talent competitions, established music festivals, and East Coast industry organizations. Her debut recording AERA is executed with the sureness of a seasoned artist and hit the airwaves to solid reviews, media acclaim and significant radio airplay. To cap off the year, the album was awarded the MusicNL/Factor Album of the Year and Brianna received Female Artist of the Year at the the 2014 MusicNL industry award conference. John Clarke (709) 697-5755 john@slideguy.net www.briannagosse.com
Lisa Nicole Grace (Edmonton, AB CAN)
Friday, Pershing South, 9:30pm
Fresh from her first year of motherhood, Canadian folk singer/ songwriter Lisa Nicole Grace released her album Tree of Life earlier this year. Lisa’s music has garnered comparisons to Canadian greats Sarah Harmer and Jann Arden and two Edmonton Music Award nominations. This is Lisa’s second FAI and first official showcase. Lisa Evangelos 780-619-5472 lisanicolegrace@gmail.com www.lisanicolegrace.com
Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham (Austin, TX USA) Saturday, Roanoke, 6:30pm Jon Dee Graham is an Austin legend with 9 critically acclaimed albums and is a 3 time inductee into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. William Harries Graham, 15, featured
in Wired’s Smart List of world innovators, showcasing at SXSW with the Painted Redstarts, who recently played at ACL Live to a standing ovation and was just signed to Kevin Wommack for representation. Jon Dee Graham (512) 542-4297 williamharriesgraham@gmail.com www.jondeegraham.com
Jenn Grant (Halifax, NS CAN)
Saturday, Century C, 7:00pm
Canadian songstress Jenn Grant has released four albums to her name garnering critical acclaim. A Juno nominee, Polaris Prize listed and ECMA winnerAn eclectic stage presence and warm, engaging demeanour. She will welcome you like you’re gathering in a living room, but her iridescent voice and boundless performance will leave you breathless. “She’s one of the best singers in the world right now.” ~ Rich Terfry [Buck 65], host of CBC Radio 2 “deeply personal and incredibly accessible work that draws you into a world full of love, loss, sadness and flights of happiness.” ~No Depression Sheena Keane bluegracemusic@gmail.com www.jenngrant.com
Chris Hadfield (Milton, Ontario CAN)
Saturday, Century C, 7:30pm
“Good morning, Earth!” That is how Colonel Chris Hadfield – writing on Twitter – woke up the world every day while living for 5 months aboard the International Space Station. Through his 21-years as an astronaut and 3 spaceflights, Colonel Hadfield has become a worldwide sensation, harnessing the power of social media to make outer space accessible to millions and infusing a sense of wonder into our collective consciousness not felt since humanity first walked on the Moon. Called “the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong,” Chris Hadfield continues to bring the marvels of science and space travel to everyone he encounters. Not listed www.chrishadfield.ca
Harpeth Rising (Louisville, KY USA)
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 9:30pm
HARPETH RISING chose to name themselves after a river because water is both dynamic and power ful. Unapologetic genre-benders, they fuse Folk, Newgrass, and Classical into a sound that is organically unique. Hallmarks of their music include expansive three-part harmonies, consummate musicianship and a deft, yet soulful lyrical perspective. David Salada 765-271-9829 jordana@harpethrising.com www.harpethrising.com david@thesparrowagency.com
Based in Madison, WI but touring continuously across North America & Europe, Josh Harty’s unique blend of American music has become a must-hear for those who keep the tradition of country, blues and folk close to their hearts. Born and raised on the plains of North Dakota, his father, both a preacher, and the Police Chief of their small town, was also Harty’s music mentor. Nowadays, Josh is always looking for that balance between the rolling road and the people who inspire him and his live shows combine good story telling with journeyman musicianship. Jess Parvin (605) 228-1544 joshhartymusic@gmail.com www.JoshHarty.com jess@buttoncapbooking.com
Winners of the 2014 BBC Two Folk Award for Best Duo, Phillip and Hannah are recognized as two of the brightest lights in modern British acoustic music. Combining fiddle, slide guitars, beatbox harmonica, banjo, and sublime harmony vocals, their roots are deep in the wellspring of British folk musics - but they also draw on a myriad of influences from around the world, ancient and modern, from American blues to Indian classical. Original songwriting meets instrumental innovation and virtuosity to create a sound like no other. Bob Butler info@phhmmusic.co.uk bob@grapevinemusicagency.co.uk www.philliphenryandhanahmartin.co.uk
Moving with equal grace through folk, c o unt r y, p o p, an d latino styles, Tish Hinojosa’s music blends borders between cultures, languages, and musical genres. She hit the national and international scene in 1989 with “Homeland” on A&M Records and has since released sixteen highly acclaimed CDs, her latest titled “After The Fair”. 512-415-3224 tishhinojosa@gmail.com tishtour@aol.com www.mundotish.com
Bryan Hayes crafts personal narratives with a novelist’s eye and an alchemist’s precision. He can consistently paint the picture rather than just tell the story. Proof: The Memphis area resident’s seamless Still Just a Man....10 Years Later, which marks a reflective moment in a career built from the ground up. Tommie Rowell (901) 481-6779 tommie@farmhouserecordingstudio.com http://bryanhayesmusic.com
Robby Hecht (Nashville, TN USA)
Thursday, Pershing South, 7:30pm
Across his three indie releases, internationally touring Nashvillebased singer-songwriter Robby Hecht has distinguished himself as the second coming of James Taylor, a gentler Damien Jurado. But, whatever the comparison, it’s hard to miss that his songwriting is distinct and individual. He doesn’t shy from the obvious rhyme, but manages it with a delicate audacity, placing it only where it best serves the story or the mood. Robby has won many prestigious performing songwriter awards including the Kerrville New Folk, Telluride Troubadour and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriting Competitions. Robby Hecht (865) 406-7489 robby@robbyhecht.com http://robbyhecht.com robbyhecht@gmail.com
Friday, Century C, 7:30pm
The Old Silo is James Hill’s “most mature album to date... a career highlight.” (Country Jukebox). Produced by Joel Plaskett, the album has a rootsrock swagger unlike anything Hill has ever recorded, “proving that in the right hands the ukulele can be a formidable axe” (Ann Arbor News). Nicole Rochefort 902-650-2771 james@ukulelejames.com nicole@aimbookingagency.com www.jameshillmusic.com
The HillBenders (Springfield, MO USA)
Thursday, Benton’s, 9:00pm
This dynamic bluegrass quintet from Springfield, MO with their high-octane shows, tight harmonies and stunning instrumental prowess, have been winning fans and making waves at every festival they have been invited, and consequently re-invited to since their formation in 2008. Signed to Nashville-based roots music company Compass Records, The HillBenders released their new album Can You Hear Me?, presenting an intensely charismatic album imbued with the spirit and energy of their live shows. “Our music appeals to anyone that can enjoy a fun performance. We share a passion for the music, a passion to perform,” says guitarist Jim Rea. John Everhart (615) 327-4646 alannah@keithcase.com john@keithcase.com www.hillbenders.com
The Honey Dewdrops (Baltimore, MD USA)
Saturday, Roanoke, 10:30pm
The Honey Dewdrops live in Baltimore, MD where they wrote and recorded their fourth full-length album, expected for release Spr ing 2015. W ith tight harmonies and an musical ensemble that includes clawhammer banjo and guitars, the effect is to leave listeners with only what matters: the heart of the song. Kagey Parrish 804-543-7078 thehoneydewdrops@gmail.com www.thehoneydewdrops.com
The Honeycutters (Asheville, NC USA)
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 8:30pm
T he H oneyc utters are an original country roots band from Asheville, North Carolina. Since 2007 when the group formed, they have been playing music that is consistently as catchy as it is heartfelt. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 they were voted WNC’s favorite Americana band in the Mountain Xpress reader’s poll. Organically grown around the songs of lead singer Amanda Anne Platt, the band has gained an audience that has stretched far beyond their mountain home to include all corners of the United States. John Everhart (615) 327-4646 alannah@keithcase.com john@keithcase.com www.thehoneycutters.com
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Friday, Pershing East, 7:00pm
James Hill (Brookfield, NS CAN)
Thursday, Century A, 7:30pm
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Bryan Hayes (Moscow, TN USA)
Saturday, Pershing South, 8:30pm
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Friday, Pershing East, 9:00pm
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Tish Hinojosa (Austin, TX USA)
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Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin (Exeter, Devon UK)
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Josh Harty (Madison, WI USA)
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The Howlin’ Brothers (Nashville, TN USA)
tively contemporary” Irish World. “A fine debut album.” - Telegraph Folk Music jacquelynhynes@gmail.com www.jacquelynhynes.com
Jacob Johnson (Travelers Rest, SC USA)
The Howlin’ Brothers are a Nashville based string band composed of Ian Craft, Ben Plasse and Jared Green. Anchored in a bed of old-time blues and bluegrass, their upbeat shows are heavy with original and traditional music, featuring the sounds of slide banjo, harmonica and old-time fiddle. Sounding like what would happen if a bunch of Appalachian punk rockers formed a jug-band, The Howlin’ Brothers play with a ferocious energy that drags you in and finds you boogieing along in spite of yourself. Logan Bosemer 615-829-9151 thehowlinbrothers@gmail.com logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.thehowlinbrothers.com
I Draw Slow (Dublin, IE)
Jacob Johnson is a young, energetic performer and SC native who has shared stages with songwriting masters from Edwin McCain to David Wilcox, and hangs out with guitar heroes like Tommy Emmanuel and Phil Keaggy (who opened for Johnson one fabled night in Knoxville). While it’s his flashy guitar pyrotechnics that might grab your attention, his songwriting, personality, and performance style are what set him apart from the rest of the pack of other young guitar-slingers. In short, to quote Tommy Emmanuel, “Jacob rocks!”. Jacob Johnson (864) 382-1547 JacobJohnsonTunes@Gmail.com www.JacobJohnsonTunes.com
Friday, Century C, 8:00pm
Lizzy Hoyt (Calgary, AB CAN)
Friday, Pershing South, 10:30pm
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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient, LIZZY HOYT, weaves stories through melodies rooted in Celtic and folk traditions. An accomplished multiinstrumentalist with extensive touring experience, her new album is charting in the top 5 Canadian albums on FolkDJ. Ask about her recent invitation to sing baroque opera in Italy! Lizzy Hoyt 780-405-2741 info@lizzyhoyt.com www.lizzyhoyt.com
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Ray Wylie Hubbard (Wimberley, TX USA)
Friday, Century A, 7:30pm
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Yes, Hubbard is a Texas singer-songwriter with enough wild hairs in his past to qualify him as a legend. But along the way he began to discard extraneous matters and the result has been one of the most satisfying musical and lyrical journeys to witness over the last two decades. Logan Bosemer 512-847-6446 judy@raywylie.com www.raywylie.com logan@atomicmusicgroup.com
Jacquelyn Hynes (London, England UK) Friday, Roanoke, 8:30pm
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Gifted and innovative flute player Jacquelyn’s debut album “Silver and Wood” was released in March 2014 by Hobgoblin Records. “A cracking debut album…Full of innovation and imagination” Irish Post “Ethereal and other-worldly yet also attrac-
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Saturday, Liberty, 10:30pm
The Irish quintet uses strings and vocals to create what has been described as a brand new sound, a “fully natural evolution” (Bluegrass Today U.S.) of Appalachian music and Irish traditional song writing. All three albums have been critically acclaimed in Europe and the US’. The band is in year-round demand on the American festival network, having already played Merlefest, Greyfox, Rockygrass and Pickathon to name a few. Their latest recording, White Wave Chapel reached no 2 in the Irish charts. Rob Miller (202) 669-3818 idrawslow@gmail.com www.idrawslow.com rob@quicksilverproductions.net
Bill & Kate Isles (Duluth, MN USA)
Thursday, Pershing East, 7:30pm
Bill & Kate Isles are a nationally-touring singer/songwriter duo based in Duluth, MN. In 1993 Bill was a rare survivor of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Instead of ending his life, it jump-started his creative energies, resulting in a 150 show-per-year itinerary, presenting his profoundly meaningful songs. He is joined by his wife, co-writer, and musical collaborator, Kate. Her gentle presence, luscious vocals and intuitive harmonies have endeared her to audiences. Words like “Transcendent” and “Mesmerizing” and “Slapstick” are among the descriptions of their concerts and fans of all ages tell of listening to their albums over and over again. Bill Isles (218) 340-4404 bill@billandkateisles.com www.billandkateisles.com
Megan Jean & the KFB (Charleston , SC USA)
Thursday, Roanoke, 8:00pm
Megan Jean and the KFB arrange a demented blend of americana, punk, dance, and the avant-garde described as a metal band if it was 1927. Inventive percussion, electrified banjo, and a voice like the Devil Herself have forged a style that unites scenes, fans, and musical styles. Byrne Klay 347-256-5064 meganjeanfamilyband@gmail.com www.meganjean.net
Saturday, Pershing East, 7:30pm
Chris Jones (Caernarfon, UK)
Saturday, Roanoke, 9:30pm
Chris Jones is a Welsh Folk balladeer and has been singing traditional folk songs from his native Wales and beyond for over 20 years. His traditional repertoire encompasses songs in Welsh from and songs in English particularly the other Celtic traditions of Scotland and Ireland. Elliw Iwan 07 811 464072 chrisjonesgwerin@outlook.com http://chrisjonesgwerin.weebly.com
Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits (Orlando, Florida USA) Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 9:00pm
“Steeped in the traditions of blues, bluegrass, and rock and r o l l, L a n ey J o n e s mixes a musical cocktail with a vintage flavor that’s all her own. Laney is a banjo-picking singer songwriter who has been stealing hearts across the USA with her band, the Lively Spirits.” Matt Tonner 321-439-3009 laneyjones@me.com www.laney-jones.com/ matt.toner@gmail.com
Zack Joseph (Nashville, TN USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 9:30pm
With a voice and songwriting style that will stop you in your tracks and demand your attention, Zack Joseph is a growing musical force to be reckoned with. Often compared to Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers, and Roy Orbison, this Nashville based
Kawehi (Lawrence, KS USA)
Wednesday, Century C, 9:00pm
Kawehi has made quite the impression on the music world this year - landing her on sites like People Magazine, Spin, Huffington Post, Elle, Esquire, Reddit and more. Dubbed the “One Woman Band”, she’ll take her band with her - consisting of a laptop, midikeyboard, guitar, and beatboxing, creating layers of live loops on the spot that make up a sound so large you’ll be surprised it’s only coming from one tiny chick. Jordan Burger (626) 808-8271 jordan@flemingartists.com http://kawehi.com
Gabriel Kelley (Nashville , TN USA)
Saturday, Pershing South, 9:00pm
Gabriel Kelley’s debut album “It Don’t Come Easy” is a testament to his personal belief that anything worth striving for will require all you have to give. Coming out of a six-year stint in the Nashville songwriting machine, Kelley sees this album as a new beginning. It delivers an acoustic-driven portrait from the heart in simple, honest form, but with the power of a great studio band and a cinematic sound. Gabriel Kelley (706) 202-1842 gabriel@gabrielkelley.com www.gabrielkelley.com gabeyz@gmail.com
Thursday, Century C, 7:30pm
Highly-acclaimed singer-songwriter Kevn Kinney is most widely known as founder and frontman of Atlantabased rock band Drivin- N - Cr yin. An accomplished musician, poet and painter, Kinney has released multiple critically-acclaimed solo and band recordings during his career having also collaborated with Warren Haynes, REM, The Who and John Popper, among others. Logan Bosemer 404-309-3057 kennethjgreen@gmail.com www.kevnkinney.com logan@atomicmusicgroup.com
Jess Klein (Austin, Texas USA)
Friday, Century C, 9:30pm
Jess Klein is known for staking out brave lyrical and musical territory with such albums as Wishes Well Disguised (1998), Draw Them Near (2000), Strawberry Lover (2005), City Garden (2006), Bound to Love (2009), Behind A Veil (2012) and Learning Faith (2014) which Folk Radio UK calls “unquestionably the finest album of [her] impressive career.” Craig Grossman 512-924-9671 mark@thefarmhouseagency.com greenroomcraig@gmail.com www.jessklein.com/
Dayna Kurtz (New Orleans, LA USA)
Thursday, Century C, 9:00pm Over the past decade, New Jersey born, now New Orleans resident Dayna Kurtz, has been bestowed wit h many awards and praises, including being named the Female Songwriter of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters.
The attraction of singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave’s music lies in his voice and vision that strikes responsive chords at the heart of folk, blues and American roots rock & roll. His discography includes 11 critically acclaimed cd’s. He is a founder and partner in Austin based Music Road Records. Jimmy has devoted most of his life to music, beginning as a young boy in Texas then in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Though he has lived in Austin since 1986, Oklahoma remains a musical inspiration to him. Jimmy recently co-produced Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne released in April of 2014. Ashley Warren (512) 470-9585 ashley@musicroadrecords.com www.jimmylafave.com
Jordie Lane (Melbourne, AUS)
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Saturday, Century A, 8:30pm
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Kevn Kinney (Atlanta , GA USA)
Jimmy LaFave (Austin, TX USA)
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One of the youngest performers in the Canadian oldtime and folk communities, this 20 year-old plays the banjo, sings and has her own unique take on Appalachian and Canadian traditional music. Kaia is an eclectic traditionalist, having quickly gained the attention as one of the most promising young performers in the North American folk world. Nicole Rochefort (304) 516-9059 kaiakaterbookings@gmail.com www.kaiakater.com nicole@aimbookingagency.com
Mo Kenney arrived in style with her 2012 debut album, pro duced by her musical mentor Joel Plaskett. “In My Dreams” is an accomplished followup, showcasing an artist who has grown as a singer, songwriter, guitarist and performer. It has garnered rave reviews in Canada and is due out internationally spring 2015. Sheri Jones 902-429-9005 sheri@jonesandcompany.ca www.mokenney.com
Friday, Pershing South, 7:30pm
Jordie Lane’s music seems like it comes from another place and time. The songs are nostalgic and immediately affecting, his rhythmic guitar playing is authentic and raw, and the rich resonance of his voice is simply otherworldly. “One of this country’s contemporary legends” - Sydney Morning Herald Alastair Burns 626-437-7418 alastair@heartstopmusic.com www.jordielane.com
Ciaran Lavery (Aghagallon, Belfast IE)
Saturday, Pershing South, 7:00pm “Lavery’s songwriting is nothing short of remarkable. His most recent EP is his best yet, bursting with can’tbe- faked honesty and emotion” - Hot Press Ciaran Lavery info@ciaranlaverymusic. com ciaranlaverymusic@hotmail.co.uk www.ciaranlaverymusic.com
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Thursday, Pershing South, 9:00pm
Saturday, Roanoke, 8:30pm
The vocalist/writer/musician/producer have been raved about in interviews by Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt. Dayna Kurtz has performed on such high-profile radio shows as World Cafe, Mountain Stage and NPR’s Morning Edition and Tell Me More. She’s toured with the likes of Richard Thompson, Mavis Staples, Rufus Wainwright, Dr. John, Richie Havens, Chris Whitley, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Mark Carpentieri (631) 875-5740 mc@mc-records.com http://daynakurtz.com/wp/
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Kaia Kater (Toronto, ON CAN)
Mo Kenney (Dartmouth, NS CAN)
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artist released his debut album in May 2014 and now steadily tours the country with his band. Zack Joseph (716) 531-1899 zjosephmusic@yahoo.com www.zackjoseph.com
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Les Poules a Colin (Montreal, QC CAN)
Friday, Benton’s, 9:30pm
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Les Poules a Colin are a young folk-trad band from Quebec’s Lanaudiere region famous for its traditional music. The 4 gals and a guy learned their craft firsthand from the finest in the genre. On top of their natural talent, energy and respect for the repertoire, they have beautifully arranged both original and folktrad songs and tunes which are sung in French and English. Their second album Ste-Waves, just out, has been favourably reviewed “truly unique” and attracted lots of interest. They’ve played Winnipeg Folk Festival, Sunfest, Pop Montreal, Memoire et Racines and toured in France, the US and more. Heidi Fleming (514) 844-7393 info@famgroup.ca http://lespoulesacolin.com/ heidi@famgroup.ca
Little Brave (Austin, TX USA)
Saturday, Pershing North, 7:30pm
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Lit tle Brave is the moniker of Stephanie Macias. 2015 marks year 10 of her solo career. She has released two solo albums under her name and one album and EP under her moniker. Little Brave performs as a one-woman-band and as a songwriter with her baritone ukulele. Stephanie Macias (512) 393-7082 littlebrave.songs@gmail.com www.littlebravemusic.com
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The Lonely Heartstring Band (Boston, MA USA) Thursday, Benton’s, 8:30pm
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The Lonely Heartstring Band is a Boston-based acoustic stringband that plays a mix of original music, traditional bluegrass, instrumental and contemporary music. LHB is 2 years old but has already toured internationally and played major festivals including Greyfox (NY) and Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass festival (ME). The band will be releasing a full-length record in the Spring of 2015 recorded at the Great Northern Sound Society in Maine, produced by Junoaward- winner David TraversSmith (Wailin’ Jennys, Jayme Stone). We’ll be touring far and wide in the next year, and have some exciting plans for 2015 and beyond! Keep your ears open! Patrick M’Gonigle (617) 595-3466 lonelyheartstringband@gmail.com www.lonelyeheartstringband.com
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Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys (Ionia, Michigan USA) Saturday, Pershing East, 9:30pm
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys have released their second LP, Ionia. Motivated by the power of music to connect, to heal and to learn about what it means to be human; Lindsay Lou, Joshua Rilko, Mark Lavengood and PJ George are a finger pickin’, harmony slingin’, tight knit conglomeration. John Laird 919-489-4824 lindsayrilko@gmail.com www.lindsayloumusic.com/ john@americanaagency.com
Demi Louise (Boronia, Victoria AUS)
Saturday, Roanoke, 8:00pm
Demi Louise is an unsigned singer songwriter from Australia. In 2014 Demi showcased at conferences & festivals in the UK, Ireland, Korea & New York. Demi also opened for No 1 Chart topper Gabrielle Aplin UK & Kodaline in Ireland. Demi’s debut ‘Ruins’ reached No7 in the ITunes Singer Songwriter chart. Joe Grimes +61 424 675 107 soundofmelbourne@mail.com demilouisemusic@gmail.com www.demilouise.com
The Lovebirds (San Diego, CA USA)
Thursday, Pershing East, 9:00pm
The Lovebirds are a San Diego folk/pop duo featuring 2014 Kerrville New Folk winners Lindsay White and Veronica May. Their third album Breakup Shmakeup chronicles the experience of ending their romantic partnership in order to preserve their musical partnership. Join the flock, already! Lindsay White (619) 813-8245 lovebirds.booking@gmail.com www.thelovebirds.com
The Lovelocks (Toronto, ON CAN)
Saturday, Benton’s, 9:00pm
A chart topping debut EP, multiple accolades including 2014 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) award win and media acclaim, 2014 is proving to be the year for Toronto-based The Lovelocks. Celebrated by Blog TO (in July 2014) as one of the top 5 alt-country bands to watch in Toronto,
The Lovelocks are a dynamic duo comprised of musical partners Ali Raney and Zoe Neuman. Their sound is commonly described as a mixture of The Dixie Chicks go Lumineering with a Mumford & Sonsian, alt-country, roots inspired approach filled with soaring vocals, sweet harmonies and sultry strings. Nicole Rochefort (647) 223-3461 info@thelovelocksband.com info@aimbookingagency.com www.thelovelocksband.com
The Lowest Pair (Minneapolis, MN USA) Friday, Roanoke, 7:30pm
The Lowest Pair is a quirky, old-time roots influenced duet, featuring the high lonesome harmonies of banjo pickin’ songsters Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee. With their city folk front and back porch sound, the authenticity of this dynamic banjo duo is turning heads across the country. Lori Peters 617-969-0810 thelowestpair@gmail.com www.thelowestpair.com lori@concertedefforts.com
Catherine MacLellan
(Summerside, PEI CAN) Thursday, Liberty, 8:00pm
After releasing her debut album in 2004, Catherine MacLellan earned immediate critical acclaim, labeled Critics Favourite New Discovery by Penguin Eggs magazine in 2008. Since then, she has toured internationally extensively and her music has been a perennial fixture at the top of Canada’s Roots Music charts, winning acclaim from international media including The Austin Chronicle, The Boston Globe, BBC Radio, Maverick Magazine and Q Magazine. Nicole Rochefort 416-953-5752 catherine@catherinemaclellan.com nicole@aimbookingagency.com www.catherinemaclellan.com/
Phil Madeira (Nashville, TN, TN USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 7:00pm
Phil Madeira is a member of Emmylou Harris’ crack band The Red Dirt Boys, as well as a producer and songwriter in Nashville. His “Mercyland: Hymns For The Rest Of Us” features a dazzling array of folk and Americana stars from The Civil Wars to The Chocolate Drops to Buddy Miller and jazz icon John Scofield. His song “From This Valley” won a Grammy for the Civil Wars in 2014. Constantly creative, Phil is content to be restless. His latest CD is “PM” on Mercyland Records. Phil Madeira 615-812-3095 madeiraphil@gmail.com www.philmadeira.net
Originally from Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia Tom Busby and Jeremy Marou have created a unique sound based on Tom’s everyman’s approach to storytelling interspersed with Jeremy’s guitar virtuosity. They have since enlisted the services of their brothers in rhythm DJ Syme (Drums) and Enzo Russo (Bass). BUSBY MAROU have established themselves as one of Australia’s hardest working and most loved bands. They sell out shows across the country with an incredibly loyal and diverse following. The boys have shared the stage with an impressive list of artists including the likes of Dolly Parton, KD Lang and The Zac Brown Band. Nicole Rochefort 832-366-4221 julia@footstompmusic.com www.busbymarou.com nicole@aimbookingagency.com
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar (Toronto, ON CAN) Saturday, Pershing East, 8:30pm
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar is a roadtested, gospel infused, blues and soul formation. They have recorded a stripped down and raw full-length album to be released February 2015. Expect big voices, and a stripped down and raw sound that will make the hair on your arms stand up. Samantha Martin (647) 218-3191 sam.martin.booking@gmail.com www.samanthamartin.ca
MAZ (Montreal, QC CAN)
Friday, Benton’s, 7:30pm
With 12 nominations under their belt, MAZ has made its mark with its incredible live energy and its unique blend of traditional Celtic music, jazz and electro music. The band’s instrumental compositions are an invitation to ride the line between modernity and tradition with four highly gifted musicians. Danielle Lefebvre (819) 377-2608 marcmaziade@espacemaz.ca http://espacemaz.ca/ danielle@agencedlefebvre.com
Curtis McMurtry (Austin, Texas USA)
Thursday, Century A, 9:00pm Curtis McMurtry writes pretty songs about vicious people. He writes both kinds of music, sad and mean. Laura Thomas (512) 423-7667 curtismcmurtry@ gmail.com laura@comboplatebooking.com http://curtismcmurtrymusic.com/
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys (Nashville, TN USA) Friday, Century A, 7:00pm
Kansas native Chuck Mead, former lead singer of 3x Grammynominated act BR549, continues his career with the same fervor while touring worldwide with His Grassy Knoll Boys. It’s a melting pot of Hillbilly blues and honky-tonk for classic country loving fans who like a bit of rock-n-roll edge. Logan Bosemer 404-309-3057 chuckmead3@gmail.com logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.chuckmead.com
Danny Michel (Waterloo, ON CAN)
Saturday, Benton’s, 10:00pm
With multiple JUNO noms, the Polaris Prize long list and a pile of albums under his belt, Danny is unquestionably one of Canada’s finest songwriters. An adventurous, charming & fearless performer who’s comfortable in any genres. He recorded his last album in Belize with The Garifuna Collective, a unique Afro- Amerindian cultural group AND founded the Ocean Academy Fund, raising over $65k for small nonprofit school. Critics praise Danny’s lyrics for having “something to say” without coming off preachy. Topics range from the environment to the big life questions like “Who’s-Gonna-Miss-You-When-You’re-Gone?” a song which explores karma asking “Did-You-Live-It- Right, or Did-You-Live-It-Wrong? Photo credit: Robert Pinn” Danny Michel 519-635-1349 dannymichelmusic@mac.com www.dannymichel.com julien@paquinartistsagency.com
Mipso (Chapel hill, NC USA)
Friday, Century C, 9:00pm
A m e r i c a n a ’s j a i l break from sleepy town squares and the scratchier bands of the AM dial has been a welcome development in American music. And the renegade traditionalists of Mipso, Jacob Sharp on mandolin, Joseph Terrell on guitar, Libby Rodenbough on fiddle, Wood Robinson on double bass, are doing their part to take three-part harmony and Appalachian influences into new territory. The three North Carolina songwriters have wandered off the path blazed by Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson to find a new clearing for their southern string band sound. Wood Robinson (336) 430-7755 band@mipsomusic.com www.mipsomusic.com
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Friday, Shawnee Mission, 9:30pm
The quartet plays an energetic blend of traditional music, rock and electro-pop with acoustic and electric instruments, vocal harmonies and sequencing. Drawing from a rich heritage of traditional songs, Mélisande presents rare treasures with a feminist perspective. Recipient of the Canadian Folk Music Award 2014 for Traditional Singer of the Year. Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand (450) 813-1187 melisandemusic@gmail.com productionsdumoulin@gmail.com www.melisandemusic.com
Friday, Benton’s, 10:30pm
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Busby Marou (Rockhampton, Queensland AUS)
Matt the Electrician is a quirky, sincere folk/ pop singer songwriter based in Austin, TX. Matt has selfreleased 10 CDs since 1998. His newest release, “It’s a Beacon It’s a Bell” came out in 2013. Matt regularly tours all over the world, playing theaters, festivals, clubs and house concerts. Laura Thomas 512-423-7667 mte@matttheelectrician.com laura@comboplatebooking.com www.matttheelectrician.com
Friday, Pershing North, 9:30pm
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Influenced by traditional Mariachi music, Maria The Mexican is a hybrid of Mexican folklore and rock. Teresa and Maria Elena Cuevas per for med with Mariachi Estrella, one of the first all female mariachi bands in the country founded by their grandmother, Maria Teresa Alonzo Cuevas. MTM is Americana Soul, Mexicana Groove. Garrett Nordstrom (816) 805-9183 mariathemexican@gmail.com pinetop89@me.com www.mariathemexican.com
Mélisande [électrotrad] (Beloeil, QC CAN)
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Friday, Roanoke, 10:30pm
Matt the Electrician (Austin, Texas USA)
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Maria The Mexican (Kansas City, MO USA)
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Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore (Denver, CO USA)
Miranda Mulholland (Toronto, ON CAN)
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MOLLIE O’ BRIEN, s i n g e r, a n d R I C H MOORE, guitarist, have been steadfastly making it their mission to unlock the secrets of the diverse array of styles that comprise the canon of American Roots Music. They are unafraid of risk taking, authoritative in their performance, at the top of their game, and fun. Mollie O’Brien 303-909-4328 info@mollieobrien.com www.mollieobrien.com
Miranda Mulholland is a versatile performer, classically trained in violin and voice , performing frequently as a fiddler and a singer in a wide range of styles. She has toured extensively in Europe and North America performing with Canadian and international stars. She is currently a member Great Lake Swimmers, and Belle Starr and released her solo debut album, Whipping Boy, produced by Grammy winner, Sean Watkins on Roaring Girl Records in 2014 to critical acclaim. Amanda VanDenBrock (647) 801-7744 amanda@roaringgirlrecords.com amandavandenbrock@gmail.com www.mirandamulholland.com
The Nadas are Iowa’s signature alt-rockcountry band, selling more than 200,000 albums through their own label, Authentic Records. Singers/ guitarists Mike Butterworth and Jason Walsmith, bassist Brian Duffey, and drummer Brandon Stone mix country, rock, alternative, and indie with flawless songwriting and catchy melodies for a crowdpleasing experience. Jason Walsmith (515) 664-3333 thenadas@thenadas.com jason@thenadas.com http://thenadas.com
Thursday, Roanoke, 7:00pm
Craig Moreau (Calgary, AB CAN) DAY SCHEDULE
Saturday, Pershing North, 10:30pm
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Craig Moreau is a Calgary, Alberta based, Singer/Songwriter of the first tradition. He always believed you have to live it to write it.”Everything I did, I did in search of a song.” Craig plans on touring extensively in 2015 to support his new release ‘The Daredevil Kid’. Craig Moreau (403) 730-8532 info@craigmoreau.com http://craigmoreau.com moreauc@me.com
Jess Morgan (London, UK)
Saturday, Roanoke, 10:00pm
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Jess Morgan’s first gig ended with a case of mistaken identity and a fight in a pub toilet. 5 years on, Jess still thrives on the unpredictability of touring in the UK and Europe; packing a punch with inventive songwriting, powerful stories and making her mark as a young British songsmith. Jess Morgan 0044 7527 128 785 jess@jessmorgan.co.uk www.jessmorgan.co.uk/
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Bernadette Morris (Belfast, IE)
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 10:00pm
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Building on the success of her debut album Co. Tyrone born, Irish singer and musician, Bernadette Morris continues to wow audiences throughout Ireland and beyond with her fresh take on traditional Irish folk songs and enthrals audiences with her modern versions of lilting Gaelic laments. Bernadette Morris bernadettemorrismusic@gmail.com www.bernadettemorris.com
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Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 8:00pm
Peter Mulvey (Milwaukee, WI USA)
Friday, Pershing South, 8:00pm
Peter M ulvey has been on the road for twenty-two years, a career he built from his days as a busker in Dublin and Boston and which has carried him from Anchorage to Amsterdam. His discography is wildly eclectic, owing to his appetite for whatever is vital: poetry, rock and roll, Tin-Pan Alley jazz, spoken word, astrophysics, the blues... everything is on the table, and all of it is put in service of the moment Mulvey treasures most: the moment when an audience, a performer, and a song come together, and (to paraphrase Picasso) the dust is blown off ordinary life. Susie Giang 414-617-3743 petermulvey43@gmail.com susie@flemingartists.com www.petermulvey.com
Irish Mythen (Charlottetown, PE CAN) Thursday, Liberty, 8:30pm
Born and raised in Wexford County Ireland, Irish Mythen h a s t r ave l l e d t h e globe playing in Europe, Australia, the Middle East and the UK . Home is now Canada’s East Coast (Prince Edward Island). Her music is the root of small communities and the strength of a loyal fan base. Gardiner MacNeill (902) 393-2936 info@irishmythen.com entertainment@islandtelecom.com www.irishmythen.com
(Des Moines, IA USA) Saturday, Pershing East, 10:00pm
Hannah Shira Naiman (Toronto, ON CAN)
Saturday, Liberty, 8:30pm
“Songs not from the mountains, but from a rocky, rugged place.” From Toronto, Hannah Shira Naiman sings original Ap palachian roots music- Her banjodriven songs (backed by her neo-traditional stringband) draw on folk traditions and themes, and “are a little bit crooked, a little bit new.” Hannah Shira Naiman 416-400-6741 hannahshiranaiman@gmail.com www.hannahshiranaiman.com
Jay Nash and Josh Day are the Contenders (Hartland, VT USA) Thursday, Pershing East, 9:30pm
The truth of Jay Nash and Josh Day’s songs comes through stories and honest depictions of the world around them. They write music that they don’t struggle for or against…written by two artists who bring their whole heart every time they step into the ring. - NY Minute Magazine ‘Levon would be proud’ - Pasadena Weekly Brian Jonas (323) 497-7761 jn@jaynash.com brian@highroadtouring.com www.wearethecontenders.com
OH PEP! (Melbourne, Victoria AUS)
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 7:30pm Folk Alliance Australia Performer of the Year, O h Pep!, per for m their sometimes footstomping somewhat heartbreaking original contemporary folk. “They are progressive string musicians, us-
Pirates Canoe (Kyoto, Kyoto JP)
Saturday, Liberty, 9:30pm
Kevin Presbrey (Aurora, Illinois USA)
Penny & Sparrow (Austin, TX USA)
Jim Photoglo (Nashville, TN USA)
Saturday, Pershing South, 10:00pm
Jim Photoglo has musically spanned four decades as both a songwriter and artist, bringing his unique creative voice to the R&B, Pop and Country arenas. Growing up in LA, he began playing in bands as a teenager but never considered music as a career until he was in his early 20’s. Photoglo reminisces, “I wanted to get out of LA, so I took to the highway ‘James Taylor’ style with an acoustic guitar, a sleeping bag and a lot of time to think... and all I thought about was music.” Jim Photoglo 615-376-6095 photoglo@earthlink.net jimphotoglo.com
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Saturday, Pershing North, 10:00pm
Thursday, Pershing East, 8:00pm
Penny & Sparrow are a compelling Austin band with a stripped down return-to-basics that yields extraordinary sonic results. They write music that ef for tlessly draws you in with their rich harmonies and deep, moving lyrics that are intimate and relational in nature reminiscent of Bon Iver and The Swell Season. Keith Richards 404-626-2710 keith@flemingartists.com pennyandsparrow.com
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Possessed by Paul James is originally from Florida. Born into a Mennonite family, he credits his parents for instilling the value of service to others that’s evidenced in his teaching students with special needs. When Konrad Wert morphs into the performer Possessed by Paul James, the medium may change, but the desire to make a difference in people’s lives doesn’t. When PPJ performs, his passion equals the passion he brings to class Monday through Friday, with many witnesses to Possessed By Paul James’ show referring to it as more of a life-altering experience than a simple one man music show. Lacey Johnson (662) 419-1300 lacey@atomicmusicgroup.com www.ppjrecords.com
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 8:30pm
Pirates Canoe is an Americana and roots music band based in Kyoto, Japan. While their individual musical tastes vary ‘rock, blues, bluegrass, folk, funk, soul, pop’ together they are magic. They compose most of their own songs, add a few cover tunes and play at venues and festivals all across Japan. They made their first North American tour in 2013 with showcases at Austin’s SXSW, a spot in the annual Japan Nite tour, and a featured recording with MTV Iggy. 2014 was devoted to recording their first sextet full album released in July, “One for the Pain in My Heart.” Elizabeth Etta piratescanoe@gmail.com www.piratescanoe.com
Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson (Milwaukee, WI USA) Friday, Liberty, 9:30pm
Wisconsin natives Willy Porter and Carmen Nickerson are excited to bring their righteous brand of indie-folk to Folk Alliance. Willy’s signature finger-picking guitar work soars against rich songwriting, showcased on his recent album Human Kindness. Nickerson wraps her soulful vocals around Porter’s stunning grooves, giving audiences a one-of-a-kind musical ride. Chris Webb (646) 688-5442 cwebb@willyporter.com cwebb@jamnmanagement.com http://willyporter.com
Drawing upon the influences of sultry singersongwriters such as Jim Croce and Ray Lamontagne, Kevin Presbrey’s latest creation Dust Unto Dust is a marriage of the catchy hook and the rootsy americana track you might hear on a early 1970s record. Produced by Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Vance Joy). Kevin Presbrey 630-842-8343 presbreyproductions@gmail.com www.kevinpresbrey.com
Quiles & Cloud (San Francisco, California USA) Thursday, Roanoke, 8:30pm
Quiles & Cloud are an award-winning modern acoustic roots duo based in San Francisco, CA. Maria Quiles & Rory Cloud started the project in 2011 and found an instant blend together that was too good for either of them to ignore. In July 2012, Maria and Rory released their first studio album, Long Time Coming (produced by Grammy-winning engineer Steve Horowitz), and have since been writing, recording and touring constantly all across the United States. booking@quilesandcloud.com http://quilesandcloud.com/
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Launched from Boston’s open-mic scene, Ellis Paul has won 15 BMAs, released 19 albums, 2 books, a film, and plays 150 shows annually. He is recognized internationally from songs in Hollywood films. Known as arguably the hardest working troubadour, Ellis’ work ethic and songwriting talents have propelled him to the top of the American folk music world. Ralph Jaccodine (617) 513-4606 ellispaul7@gmail.com http://ellispaul.com/ rjaccodine@gmail.com
Rod Picott is a masterful songwriter and gritty singer who carries as fine a suitcase of songs as you’ll find. Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Fred Eagelsmith have r e c o r d e d P i c o t t ’s songs and he has carved a career with six beautifully crafted albums and engaging, emotion fueled performances. Lindsay Hayes (615) 948-2003 mail@rodpicott.com www.rodpicott.com lindsayahayes@gmail.com
Saturday, Pershing South, 8:00pm
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Possessed by Paul James (Boerne, TX USA)
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Ellis Paul (Charlottesville, VA USA)
Rod Picott (Nashville, TN USA)
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ing their somewhat traditional instruments in unconventional & inventive ways to create a sound that is at once familiar & brand new.” Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Dive) Sarah Pearson +61 438-864-945 ohpepmusic@gmail.com www.ohpep.com
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Quinn Bachand’s Brishen (Victoria, BC CAN)
Red Molly (Jersey City, NJ USA)
Quinn Bachand is one of those master ful musicians so dizzyingly talented that it just doesn’t seem fair to others! Already established as one of the best Celtic guitar players in the world, his latest music project, Brishen, serves up a whirlwind of gypsy jazz virtuosity, catapulting the young multi-instrumentalist-cum wunderkind into a tidal wave of recognition, including five 2014 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Marie Bachand (250) 472-0999 adrien@abachand.ca, marie@abachand.ca www.brishenmusic.com
Americana powerhouse vocal trio RED MOLLY is known for their gorgeous harmonies, crisp musicianship, infectious songwriting, and warm, engaging stage presence. Laurie MacAllister (bass), Abbie Gardner (Dobro), and Molly Venter (guitar) weave together the threads of American music, effortlessly blending their caramel voices into their signature soaring, crystalline three-part harmonies. Laurie MacAllister (917) 628-1646 laurie@redmolly.com www.redmolly.com
Friday, Roanoke, 8:00pm
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The Ragbirds (Ann Arbor, MI USA)
Saturday, Century A, 8:00pm
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The Ragbirds exhibit a gleeful disregard for contemporary folk-rock convention. The group is clearly built around Erin Zindle, who is not only the singer and songwriter, but is proficient in a variety of stringed instruments. This classically trained violinist plucks the mandolin, wields a wild accordion, and rocks the thumb piano while maintaining lead vocals. Surrounding Zindle’s earthy-sweet voice is the whirlwind of a guitarist T.J. Zindle, bassist Dan Jones, drummer Jon Brown, and percussionist Randall Moore. The Ragbirds continue to spread their unique blend of enthusiastic folk rock and world beat Americana all over the U.S. and beyond. Chyna Brackeen 865.971.1070 chyna@attackmonkey.net www.theragbirds.com
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Rant Maggie Rant (Stratford, ON CAN)
Friday, Century C, 10:00pm
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Since their 2008 debut Traditional Folk/Roots Award winners Rant Maggie Rant has consistently won over audiences at folk/Celtic festivals, folk clubs, town halls, churches, concert halls and symphonic stages. Traditionalists love their approach, as they respect the time honoured styles of the seven Celtic nations and beyond. New listeners are drawn to Rant Maggie Rant’s fusion of World influences: Latin and Mediterranean rhythms, African hand drumming and percussion, blues/rock guitar backdrops, revved up tempos and unexpected time changes. Their repertoire combines original and contemporary compositions with traditional tunes, often blending them together to deliver an intoxicating performance. Barry Payne (519) 301-6044 rantmaggierant@live.com www.rantmaggierant.com barry.payne@rogers.com
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Friday, Liberty, 10:00pm
Red Moon Road (Winnipeg, MB CAN)
Saturday, Liberty, 7:30pm
Born in a storm on a wild Canadian lake, Red Moon Road came into its own on the trails between coast and coast. All credit goes to the chemistry, and to the magic that happens when the Winnipeg band’s two Daniels - jazz-trained Daniel Jordan and bilingual prog-rock vet Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner - strum up the strings to support twilight-voiced singer Sheena Rattai. From living rooms to folk fest stages, the three have charmed fans from coast to coast with their lush and lively take on modern roots, peppered always by bright stage banter, exquisite harmonies and masterfully told stories. Daniel Jordan (204) 918-5524 info@redmoonroad.com www.redmoonroad.com
Richie and Rosie (Ithaca, NY USA)
Thursday, Roanoke, 6:30pm
Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton are a dynamic duo performing music rooted in the Americana tradition. Together, Stearns and Newton play a combination of old fiddle tunes and new songs, taking the fiddle banjo combination to new levels. Rosie Newton (845) 430-9251 richierosiemusic@gmail.com http://richieandrosie.com rosienewt@gmail.com
Rachel Ries (Freeman, SD USA)
Saturday, Pershing North, 8:30pm Rachel Ries crafts sly and compassionate songs for the crooked hearted. With an electric guitar, clear voice and steady hand, she pulls the listener into her world of city grit, country dirt, and her
open-eyed search for redemption and reason. Her songs are finetuned delicacy with a snarl and disarming candor. While South Dakota will always be home, Rachel is now splitting her time between rural Vermont and Brooklyn. Rachel Ries (773) 343-9822 rachel@rachelries.com www.rachelries.com
Chris Ronald (Vancouver, BC CAN)
Friday, Pershing East, 6:30pm
The “keenly luxuriant voice and immaculate songcraft” captured on Chris Ronald’s contemporary folk album, Timeline, have earned him a spot in the Kerrville New Folk finals and a nomination for “Songwriter of the Year” at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Chris Ronald (604) 551-9799 chris@chrisronald.com www.chrisronald.com
Ronny Cox Band (Sherman Oaks, CA USA) Friday, Century C, 7:00pm
Ronny Cox is a superbly talented singersongwriter, musician and actor who has been consistently active in the music world and Holly wood for over 40 years. Ronny’s music is eclectic, a woven tapestry of songs and stories with an over-all arc that eventually comes together and tells something about “the human condition”. With the gift of a consummate storyteller, he shares funny, sad and tender moments. Enhancing these great stories is the music provided by Ronny and his band of world-class, virtuoso musicians, Radoslov Lorkovic on piano and accordion, and T. Bruce Bowers, on fiddle and mandolin. Barbara Bowers (818) 800-0314 ronny.cox723@gmail.com www.ronnycox.com bbowersmusicagent@gmail.com
Kate Rose (Overland Park, KS USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 6:30pm
My parents always say that I showed a propensity toward performing, and I started at an early age. When I was five, I would ring a neighbor’s doorbelljust to sing her a song. Most recently, I sat down with Strange Music and we are starting a songwriting/artist development collaboration. Leonard Caggianelli (913) 685-0753 purerosemusic@gmail.com http://purerosemusic.wix.com/kate-rose
The Show Ponies are a high-energy quintet with bluegrass, old tyme, country and rock influences. Their third release, “Run For Your Life,” which features two collaborations with Punch Brothers banjoist, Noam Pikelny, was released on October 23rd, 2014. Jason Harris (281) 682-7144 business@theshowponies.com www.theshowponies.com
Saturday, Pershing South, 6:30pm
Folk Orchestra Patchy Sanders weaves the musical traditions of Celtic, Appalachian, Medieval, and Bluegrass while building bridges into the current of today’s Folk. The band’s three songwriters draw upon diverse influences to bring forth a distinctly unique, yet familiar sound. Eric Jones (503) 860-9635 bookingpatchy@gmail.com managementpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com
Aoife Scott (Dublin, Dublin IE)
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 9:00pm
Born into the legendary Black Family which includes her mother, Frances, and her aunt, Mary, Aoife has been surrounded by and immersed in music from an early age. She possesses a voice that evokes the wild western landscape: fragile one minute and forceful the next. A must-see showcase. Martin Nolan (185) 197-7237 aoifescottmusic@gmail.com info@mpibands.com www.aoifescott.com
The Secrets (St John’s, NL CAN)
Saturday, Pershing South, 7:30pm
Newfoundland’s Country Album of the Year winner Country/folk trio The Secrets , are three accomplished singers/musicians meeting at college & quickly discovering a natural blend to their voices and musical aspirations they combined jigs&reels with whiskey & mandolins, and haven’t looked back. Bruce Morel (709) 683-0787 terrilynneddy@gmail.com morelpro@ca.inter.net www.thesecrets.ca
J.R. Shore (Fort McMurray, AB CAN) Thursday, Roanoke, 9:30pm
Alber ta songwriter won the Calgary Folk Festival songwriting competition three of four years. His most recent release, State T h e at r e, wo n ac colades throughout North America and Europe, landing on a multitude of top albums of 2013 lists. Performances at major festivals prove he’s as good live as he is on record. Jared Shore (403) 478-6387 jrshore45@gmail.com www.jrshore.com
Sin and Swoon (Montreal, QC CAN)
Friday, Benton’s, 7:00pm
Montreal’s “Sin and Swoon” is made up of Ottawa Valley native Michael James O’Brien and Antigonish, Nova Scotia’s Michelle Tompkins. They love G eorge and Tammy, old time country music, and the harmony singing of the Louvin Brothers and the Delmore Brothers. Recently featured on “The Vinyl Café with Stuart Maclean” on CBC radio and NPR, their new album is now available! Michael O’Brien (514) 578-6489 sinandswoon@gmail.com fretsobrien@gmail.com http://sinandswoon.com
Slocan Ramblers (Toronto, ON CAN)
Thursday, Benton’s, 7:00pm
The Slocan Ramblers are Canada’s young bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in the tradition, fearlessly creative, and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, the Slocan Ramblers have quickly become a leading light of Canada’s roots music scene, built on their reputation for memorable, energetic live shows and impeccable musicianship. Adrian Gross 416.918.0994 slocanramblers@gmail.com adrian@adriangross.ca www.slocanramblers.com
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Patchy Sanders (Ashland, OR USA)
Saturday, Shawnee Mission, 9:30pm
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At age 5, Sarah Jane Scouten was sitting on the kitchen table, singing “Lace and Pretty Flowers,” by Canadian folk and country musician, Willie P. Bennett. Hank Williams and Stan Rogers were her greatest inspirations, both a staple at Sunday morning pancake breakfast and afterward, singing bluegrass and gospel music with her father. Her talent for performing came naturally, and as chance would have it, so emerged a knack for songwriting. Bringing us up to date, Sarah Jane Scouten is an international touring songwriter and has been nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards for her new release The Cape. Sarah Jane Scouten (514) 715-8712 booking@sarahjanescouten.com www.sarahjanescouten.com
Friday, Benton’s, 9:00pm
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Existing comfortably in the tension between tradition and the musical frontier, Run Boy Run’s all-acoustic format blends bluegrass, folk and the old timey American vernacular with touches of classical and jazz. From winning the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest in 2012, to two appearances on National Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion, Run Boy Run have been making friends and fans alike with their openended musical approach and wonderful stage presence. Based in Tucson, Arizona, Run Boy Run is touring nationally to promote their new album, Something to Someone, released October 2014 to critical acclaim. Herschel Freeman (480) 516-4286 band@runboyrunband.com hfreeman@herschelfreemanagency.com www.runboyrunband.com
Thursday, Benton’s, 10:00pm
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The Show Ponies (Los Angeles, CA USA)
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The Small Glories (Winnipeg, Manitoba CAN) Thursday, Century A, 9:30pm
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The Small Glories are a brand new musical union between folk/ roots ar tists Cara Luft and JD Edwards. Based in Winnipeg, a city well-known for its long history of remarkable musical talent, the duo is already creating a buzz, with fans and promoters eager to hear the recorded result of their collaboration. June 2014 saw them head into the studio with producer Neil Osborne, recording an album’s worth of original and traditional material, with a focus on their dynamic and powerful vocal blend and harmonies. Nicole Rochefort (416) 953-5752 nicole@aimbookingagency.com thesmallglories.com
Devon Sproule (Austin, TX USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 10:30pm
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Born to hippie parents near Kingston, Ontario, Devon Sproule spent her childhood on a 465-acre, 100member ecovillage in rural Virginia. She now lives in Austin, Texas and most recently released a collaboration, “Colours,” with Halifax, NS-native Mike O’Neill. Past releases have garnered praise from The New Yorker, Sing Out!, Uncut, American Songwriter, Paste, and The Guardian, and have featured collaborations with Jesse Winchester, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Sproule’s husband, Paul Curreri. Devon Sproule (512) 656-1484 devon@devonsproule.com www.devonsproule.com righ.tinangel@googlemail.com
Mark Alan Stansberry (Tulsa, OK USA)
Thursday, Shawnee Mission, 9:30pm
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Western Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee, movieproducer, and award winning author, Mark Alan Stansberry, has been playing music since he was 12 years old and music scholarships got him through college. As a guitarist and singer, Stansberry has performed with several bands including the Windstormers and The Southern Night Band. He hosts an award winning radio show on KFAQ in Tulsa, OK, “The Weekly Roundtable”. His 5th release, Where Two Roads Meet, is a family effort with help from his wife, Nancy, and their (extremely talented) children. They blend rock, folk, and western styles to create a unique Oklahoma sound. Bill Wence 405-715-1917 markastansberry@gmail.com billwencepro@earthlink.net www.markstansberry.com
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Starboard Cannons (Mullumbimby, Northern NSW AUS)
Saturday, Pershing South, 10:30pm
Moving through superfast bluegrass terrain, across the realm of the sparse and haunting folk ballad, and head first into full-blown, beer-spilling, shoutal o n g s e a shant y territory, Starboard Cannons make music that sits somewhere between the Scottish Highlands and the Aussie bush. The creation of Ash Bell and Matt Bone, Starboard Cannons is fundamentally an acoustic duo. Based in Byron Bay’s forested hinterland, the gents craft string-based gems that come alive with bush characters and folklore. Storytellers with the ability to walk the line between alt-country, folk and bush balladry with ease, Starboard Cannons represent the trademark larrikinism that underpins Australiana. Ash Bell (640) 435-0841 info@starboardcannons.com www.starboardcannons.com
The Steel Wheels (Harrisonburg, VA USA)
Saturday, Century A, 9:00pm
The Steel Wheels are selling out venues and billed at top festivals from coast to coast. In addition, they host their own Red Wing Roots Music Festival in Virginia. Their latest studio album, Leave Some Things Behind, features 14 original songs and is hitting the streets in April 2015. Chris Colbourn 617-969-0810 chris@concertedefforts.com manager@thesteelwheels.com www.thesteelwheels.com
The Stray Birds (Lancaster, PA USA)
Saturday, Century C, 8:30pm
The Stray Birds arrive in Kansas City on a coast to coast release tour in support of “Best Medicine”, their second full-length album and Yep Roc Records debut. Around the world, people are leaning in to hear the rich harmonies and dedicated songcraft of this multiinstrumental trio of friends. William Kennedy (717) 575-1200 thestraybirdsmusic@gmail.com kennedy@biffco.com www.thestraybirds.com
The Strumbellas (Toronto, Ontario CAN)
Saturday, Benton’s, 10:30pm
Lindsay, Ontario’s The Strumbellas are the definition of small town gumption. The Strumbellas’ dark, mostly death-inspired lyrics, gussied up with blow the barn doors off ruckus alt-country fused with folk and bluegrass music has built their stellar live show reputation. Their critically acclaimed JUNO nominated debut album, My Father And The Hunter, introduced The Strumbellas as a determined, fledgling band. Their second album, We Still Move On Dance Floors (recorded at Seattle’s Bear Creek Studio with Grammy nominated producer, Ryan Hadlock), garnered the band 5 awards including a JUNO for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year, a Canadian Folk Music Award and a CBC Music Rising Star award as well as a nomination for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize. Joanne Setterington 416-884-4119 joanne@indoorrecess.com julien@paquinentertainment.com
Sweet Alibi (Winnipeg, MB CAN)
Saturday, Liberty, 10:00pm
Western Canadian Music Award Winners, S weet A libi, have been captivating audiences across Canada for the past few years. The Winnipeg-based folk/pop trio infuse their signature harmonies with influences of everything from folk to country to soul, without a hint of shame. Sweet Alibi’s Jess Rae Ayre, Amber Nielsen, and Michelle Anderson share personal experiences that are genuinely felt in song, and in no time, will have you dancing and singing along. Tom Power of CBC Radio 2 describes the band as simply as this: “If Mumford and Sons and the Supremes had a love child you would name it Sweet Alibi”. Jessica Ayre (204) 999-8284 thesweetalibi@gmail.com http://sweetalibi.com
Tall Heights (Boston, MA USA)
Saturday, Pershing North, 9:00pm
In three years time, Tall H eight s have busked their way from street performing at Faneuil Hall to selling out clubs from coast to coast. The band played over 150 shows last year carving their own niche in the folk/pop world and touring in support of their first full length release Man of Stone. Lori Peters 617-969-0810 tallheights@gmail.com www.tallheights.com lori@concertedefforts.com
A traveler, song inventor, runner, and beer enthusiast who sings stories and tells songs in a delicious pair of new releases. His seventh studio album - “Stories They Tell” - pairs well with dark chocolate and his first live album - “Live at the Saxon Pub” goes great with a bold IPA. Mark Gallant (902) 213-2685 tenstringsandagoatskin@gmail.com trish@myriadartists.com www.tenstringsandagoatskin.com
Tillamook Burn (Portland, OR USA)
Friday, Pershing North, 7:00pm
TILLAMOOK BURN is a mother-daughter duo from the coastal mountains of Oregon. Lauren Sheehan and Zoë Carpenter draw on old blues and folk traditions, delivering music with a vibrant, contemporary sensibility. Their powerful voices weave into subtle, instinctive harmonies, backed up on guitar, banjo and mandolin. Lauren Sheehan (503) 329-7561 lauren@laurensheehanmusic.com www.laurensheehanmusic.com/bands_laurenzoe.php
Town Mountain (Asheville, NC USA)
Friday, Century A, 9:00pm
Town Mountain was formed out of the fer tile music scene of Asheville, NC located in the mountains of western Nor th Carolina. The sound of the awardwinning group can best be described as traditional bluegrass, with a rough-hewn side... not
Greg Trooper (Brooklyn, NY USA)
Thursday, Pershing North, 8:00pm
Greg Trooper has recorded 12 critically acclaimed albums and toured throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. His songs have been recorded by numerous artists including Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Maura O’Connell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Billy Bragg. His most recent album is titled “Incident On Willow Street”. Greg Trooper (615) 496-1008 gregtrooper@yahoo.com www.gregtrooper.com
Hiroya Tsukamoto (Kameoka, JP)
Saturday, Pershing East, 7:00pm
Hiroya Tsukamoto is a guitarist and singersongwriter originally from Kyoto, Japan. He received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the US. Since then, he has been performing internationally including several appearances with his group at Blue Note in New York and released six albums as a leader. Hiroya Tsukamoto (617) 852-5412 hiroyatsukamoto@gmail.com www.hiroyatsukamoto.com
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The winner of Estonian Ethno Music Awards 2014 – Best Band, Album, Song, Newcomer and Rad i o2 P r i z e. Tr a d . Attack! is a real dance-along turboNordic- folk band, which brings back the energy, purity and sincerity of Estonian folk music with their complex-free approach, magnificent sense of the legacy and modern technical solutions. Juliana Voloz (372) 524-6475 info@tradattack.ee www.tradattack.ee info@jv-promotion.com
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Saturday, Century A, 10:00pm
Sylvia Tyson started performing professionally in 1959 as one-half of the internationally acclaimed folk duo, Ian and Sylvia. She wrote her first song, “You Were One My Mind” in 1962, a #3 Billboard hit for the group We Five. She has continued to have a long and successful solo career on stage, television and radio, has recorded ten albums/CD’s, and has written over 200 songs, two novels and co-edited a book on songwriters with Tom Russell. A member of the Canadian Music hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, and has received Canada’s highest civilian honour, The Order of Canada. Jim Cowan 805-231-9839 jensen@jproductions.com (CA) jc620@earthlink.net (US) www.quartette.com
Victor & Penny (Kansas City, MO USA)
Thursday, Century C, 8:30pm
With tight harmonies, fearless feats of guitar daring, red-hot reeds and a fiery ukulele, Victor & Penny and their Loose Change Orchestra bring modern voice to clever original tunes and prohibition-era Jazz. This corset-tight quartet impress and delight with charm and hot licks - they are, “...an absolute rollicking blast.” Erin McGrane (816) 668-2279 VictorandPenny@gmail.com www.VictorandPenny.com
Suzie Vinnick (Wainfleet, ON CAN)
Thursday, Century A, 8:30pm
A Saskatoon native transplanted to the Niagara Region of Ontario, Suzie Vinnick is the proud owner of a gorgeous voic e, prodigious guitar chops, and an engagingly candid performance style. Her most recent successes include a 2014 MapleBlues nomination for Female Vocalist; achieving finalist status in the Solo/Duo Category at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN; and, being honored with the 2012 Great Canadian Blues Award. Suzie has toured with Stuart McLean’s The Vinyl Cafe and performed for Canadian Peacekeepers in Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. She was also the voice of Tim Horton’s for 5 years. Suzie Vinnick (416) 988-5229 suzie@suzievinnick.com http://www.suzievinnick.com
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Trad.Attack! (Tallinn, North-Europe EE)
Thursday, Century C, 8:00pm
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A traveler, song inventor, runner, and beer enthusiast who sings stories and tells songs in a delicious pair of new releases. His seventh studio album - “Stories They Tell” - pairs well with dark chocolate and his first live album - “Live at the Saxon Pub” goes great with a bold IPA. Kate Harrington 512-489-4094 booking@owentemple.com http://owentemple.com/
Sylvia Tyson (Toronto, ON CAN)
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Saturday, Pershing East, 6:30pm
too slick or glossy. They are a band of the here-andnow, yet they have a groove that is based on the bluesy and swinging sounds explored by the first generation of bluegrass pioneers of the last century. Martha Dantzic (202) 695-1500 mandophil@gmail.com martha@quicksilverproductions.net www.townmountain.net
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Owen Temple (Austin, Texas USA)
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The Vivants (San Francisco, CA USA)
Saturday, Pershing East, 8:00pm
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Inspired by the energy of old-time dance tunes, honkytonk country, cajun, and western swing, San Francisco quartet, The Vivants play their own brand of American roots music, shining up dusty melodies with modern arrangements. The band recently completed their first full length album, “Western Addition” which draws from a deep well of influences such as western swing legend Bob Wills, lyricists Cindy Walker and Louis Jordan, country music duo The Davis Sisters and rockabilly guitarist Scotty Moore. Emily Bonn (415) 713-0155 thevivants@gmail.com www.thevivants.com
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear (Independence, MO USA) Friday, Century A, 10:00pm
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Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear consists of Madisen Ward; and Ruth Ward. They are a modern soulful/folk music duo. Performing mostly all original written music in various coffee houses, for anyone who will listen. Neill Smith (816) 786-5724 info@madisenwardandthemamabear.com www.madisenwardandthemamabear.com/
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Graham Weber (Austin, Texas USA)
Thursday, Pershing South, 9:30pm
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Graham Weber: Midwestern Raised, Ref ined in Austin, Texas since 2004. He has headlined and opened national tours, released 5 solo studio and 2 live albums. Lyrically rich, heartbreaking and humorous. “Weber remains a master of evocative metaphor unraveling in the uneasy rift of his whiskeyburnt tenor” - The Austin Chronicle Graham Weber 512-786-9105 graham@grahamweber.com www.grahamweber.com
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Ken Whiteley & The Beulah Band (Toronto, ON CAN) Thursday, Century A, 8:00pm
It’s been 10 years since bassist Ben Whiteley began performing with his dad, Canadian folk legend Ken Whiteley. This past winter they decided to share the producer role for Ken’s new cd. That shaped songwriting with definite funky, folky elements and echoes of blues, gospel, swing, string and jug band sounds. When they got together with banjoist extraordinaire, Frank Evans and fantastic fiddler, Rosalyn Dennett, not only did the arrangements come alive, but they found they had that most special of things - a marvelous, 3 part vocal blend. And so was born Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band! Ken Whiteley (416) 533-9988 ken@kenwhiteley.com www.kenwhiteley.com
Wild Ponies (Nashville, TN USA)
Thursday, Roanoke, 7:30pm
Wild Ponies offer dead right, honest songwriting. Doug and Telisha are the driving force behind the band, and their 2013 release “Things That Used to Shine” (produced by Ray Kennedy), garnered widespread critical acclaim, spent 6 weeks in the top 20 of the AMA Radio chart, and over 20 weeks in the top 40. Lou DeMarco (609) 240-6269 telisha@DandTW.com www.WildPonies.net lou@momentarylove.com
J.D. Wilkes (Paducah, KY USA)
Thursday, Roanoke, 9:00pm
After 25 years of touring and recording with acts such as Legendary Shack Shakers and The Dirt Daubers, JD Wilkes brings you his first full-length solo album, by way of Alabama’s Arkam Records. Titled “Cattle in the Cane,” it deals exclusively with the arcane lost sound of Kentucky old-time banjo and fiddle music, with the assistance of Charlie Stamper. Wilkes produced and played on Stamper’s album released by June Appal Records in the Fall of 2014. As a solo performer, Wilkes focuses his diverse range of experiences and enigmatic stage presence into the acoustic realm, utilizing harmonica, banjo and voice. John Smith (301) 919-0004 jdwilx@yahoo.com www.jdwilkes.com john@12x12management.com
Jack Williams (West Fork, AR USA)
Thursday, Century A, 7:00pm
Jack Williams’, musical journey began at 4 with a ukulele. He quickly learned the piano and trumpet, absorbing jazz, pop, and classical music on his parents’ 78s, as well as raw blues in 1940s South Carolina. He learned guitar in 1958, and his career began within a week. His current music was influenced by an early career in jazz, classical, folk, rock and roll, blues, and R&B. A professional touring artist for 55 years, Jack is a singer-songwriter/ guitarist/ storyteller. His songs display a clear sense of place, grounded in southern roots. He has 12 recordings on Wind River Records. Jack Williams (803) 479-1322 jack@jackwilliamsmusic.com www.JackWilliamsMusic.com
Tommy Womack (Nashville, TN USA)
Friday, Shawnee Mission, 7:00pm
As both an artist and a person, Tommy Womack has been called everything from “Tom Lehrer with a Telecaster” to “Nashville’s best loved musical eccentric,” and he might blushingly, but proudly, accept both titles. That’s because separating Womack the man and Womack the artist is impossible, as they’re both the same guy. An award-winning recording artist and a published author, Womack writes songs as honest as anything Hank Williams or Steve Earle ever recorded, and has attracted the attention of the national press while accumulating a loyal following. Bill Hutchison (614) 893-5375 bhutchi@columbus.rr.com www.tommywomack.com
The Young’uns
(Stockton-on-Tees, North East UK) Saturday, Century C, 9:00pm
Nobody sleeps when The Young’uns are in town. They may have established their fast-growing reputation in the folk world with sublime a cappella harmonies, but the Teesside trio , Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle , are an unlikely force of nature on stage, beguiling audiences with irrepressible humour, bold vocals, gripping storylines and innate musicality. Describing their gigs as ‘absolute chaos’, they go on stage without setlists, relying on infallible instinct and their unique rapport with audiences to deliver a killer show. Phil Simpson 1 539 528808 ps@regentmusic.com www.theyounguns.co.uk
Brandy Zdan (Nashville, TN USA)
Natalia Zukerman (Brooklyn, NY USA)
Simon & Garfunkel meet Johnny & June, The Young Novelists are known for their beautiful harmonies and energetic live shows. Herohill called their music “beautiful, soaring, rootsy Canadiana”. Their second full-length album, “made us strangers”, to be released April 28, 2015, will be supported by shows in the US, Canada, and Europe. Amie Therrien (416) 788-2643 amie@balsampiermusic.com amietherrien@gmail.com www.theyoungnovelists.com
Emerging for the first time as a solo artist in 2013, Zdan is anything but a rookie. Cofounder of JUNO nominated Twilight Hotel & triple treat side woman for Austin’s based The Trishas. Debut Full Length Studio Album Spring 2015. “One woman tour de force”- Lone Star Magazine Sara Mertz (734) 476-7229 brandyzdan@gmail.com www.brandyzdan.com sara@shiftindependent.com
N at ali a zuker m an grew up in nyc, studied art at oberlin, began her songwriting career in boston, and now resides, writes, plays and paints in brooklyn. Garnet rogers’ introduction for her new album come thief, come fire calls it “a celebration of light, dark and the beauty of the human heart. Natalia Zukerman (917) 415-3030 natalia@nataliazukerman.com taliazuk@yahoo.com www.nataliazukerman.com
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Welcome to the camp, I guess we all know why you’re here…… This year marks the launch of our first Folk Alliance Music Fair designed to welcome the public into our Folk Alliance world while adding something special for our conference attendees. The FAI Music Fair is a three-ring circus in the middle of The Sheraton Hotel that combines our highly successful Winter Music Camp with Public Concerts, Art Gallery, Public Trade Show, Film Fest, and so much more all under one roof. Over 75 music acts will be featured during three nights of shows launching on Thursday evening with our special guests, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn in concert. They will also lead a banjo master class that afternoon as part of the Music Camp. This year’s Music Camp includes workshops on guitar, banjo, ukulele, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, bass, dobro, voice, songwriting and many more from some of the greatest players/instructors on the planet including Byron Berline, Alan Munde, Roland White, Ken Perlman, Gary Allegretto, David Amram, Andy McKee, James Hill, Sam Baker, and many many more. Each Music Camp day ends with our instrument summits. Bring your axe and join other players as we celebrate the banjo, guitar, fiddle, dobro, steel guitar, and others by bringing all the players together for the joy of making music. You don’t have to be a player to attend, only to participate. All playing levels are always welcome. Our new Art Gallery will display art for sale by musicians or about music and include a small stage for special events including Spoken Word, Rural Grit All-Stars, Open Mics, the Acoustic Guitar Project KC debut and special workshops. Featured artists include Tim Kerr, Daniel Johnston, Natalia Zukerman, Sam Baker, Bob Walkenhorst, Howard Rains, and many others. The new FAI Public Trade Show will feature over 50 exhibitors including new and vintage instruments, vintage vinyl, music support services, media, non-profits, and provides buying, selling and trading of instruments of all kinds. Join us in the Public Exhibit Hall on Friday afternoon for the launch party for the Folk Alliance sponsored Greater Kansas City Music Directory from 4:30pm – 6:00pm. The Trade Show will also serve as the collection point for our involvement with Fox 4’s Band of Angels program collecting instruments for kids and adults in need. Films will be represented throughout the Conference and Fair at The Sheraton in the evening and at the Screenland Theater only a few steps from the Westin events in the Crown Center. This year’s fest will include shorts from Cinema KC and full length features like The Winding Stream, ------ and many others. Most screenings will include intros and Q&A from the directors. If you need a capo, tuner, strings, pics, straps, or any other music store type item, stop by our Pop-Up Folk Store on the second floor of The Sheraton operated by our good friends at Music Caravan. The Folk Store is open from 11:00am – midnight each day and will also feature CD’s from the performing artists, FAI swag, and serve as the Information Center for all Music Fair/Music Camp activities. Sunday will be a very special day at The Music Fair as we welcome the local community for a series of free First Lessons and the finals of our first Acoustic Battle of the Bands followed by our special Music Fair Closing Party at Knuckleheads featuring Jon Dee & William Harries Graham plus some very special guests. We didn’t forget the kids – don’t miss our big Children’s Music Spectacular on Saturday morning with over a dozen FAI artists performing for a roomful of kids plus there is also a full Kid’s Music Camp each day produced by our friends at the Americana Music Academy in Lawrence. Many people have worked very hard to produce this first Music Fair and I want to thank them all plus all the great volunteers that help make our FAI events happen every year. Thank you all. So, if you are looking for me this week – check the new Folk Alliance Music Fair and Winter Music Camp at The Sheraton. I look forward to seeing you. It’s only a conversation away…… All FAI Music Fair and Winter Music Camp events are included in your FAI Conference registration. Single day/ night tickets are available to the general public. Have a great week in Kansas City. We are all glad you are here. See you at The Fair!
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2015 Folk Alliance Winter Music Camp & Music Fair Schedule At A Glance all events in the Sheraton Crown Center Hotel (unless noted)
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 1:00pm: Registration Opens *full registration (@ Westin) 1:00pm-7:00pm: Load In for Exhibit Hall, Art Gallery Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:00am: Camp Registration Opens 11:00am–5:00pm: Music Camp Sessions 11:00am-midnite: Art Gallery Open 11:00am-midnite: Pop-Up Folk Store Open 11:45am: Student Orientation 12:00pm–6:00pm: Public Exhibit Hall Open 3:30pm – 5:00pm: Master Class: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn/Banjo 3:30pm-5:00pm: Steel Guitar Summit, Jazz Summit 6:00pm – 7:00pm: Music Fair Opening Party 7:00pm-midnite: Concerts, Films, Jam Sessions
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Friday, February 20, 2015 10:00am: Camp Registration Opens 11:00am–5:00pm: Music Camp Sessions 11:00am–5:00pm: Americana Music Academy’s Kid’s Camp 11:00am–6:00pm: Exhibit Hall Open 11:00am-midnite: Art Gallery Open 11:00am-midnite: Pop-Up Folk Store Open 3:00pm-5:00pm: Tribute To Pete Seeger (Gallery) 3:30pm – 5:00pm: Master Class: James Hill/Ukulele 3:30pm-5:00pm: Jazz Jam, Dobro Summit, Old Time Fiddle Jam 4:30pm-6:00pm: Greater KC Music Directory Launch Party (Exhibit Hall) 6:00pm-7:00pm: Acoustic Guitar Project KC (Gallery) 7:00pm-midnite: Concerts, Films, Jam Sessions
Saturday, February 21, 2015 10:00am: Camp Registration Opens 11:00am-12:30pm: Children’s Music Concert 11:00am–5:00pm: Music Camp Sessions 11:00am–5:00pm: Americana Music Academy’s Kid’s Camp 11:00am–6:00pm: Public Exhibit Hall Open 11:00am-midnite: Art Gallery Open 11:00am-midnite: Pop-Up Folk Store Open 12:00pm-1:00pm: Book Signing with Commander Chris Hadfield 3:30pm – 5:00pm: Master Class: David Amram/ Jazz meets Folk 3:30pm-5:00pm: Master Class: Andy McKee/ Fingerstyle Guitar 3:30pm-5:00pm: Uke Slam, Instrument Summits 6:00pm – 7:00pm: Camper Concert 7:00pm-midnite: Concerts, Films, Jam Sessions Sunday, February 22, 2015 9:00am – 11:00am: River City Radio (KKFI) Live from The Fair 10:00am – 4:00pm: Camp Open 11:00am – 4:00pm: Music Camp Sessions 11:00am – 4:00pm: Public Exhibit Hall Open 11:00am–5:00pm: Americana Music Academy’s Kid’s Camp 11:00am – 4:00pm: Art Gallery Open 11:00am - 4:00pm: Pop-Up Folk Store Open 11:00am – 1:00pm: Foolkiller Folk Radio (KKFI) Live from The Fair 2:00pm – 3:30pm: Acoustic Battle of the Bands Finals 7:00pm: Camp & Music Fair Closing Party (Knuckleheads)
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Louis Jay Meyers – FAI Special Projects Coordinator Mark Rubin – Winter Music Camp Director Mike Stewart – Production Manager Peter Lague/Americana Music Academy – Kid’s Camp Coordinator Bryant Miller – Public Exhibit Hall Coordinator Beth Hatch – Volunteer Coordinator Bob Walkenhorst – Songwriting Sessions Coordinator Kyle Taylor – Art Gallery Coordinator Joe Heyen & Jerry Rapp – Film Festival Coordinators Rick Groom – Webcasting Coordinator Kasey Rausch – GKCMD Coordinator/Contest Coordinator
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Mikal Shiparo - GKCMD Coordinator Galadriel Thompson – Music Fair Design Dana Thorin/Music Caravan – Pop-Up Folk Store Coordinator Jim Dirden – Music Fair/Music Camp Photographer Patterson Barrett – Camp/Fair Production Support Phil Hurley – Camp/Fair Support Production Cody Wyoming - Camp/Fair Support Production EZ T’z/Atomic Cotton – Camp/Fair Merchandise Samantha Yates – Music Fair Graphics Kelly Ludwig/KC Art Institute – Graphics Coordinator Kyle Holland/Omega Delta Psi, MTSU – Volunteer Support *And who ever we forgot. Thank you all.
FRIday, February 20 “Remembering Pete Seeger” Concert, Teach-in and Open Mic 3:00-5:00pm/Art Gallery Stage, Sheraton Hotel
Pete Seeger was many things to many people - a musician, an activist, a great story teller, a family man, an elder, a beacon of light, a friend and so much more. Come hear a few short stories about Pete from people who knew him each in their own way, and let’s sing LOTS of his songs. From 4:30 to 5:00 the mic will be open for audience members to share a 3 minute story or a 4 minute song. Spook Handy will moderate. Hosted by Spook Handy and featuring special guests Peggy Seeger, David Amram, Scott Berwick, and Catie Curtis and many others. Bring your song, bring your story and join the celebration.
GKCMD Launch Party & Concert 4:30pm – 6:00pm, Music Fair Trade Show, Sheraton Hotel / 7:00pm – midnight, Chouteau Room, Sheraton Hotel
Folk Alliance is pleased to be part of the creation and launch of the first Greater Kansas City Music Directory (GKCMD) representing the musicians and music
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Acoustic Guitar Project Kansas City 6:00pm-7:00pm/Art Gallery
AGP KC will present a collection of the Kansas City participants performing their original songs as well as speaking briefly on their inspiration and writing process. The Kansas City project is under the direction of Eddie Crane following an encounter with AGP founder Dave Adams. The Acoustic Guitar Project was created to help musicians reconnect to the original moment that inspired them to be singer-songwriters. Back to a time when it was just them and their guitar. Focused. Challenged. Creative. Most likely self-exiled to an isolated space. And definitely completely lost in the moment. By giving musicians a platform with simple restrictions, we hope that The Project will inspire them. Since beginning in April 2012, The Acoustic Guitar Project has evolved, and it continues to be redefined everyday, but the mission will always remain the same: • Inspire artists to take action. • Tell stories from a truthful, meaningful point of view. • Strive to give people something to be lieve in. Like any good song — in the process of
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Sure, in the abstract, a banjo duo might seem like a musical concept beset by limitations. But when the banjo players cast in those roles are Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck - she with the earthly sophistication of a postmodern, old-time singer-songwriter, he with the virtuosic, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots - it’s a different matter entirely. Banjo maestro Béla Fleck has taken his instrument where it’s never gone before, turning the four-string axe into a magic carpet capable of reaching just about any destination. He’s earned GRAMMY Awards for his forays into classical music and he’s traveled across Africa, bringing the banjo back to its roots while collaborating with some of the continent’s greatest musicians. He’s recorded duo with Chick Corea, and in a trio with Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer. And of course he’s attained near rock star status with his bluegrass-meets-futuristic-funk Flecktones. For this duo, Fleck teams up with fellow explorer Abigail Washburn, who also happens to be his wife. They first collaborated widely in Washburn’s mind-bendingly bilingual Sparrow Quartet with cellist Ben Sollee and fiddler Casey Driessen. A clawhammer banjo specialist and winsome vocalist steeped in bluegrass and American old-time music, Washburn is also a passionate Sinophile who has created a beguiling repertoire weaving Mandarin lyrics and traditional Chinese melodies together with songs gleaned from the “old, weird America,” Greil Marcus’s enduring term for the age before electronic mass media’s cultural homogenization. Last time Béla Fleck performed on the Miner stage, he received a phone call
Following the launch party will be a very special Kansas City night in the Chouteau Room featuring music from Mt. Veritas Orchestra, Sara Morgan, Howard Iceberg & The Titanics, Chuck Mead and Grisly Hand.
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Kansas City’s Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter open this show at 8:00pm
industry of the Kansas City region. Join us for a drink and a nosh at 4:30pm in the Music Fair Trade Show in The Sheraton Hotel. Come meet and greet the KC music community while we celebrate this historic event. The GKCMD is a partnership between Folk Alliance International and local musicians/industry professionals Kasey Rausch and Mikal Shapiro. The first edition of the directory is published by The Pitch and was supported in part by ArtsKC and Grassy Hill Entertainment.
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Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn 9:00pm/Atlanta Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel
mid-show informing him that Abigail was in labor with his son. With that in mind, “expect the unexpected” is the best advice for attending this very special presentation.
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being written — there’s no way of knowing where this project will go. That’s for the music to decide. We can only sit back, listen and enjoy. Ellis Paul, Jimmy LaFave, Sam Baker & Ray Wylie Hubbard 7:00pm/8:00pm/9:00pm/10:00pm, Atlanta Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel
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One stage, four of the best singer/songwriters in the business.
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Ellis Paul has released 19 albums and has been the recipient of 14 Boston Music Awards, considered by some to be a pinnacle of contemporary acoustic music success. He has published a book of original lyrics, poems, and drawings and released a DVD that includes a live performance, guitar instruction, and a road-trip documentary. In 2014 his children’s CD Hero in You was published as a book by Albert Whitman & Company. As a touring musician, Paul plays close to 200 dates each year and his extensive club and coffeehouse touring, together with radio airplay, has brought him a solid national following.
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Jimmy LaFave’s discography includes 11 critically acclaimed cd’s. The attraction of singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave’s music lies in his voice and vision that strikes responsive chords at the heart of folk, blues and American roots rock & roll. He is a founder and partner in Austin based Music Road Records. Jimmy has devoted most of his life to music, beginning as a young boy in Texas then in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Though he has lived in Austin since 1986, Oklahoma remains a musical inspiration to him. Jimmy recently co-produced Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne released in April of 2014.
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Sam Baker is a man of few words. Always beautifully chosen, and fully wrought. Words placed like plants and objects in a Zen Garden. His website is stark: white, black, sepia, and shades of gray. Baker turned inward, to relearn the use of his body and brain after a Peruvian train bombing almost killed him in 1986. It’s taken years to heal. Time to reconnect. The road back was arduous, but it opened up new vistas in art, poetry, and music. mercy, released in 2004, was the first in a trilogy of compelling albums with sparse instrumentation and poetic delivery. It was followed by pretty world in 2007 and cotton in 2009. Each piece is imprinted with a theme: everyone is at the mercy of another one’s dreams, how beautiful are these days, and talk about forgiveness. Baker approaches life with a positive attitude – “Life is a gift. I went through a lot of bitterness- a lot of anger. But those things are toxic. Gratitude for what remains is more helpful than resentment for what was lost. Ultimately, I came to understand that these days are wicked short and terribly beautiful. All I’ve got— no matter what I hold in my hands, drive around in, or put in the bank,- all I’ve got is this one breath, and if I’m lucky, I get another.” Ray Wylie Hubbard was leading figure of the progressive country movement of the 1970s, singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard remains best known for authoring the perennial anthem “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother.” Born November 13, 1946, in Soper, Oklahoma, Hubbard and his family relocated to Dallas during the mid’50s; there he learned to play guitar, eventually forming a folk group with fellow aspiring musician Michael Martin Murphey. Befriended by the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.
Over the past 35 years, Ray has released numerous studio albums and they would include guest musicians as famous as Ringo Starr. Hubbard recently released his newest album, The Grifter’s Hymnal, to critical acclaim earlier this year. The “Wylie Lama”, as he is sometimes called these days, is currently touring across the country, but can still be still be found hosting his Americana radio program “Roots & Branches” in New Braunsfels, Texas.
SATURday, February 21 CONCERT: Children’s Music Concert 11:00am-12:30pm, Atlanta Ballroom
This year we revive our annual Children’s Music Concert providing the opportunity for some of our performers to play for Kansas City area kids and a chance for our talent buyers to see them in action. This year’s featured performers include Dan Bern, Chad Elliott, Kim Rausch, a very special Wildflower songs presentation with Kristie Stremel, Mark Manning, Fred Wickham, David George, Ron Megee and Greg Wickham and many more special guests. Pre show kid’s activities include an Instrument Petting Zoo. Part of our Kid’s Music Camp presented by the Americana Music Academy and the public is welcome to bring the kids! Book Signing with Commander Chris Hadfield 12:00pm-1:00pm, Art Gallery
While serving as Commander of the International Space Station, Hadfield rose to unprecedented public profile for his embrace and use of social media while in orbit, including his zero-gravity music video, a version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” which received over 10 million
Acoustic Battle of the Bands Finals 2:00pm, Empire Room, Sheraton Hotel Join us for the finals of the first Folk Alliance Acoustic Battle of the Bands featuring the final three contestants that made it through the preliminary round at Knuckleheads. A trio of industry professionals will determine our first champion acoustic band in the Kansas City area. Big thanks to all the participating artists. The winning band will perform a set at the Music Fair closing party Sunday night at Knuckleheads plus they will receive cash, studio time, and other great prizes.
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All conference, camp and fair participants are welcome to join in the fun. There will be some free eats, a cash bar, really good music, and some great people.
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Our closing party will be hosted by Jon Dee and William Harries Graham and feature special guest appearances from Tim Easton, Matt the Electrician, Curtis McMurtry, William Harries Graham, Ali Holder, Tim Easton, Little Brave, Daniel Thomas Phipps, Brandy Zdan and many of our friends from Kansas City.
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James Hill 8:00pm, Empire Room, Sheraton Hotel “James Hill has made a career as an awardwinning ukulele player and songwriter, an uncompromising artist who “gives the uku-
A quick listen to the three solo records released by Austin, Texas based musician, Jeff Plankenhorn will give you an idea of the extremely varied styles the man Emily Robison (The Dixie Chicks) calls a ‘chameleon’ of performing. A deeper listen will uncover the overwhelmingly deep love all types of music Jeff has incorporated in his own unique style. Plankenhorn, or “Plank” as he is known, has found a way to blend the soulful vocals of the church, Motown, and funk singers that dominated his speakers as a youth with the bluegrass he studied while living in Nashville and the lyrically driven feel of the songwriters he has performed with since moving to Austin into an intoxicating sound that spans them all.
In addition to the conference closing parties, the Music Fair & Music Camp will host an evening of artists, instructors, and special guests that participated in this year’s Folk Alliance Music Fair & Music Camp. Thank you all.
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Jeff Plankenhorn 9:00pm, Van Horn Room, Sheraton Hotel
“The Players Take The Stage” Andy McKee 7:00pm, Chicago Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel
Andy McKee is among the world’s finest acoustic guitarists, and his crossover success to millions upon millions of YouTube viewers underscores his emergence as one of today’s most unique and influential artists. To fans of virtuoso musicianship it is Andy’s attention to song structure and melodic content that elevates him above the rest. To fans of popular music Andy entertains both the eye and the ear as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a full orchestra via his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a signature two-handed technique. He’s been featured as a cover story in both Acoustic Guitar Magazine in the U.S. and Acoustic Magazine in the UK, and is also the figurehead of the unique Guitar Masters tours which has traveled the world over.
Music Fair & Music Camp Closing Party 7:00pm, Knuckleheads (2715 Rochester Ave, KCMO)
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lele its dignity back without ever taking himself too seriously” (Songlines). Hill’s new album, The Old Silo, sees him charting a course into deeper, rockier waters with producer Joel Plaskett at the helm. The album has an edginess and swagger unlike anything Hill has ever recorded: the thundering baritone ukulele riff in She’s Still Got It wouldn’t be out of place on a Black Keys album and the grinding slide ukulele in Tie One On would make Jack White proud.”
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Music FAIR views. Hadfield is a passionate folk singer who has been playing guitar in space since his first mission on the MIR space station in 1995. In 2012 Hadfield achieved a “first” by recording in space, his brother Dave’s song “Jewel in the Night” aboard the ISS. Most recently Hadfield recorded an entire album of folk songs while in orbit with the assistance of Earth-based producer Paul Mills (Stan Rogers) using the ISS “house guitar”, a Larrivée Parlour. The album is as yet unreleased. Shortly after returning from his third and final space mission, Hadfield announced his retirement. Since then, he has published his best-selling memoir, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth. This is a FREE event!
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28 - Piano Technicians Guild - www.ptg.org/ 29 - GHS Strings - www.ghsstrings.com/ 30 - Ask.A.Luthier - www.ask-a-luthier.com/ 31 - Acoustic Sounds - http://store.acousticsounds.com/ 32A - Kyser Musical Products - www.kysermusical.com/ 32B - Brother Sun - http://brothersun.com/ 33 - Brookside Guitars - www.backwoodsguitar.com/ 34 - Leo Posch - www.leoposch.com/ 35 - KC Music - https:/www.facebook.com/kcmusicstore 36 - Earth Wisdom Music & Clothing www.earthwisdommusicandclothing.com/ 37 - Swope Guitars - www.swopeguitars.com/ 38 - Bryan Hayes Music/Farmhouse Studio - www.bryanhayesmusic.com/ 39 - Records With Merritt - http://recordswithmerritt.com/ 40 - American Jazz Museum - http://americanjazzmuseum.org/ 41 - Springfield Music - www.springfield-music.com/ 42 - Taylor Guitars – www.taylorguitars.com/ 43 - Franzke String Instruments/The Folk Store/Fox 4/Band of Angels http://franzkemandolins.blogspot.com/ http://fox4kc.com/ community/band-of-angels/ 44A - Rob Nold Audio - http://robnold.com/ 44B - Americana Music Academy - /www.americanamusicacademy.com/ 45 - Mass Street Music - http://massstreetmusic.com/ 46 - Single Day Booths
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1 - Midwest Music Foundation - http://midwestmusicfound.org/ 2 - KC Ukesters - www.kcuke.com/ 3 - KC Blues Society - http://kcbluessociety.org/ 4 - Fretboard Toolbox - www.fretboard-toolbox.com/ 5 - Mills Record Company - http://millsrecordcompany.com/ 6 - Greater KC Music Directory - www.folkalliance.org/gkcmd/ 7 - The Bridge - http://bridge909.org/ 8 - Music Makers Relief Fund - www.musicmaker.org/ 9 - The Pitch - www.pitch.com/ 10 - Breezy Ridge - www.jpstrings.com/ 11 - Cooperstand - www.cooperstand.com/ 12 - Shubb Capo - www.shubb.com/ 13 - KKFI - www.kkfi.org/ 14 - Elite Acoustics - http://eliteacoustics.com/ 15 - Parisi Coffee - https://parisicoffee.com/ 16 - WAMU Bluegrass Country - http://bluegrasscountry.org/ 17 - Cinema KC - http://cinemakc.com/ 18 - Side Kick Drums - kdrums.com 19 - Costco - www.costco.com/ 20 - Twig & Branch Design - www.etsy.com/shop/twigandbranchdesign 21 - Field Force Media - www.fieldforceusa.com/ 22 - KPR (Kansas Public Radio) - http://kansaspublicradio.org/ 23 - Heritage Music Repairs - www.heritagemusicrepair.com/ 24 - Bentley Guitars - www.bentleyguitars.com/ 25 - Musiquip/Tanglewood - www.musiquip.com/ 26 - Cricket Art Strings - www.cricketartstrings.com/ 27 - KC Strings - www.kcstrings.com/
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Sheraton Hotel
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Fremont
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Van Horn B
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12:30pm
Gary Allegretto Learn to Play Folk & Blues Harmonica Instantly
Linda Tilton Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele
Alan Munde Getting Started on Bluegrass Banjo
Ryan Spearman Clawhammer Banjo :Partial Chord Shapes
Chad Graves Beginning Dobro
Alan Jabbour Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns I
2:00pm
Gary Allegretto Intermediate & Advanced Harmonica: Got Love if You Want It
Kevin Carroll – Hardly Lift a Finger: I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Alan Munde The Phonetics of Bluegrass Banjo
Ken Perlman - Melodic Clawhammer Banjo : A Thorough Exploration of Drop and Double Thumbing
Byron Berline Bluegrass Basics
Alan Jabbour Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns II
3:30pm
Freebo - Electric Bass Strategies in Folk Music
James Hill - Chord Twins: Twice the Fun!
Eddie Edwards & David Agee - Irish Tunes for All Instruments
Ken Perlman - A Systematic Approach to Playing Syncopation, Clawhammer Style
Byron Berline Double Stops
Alan Jabbour Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns III
Linda Tilton Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele
Alan Munde Getting Started on Bluegrass Banjo
Ryan Spearman Music Theory for Clawhammer Banjo I
Chad Graves Beginning Bluegrass Dobro
Alan Jabbour Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns I
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Gary Allegretto 11:00am Learn to Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly
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12:30pm
Gary Allegretto Intermediate/Advanced Harmonica: Got Love if You Want It
Kevin Carroll Uke Ellington: C Jam Blues
Alan Munde – Creating Solos to Songs
Ken Perlman - Left-hand Applications Of Drop and Double-Thumbing
Byron Berline Bluegrass Basics
Alan Jabbour Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns II
2:00pm
Freebo Electric Bass Strategies in Folk Music
Pops Bayless Two Finger Pickin’
Alan Munde The Melodic Style
Ken Perlman Playing Up the Neck: Concepts & Techniques
Byron Berline Double Stops
Betse Ellis Ozark Heroes
3:30pm
Ray Bonneville Harmonica in the Rack
Dom Flemmons Old-Time Rhythm: Bones
Mark Rubin Slap Bass
Denis Keldie Squeeze Play : Folk Accordion
Cookie Segelstein The Klezmer Fiddle
Diane Bouska Bluegrass Rythmn Basics
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11:00am
Gary Allegretto Learn to Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly
Linda Tilton Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele
Joe Jencks – Kyser Short-Cut Capo Workshop
Ryan Spearman Music Theory for the Clawhammer Banjo II
Cookie Segelstein Fiddle for the Violiinsist
Alan Jabbour Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns I
12:30pm
Gary Allegretto Intermediate & Advanced Harmonica:
Kevin Carroll – Blues Ukulele Basics
Alan Munde – Roll Logic or “What Do I Do After I Learn the Rolls?”
Ken Perlman Efficient Approach to Hammer-ons, Pull-Offs & Alternate-String Pull-Offs
Byron Berline Mandolin for Fiddlers
Alan Jabbour Playing Waltzes Oldtime Style
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Jimmy Mead KC Blues Harmonica
Pops Bayless Performance Tips for the Aspiring Uke Performer
Alan Munde Playing in Other Keys Than G Without a Capo
Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman - The Art of Banjo and Fiddle Duets
Byron Berline Bluegrass Improvization
Betse Ellis Music theory for Fiddlers and Friends
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Russ Wever Introduction to Pedal Steel
Chad Graves Advancing Bluegrass Dobro
Alan Munde – Analysis of Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos
Clarke Buehling Introduction to Classical & Minstrel Banjo
Matt Sircely Improvization for Mandolin (and Others!)
Linda Tilton Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele
Diane Bouska Bluegrass Rythmn Guitar
Ryan Spearman Arranging Melodies for Clawhammer Banjo
Chad Graves - Beginning Bluegrass Dobro
Betse Ellis Spiritual Fiddle Songs
Alan Jabbour Ragtime Tunes in Oldtime Style
Byron Berline Bluegrass Basics
Alan Jabbour The Art of Henry Reed
Byron Berline The Bluegrass Style
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Gary Allegretto 11:00am Learn to Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly
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12:30pm
Matt Sircely Beginning Improvisation for All Instruments
Kevin Carroll Inside the Strumming Matrix
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Mark Rubin String Bass Amplification and Set up
Kevin Carroll Pentatonic Playground For Ululele
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Alan Munde – Ken Perlman Getting started on Bluegrass Getting that Old-time Feel: Banjo “Dotted” & “Swing-Style” Notes Alan Munde Roll Logic or “What Do I Do After I Learn the Rolls?”
Ken Perlman Playing “Northern” & Celtic Tunes
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Dianne Bouska - Introduction to Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
Brenda Freed Effortless Singing
Danny Fowler Swing Guitar: The Basics
Brad Davis Flatpick Guitar Basics
David Hakan Writing Your Masterpiece plus Partial Capo Workshop
Roland White The Heart of Bluegrass Mandolin: Repertoire and Technique
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore - Making the Song Your Own
Ryan Spearman Fingerpicking Folk Guitar 101
Redd Volkaert Reddology
Roland White - Ditch the Bluegrass Grip: Kinder Chords That Play Nicely Together
David Amram Jazz Summit
Matt Smith Musicianship 101: Reading and Writing Charts for Songwriters
Steel Guitar Summit
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Banjo Master Class
Linda G. Thomas Hammered Dulcimer Workshop
Brenda Freed Effortless Singing
Danny Fowler Western Swing Guitar Basics
Jeff Plankenhorn Intro Flatpicking
Bob Walkenhorst Songwriter Interview Freebo
Brad Davis Left and Right Hand Workouts
Bob Walkenhorst Songwriter Interview Howard Iceberg
Redd Volkaert & Bill Kirchen The Honkytonk Guitar
Brad Davis Creating solid, interesting & simple solos
Bob Walkenhorst Songwriter Interview Sam Baker
Banjo Summit
Dobro Summit
Steve Masons’ Old Time Fiddle Jam
Matt Smith Open Tunings for Guitar
Brad Davis Left and Right Hand Workouts
Bob WalkenhorstSongwriter Interview Ray Wylie Hubbard
Matt Smith Mastering The Neck
Beau Bledsoe Latin Guitar Techniques
Bob WalkenhorstSongwriter Interview Kasey Raush & Melinda Mullins
Roland White -Playing With Soul Touch, Timing, & Nuance
Kristin Andreassen Flatfooting in Old Time Music
Roland White - Saying James Hill - Lyricism and Something: Creating Line: How to Make the Meaningful Solos Ukulele Sing
Jeff Plankenhorn Intro To Mandolin
Freebo Electric Bass Strategies in Folk Music
Roland White Mollie O’Brien & Rich The Heart Of Bluegrass Moore - Accompanying Mandolin: Repertoire The Singer and Technique
Brenda Freed Effortless Singing
Diane Bouska - Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
Bill Kirchen Baritone Guitar Workshop
Bob Walkenhorst Songwriter Interview Chuck Mead, Jeff Black, Dana Cooper
Roland White The Monroe Style & Story Time
Andy McKee Finger Style Guitar Master Class
Cheryl Prashter The Art of Percussion Accompaniment- A Drum Workshop
David Amram Jazz Meets Folk
Ukulele Slam hosted by KC Ukesters
Jeff Plankenhorn Intro To Mandolin
Danny Fowler - Introduction to Swing Guitar
Roland White Playing With Soul: Touch, Timing, & Nuance
Jeff Plankenhorn Beginning Flatpicking Guitar
12:00pm Film: KC Blues & Jazz
Exhibit Hall 11:00am - 6:00pm
Roland White - Team Player: Backup Chords, Phrases, Double Stops, Licks & Tags
Roland White - The Heart Of Bluegrass Ryan Spearman - FingerMandolin: Repertoire picking Folk Guitar and Technique
Screenland Crown Center
10:00pm Film: Hard Soil
Exhibit Hall 11:00am - 6:00pm ---------Rembering Pete Seeger 3:00pm Art Gallery -----------GKCMD Launch Party 4:30pm - 6:00pm Exhibit Hall --------------Acoustic Guitar Project 6:00pm Art Gallery
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Children’s Music Showcase ATLANTA BALLROOM
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12:00pm Film: The Grahams Rattle The Hocks
10:00pm Film: The Winding Stream
12:00pm Film: The Winding Stram
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Matt Smith – MasterJeff Plankenhorn Mollie O’Brien & Rich ing the Neck: Melodic Mandolin Made Easy Moore - Making the Song Soloing: Demystifying the For Beginners Your Own Modes
Gillham Hall/ Art Gallery
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Exhibit Hall 11:00am - 6:00pm --------Book Signing w/ Commander Chris Hadfield 12:00pm Art Gallery
10:00pm Film: The Folk Singer
Jam Session Kid’s Camp
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Empire C
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Empire A
KKFI LIVE 9:00am-1:00pm Art Gallery ---------Exhibit Hall 11:00am - 4:00pm
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Chouteau A
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Winter Music Camp: Music Educators Track These music camp sessions are marked in the schedule with *ME or HIGHLITED and are designed to be of special interest to Music Educators. In conjunction with KC Strings, the Winter Music Camp will continue to bring all traditional and contemporary styles of music together to enhance the playing experience for young and old alike.
thursday, February 19
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Camp Registration Opens (2nd Floor)
11:00am-6:00pm
Public Exhibit Hall Open (Lobby Level)
11:00am-12:00am
Art Gallery Open (2nd Floor)
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11:00am-12:00am
Pop-Up Folk Store Open (2nd Floor)
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Camper Orientation (Art Gallery) All students are strongly encouraged to attend so to be properly prepared for the week of instruction. Come say howdy!
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*ME - FILM: KC Blues & Jazz (Screenland Theater, Crown Center) A tribute to Kansas City’s unique jazz and blues history with this documentary entitled Kansas City Jazz & Blues; Past, Present & Future. The film is produced and directed by the award winning documentary filmmaker Sue Vicory. The great Jay Hootie McShann, Big Joe Turner, Charlie Yardbird Park and Mary Lou Williams are profiled as the historic legacy. Karrin Allyson, Bobby Watson and Mark Pender are all interviewed for their contemporary contributions to Kansas City jazz. The historic Mutual Musicians Foundation, Gem theater and Blue room at 18th and Vine are venues where history is made. International Blues Competition winners Trampled Under Foot share the screen with the next generation of Kansas City jazz and blues greats! (see Film page for more info)
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taught. While this class focuses on ukuleles that are in standard GCEA tuning, baritone ukuleles are also welcome. Alan Munde – Getting Started on the Bluegrass Banjo (Benton A) Holding the banjo, use of picks, hand position, beginning picking patterns, G - C - D chords, beginning rolls, Good Night Ladies, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Cumberland Gap, Cripple Creek versions 1 and 2, Levelland Mountain Breakdown. Ryan Spearman – Claw-hammer Banjo: Using and Understanding Partial Chord Shapes (Benton B) Experienced Beginner/Intermediate Learn how to create and use partial chord shapes to optimize your melody and rhythm playing. Tablature and handouts will be supplied. All students will be given access to a class webpage for further study and review. Chad Graves – Begining Dobro (Van Horn A) All levels A crash course in getting started with lap style dobro. We will discuss basic right and left hand techniques and explore some patterns and movements to have you playing in almost no time at all! There will be at least one extra dobro to pass around, so don’t feel you need one to attend! *ME - Alan Jabbour - Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns I (Van Horn B) The bow is the fiddle’s voice, and bowing patterns are a key to fiddle style. We’ll learn a couple of great Appalachian tunes that feature the long-bow style (lots of liquid slurs) and interesting bowing patterns. I teach tunes by ear. We’ll learn slowly, phrase by phrase, assembling the tune like erecting a building. Then we’ll speed up a bit, just to feel how the tune feels at a faster pace. Key of G.
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Gary Allegretto – Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly (Northrup) This is Gary’s class that the Blues Foundation recognizes with it’s “Keeping the Blues Alive Award” in education. Learn to play basic Blues harmonica rapidly and accurately. You’ll be provided everything you need and the techniques you’ll use to carry your new talent into the future. Students will need a harmonica in the key of C.
Diane Bouska - Introduction to Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar playing. (Van Horn C) All Levels including left and right hand technique, producing good sound, bluegrass chords & progressions, simple runs, and singing while strumming rhythm. If you only wish to learn a couple of chords and strum along, that‚s fine, or you can go further, with singing and playing runs, according to your skill level and desire. This will be a hands-on, music-making class--as much as fingertips and desire permit!
Linda Tilton – Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele (Fremont) This course is for those brand new to ukulele. Course will cover tuning, basic chords and a beginning strum. Commonly known songs will be
Brenda Freed – Effortless Singing (Couteau A) This workshop is for anyone wanting to improve their singing and the delivery of their songs. Experience Brenda’s effortless singing techniques and how they are used to increase vocal range
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and stamina, improve pitch and tone, safely project the voice and avoid getting hoarse. Participants will experiment with the belly breath and the lip pucker lift, and learn how to use them to connect pitches, access the higher register and change tone. Bring a vocal problem and get some fun effective coaching. Handouts provided. Danny Fowler – Swing Guitar: The Basics (Empire A) All levels Learn how to get started in swing guitar the easy way. We’ll go over basic chord shapes that you can use with thousands of tunes that are easy to learn and master. Brad Davis – Flatpick Guitar Basics (Empire C) All levels Brad Davis will walk you through his own personal right hand control, accuracy and tone work out - this will develop control, accuracy, and speed using Brad’s Rhythm Pick Pattern method (RPP). This workout is great for acoustic or electric players. David Hakan – Writing Your Masterpiece + Partial Capo Workshop (Chicago A) All levels Join KC’s Crosscurrents David Hakan for our first songwriter workshop of the year designed to help you through the creative process. David will also spend time teaching the Partial Capo style of guitar playing.
2:00pm
Gary Allegretto – Got Love if You Want It : Intermediate/Advancing Harmonica (Northrup) In this class we’ll address techniques and concepts to develop, build and elaborate on the intermediate - advanced harmonica player’s skills. Areas of focus will including embouchures, tone, styles, rhythms, chugging, dynamics, transitions, soloing, chorus forms, song crafting, and performance strengthening tips. It will cover 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions investigating examples of each. We will also explore equipment, and strategies of playing solo, duo and in a band. Students will need harmonicas in the keys of A, Bb, C, D, F, and G. Kevin Carroll – Hardly Lift a Finger: “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate” (Fremont) Beginner to Intermediate “Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.” This classic Tin Pan Alley tune is what I call a “ukulele fingering miracle.” It uses similar shapes that move and progress easily by adding or subtracting a finger and yields a sound of great musical movement. It also gets us out of the common key of C for beginners and into the key of G.
Roland White – The Heart of Bluegrass Mandolin: Repertoire and Technique (Van Horn C) Intermediate Learn bluegrass tunes and songs using a relaxed technique and improve your knowledge of: chord shapes and how they work together, creating solos, using double stops, bluegrass ensemble playing, tremolo, Monroe style, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore - Making the Song Your Own (Couteau A) All levels It’s ok to cover someone else’s songs Linda Ronstadt, Judy Collins and Tom Rush did it. We’ll share some ideas on how to choose and arrange a cover song to make it yours. Ryan Spearman – Fingerpicking Folk Guitar 101 (Empire A) Beginner/Intermediate Three Essential Fingerstyle Techniques Explained & Demonstrated: Participants will learn the basics of three popular and powerful fingerpicking techniques applicable to the playing of folk, blues, and “singer/songwriter” genres. Techniques covered: Alternate Thumb (or Travis Style,) Mono Tonic Bass, and Carter Style. Each technique will be demonstrated and taught and participants will be given access to a class website for further study, review, tabs, videos, and more. Prerequisite: participants should be able to play common open chords like A, C, D, E & G. Redd Volkaert - Reddology (Empire C) Intermediate The Master of the Telecaster shows you strategies to look at the guitar fingerboard in a new way, opening up new and dynamic soloing opportunities.
Bryon Berline – Bluegrass Fiddle (Van Horn A) Intermediate Double stops, a study of this a classic Bluegrass sound *ME - Alan Jabbour - Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns III (Van Horn B) This class will continue the approach of Appalachian Tunes I and II, but will feature different tunes, different bowing patterns, and a different key. Students may take this class without taking the preceding classes, or they may take them all. Key of D. Roland White – Bluegrass Mandolin: Ditch the “Bluegrass Grip” (Van Horn C) Intermediate Discover “kinder” chords that play nicely together.
7:00pm-12:00am
Concerts, Films, Hosted Jam Sessions, Art Gallery
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Music Fair/Music Camp Opening Reception (Art Gallery)
FRIday, February 20
10:00am
Camp Registration Opens (2nd Floor)
11:00am-6:00pm
Public Exhibit Hall Open (Lobby Level)
11:00am-12:00am
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Eddie Edwards & David Agee - Irish Tunes for All Instruments (Benton A) Open to musicians at or above the advanced beginner level, in this class we will teach a jig and a reel, demonstrate some basic Irish-style ornamentation, and also set out the basic chording for the tunes. All tunes will be taught by ear, phrase by phrase, so a recording device will be especially handy. Ken Perlman - Melodic Clawhammer Style (Benton B) Advanced A Systematic Approach to Playing Syncopation, Clawhammer Style
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Art Gallery Open (2nd Floor)
11:00am-12:00am
Pop-Up Folk Store Open (2nd Floor)
11:00am
Gary Allegretto – Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly (Northrup) Beginners This is Gary’s class that the Blues Foundation recognizes with it’s “Keeping the Blues Alive Award” in education. Learn to play basic Blues harmonica rapidly and accurately. You’ll be provided everything you need and the techniques you’ll use to carry your new talent into the future. Students will need a harmonica in the key of C. Linda Tilton – Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele (Fremont) Beginners This course is for those brand new to ukulele. Course will cover tuning, basic chords and a beginning strum. Commonly known songs will be taught. While this class focuses on ukuleles that are in standard GCEA tuning, baritone ukuleles are also welcome.
David Amram – Jazz Summit (Couteau A) Join the legendary Mr. Amram and very special guests from the Kansas City Jazz Community in coordination with the American Jazz Museum.
Alan Munde – Getting Started on the Bluegrass Banjo (Benton A) Holding the banjo, use of picks, hand position, beginning picking patterns, G - C - D chords, beginning rolls, Good Night Ladies, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Cumberland Gap, Cripple Creek versions 1 and 2, Levelland Mountain Breakdown.
*ME - Matt Smith - Musicianship 101: Reading and Writing Charts for Songwriters (Empire A) All levels and Instruments Writing a good chart is essential to any songwriter wanting to communicate with other musicians. Whether on stage or in the studio, this one hour seminar on writing out a clear legible chart is a must for anyone who doesn’t posses this extremely valuable skill!
Ryan Spearman – Music Theory for Clawhammer Banjo I (Benton B) Experienced Beginner/Intermediate You don’t need to have any understanding of music theory to play the banjo, but knowing a bit about it can add significant enrichment to your playing and learning experience. In part one you’ll learn the musical alphabet, the chord alphabet, and the essence of scale construction. Charts
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*ME - Alan Jabbour - Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns II (Van Horn B) Intermediate This class will continue the approach of Appalachian Tunes I, but it will feature different tunes, different bowing patterns, and a different key, which dictates different fingering patterns (such as fourth-finger unisons). Students may take both classes, or they may take this class without taking the preceding class. Key of A.
James Hill - Chord Twins: Twice the Fun! (Fremont) Beginner You want to go beyond the standard three chords but you’re not sure how. You love Jazz, Blues and Latin styles but you don’t think you’re up to the challenge. Well, this is the workshop for you! Let James Hill show you an often-overlooked “ukulele loophole” that lets you quickly and easily sound like a pro! Discovering chord twins will change the way you play.
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Banjo Master Class (Chicago A)
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Byron Berline –Bluegrass Fiddle Basics (Van Horn A) Beginner to Intermediate
Freebo - Electric Bass Strategies in Folk Music (Northrup) All levels World renown songwriter and bassist Freebo guides you through what notes to play when and why, thinking about bass as an accompanying instrument. Both Electric and Upright players encouraged.
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Ken Perlman – Melodic Claw-hammer Banjo (Benton B) Intermediate A thorough exploration of drop and double thumbing.
3:30pm
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Alan Munde – The Phonetics of Bluegrass Banjo (Benton A) Beginner to Intermediate The rolls and how they are used, along with the maneuvers and gestures (licks) that make the basic language of bluegrass banjo.
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and fretboard diagrams provided. All students will be given access to a class webpage for further study and review.
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Chad Graves – Beginning Dobro (Van Horn A) All levels A crash course in getting started with lap style dobro. We will discuss basic right and left hand techniques and explore some patterns and movements to have you playing in almost no time at all! There will be at least one extra dobro to pass around, so don’t feel you need one to attend!
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*ME - Alan Jabbour - Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns I (Van Horn B) Intermediate The bow is the fiddle’s voice, and bowing patterns are a key to fiddle style. We’ll learn a couple of great Appalachian tunes that feature the long-bow style (lots of liquid slurs) and interesting bowing patterns. I teach tunes by ear. We’ll learn slowly, phrase by phrase, assembling the tune like erecting a building. Then we’ll speed up a bit, just to feel how the tune feels at a faster pace. Key of G.
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Linda G. Thomas - Hammered Dulcimer Workshop (Van Horn C) All levels This workshop is designed to showcase the Hammered Dulcimer not only as a solo instrument but also to emphasize the instrument’s role in an ensemble setting. The workshop is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about the varied capabilities of this beautiful instrument; topics will include: playing melody, embellishments and back-up/accompaniment techniques. Participants may wish to bring instruments for participation; however, because of a time limitation, the workshop will be primarily presented as a demonstration/discussion. Handouts will be included
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Brenda Freed – Effortless Singing (Couteau A) All levels This workshop is for anyone wanting to improve their singing and the delivery of their songs. Experience Brenda’s effortless singing techniques and how they are used to increase vocal range and stamina, improve pitch and tone, safely project the voice and avoid getting hoarse. Participants will experiment with the belly breath and the lip pucker lift, and learn how to use them to connect pitches, access the higher register and change tone. Bring a vocal problem and get some fun effective coaching. Handouts provided. Danny Fowler - Western Swing Guitar Basics (Empire A) Beginners Learn an easy 12 Bar Blues pattern that will get you started playing this fun vintage style of guitar played by the giants of swing!
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Jeff Plankenhorn - Intro Flatpicking Guitar (Empire C) Beginners ‘Plank’ takes you through the simplest alternate picking to provide a foundation for building on for any fiddle tune or song. Also some common chord formations and beginning to use a capo. Plus a little ear training.
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Bob Walkenhorst - Songwriter Interview w/ Freebo (Chicago A) An in depth interview and song share with the legendary Freebo. Known initially as the master of bass and tuba (Bonnie Raitt, Martin Mull, etc), Freebo has established himself as a gifted songwriter and collaborator in the folk world. Join for war stories, new songs and a rare opportunity to look behind the curtain.
*ME - Alan Jabbour - Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns II (Van Horn B) Intermediate This class will continue the approach of Appalachian Tunes I, but it will feature different tunes, different bowing patterns, and a different key, which dictates different fingering patterns (such as fourth-finger unisons). Students may take both classes, or they may take this class without taking the preceding class. Key of A.
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Jeff Plankenhorn - Mandolin Made Easy For Beginners (Van Horn C) All levels ‘Plank’ takes you through all you need to start playing mandolin with songs you know and love. Melody, chords, basic pick and hand techniques. Plus a little ear training.
FILM: The Grahams: Rattle the Hocks (Screenland Theater, Crown Center) Picture American music as a body sprawled upside down across the continent, with its heart in New Orleans, its lungs in the Mississippi Delta and Hill Country, and its head under water out in the Gulf. The railroads are the arteries always pumping out from the heart to the lungs and beyond, breathing new life into the music. + special performance from The Grahams (see Film page for more info)
12:30pm
Gary Allegretto – Got Love if You Want It : Intermediate/Advancing Harmonica (Northrup) In this class we’ll address techniques and concepts to develop, build and elaborate on the intermediate - advanced harmonica player’s skills. Areas of focus will including embouchures, tone, styles, rhythms, chugging, dynamics, transitions, soloing, chorus forms, song crafting, and performance strengthening tips. It will cover 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions investigating examples of each. We will also explore equipment, and strategies of playing solo, duo and in a band. Students will need harmonicas in the keys of A, Bb, C, D, F, and G. *ME - Kevin Carroll – “C Jam Blues” for Uke (Fremont) All levels This classic Duke Ellington tune contains so many ukulele friendly features: it is in the key of C; there are only 2 notes in the melody; it can be played with simple or advanced chords; it presents an easy introduction to syncopation; and this tune can be played using straight, shuffle and swing rhythms. We will touch on all these aspects and put them together in a “ukestrated” package by the end of the class. Alan Munde – Creating Solos to Songs (Benton A) Intermediate Learn to combine the rolls and melodies in a stylized fashion that produces interesting Bluegrass banjo solos. Ken Perlman – Melodic Clawhammer Banjo (Benton B) Intermediate Left-hand applications of drop and double-thumbing for old time banjo. Byron Berline –Bluegrass Fiddle Basics (Van Horn A) Beginner to Intermediate
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore - Making the Song Your Own (Couteau A) All levels It’s ok to cover someone else’s songs Linda Ronstadt, Judy Collins and Tom Rush did it. We’ll share some ideas on how to choose and arrange a cover song to make it yours. Matt Smith – Mastering the neck! Melodic soloing: Demystifying the Modes (Empire A) All levels Learn the seven fingering patterns of the modes of the major scale and a simple way of using them as a roadmap to improvising on your fretboard. Unlock the secrets of melodic improvisation over just about any style. Brad Davis - Left and Right Hand Workouts (Empire C) All levels Brad Davis will walk you through his own personal right hand control, accuracy and tone work out - this will develop control, accuracy, and speed using Brad’s Rhythm Pick Pattern method (RPP). This workout is great for acoustic or electric players. Bob Walkenhorst - Songwriter Interview with Howard Iceberg (Chicago A) Join two of Kansas City’s most prolific songwriters in an overview of the music and career of the wonderful and talented Howard Iceberg. Howard’s writing features very strong songwriting with humor and insight and he was named best K.C. songwriter in both the Star and the Pitch.
2:00pm
Freebo - Electric Bass Strategies in Folk Music (Northrup) All Levels World renown songwriter and bassist Freebo guides you through what notes to play when and why, thinking about bass as an accompanying instrument. Both Electric and Upright players encouraged. Pops Bayless – Two Finger Pickin’ (Fremont) All Levels Learn a simple, versitile finger technique and expand your repertoire. *ME - Alan Munde – Melodic Style in Bluegrass Banjo (Benton A) Advanced Playing fiddle tunes on the 5 string
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Kristin Andreassen - Flatfooting in Old Time Music (Couteau A) All levels Flatfooting is the improvisational rhythmic dance that goes with Appalachian old time music. Kristin Andreassen danced with Uncle Earl and Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, and she’ll be thrilled to give you a one-hour crash course to get you shuffling and tapping in time to the music. Redd Volkaert & Bill Kirchen - The Honkytonk Guitar (Empire A) Arguably the two finest living masters of the Telecaster will show you some useful rhythm styles, some hot licks, and how to fill in between the vocals. You’ll get the tools to really learn the neck, and I will try to help each one of you fill in whatever gaps in your understanding or technique that might be holding you back. We will be shooting for that “Eureka!” moment, when you find the missing link and it all falls into place. Small amps provided but open to all guitarists. Brad Davis – Creating Solid, Interesting and Simple Solos (Empire C) All levels Brad Davis will open your eyes to new ways of walking into and out of solos, using alternating and right hand rest stroke techniques to be able to expand your ability to create new and interesting simple solos and solo phrases. Bob Walkenhorst - Songwriter Interview Sam Baker (Chicago A) Join Bob as he discusses life and music with the amazing Sam Baker. Life has dealt Sam a very different perspective of the world than your average songwriter. This is a very rare opportunity
3:30pm
Ray Bonneville - Harmonica in the Rack (Northrup) All levels Let’s have a conversation about playing rack harmonica with style and precision...simple, true and with tone...dress the song like it wants to be. Dom Flemons - Old-Time Rhythm: The Bones (Fremont) All levels Sub-dividing and the Application of Tasteful Percussion in old-time music. The Rhythm Bones are one of the most versatile percussion instruments in old-time music. The purpose of this class will be to teach the participants how to play the rhythm bones and how to play tastefully alongside fellow musicians. In the course of the class there will be talk of sub-dividing, which is a basic rudiment of percussion where one can take a “beat” or a “groove” and turn it into a polyphonic masterpiece. The purpose of this class will be to teach skills to musicians that already have a grasp on their instruments. Anyone wanting to shake up their normal rhythmic conventions and create a new texture that can also apply to the way they play other instruments as well. *ME - Mark Rubin - Slap Bass “The Ungentle Art” for String Bass (Benton A) Intermediate/Advanced “Boom ticka boom ticka boom…” that percussive sound so distinctive to hillbilly, Bluegrass and vintage jazz is a mystery to many bassists. But it’s not as hard as it looks and Mark has guided literally a generation on bassists to the slap world with his easy to parse system. Denis Keldie – Squeeze Play : Folk Accordion (Benton B) All levels Mr. Keldie will discuss the many different accordion styles from around the World, and how they can be morphed into unique hybrid styles, and how the humble accordion can be used in unusual non-traditional ways in recording situations, like for instance the prominent accordion part in the Beach Boys’ iconic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, which hardly
*ME - Roland White – “Saying Something” Creating meaningful solos (van Horn C) Learn bluegrass tunes and songs using a relaxed technique and improve your knowledge of: chord shapes and how they work together, creating solos, using double stops, bluegrass ensemble playing, tremolo, Monroe style, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs. James Hill - Lyricism and Line: How to Make the Ukulele Sing (Couteau A) Intermediate Explore the lyrical side of the ukulele. In this workshop students learn to play chordmelody arrangements of beautiful melodies such as Spring Song (Mendelsohnn), Slumber Song (Schubert) and Streets of Laredo (Trad.). Discover subtleties of left-hand fingering and right-hand fingerpicking and how these can make (or break) the lyrical qualities of the music. A workshop full of musical delights and ukulele insights! Banjo Summit (Empire A) A round robin session with our banjo instructors, contrasting and complementing each others styles: Alan Munde, Ken Perlman, Ryan Spearman and Clarke Buheling Dobro Summit (Empire C) A resonating picking session and presentation with Chad “Gravyboat” Graves, Jeff “Plank” Plankenhorn, and special guests TBA. *ME - Old Time Fiddle Jam (Chicago A) Steve Mason leads a session with our old time fiddle staff, Betse Ellis, Alan Jabbour, Byron Berline and special guests
4:30pm-6:00pm
Greater Kansas City Music Directory Launch Party (Fair Exhibit Hall) Join us for a snack and a drink as we celebrate
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Roland White – Playing with Soul (Van Horn C) Intermediate/Advanced Touch, timing, & nuance for the Bluegrass mandolin. Learn bluegrass tunes and songs using a relaxed technique and improve your knowledge of: chord shapes and how they work together, creating solos, using double stops, bluegrass ensemble playing, tremolo, Monroe style, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs.
Dianne Bouska - Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar playing. (Van Horn B) All Levels including left and right hand technique, producing good sound, bluegrass chords & progressions, simple runs, and singing while strumming rhythm. If you only wish to learn a couple of chords and strum along, that’s fine, or you can go further, with singing and playing runs, according to your skill level and desire. This will be a hands-on, music-making class--as much as fingertips and desire permit!
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*ME - Betse Ellis - Ozark Heroes (Van Horn B) All levels Betse will teach tunes in standard tuning learned from her mentor, Violet Hensley, and other favorite Ozark fiddlers. Any skill level welcome! Intermediate to advanced players will readily learn several tunes and beginners will get a lot out of this class for development. Bring an audio or video recording device - tunes are taught by ear.
“Remembering Pete” Concert, Teach-in and Open Mic (Art Gallery) Pete Seeger was many things to many people - a musician, an activist, a great story teller, a family man, an elder, a beacon of light, a friend and so much more. Come hear a few short stories about Pete from people who knew him each in their own way, and let’s sing LOTS of his songs. From 4:30 to 5:00 the mic will be open for audience members to share a 3 minute story or a 4 minute song. Hosted by Spook Handy and featuring special guests Peggy Seeger, David Amram, Scott Berwick, Ellis Paul and Catie Curtis and many others. Bring your song, bring your story and join the celebration.
*ME - Cookie Segelstein – Introduction to Klezmer Fiddle (Van Horn A) Intermediate/Advanced Cookie has been performing and teach traditional Yiddish violin playing literally around the world with here group Veretski Pass and is at the forefront the burgeoning Klezmer Musical revival. A KC native let her introduce you to the violin traditions of Yiddish speaking Jewish Diaspora. You don’t have to be Jewish, (but it couldn’t hurt.)
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Bryon Berline – Bluegrass Fiddle (Van Horn A) Intermediate Double stops, a study of this a classic Bluegrass sound
3:00pm
anyone suspects is an accordion!
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Ken Perlman – Melodic Clawhammer Banjo Intermediate Playing Up the Neck: Concepts & Techniques
to steal a glimpse into the creative process of both Sam’s music and his art. If you don’t know Sam Baker, please find him and his music.
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banjo and the different way of viewing the fingerboard needed to perform them.
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the launch of the first Greater Kansas City Music Directory. Check out the first printed edition in the FAI Music Fair Public Program. Party sponsored by Grassy Hill Entertainment.
6:00pm-7:00pm
The song debut of the Kansas City Acoustic Guitar Project (Art Gallery) We will round up as many of the participants in this historic series of songs as we can. Join us.
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7:00pm-12:00am
Concerts, Films, Hosted Jam Sessions, Art Gallery
SATURday, February 21
10:00am
Camp Registration Opens (2nd Floor)
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11:00am
Childrens Music Concert
11:00am-6:00pm
Public Exhibit Hall Open (Lobby Level)
11:00am-12:00am
Art Gallery Open (2nd Floor)
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
11:00am-12:00am
Pop-Up Folk Store Open (2nd Floor)
11:00am
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CONCERT: Children’s Music Concert (Atlanta Ballroom) This year we revive our annual Children’s Music Concert providing the opportunity for some of our performers to play for Kansas City area kids and a chance for our talent buyers to see them in action. This year’s featured performers include Dan Bern, Chad Elliott, Kim Rausch, a very special Wildflower songs presentation with Kristie Stremel, Mark Manning, Fred Wickham, David George, Ron Megee and Greg Wickham and many more special guests. Pre show kid’s activities include an Instrument Petting Zoo. Part of our Kid’s Music Camp presented by the Americana Music Academy and the public is welcome to bring the kids!
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Gary Allegretto – Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly (Northrup) This is Gary’s class that the Blues Foundation recognizes with it’s “Keeping the Blues Alive Award” in education. Learn to play basic Blues harmonica rapidly and accurately. You’ll be provided everything you need and the techniques you’ll use to carry your new talent into the future. Students will need a harmonica in the key of C.
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Linda Tilton – Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele (Fremont) This course is for those brand new to ukulele. Course will cover tuning, basic chords and a beginning strum. Commonly known songs will be taught. While this class focuses on ukuleles that
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are in standard GCEA tuning, baritone ukuleles are also welcome. Joe Jencks – Kyser Short-Cut Capo Workshop (Benton A) Joe Jencks (Brother Sun) leads a workshop on how to use the short cutcapo as a tool for innovative chord voicings that lead to new songwriting, arranging, and performance ideas. Ryan Spearman – Music Theory for the Clawhammer Banjo II (Benton B) All levels You don’t need to have any understanding of music theory to play the banjo, but knowing a bit about it can add significant enrichment to your playing and learning experience. Learnt the basic theory behind chord construction, chord progressions, and keys. Charts and fretboard diagrams provided. All students will be given access to a class webpage for further study and review. Cookie Segelstein - Fiddle for Violinists (Benton C) All levels With a degree from Yale in viola performance and a career in working Orchestras, Cookie understands well the challenges facing the classically trained musician who wants to jump into the jam session. This workshop with focus on breaking away from the notes on the page and developing ear training to get you started in the “oral” traditions of Folk Music. Alan Jabbour - Learning Fiddle Tunes with Bowing Patterns I (Van Horn B) The bow is the fiddle’s voice, and bowing patterns are a key to fiddle style. We’ll learn a couple of great Appalachian tunes that feature the long-bow style (lots of liquid slurs) and interesting bowing patterns. I teach tunes by ear. We’ll learn slowly, phrase by phrase, assembling the tune like erecting a building. Then we’ll speed up a bit, just to feel how the tune feels at a faster pace. Key of G. Jeff Plankenhorn – Mandolin Made Easy For Beginners (Van Horn C) All levels ‘Plank’ takes you through all you need to start playing mandolin with songs you know and love. Melody, chords, basic pick and hand techniques. Plus a little ear training. Freebo - Electric Bass Strategies in Folk Music (Northrup) All levels World renown songwriter and bassist Freebo guides you through what notes to play when and why, thinking about bass as an accompanying instrument. Both Electric and Upright players encouraged. Matt Smith – Open Tunings made easy! 5 for the Price of One (Empire A) Open tunings are beautiful, inspiring and simple to understand. This class will show how by learning one tuning, you can play in 5.
Brad Davis - Left and Right Hand Workouts (Empire C) All levels Brad Davis will walk you through his own personal right hand control, accuracy and tone work out - this will develop control, accuracy, and speed using Brad’s Rhythm Pick Pattern method (RPP). This workout is great for acoustic or electric players. Bob Walkenhorst - Songwriter Interview Ray Wylie Hubbard (Chicago A) There is only one Ray Wylie Hubbard. From Redneck Mother to Snakefarm and beyond, Ray has always been a songwriters songwriter. Years of writing, recording, touring, and living have made Ray one of the best storytellers and entertainers on the planet. Join Bob & Ray for 75 minutes of stories, songs and awkward moments with a Folk Alliance legend.
12:00pm
BOOK SIGNING: Book Signing with Commander Chris Hadfield (Art Gallery) While serving as Commander of the International Space Station, Hadfield rose to unprecedented public profile for his embrace and use of social media while in orbit, including his zero-gravity music video, a version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” which received over 10 million views. Hadfield is a passionate folk singer who has been playing guitar in space since his first mission on the MIR space station in 1995. FILM: The Winding Stream (Screenland Theater, Crown Center) There is a stream that courses through American roots music. Its source is in the Appalachian foothills in a place called Maces Springs, Virginia. It was there that A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle began their careers as three of the earliest stars of country music. From their earliest days as Victor recording artists to their international success via the phenomenon of Border Radio, the Original Carter Family made their mark on the history of American recorded music... (see Film page for more info)
12:30pm
Gary Allegretto – Got Love if You Want It : Intermediate/Advancing Harmonica (Northrup) In this class we’ll address techniques and concepts to develop, build and elaborate on the intermediate - advanced harmonica player’s skills. Areas of focus will including embouchures, tone, styles, rhythms, chugging, dynamics, transitions, soloing, chorus forms, song crafting, and performance strengthening tips. It will cover 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions investigating examples of each. We will also explore equipment, and strategies of playing solo, duo and in a band. Students will need harmonicas in the keys of A, Bb, C, D, F, and G. Kevin Carroll - Blues Ukulele Basics (Fremont) Beginner/Intermediate Yes, the ukulele is a great instrument for playing blues! We will explore 12bar blues forms, a blues scale, some riffs and a
Roland White – The Heart of Bluegrass Mandolin: Repertoire and Technique (Van Horn C) All levels Learn bluegrass tunes and songs using a relaxed technique and improve your knowledge of: chord shapes and how they work together, creating solos, using double stops, bluegrass ensemble playing, tremolo, Monroe style, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore - Accompanying The Singer for Guitarists (Couteau A) All levels Learn how to support the singer and the song, stay out of the way, and still be a musical force. This class will focus on solo guitar accompaniment. Matt Smith - Mastering the Neck: Major and Minor Pentatonics (Empire A) All levels Learn how you can get around your neck using 2 simple extended patterns! Whatever style you play, these two scales will skyrocket your improvising skills! Beau Bledsoe - Latin Guitar Techniques (Empire C) All levels Beau Bledsoe regularly performs and records with some of the greatest artists in Tango, Flamenco and classical music as he seeks to integrate different musical cultures with diverse
Pops Bayless -Tips for the Aspiring Uke Performer (Fremont) All levels Performance 101 - A short course on the basic do’s and don’ts of professional stage performance Alan Munde - Playing in Other Keys Than G Without a Capo (Benton A) Intermediate What you need to know to play the banjo in many keys without the use of a capo. *ME - Alan Jabbour & Ken Perlman - The Art of Banjo and Fiddle Duets (Benton B) Advanced We will present a workshop on the ways fiddle and banjo can be fitted together artfully. We will play and then analyze the way we assemble each tune, focusing on melodic and harmonic changes by the banjo and the fiddle within the same performance. Byron Berline - Bluegrass Fiddle Improvisation (Van Horn A) Intermediate/Advanced Betse Ellis – Howdy Theory : Music theory for Fiddlers and Friends (Van Horn B) All levels Music theory is fun! We fiddlers have it all laid out for us and Betse will show you how. Flummoxed by the fingerboard? Want to be more excited about playing scales and double stops? Whether you are a beginner or a long-time player who wants some cool ideas, come say howdy to theory and have fun! Friends of fiddlers are also welcome. *ME - Roland White – “Team Player” (Van Horn C) All levels Roland shows you the backup chords,
Bill Kirchen – Taming the Wild Baritone! (Empire A) All Levels How to use a Baritone guitar for tictac, augmenting the bass, and soloing. On a standard guitar, how to use that magic quadrant of the neck below the 5th fret on the big fat strings Bob Walkenhorst - Songwriter Interview Chuck Mead, Jeff Black & Dana Cooper (Chicago A) Four songwriters with various Kansas City connections discuss the ins and outs of songwriting and performing and how Kansas City influenced their life and careers. From the Homestead Grays to BR-549 to Million Dollar Quartet, Chuck Mead has represented this region across the globe and may be the hardest working man in show business. Jeff and Dana are no slouches either. Both have made a name and reputation for themselves as top songwriters and performers. This will be special.
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Jimmie Mead - KC Blues Harmonica Workshop (Northrup) A KC Blues Harmonica Workshop focused on rhythm and melody using the traditional tongue blocking style. Train and shuffle rhythms will be played. Bring harmonicas in A and C.
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Alan Jabbour - Playing Slow Airs in Oldtime Style (Van Horn B) Intermediate It is sometimes said that Southern fiddlers don’t play slow airs, but they do – they’re called hymns and songs. The class will learn an old hymn that exemplifies the slow-air style in the Appalachians.
2:00pm
Diane Bouska - Bluegrass rhythm Guitar playing. (Empire A) All Levels Iincluding left and right hand technique, producing good sound, bluegrass chords & progressions, simple runs, and singing while strumming rhythm. If you only wish to learn a couple of chords and strum along, that‚s fine, or you can go further, with singing and playing runs, according to your skill level and desire. This will be a hands-on, music-making class--as much as fingertips and desire permit!
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Byron Berline - Mandolin for Fiddlers (Van Horn A) Intermediate Beyond being a groundbreaking Bluegrass fiddler, Byron is also a fine mandolinist. Fiddlers are encouraged to drop the bow, grab up a pick and try the fretted side to expand your musical horizons.
Brenda Freed – Effortless Singing (Couteau A) This workshop is for anyone wanting to improve their singing and the delivery of their songs. Experience Brenda’s effortless singing techniques and how they are used to increase vocal range and stamina, improve pitch and tone, safely project the voice and avoid getting hoarse. Participants will experiment with the belly breath and the lip pucker lift, and learn how to use them to connect pitches, access the higher register and change tone. Bring a vocal problem and get some fun effective coaching. Handouts provided.
3:30pm
Russ Wever - Introduction to Pedal Steel (Northrup) All levels Presenting an assortment of runs, licks, patterns and ideas as well as addressing technique, covering all the bases from new players to seasoned players. Bringing an audio recorder is recommended. Tablature will be provided. Chad Graves - Advancing Dobro (Fremont) Intermediate/Advanced A look into what it takes to fully tame the beast. Left and right hand muting, different rhythm styles, slants, string pulls, palm harmonics, and more! There will be at least one extra Dobro available to pass around if you don’t have one with you!
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Ken Perlman – Melodic Clawhammer Banjo (Benton B) Intermediate An Efficient Approach to Hammerons, Pull-Offs & Alternate-String Pull-Offs
Bob Walkenhorst - Songwriter Interview Kasey Rausch & Melinda Mullins (Chicago A) The songwriting of the late Johnny Mullins helped create and shape the career of Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Emmylou Harris and numerous other country superstars. His music lives on through his daughter, Melinda Mullins. Via artists like KC’s Kasey Rausch and others, Mr. Mullins songs are still played and recorded and through the diligent work of his daughter, the songs will go on forever. Come hear the story and the songs. You will not be disappointed.
phrases, double stops, licks & tags that will make a mandolin player a welcome addition to any ensemble.
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Alan Munde – Roll Logic or What Do I Do After I Learn The Rolls? (Benton A) Beginning/Intermediate The basic Bluegrass fingering rolls and how melodies are placed in the context of the roll.
audiences. Today he presents an overview of basic Latin guitar techniques from Argentina, Mexico and Spain. The class will emphasize right hand techniques that can be used on both nylon and steel string guitar such as rumba, tango, bolero, huapango and ranchera.
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Music FAIR turnaround. This is a fun alternative to being reliant to books and paper to play our ukuleles. We will end the class with a blues ukulele jam session! (Don’t fear, this class will give you the skills you need to jam)
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Alan Munde – Analysis of Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos (Benton A) Intermediate/Advanced /A new and interesting look at solos of Earl Scruggs on “Blue Ridge Cabin Home,” “Your Love is Like a Flower,” and “Little Darlin’ Pal of Mine.”
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Clarke Buehling - An Introduction to Classical and Minstrel Banjo (Benton B) All levels Clarke Buehling will hold a workshop to demonstrate the two predominant banjo styles of the 19th century, the early fretless minstrel banjo and the 1890s classic banjo. Clarke won the Charlie Poole Festival banjo contest in the finger style category last year with L’Infanta March, by George Gregory as recorded by Fred Van Eps, an early 78 rpm recording artist.
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Matt Sircely - Elements of Improvisation for Mandolin (and others!) (Van Horn A) All levels A hands-on workshop, Matt Sircely will introduce a series of elemental techniques and concepts to engender new ideas for improvisation across a variety of styles. Come with your own burning questions and be ready to discover new approaches to harmony and timing, phrasing and dynamics — no experience required, all instruments welcome.
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Cheryl Prashter - The Art of Percussion Accompaniment- A Drum Workshop (Empire A) All Levels Cheryl Prashker studied classical percussion at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where she was born and raised. She has toured Canada, U.S. Europe and Russia. She spent many years in NY City where she honed her skills of playing anything from Rock and Roll drums, Klezmer, to Celtic as well as Middle Eastern music. Here she will demonstrate concepts for the use of percussion in folk music performance. Roland White - The Monroe Style & Story Time (Van Horn C) All Levels In this session Roland will share stories of his career, and about playing with Bill Monroe and the distinctive Big Mon mandolin sound
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Andy McKee Finger Style Guitar Master Class (Couteau A) To fans of popular music Andy entertains both the eye and the ear as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a full orchestra via his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a signature two-handed technique. David Amram - Jazz Meets Folk (Empire C) From Miles to Seeger and everything in between.
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Uke Slam (Chicago A) KC Ukesters welcomes all ukulele players plus special guests Kevin Carroll, Pops Bayless, James Hill, Linda Tilton and Danny Fowler
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SUNday, February 22
9:00am-11:00am
KKFI’s River Trade Radio Live from the Art Gallery (2nd floor) Join hosts Kasey Rausch and Mikal Shapiro for this live radio wrap-up of this year’s Folk Alliance Conference, Music Fair and Winter Music Camp. Tune in to 90.1 or www.kkfi.org to listen live.
11:00am-1:00pm
KKFI’s Foolkiller Folk Live from the Art Gallery (2nd floor) Join hosts Bob and Diana Suckiel for more live radio wrap-up of this year’s Folk Alliance Conference, Music Fair and Winter Music Camp. Tune in to 90.1 or www.kkfi.org to listen live.
11:00am
Gary Allegretto – Play Folk and Blues Harmonica Instantly (Northrup) This is Gary’s class that the Blues Foundation recognizes with it’s “Keeping the Blues Alive Award” in education. Learn to play basic Blues harmonica rapidly and accurately. You’ll be provided everything you need and the techniques you’ll use to carry your new talent into the future. Students will need a harmonica in the key of C. Linda Tilton – Super-Duper Beginning Ukulele (Fremont) This course is for those brand new to ukulele. Course will cover tuning, basic chords and a beginning strum. Commonly known songs will be taught. While this class focuses on ukuleles that are in standard GCEA tuning, baritone ukuleles are also welcome. Diane Bouska - Bluegrass rhythm Guitar playing. (Benton A) All Levels Iincluding left and right hand technique, producing good sound, bluegrass chords & progressions, simple runs, and singing while strumming rhythm. If you only wish to learn a couple of chords and strum along, that‚s fine, or you can go further, with singing and playing runs, according to your skill level and desire. This will be a hands-on, music-making class--as much as fingertips and desire permit! Ryan Spearman - Arranging Melodies for the Clawhammer Banjo (Benton B) All levels Ryan will show you the exact process he uses to arrange tunes for the clawhammer banjo. You will be guided through a clear and easy to understand 5 step process teaching you how take a tune “from your ears to your banjo”. Tablature and handouts will be supplied. All participants will be given access to a class webpage for further study and review. Chad Graves – Begining Dobro (Van Horn A) All levels A crash course in getting started with lap style dobro. We will discuss basic right and left hand techniques and explore some patterns and
movements to have you playing in almost no time at all! There will be at least one extra dobro to pass around, so don’t feel you need one to attend! *ME - Betse Ellis – Spiritual Fiddle Songs (Van Horn B) All levels Learn some gospel and spiritual songs while accompanying yourself on the fiddle. Let’s sing together to celebrate a great Music Camp! This class is for fiddlers and friends. (Hint: Howdy Theory will help prep you for this class!) Jeff Plankenhorn - Mandolin Made Easy For Beginners (Van Horn C) All levels ‘Plank’ takes you through all you need to start playing mandolin with songs you know and love. Melody, chords, basic pick and hand techniques. Plus a little ear training. Danny Fowler – Swing Guitar: The Basics (CouteauA) All levels Learn how to get started in swing guitar the easy way. We’ll go over basic chord shapes that you can use with thousands of tunes that are easy to learn and master.
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Matt Sircely Beginning Improvisation for All Instruments (Northrup) All Levels Develop techniques for coming up with melodies and playing by ear, its not as scary as it seems. Let Matt show you how. Kevin Carroll - Inside the Strumming Matrix (Fremont) Beginner/Intermediate The top question that most ukulele teachers hear is “What is the strum pattern?” I want to take you inside the matrix of strumming to reveal some tools, tips and practice secrets to the art and science of strumming. Students will gain access to my online strumming practice software as a bonus. It won’t be long until you are being asked “what strum pattern are you playing? Alan Munde – Getting Started on the Bluegrass Banjo (Benton A) All levels Holding the banjo, use of picks, hand position, beginning picking patterns, G - C - D chords, beginning rolls, Good Night Ladies, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Cumberland Gap, Cripple Creek versions 1 and 2, Levelland Mountain Breakdown. Ken Perlman – Melodic Clawhammer Banjo (Benton B) Intermediate Getting that Old-time Feel: “Dotted” & “Swing-Style” Notes for old time banjo style. *ME - Alan Jabbour – Ragtime Tunes in Oldtime Style (Van Horn A) Intermediate This class will feature ragtime tunes and will continue the approach of the previous courses. Students may take this class without taking the preceding classes, or they may take them all. Key of C.
website for further study, review, tabs, videos, and more. Prerequisite: participants should be able to play common open chords like A, C, D, E & G.
2:00pm
*ME - Mark Rubin – String Bass Amplification and Set Up (Northrup)
All levels They made the string bass big and bulky that way so it would sound like that. Yet increasingly bandleaders require ever louder bandstands, effectively nullifying the whole purpose of its design. After struggling with these issues for 30 years, Mark has more than a few tip for how you can create a bass sound in performance that you and your employers can all be happy with. Kevin Carroll Pentatonic Playground (Fremont) Beginner to Intermediate Learning these 5 note “gateway” scales can unlock the secrets of improvising in various genres and contexts. Rock, blues, country, and folk music all make use of the
All levels I will present and discuss the artistic features of the tunes and performances of Henry Reed (1884-1968) of Glen Lyn, Virginia, Alan’s main mentor on the fiddle. Unusual artistic techniques of tune-shaping will be presented and analyzed, showing how they may appear in more than one tune. Byron Berline - The Element of Bluegrass Fiddle Style (Van Horn B)
Intermediate/Advanced
Roland White – Playing with Soul (Van Horn C) Intermediate/Advanced Touch, timing, & nuance for the Bluegrass mandolin. Learn bluegrass tunes and songs using a relaxed technique and improve your knowledge of: chord shapes and how they work together, creating solos, using double stops, bluegrass ensemble playing, tremolo, Monroe style, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs Jeff Plankenhorn Beginning Flatpicking Guitar (Couteau A) ‘Plank’ takes you through the simplest alternate picking to provide a foundation for building on for
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Advanced Playing “Northern” & Celtic Tunes in Clawhammer Style
4:00pm
Winter Music Camp & Music Fair Close at The Sheraton Hotel
7:00pm
Winter Music Camp & Music Fair Closing Party at Knuckleheads.
In addition to the conference closing parties, the Music Fair & Music Camp will host an evening of artists, instructors, and special guests that participated in this year’s Folk Alliance Music Fair & Music Camp. Thank you all. Our closing party will be hosted by Jon Dee and William Harries Graham and feature special guest appearances from Matt the Electrician, Curtis McMurtry, William Harries Graham, Ali Holder, Tim Easton, Little Brave, Daniel Thomas Phipps, Brandy Zdan, many of our friends from Kansas City and the winner of our first FAI Acoustic Battle of the Bands. All conference, camp and fair participants are welcome to join in the fun. There will be some free eats, a cash bar, really good music, and some great people.
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*ME - Alan Jabbour – The Art of Henry Reed (Van Horn A)
Ken Perlman – Melodic Clawhammer Banjo (Benton B)
Back in January we held the preliminary round for our first FAI Acoustic Battle of the Bands. The three finalists are Steve Sterner & Sundown, Old Sound & Them Pickless Fools. Only one will win and perform this night at Knuckleheads for the FAI Music Fair Closing Party. The winner will also receive studio time from Rob Nold Audio and CD Duplication from Field Force Media.
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Ryan Spearman – Fingerpicking Folk Guitar (Couteau A) Beginner/Intermediate Three Essential Fingerstyle Techniques Explained & Demonstrated: Participants will be given access to a class
All Levels The basic Bluegrass finger rolls and how melodies are placed in the context of the roll.
Kansas City Acoustic Battle of the Bands Finals (Empire)
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Alan Munde – Roll Logic or “What Do I Do After I Learn the Rolls?” (Benton A)
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Roland White – The Heart of Bluegrass Mandolin : Repertoire and Technique (Van Horn C) All levels Learn bluegrass tunes and songs using a relaxed technique and improve your knowledge of: chord shapes and how they work together, creating solos, using double stops, bluegrass ensemble playing, tremolo, Monroe style, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs.
REGISTRANTS
Byron Berline –Bluegrass Fiddle Basics (Van Horn B) Beginner to Intermediate
any fiddle tune or song. Also some common chord formations and beginning use of capo. Plus a little ear training.
WELCOME
Music FAIR pentatonic scales. This workshop has been very popular in ukulele clubs and classes in Canada and the US. Beginner and intermediate players welcome.
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2015 FOLK ALLIANCE MUSIC FAIR CONCERTS - SHERATON HOTEL Atlanta
Chicago
Empire
Chouteau
Van Horn
Art Gallery
Freemont
KPR
KKFI KC Special
Grassy Hill & Knuckleheads
Films
Billy Strings & Don Julin (Traverse City, MI)
Blackbird Revue (KCMO)
Tim Easton (Nashville, TN)
The Last of the Blue Devils
Loaded Goat (KCMO)
Tommy Donoho (KCMO)
Matt the Electrician (Austin,TX)
Finnders & Youngblood (Ft. Collins, CO)
Scott Easterday (KCMO)
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore (Denver, CO)
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys (Nashville, TN)
Mikal Shapiro (KCMO)
Scott Hrabko (KCMO)
Street Corner Choir (KCMO)
Whiskey For The Lady (KCMO)
The Hardship Letters (KCMO)
Kristin Andreassen (Brooklyn, NY)
Trad Jam Session, Street Corner Choir (KCMO)
KPR
KKFI/GKCMD Shindig
Lawrence KS Live
Rural Grit presents
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 EXHIBITORS DAY SCHEDULE
The Pitch & The Bridge
KCUR
8:00pm
Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter (KCMO)
Trad Instructors In Concert: Ken Perlman, Alan Jabbour, Clarke Buehling, Betse Ellis, Dom Flemons, Danny Fowler, Ryan Spearman.
9:00pm
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Nashville,TN)
7:00pm
In The Round w/Dan Navarro (LA,CA), Kevn Kinney (Atlanta, GA) & Anthony da Costa (Austin)
10:00pm
11:00pm
New Song Night hosted by CrossCurrents Cinema KC Noteworthy
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 The Pitch & The Bridge
KCUR
Films
Acoustic Guitar Project Kansas City
6:00pm
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Bluegrass Instructor Concert featuring Byron Berline, Alan Munde,Roland White, Diane Bouska, Brad Davis, Mark Rubin and special guests
Town Mountain (Asheville, NC)
Mt. Veritas Orchestra (KCMO)
Ashes to Immortality (Lawrence, KS) /MAW (Lawrence/ Oklahoma)
7:00pm Betse & Clarke, 7:30pm Val & Tim, 7:40pm High & Dry
New Country Rehab (Toronto, ON Canada)
Sara Morgan (KCMO)
Special Guests (Lawrence, KS)
8:00pm No Mountain Stringband, 8:30pm Freight Train Rabbit Killer, 8:40pm Kris & Havilah Bruders
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7:00pm
Ellis Paul (Boston, MA)
8:00pm
Jimmy La Fave (Austin, TX)
9:00pm
Sam Baker (Austin, TX)
Bill Kirchen & Redd Volkaert (Austin, TX)
I Draw Slow (Dublin, Ireland)
Howard Iceberg & The Titanics (KCMO)
10:00pm
Ray Wylie Hubbard (Wimberley, TX)
Electric Guitar Summit
The Stray Birds (Lancaster, PA)
Chuck Mead (Nashville, TN)
11:00pm
The Steel Wheels (Harrisonburg, VA)
Grisly Hand (KCMO)
12:00am
The HillBenders present TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry (Springfield, MO)
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Battle of the Bearded Buskers: Brody Buster, 9:00pm The John Brown Boys, Nicholas St. James, 9:30pm Rural Grit All-Stars, Tyler Gregory 9:40pm Tyler Giles (Lawrence, KS)
Carswell & Hope (Lawrence, KS)
10pm Konza Swamp, 10:30pm Rural Grit All-Stars, 10:40pm Jason Beers
40 Watt Dreams feat. 11:00pm The Matchsellers, Truckstop Honeymoon 11:20pm Dually Jukes, (Lawrence, KS) 11:50pm Rural Grit All-Stars
Jubilee
The Grahams – Rattle the Hocks + special music set
Kansas City Jazz & Blues
2015 FOLK ALLIANCE MUSIC FAIR CONCERTS - SHERATON HOTEL Atlanta
Chicago
Empire
Chouteau
Van Horn
Art Gallery
KPR
KKFI KC Special
Grassy Hill & Knuckleheads
Dom Flemons (Hillsborough, NC)
Sara Swenson (KCMO)
Melinda Mullins presents Johnny Mullins Collection (Springfield, MO)
James Hill (Brookfield, NS Canada)
Betse & Clarke (KCMO)
Jon Dee & William Harries Graham (Austin, TX)
Kasey Rausch (KCMO)
Jeff Plankenhorn (Austin, TX)
Lonley Heartstring Band (Boston, MA)
Victor & Penny (KCMO)
Ellis (Minneapolis, NM)
Jam Session
The Howlin Brothers (Nashville, TN)
Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats (KCMO)
The Aching Hearts (St. Louis, MO)
Deering & Down (Memphis, TN)
Freemont
WELCOME
Music FAIR
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 EXHIBITORS
Films
Campers In Concert
6:00pm 7:00pm
Red Molly (Jersey City, NJ)
8:00pm
Dan Bern (Los Angeles, CA)
9:00pm
ITR - Curtis McMurtury (Austin), Tony Furtado (Portland, OR), Possessed by Paul James (Boerne, TX)
Andy McKee (Topeka, KS)
David Amram Jam: Alferd Packer A Tribute to 3 old friends Memorial String Band Woody, Pete and Charlie (Lawrence, KS) Parker (New York City, NY)
10:00pm
11:00pm
Jam hosted by Phil Hurley
12:00am
The Elders (KCMO)
Spoken Word Open Mic
Hard Soil
Poetic Underground presents PoUnd SLAM w/Jose Faus, Jason Ryberg, Jen Harris plus the PoUnd Cinema KC: Jazz Under SLAM team members: Jeanette Powers, PRiM-ONE, the Lens: A Glance at Dylan Kingsley, Ezhno Martin the John H. Baker Jazz Film Collection at the (KCMO) American Jazz Museum
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advance tickets only $25.00 per night available at www.folk.org or The Folk Store (509 Delaware St, KCMO) or at the door at The Sheraton Hotel each night. As with life, information subject to change.
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WELCOME EXHIBITORS DAY SCHEDULE OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST MUSIC FAIR REGISTRANTS
The Aching Hearts (Saint Louis, MO), Saturday, 11:00pm, Van Horn Alferd Packer Memorial String Band (Lawrence, KS), Saturday, 9:00pm, Empire David Amram (New York City, NY), Saturday, 9:00pm, Chicago Kristin Andreassen, Thursday, 11:00pm, Van Horn Ashes To Immortality (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 7:00pm, Van Horn Sam Baker (Austin, TX), Friday, 9:00pm, Atlanta Jason Beers (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 10:40pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Byron Berline (Guthrie, OK), Friday, 7:00pm, Chicago Dan Bern (Los Angeles, CA), Saturday, 8:00pm, Atlanta Betse & Clark (Kansas City, MO), Saturday, 8:00pm, Chouteau Betse & Clark (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 7:00pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit The Blackbird Revue (Kansas City, KS), Thursday, 7:00pm, Chouteau Diane Bouska (Nashville, TN), Friday, 7:00pm, Chicago Clark Buehling (Fayetteville, AR), Thursday, 7:00pm, Atlanta Brody Buster (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 9:00pm, Van Horn Carswell & Hope (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 10:00pm, Van Horn Anthony da Costa (Austin, TX), Thursday, 10:00pm, Chicago Brad Davis (Commerce, TX), Friday, 7:00pm, Chicago Deering & Down (Memphis, TN), Saturday, 11:00pm, Art Gallery Tommy Donoho (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 8:00pm, Chouteau Dually Jukes (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 11:20pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Scott Easterday (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 9:00pm, Chouteau Tim Easton (Nashville, TN), Thursday, 7:00pm, Empire The Elders (Kansas City, MO), Saturday, 12:00am, Chicago Electric Guitar Summit, Friday, 10:00pm, Chicago Ellis (Minneapolis, MN), Saturday, 10:00pm, Van Horn Finnders & Youngberg (Ft. Collins, CO), Thursday, 9:00pm, Empire Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Nashville, TN), Thursday, 9:00pm, Atlanta Dom Flemons (Hillsborough, NC), Saturday, 7:00pm, Empire Danny Fowler (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 7:00pm, Atlanta Freight Train Rabbit Killer (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 8:30pm, Art Gallery/ Rural Grit Tony Furtado (Portland, OR), Saturday, 9:00pm, Atlanta Tyler Giles (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 9:40pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham (Austin, TX), Saturday, 8:00pm, Van Horn Tyler Gregory (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 9:00pm, Van Horn Grisly Hand (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 11:00pm, Chouteau The Hardship Letters (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 11:00pm, Chouteau High & Dry (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 7:40pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit James Hill (Brookfield, NS Canada), Saturday, 9:00pm, Empire The HillBenders present TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry (Springfield, MO), Friday, 12:00am, Empire The Howlin’ Brothers (Nashville, TN), Saturday, 11:00pm, Empire Scott Hrabko (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 10:00pm, Empire Ray Wylie Hubbard (Wimberley, TX), Friday, 10:00pm, Atlanta I Draw Slow (Dublin, Ireland), Friday, 9:00pm, Empire Howard Iceberg (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 9:00pm, Chouteau Alan Jabbour (Washington, DC), Thursday, 7:00pm, Atlanta The John Brown Boys (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 9:00pm, Art Gallery/ Rural Grit Jubilee (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 12:00am, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Kansas City Acoustic Guitar Project, Friday, 6:00pm, Art Gallery Kevn Kinney (Atlanta, GA), Thursday, 10:00pm, Chicago Bill Kirchen (Austin, TX), Friday, 9:00pm, Atlanta
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Konza Swamp (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 10:00pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Kris & Havilah Bruders (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 8:40pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Jimmy LaFave (Austin, TX), Friday, 8:00pm, Atlanta Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys (Nashville, TN), Thursday, 11:00pm, Empire Loaded Goat (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 8:00pm, Empire The Lonely Heartstring Band (Boston, MA), Saturday, 10:00pm, Empire The Matchsellers (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 11:00pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Matt the Electrician (Austin, TX), Thursday, 8:00pm, Van Horn MAW (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 7:40pm, Van Horn Andy McKee (Topeka, KS), Saturday, 7:00pm, Chicago Curtis McMurtry (Austin, TX), Saturday, 9:00pm, Atlanta Chuck Mead (Nashville, TN), Friday, 10:00pm, Chouteau Sara Morgan (Gardner, KS), Friday, 8:00pm, Chouteau Mt. Veritas Orchestra (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 7:00pm, Chouteau Melinda Mullins (Springfield, MO), Saturday, 7:00pm, Van Horn Alan Munde (Wimberley, TX), Friday, 7:00pm, Chicago Dan Navarro (Los Angeles, CA), Thursday, 10:00pm, Chicago New Country Rehab (Toronto, ON Canada), Friday, 8:00pm, Empire No Mountain String Band (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 8:00pm, Art Gallery/ Rural Grit Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore (Denver, CO), Thursday, 9:00pm, Van Horn Ellis Paul (Charlottesville, VA), Friday, 7:00pm, Atlanta Ken Perlman (Boston, MA), Thursday, 7:00pm, Chicago Jeff Plankenhorn (Austin, TX), Saturday, 9:00pm, Van Horn Possessed by Paul James (Boerne, TX), Saturday, 9:00pm, Atlanta PoUnd Slam (Kansas City, MO) w/Jose Faus, Jason Ryberg, Jen Harris plus the PoUnd SLAM team members: Jeanette Powers, PRiM-ONE, Mz. Angela Roux, Dylan Kingsley, Ezhno Martin, Saturday, 8:00pm, Art Gallery Kasey Rausch (Kansas City, MO), Saturday, 9:00pm, Chouteau Red Molly (Jersey City, NJ), Saturday, 7:00pm, Empire Mark Rubin (New Orleans, LA), Friday, 7:00pm, Chicago Rural Grit All Starts (Kansas City MO), Friday, 10:30pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Rural Grit All-Stars (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 9:30pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Rural Grit All Starts (Kansas City MO), Friday, 11:50pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Mikal Shapiro (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 10:00pm, Chouteau Ryan Spearman (St. Louis, MO), Thursday, 7:00pm, Atlanta Nicholas St. James (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 9:00pm, Van Horn The Steel Wheels (Harrisonburg, VA), Friday, 11:00pm, Empire The Stray Birds (Lancaster, PA), Friday, 10:00pm, Empire Street Corner Choir (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 11:00pm, Art Gallery Billy Strings & Don Julin (Traverse City, MI), Thursday, 7:00pm, Empire Sara Swenson (Kansas City, MO), Saturday, 7:00pm, Chouteau Town Mountain (Asheville, NC), Friday, 7:00pm, Empire 40 Watt Dreams feat. Truckstop Honeymoon (Lawrence, KS), Friday, 11:00pm, Van Horn Val & Tim (Kansas City, MO), Friday, 7:30pm, Art Gallery/Rural Grit Victor & Penny (Kansas City, MO), Saturday, 10:00pm, Chouteau Jason Vivone & The Billy Bats (Kansas City, MO), Saturday, 11:00pm, Chouteau Redd Volkaert (Austin, TX), Friday, 9:00pm, Chicago Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 8:00pm, Atlanta Whiskey for the Lady (Kansas City, MO), Thursday, 11:00pm, Empire Roland White (Nashville, TN), Friday, 7:00pm, Chicago
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Van Horn – Grassy Hill Entertainment presents… 7:00pm Tim Easton (Nashville, TN) 8:00pm Matt the Electrician (Austin, TX) 9:00pm Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore (Denver, CO) 10:00pm Scott Hrabko (KCMO) 11:00pm Kristin Andreassen (Brooklyn, NY) Art Gallery 7:00pm New Song Night hosted by CrossCurrents 10:00pm Trad Jam Session Freemont - Films 7:00pm The Last of the Blue Devils 9:00pm Cinema KC Noteworthy
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Atlanta – The Pitch & The Bridge welcome… 7:00pm Ellis Paul (Boston, MA) 8:00pm Jimmy LaFave (Austin, TX) 9:00pm Sam Baker (Austin, TX) 10:00pm Ray Wylie Hubbard (Wimberley, TX)
Art Gallery 6:00pm Kansas City Acoustic Guitar Project Rural Grit presents…… 7:00pm Betse & Clarke (KCMO) 7:30pm Val & Tim (KCMO) 7:40pm High & Dry (KCMO) 8:00pm No Mountain Stringband (KCMO) 8:30pm Freight Train Rabbit Killer (KCMO) 8:40pm Kris & Havilah Bruders (KCMO) 9:00pm The John Brown Boys (KCMO) 9:30pm Rural Grit All-Stars (KCMO) 9:40pm Tyler Giles (KCMO) 10:00pm Konza Swamp (KCMO) 10:30pm Rural Grit All-Stars (KCMO) 10:40pm Jason Beers (KCMO) 11:00pm The Matchsellers (KCMO) 11:20pm Dually Jukes (KCMO) 11:50pm Rural Grit All-Stars (KCMO) 12:00am Jubilee (KCMO) Freemont - Films 7:00pm The Grahams: Past, Present & Future + a special music set 9:00pm Kansas City Jazz & Blues
Freemont - Films 7:00pm Hard Soil 9:00pm Cinema KC: Jazz Under the Lens: A Glance at the John H. Baker Jazz Film Collection at the American Jazz
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Chouteau – KKFI/GKCMD Shindig 7:00pm Mt. Veritas Orchestra (KCMO) 8:00pm Sara Morgan (KCMO) 9:00pm Howard Iceberg & The Titanics (KCMO) 10:00pm Chuck Mead (Nashville, TN) 11:00pm Grisly Hand (KCMO) Van Horn - Lawrence KS Live Mass Street Music in association with MudStomp Records, Silly Goose Records & The Farmer’s Turnpike 92.9 KMXN present … 7:00pm: Ashes to Immortality (Lawrence) 7:40pm: MAW (Lawrence/Oklahoma) 8:20pm: Special Guests (Lawrence) 9:00pm: Battle of the Bearded Buskers: Brody Buster, Nicholas St. James, Tyler Gregory (Lawrence) 10:00pm: Carswell & Hope (Lawrence) 11:00pm: 40 Watt Dreams feat. Truckstop Honeymoon (Lawrence)
Atlanta – The Pitch & The Bridge welcome… 7:00pm Red Molly (Jersey City, NJ) 8:00pm Dan Bern (Los Angeles, CA) 9:00pm In The Round w/Curtis McMurtury (Austin, TX), Tony Furtado (Portland, OR) & Possessed by Paul James (Boerne, TX) Chicago - KCUR presents… 7:00pm Andy McKee (Topeka, KS) 9:00pm David Amram: A Tribute to Woody, Pete and Charlie Parker (New York City, NY) 10:00pm Open Jam Session hosted by Phil Hurley 12:00am The Elders (KCMO) Empire - KPR presents… 6:00pm Campers In Concert 7:00pm Dom Flemons (Hillsborough, NC) 8:00pm James Hill (Brookfield, NS Canada) 9:00pm Alferd Packer Memorial String Band (Lawrence, KS) 10:00pm Lonley Heartstring Band (Boston, MA) 11:00pm The Howlin Brothers (Nashville, TN) Chouteau – KKFI KC Special 7:00pm Sara Swenson (KCMO) 8:00pm Betse & Clarke (KCMO) 9:00pm Kasey Rausch (KCMO) 10:00pm Victor & Penny (KCMO) 11:00pm Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats (KCMO) Van Horn - Grassy Hill Entertainment presents… 7:00pm Melinda Mullins presents The Johnny Mullins Collection (Springfield, MO) 8:00pm Jon Dee & William Harries Graham (Austin, TX) 9:00pm Jeff Plankenhorn (Austin, TX) 10:00pm Ellis (Minneapolis, NM) 11:00pm The Aching Hearts (St. Louis, MO) Art Gallery 7:00pm Spoken Word Open Mic 8:00pm Poetic Underground presents PoUnd SLAM w/Jose Faus, Jason Ryberg, Jen Harris plus the PoUnd SLAM team members: Jeanette Powers, PRiM-ONE, Dylan Kingsley, Ezhno Martin 10:00pm Jam Session 11:00pm Deering & Down (Memphis, TN)
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Empire – KPR presents… 7:00pm Billy Strings & Don Julin (Traverse City, MI) 8:00pm Loaded Goat (KCMO) 9:00pm Finnders & Youngblood (Ft. Collins, CO) 10:00pm Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys (Nashville, TN) 11:00pm Whiskey For The Lady (KCMO) Chouteau – KKFI KC Special 7:00pm Blackbird Revue (KCMO) 8:00pm Tommy Donoho (KCMO) 9:00pm Scott Easterday (KCMO) 10:00pm Mikal Shapiro (KCMO) 11:00pm The Hardship Letters (KCMO)
Empire - KPR presents… 7:00pm Town Mountain (Asheville, NC) 8:00pm New Country Rehab (Toronto, ON Canada) 9:00pm I Draw Slow (Dublin, Ireland) 10:00pm The Stray Birds (Lancaster, PA) 11:00pm The Steel Wheels (Harrisonburg, VA) 12:00am The HillBenders TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry (Springfield, MO)
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Atlanta – The Pitch & The Bridge welcome… 8:00pm Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter (KCMO) 9:00pm Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Nashville, TN) Chicago - KCUR presents… 7:00pm Trad Instructors In Concert featuring Ken Perlman, Alan Jabbour, Clarke Buehling, Betse Ellis, Dom Flemons, Danny Fowler, Ryan Spearman. 10:00pm: In The Round w/Dan Navarro (Los Angeles, CA), Kevn Kinney (Atlanta, GA) & Anthony da Costa (Austin, TX)
Chicago - KCUR presents… Instructors in Concert featuring… 7:00pm Alan Munde, Byron Berline, Roland White, Brad Davis, Diane Bouska, Mark Rubin & more 9:00pm Bill Kirchen & Redd Volkaert (Austin, TX) 10:00pm Electric Guitar Summit
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Music Fair Art Gallery Thursday – Saturday: 11:00am-midnight, Sunday: 11:00am-4:00pm, 2nd Floor Sheraton Hotel (all art for sale/shipping available on most pieces)
Tim Kerr
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Growing up on the Texas coast in the 1970s, artist/musician Tim Kerr’s early creative outlets were playing guitar and surfing. Kerr later found skateboarding, art and punk rock, eventually forming the most recognizable band in the Texas scene: the Big Boys. Kerr’s fluidity in music, surfing and skateboarding all seem to inform his artwork; in every medium he immerses himself in, there’s a painterly looseness and flow that is rhythmic and soulful. www.timkerr.net/home.htm
Howard Rains
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Howard Rains is an artist navigating two very different disciplines: he is a fiddler and watercolor painter. As a fiddler, he has made it his mission to keep alive the old time style of Texas fiddling; as an artist, he documents his impressions of traditional musicians with his unique paintings. The New York Times has called Rains “an authority on old Texas-style fiddling” and he has performed and taught at festivals and music camps across the United States and in Europe. Howard travels with his wife and music partner, Tricia Spencer, making music and documenting his fellow musicians, always drawing from life and being inspired by the music. He has been awarded grants and artist residencies both for his art and music. When not traveling to play music or paint some old fiddler’s portrait, Howard splits his time living in Lawrence, KS and Austin, TX. In Howard, there is an effortless melding of folk art and folk music in a way that is rarely seen. www.HowardRains.net
Sam Baker
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Sam sings with a raspy, almost spoken word vocal style and his literate, poignant, and carefully observed songs that grapple with the beauties, complexities, and little tragedies of this world,. He grew up in Itasca, Texas, a prairie town southwest of Dallas and was exposed to a wide array of music as a child (his mother was a local church organist), not the least of which was his father’s collection of country blues artists. The defining moment in Baker’s life came in 1986 when he was traveling on a train to visit Machu Picchu in Peru. A terrorist bomb exploded on the train and Baker was gravely injured, losing most of his hearing and suffering serious injuries to his left arm. He had 18 corrective surgeries performed on him over the next decade at hospitals in San Antonio and Houston, and the consequent physical, emotional, and spiritu-
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al journey Baker experienced helped him form his quiet and passionate view of the world. Baker had to completely relearn how to play the guitar with his mangled left hand, and singing was extremely difficult for him because of his severe hearing loss, but he overcame these obstacles to develop his uniquely hushed and quietly powerful performance and painting style. http://sambakermusic.com/
Daniel Johnston
The FAI Music Fair Art Gallery is proud to present the artwork for legendary musician and artist Daniel Johnston. His artwork is shown in galleries such as in London›s Aquarium Gallery and New York’s Clementine Gallery. Both in 2006, and the 2008 Liverpool Biennial. Currently his work is being exhibited as «The Museum of Love» at Verge Gallery in Sacramento, California. Daniel Johnston has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience. Initiates, including a healthy number of discerning musicians and critics, have hailed him as an American original in the style of bluesman Robert Johnson and country legend Hank Williams. A number of artists -- among them the Dead Milkmen, Yo La Tengo, the Velvet Underground›s songs. And he as collaborated with the likes of Jad Fair (a founding member of Half Japanese, who›ve also done Daniel›s songs), the Butthole Surfers, Bongwater/Shimmydisc guru Kramer, and members of Sonic Youth. Daniel gained his widest public exposure to date when, at the 1992 MTV Music Awards, Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain (who constantly touted Daniel in interviews) wore a Johnston T-shirt. www.hihowareyou.com/
Ryan Wilks
This collection captures the feminine power I have always tapped and has always been my main source of strength. www.Wilkspainting.com
Bob Walkenhorst
Bob Walkenhorst is a Kansas City-based singer/songwriter/musician/painter. After growing up in his hometown of Norborne, Missouri, he became a founding member of Midwestern U.S. groups such as Phantasia, Trizo 50, Steve, Bob & Rich, and the popular roots rock band The Rainmakers. In the Kansas City area, he currently gives weekly performances and participates in art gal-
Diverse songstress and painter Natalia Zukerman discovered her initial artistic inspiration from an unlikely source. “I was terribly dyslexic as a kid and couldn’t read (books or music) until a pretty late age. I learned to play music by ear, and I learned to write by copying the images I saw. Over and over and over again. The capital letters B and E, the numbers 3 and 4, they became almost abstract shapes.” In the 4th grade, while studying the Ancient Egyptians, Natalia used the skills she had learned from dealing with dyslexia to recreate a near exact replica of a wall painting from a pharaoh’s tomb. This was Zukerman’s first painting. Natalia went on to study visual art at Oberlin College where her lessons on the Chicano Mural Art Movement opened up a whole new world. Zukerman then became fascinated with California’s community artists, including artists like Judith Baca and Susan Cervantes. After relocating to San Francisco, it wasn’t long before Natalia found herself imbedded in that community, later starting her own mural company, Off The Wall. Zukerman now resides in Brooklyn and balances her time as a nationally touring musician and an acclaimed painter and muralist. She often overlaps her two disciplines by creating album art for her own music as well as other artists including Willy Porter and Winterbloom, Natalia’s holiday group with Anne Heaton, Meg Hutchinson and Antje Duvekot. http://nataliazukerman.com/
Suze Groebner
Suze is a contemporary conceptual modernist, whose use of bold color, shape and her own hand written word, often result in images that take on a story telling quality of inner landscapes and thought. She works in layers of mixed media. The first layer, or foundation, is writing - hand written
Kyle Taylor
Kyle Taylor is a multi-discipline designer based out of Memphis, TN. His passion for music inspires most of what he does. “Album covers, branding, illustration, packaging, web, posters, t-shirts, murals...How can we take a strong message or powerful image and make it enormous or make a thousand of them.” Some of his inspirations include mid-century modern design, pop-surrealism, Wayne White, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Tristan Eaton, Stax-era music, Anthropologie (or his own personal take on it - “Manthro”), just to name a few of the big ones. Currently he is working on creating an initiative to bring together high-school students from around Memphis to design and paint murals on blighted buildings in the inner city. “I’m not in the art business as much as I am the problem-solving business. Memphis is a post-industrial city with lots of big walls, and big struggles to go with them, so it seems like the right thing to do.” For this year’s music camp, Kyle has designed a series of limited-edition screen prints to commemorate the event. *Kyle is also the onsite coordinator for this year’s Music Fair Art Gallery. http://kyletaylorart.com
Betse Ellis
“Sounds: Lost and Found “ is a collection of music-themed photographs taken by Betse Ellis during her tours, or occasionally closer to home. http://fiddlebetse.com
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Matt Hawkins is a papercraft artist, cartoonist, banjo player and a incessant doodler living in Kansas City. His love for music and particularly the banjo are often subjects of his whimsical papercraft artwork. www.custompapertoys.com
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Natalia Zukerman
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Songwriter, painter and author Chad Elliott has had the honor of working with world famous sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Elliott recently released an illustrated book of childrens songs, Wilderman’s Treetop Tales. www.wildermansbooks.com
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Chad Elliott
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lery shows. As the singer/songwriter of his most well-known band, The Rainmakers, from 1986–1996, his discography included five fulllength studio albums, one live concert recording, and one “best-of” album. After the dissolution of the band, he released his first solo album, The Beginner, in 2003. In 2009, he teamed up with fellow Kansas City musician Jeff Porter to release an album entitled No Abandon, under the moniker Walkenhorst and Porter. Throughout his career as a musician, he has maintained a reputation for producing clever and provocative lyrics, which have garnered him wide critical acclaim. Bob hosted and helped in the production of a number of educational videos, including «Growing Up», a set of teaching videos on puberty for school-age children. www.rainmakers.com/bobs-paintings/
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Music FAIR thought. Every foundation is unique to each individual piece and typically consist of prayers or letters. Sometimes both. She likes to think of her pieces as covert prayer flags sent out into the world. When not working with groups and individuals as a psychologist, Suze has spent the last thirty years in the company of a few internationally acclaimed and highly collected artists. In her own words: “To describe myself as a, ‘self taught,’ artist would be thoughtless as it has been my very good fortune, over the course of my life, to have met a hand full of incredibly talented individuals who generously allowed me to observe, listen, ask questions and learn. I feel profoundly blessed to know that before becoming mentors, these artists have been my friends. I continue to spend time with and learn from masters.” www.facebook.com/theARTFactoryKC?fref=photo
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The Winding Stream—The Carters, The Cashes, and the Course of Country Music (90 minutes) Friday, 10:00pm, Screenland Theater, Crown Center Saturday, 12:00pm, Screenland Theater, Crown Center Director: Beth Harrington
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There is a stream that courses through American roots music. Its source is in the Appalachian foothills in a place called Maces Springs, Virginia. It was there that A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle began their careers as three of the earliest stars of country music. From their earliest days as Victor recording artists to their international success via the phenomenon of Border Radio, the Original Carter Family made their mark on the history of American recorded music... The Carter story might have ended there. But it didn’t. No one would have guessed that a young man, who, at first blush, seemed more renegade than reverent adherent, would be the one to lift up the Carter legacy. That man was Johnny Cash, and his love for the Carter music dated back to nights as a boy in Dyess, Arkansas listening to the Carter Family perform on the air (at that point featuring the next generation of Carters, including little June Carter), their melodies blasting across the Mexican border into his bedside radio. It was a wonderful twist of fate when Cash, as a Sun Records artist, first met Mother Maybelle and her girls, the Carter Sisters and vowed to June that “I’m gonna marry you someday.”
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The Grahams—Rattle the Hocks (30 minutes) Friday, 12:00pm, Screenland Theater, Crown Center Friday, 7:00pm, Freemont Room, Sheraton Hotel Director: Cody Dickinson Picture American music as a body sprawled upside down across the continent, with its heart in New Orleans, its lungs in the Mississippi Delta and Hill Country, and its head under water out in the Gulf. The railroads are the arteries always pumping out from the heart to the lungs and beyond, breathing new life into the music. There is a special connection between American folk music and the railroad that has no parallel elsewhere in the world. Because the extension of our rail network played a key role in the process of national consolidation in the 19th century, and because the railroad served the democratic processes of mobilization and migration in the 20th, the railroad became deeply embedded in American music. Rail lines stitch together the sprawling fabric of American song. In “Rattle the Hocks,” The Grahams ride the arteries, out every lonesome track that stretches across this beautiful body drawing on the deep, recurring sources of American folk culture, giving them new shape. Their methodology is to follow the paths and revisit the places that inspired their predecessors, not because they want to imitate or faithfully reproduce their work, but because they are looking for the modern echo of older sounds, and hope to give shape to these enduring reverberations. Nothing can serve that methodology better than riding the rails. The Grahams will do a Q & A and perform a concert following the screening of this film.
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Kansas City Jazz and Blues: Past, Present and Future (60 minutes) Thursday, 12:00pm, Screenland Theater, Crown Center Friday, 9:00pm, Freemont Room, Sheraton Hotel Director: Sue Vicory A tribute to Kansas City’s unique jazz and blues history with this documentary entitled Kansas City Jazz & Blues; Past, Present & Future. The film is produced and directed by the award winning documentary filmmaker Sue Vicory. The great Jay Hootie McShann, Big Joe Turner, Charlie Yardbird Park and Mary Lou Williams are profiled as the historic legacy. Karrin Allyson, Bobby Watson and Mark Pender are all interviewed for their contemporary contributions to Kansas City jazz. The historic Mutual Musicians Foundation, Gem theater and Blue room at 18th and Vine are venues where history is made. International Blues Competition winners Trampled Under Foot share the screen with the next generation of Kansas City jazz and blues greats! Hard Soil (114 minutes) Thursday, 10:00pm, Screenland Theater, Crown Center Saturday, 7:00pm, Freemont Room, Sheraton Hotel Director: M. A. Littler Hard Soil traces the history and evolution of American Roots music and examines its social and cultural relevance in the 21st century. Today a wild and vibrant subculture of musicians has begun to infuse these musical styles with the sounds of the 21st century keeping the evolution of American Roots music an ongoing one and one that is not only heard in the land of Lincoln but across the globe. To many it has not only become the soundtrack to their lives - it has become a way of life. The Last of the Blue Devils (90 minutes) Thursday, 7:00pm, Freemont Room, Sheraton Hotel Director: Bruce Ricker An affectionate backward glance at the Kansas City “blues” scene of the 1930s. Established as a mecca for jazz musicians during the Prohibition Era, K.C. spawned some of the best musical talent of the era. The film’s nostalgia is leavened with mild outrage in noting that, while many of the best blues men were permitted to strut their stuff before white audiences, none were allowed to utilize anything other than “colored only” facilities. Count Basie is the biggest “name” represented in the film, though this should not diminish the contribution of such dynamos as Big Joe Turner, Walter Page and Jay McShann. Cinema KC - Noteworthy (80 minutes) Thursday, 9:00pm, Freemont Room, Sheraton Hotel CinemaKC, the KC-based organization dedicated to showcasing area filmmakers and their work, presents a collection of exceptional short narrative films, documentaries, performance and music videos from local musicians and directors. This compilation includes works from filmmakers Ty Jones, Anthony Ladesich, Brandon Cummins, Jazz Crouch, Galadriel Thompson and others. Musicians featured include The Grisly Hand, The Latenight Callers, A.J. Gaither, The HillBenders and Kasey Rausch.
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Cinema KC – Jazz Under the Lens: A Glance at the John H. Baker Jazz Film Collection at the American Jazz Museum (60 minutes) Thursday, 9:00pm, Freemont Room, Sheraton Hotel This session will provide a brief overview of one of the countries largest personal collection of Jazz Film currently held in the collections at the American Jazz Museum. The session will showcase selected soundies from 4 volumes within the collection including films from Women in Jazz, Big Bands, African American Dance in Early Films and Duke Ellington. Presenter: Greg Carroll, Chief Executive Officer – American Jazz Museum.
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The Folk Singer—A Tale of Men, Music and America (104 minutes) Saturday, 10:00pm, Screenland Theater, Crown Center Director: M. A. Littler A journey into the souls of men, maverick roots music and the dying old America. The film follows folk blues singer Jon Konrad a.k.a. Possessed by Paul James on tour from Texas to Louisiana as he attempts to make enough money to supply for his unborn child. On his journey he crosses paths with musical peers, honky tonk proprietors and religious mavericks.
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Kid’s Camp Director: Peter Lague Peter Lague is the current executive director of Americana Music Academy in Lawrence, Ks., and co-director of its Kids’ Art and Music Camp. He works on continuing their mission to carry on the tradition of American roots music. Through individual and group lessons, Kids art and music camps, music events, and house concerts, Americana Music Academy reaches out from their local community “teaching America’s music”.
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Peter has been a freelance visual artist for over 20 years, a high school art teacher, and singer/songwriter. Before returning to Lawrence to direct A.M.A., he spent six years in Los Angeles painting murals through the non-profit, “Operation Clean Slate”, an anti-graffiti and community beautification program. Working with children of all ages, Peter left his mark on L.A., where you can find over 200 murals he helped create. Americanamusicacademy.org, peterthomaslague.com
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Produced by the Lawrence, Kansas based Americana Music Academy, our music camp activities will include workshops by Music Fair artists, folk art, old-time dance, jamming, sing-alongs, instrument making, instrument petting zoo, history, percussion circle, and much more fun and games, for ages 5-13. Stop in and see what we’re doing, or drop your child to participate in camp for free with each paid adult camp admission. For detailed Kids’ Camp activities and schedule please see the following link, www.americanamusicacademy.com/new-page/
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Friday/Saturday: 11:00am-6:00pm, Sunday: 11:00am-4:00pm Chicago C Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel
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Folk Alliance Winter Music Camp 2015 Instructors Gary Allegretto (Harmonica)
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Blues Revue Magazine states, “Gary Allegretto is one of the best harp players you’ll hear” and “one of the classiest acts in the music business today”. Indeed, the internationally touring singer/songwriter/musician’s critically acclaimed music has been considered for GRAMMY Award nominations (in both Blues and Folk categories), topped the Blues, Roots and Western music radio charts, and been featured on the soundtracks of major motion pictures and television. For decades Hohner, the world’s leading harmonica manufacturer, has professionally endorsed Gary and recently honored him with his signature model harmonica. Among Gary’s many accolades as an educator are The Blues Foundation’s prestigious “Keeping the Blues Alive Award”, etown’s “E-cheivement Award” and an “Artists for a Better World Award”. He’s been a featured instructor at dozens of camps and workshops including several years as harmonica director at the esteemed Pinetop Perkins Foundation Master Class in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Of very special note, Gary is founding director of Harmonikds, his multi-award winning humanitarian organization through which he has taught more than 100,000 youth with formidable life challenges globally. www.garyallegretto.com
Kristen Andreassen (Flatfooting)
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Songwriter Kristin Andreassen has traveled the world with stringband sensation Uncle Earl set hearts to flutter as one third of the folk-noir trio Sometymes Why, and invigorated crowds as a square dance caller and clogger with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble. Along the way, she’s performed and recorded alongside such maverick talents as John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Dirk Powell (Joan Baez, Cold Mountain), Lucius, Aoife O’Donovan, Sufjan Stevens, Black Prairie and New York anti-folk icon Jeffrey Lewis. Her first solo album, Kiss Me Hello, was quietly released but made fast friends with those who stumbled upon it, including Garrison Keillor of NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion. http://kristinandreassen.com/
David Amram (World View)
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DAVID AMRAM has been described by The New York Times as “A One-Man Folk Festival,” and for being “multicultural before multi-culturalism existed!” Meanwhile, the Boston Globe hailed him as, “The Renaissance Man of American Music.” As a singer and multi-instrumentalist, he has performed at virtually all of the major North Ameri-
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can folk festivals on numerous occasions; and as the Father of World Music (decades before the term existed), Amram continues to travel the world, playing a dazzling variety of 35 instruments culled from the dozens of countries he has journeyed, while sharing songs, stories, instrumental techniques and narrating shows in five languages. In 1997, he was elected to Kerrville Folk Festival Hall of Fame, and in 2012 was honored by the Clearwater Festival with the “Pete and Toshi Seeger Power of Song Award.” In his spare time, when not performing with his world music mates, David has written 110 symphonic and chamber music pieces; two operas; the film scores for “Splendor in the Grass,” “Manchurian Candidate,” and the landmark “Pull My Daisy” (with Jack Kerouac as the narrator); composed music scores for twenty-two Broadway shows; in addition to being named by Leonard Bernstein as the first Composer-in-Residence of the New York Philharmonic; and the first composer-in-resident of Joe Papp’s Shakespeare in the Park (first 12 years of its existence). http://david-amram.blogspot.com/
Sam Baker (Songwriting)
Sam Baker is a man of few words. Always beautifully chosen, and fully wrought. Words placed like plants and objects in a Zen Garden. His website is stark: white, black, sepia, and shades of gray. Baker turned inward, to relearn the use of his body and brain after a Peruvian train bombing almost killed him in 1986. It’s taken years to heal. Time to reconnect. The road back was arduous, but it opened up new vistas in art, poetry, and music. mercy, released in 2004, was the first in a trilogy of compelling albums with sparse instrumentation and poetic delivery. It was followed by pretty world in 2007 and cotton in 2009. Each piece is imprinted with a theme: everyone is at the mercy of another one’s dreams, how beautiful are these days, and talk about forgiveness. Baker approaches life with a positive attitude – “Life is a gift. I went through a lot of bitterness- a lot of anger. But those things are toxic. Gratitude for what remains is more helpful than resentment for what was lost. Ultimately, I came to understand that these days are wicked short and terribly beautiful. All I’ve got—no matter what I hold in my hands, drive around in, or put in the bank,- all I’ve got is this one breath, and if I’m lucky, I get another. http://sambakermusic.com/
Pops Bayless (Ukulele)
Pops Bayless brings over three decades of performing experience to the stage. He is an original member of The Asylum Street Spankers and the founder of the Shorty Long Band and the Dark City Trio. His Off-Broadway musical comedy review, AMERICAN NOVELTY, premiered at the
Theatre for the New City in Manhattan, NYC, April of 2006. Pops’ original music can be heard in various film and television projects including MTV’s AUSTIN STORIES and the film NO VACANCY. As an accomplished teacher, Pops has presented a myriad of uke-based workshops at different schools and fests across the country including the Augusta Heritage Center, Blue Stone Folk School, Midwest Ukulele Festival, Ukulele Expo, Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp and the Lone Star Uke Fest. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pops-Bayless-Music/
Byron Berline (Bluegrass Fiddle)
Byron Berline is a three-time National Fiddle Champion who turned to a musical career after earning a B. A. in Physical Education at the University of Oklahoma. Originally from Oklahoma where he began playing the fiddle at age 5, Byron lived and worked in Los Angeles for 26 years before returning to his home state in 1995. Byron is one of the most sought after session fiddlers and his long list of recording credits are proof. Byron was inducted into Oklahoma’s Musicians Hall of Fame, named Oklahoma’s Ambassador of Goodwill, been featured artist at the international convention of the Violin Society of America, and conceived and planned the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival since it’s beginnings in 1997. Byron Berline has been touted as “one of the most inventive fiddlers ever ...”. His skill, versatility and artistry continue to be recognized by his peers, the press and audiences world-wide. He is a witty, charming personality and his music is evidence of that. http://doublestop.com/
Beau Bledsoe (Latin Guitar)
Beau studied classical guitar at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance under Douglas Niedt where he received a Master of Music. There he continued his professional career in the fertile ground of the Kansas City music scene playing with jazz musicians, classical chamber musicians, and also participating in the burgeoning Latin music scene. It was at this time that Beau met the musicians and founded the groups that he still performs with today such as tenor, Nathan Granner, soprano, Victoria Botero, classical violinist, Gregory Sandomirsky, composer/pianist, Brad Cox, and Argentine Tango quintet Tango Lorca. http://www.beaubledsoe.com/
Ray Bonneville (Harmonica)
Blues singer, musician, and songwriter Ray Bonneville is a Juno Award winner originally from Canada. Before he reached his teens, his large family moved to the United States; a few years later, when they returned to Canada, Bonneville stayed in the States on his own. He found work as a member in different bands and as a studio musician, playing both the harmonica and guitar. When he
Clarke Buehling is widely recognized for his interpretations of late 19th Century, classic finger-style banjo, and is in the forefront of the recent resurgence of interest in the earlier minstrel banjo style. Much of his material is based around his extensive collection of 19th Century banjo and mandolin instruction books and sheet music. http://www.buehlingbanjo.com/
Kevin Carroll (Ukulele/Kids)
Kevin Carroll is a certified State of Texas Elementary Educator, has led ukulele workshops internationally, teaches private and group music lessons to all ages and levels in Austin, TX. He has launched a ukulele-based music education charity called edUKEcation.org which brings lessons and instruments to schools and students with limited resources. Equally passionate about music, education and ukulele, Kevin seeks to inspire and empower students to
Betse Ellis brings an edgy fire to every note she bows, strums, sings or shouts. Part old-time celebrant and part contemporary songwriter, Betse is committed to purveying the breadth of possibilities within the folk format. She blends traditional source material with her own original works and presents a diverse sound that refuses to be labeled concretely. She traverses musical realms and pushes the boundaries of how folk music can be understood and imagined in the modern age. Her expertise at the challenging task of singing while fiddling distinguishes her as a solo artist, as well as an acclaimed instructor of fiddle workshops across America. A classically trained violinist, Betse became dedicated to old time fiddle styles, especially Ozark styles, when she realized this music related directly to her regional heritage. Recognizing the deep soul present in the source music inspired Betse to spend the last 20 years of her life learning, performing, and teaching these styles. http://fiddlebetse.com/
Bela Fleck (Banjo)
Just in case you aren’t familiar with Béla Fleck, there are some who say he’s the premiere banjo player in the world. Others claim that Béla has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map and on a range of solo projects
Danny Fowler has been a local Kansas City musician for six years playing in musicals, swing bands, and pickup blue grass groups around the metro. Originally from Oklahoma, Danny has his roots in folk and acoustic rock guitar. In college he became an accomplished swing dancer. This love of swing music crossed over onto guitar and he now plays weekly as a solo artist in the north metro area. In addition to playing guitar, Danny leads a local ukulele group (the Nukesters), teaches ukulele and guitar, and is a staff musician at his church http://www.swingukulele.com
Freebo (Bass/Songwriting)
FREEBO is an award-winning singer/songwriter (2008 Posi Award for “ Best Song”in The Most Uniting Category, The ‘07 Los Angeles Music Awards “Best Folk Artist”, Winner ‘07 South Florida Songwriting Contest, finalist in 2009 The Great American Songwriting Contest), but he is probably best known as a Folk-Rock-Blues Icon. For 30 years, Freebo played bass on recordings and toured with some of the great artists of our time--people like Bonnie Raitt (10 years), John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, CSN, Maria Muldaur, Ringo Starr, Michelle Shocked, Neil Young, Loudon Wainwright III, Dr. John, and many others. He has alsoappeared on Saturday Night Live, Midnight Special, Muppets Tonight, and in concert with the legendary Spinal Tap. It was his yearning for more creative expression, however, that drove Freebo to begin a process of deep inner discovery, and this has led to his successful transition as a singer/songwriter. http://freebomusic.com/
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Danny Fowler (Jazz/Swing Guitar)
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Betse Ellis (Old Time Fiddle)
Dom Flemons is the “American Songster,” pulling from traditions of old-time folk music to create new sounds. Having performed music professionally since 2005, he has played live for over one million people just within the past three years. As part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, which he co-founded with Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, he has played at a variety of festivals spanning from the Newport Folk Festival to Bonnaroo, in addition to renowned venues such as the Grand Ole Opry. http://www.domflemons.com/
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Clarke Buehling (Classical Banjo)
Brad Davis is known for his original amazing DoubleDown-Up guitar technique. Brad Davis has worked with the likes of Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Earl Scruggs, David Lee Roth, Emmy Lou Harris, Pam Tillis, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yokam, Tommy Shaw, Travis Tritt, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Steve Earl, Billy Bob Thornton, just to name a few. Brad has also appeared on Leno, Conan, The View, Good Morning America, Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel. http://www.braddavismusic.com/
Dom Flemons (Bones, Percussion)
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Diane Bouska plays bluegrass rhythm guitar and sings lead and traditional bluegrass harmony. She has authored and published instructional books teaching Roland White’s mandolin style and Clarence White’s lead guitar style, and she teaches rhythm guitar at bluegrass workshops around the country. As a founding member of the Roland White Band Diane has recorded and co-produced with Roland all of their projects, the 1994 Sugar Hill release “Trying To Get to You”, “Jelly On My Tofu” of 2003, which was nominated for the Bluegrass Grammy, a multitude of teaching videos, The New Kentucky Colonels’ “Live in Holland 1973”, and The Roland White Band’s current CD, “Straight-Ahead Bluegrass”. http://www.rolandwhite.com/
Brad Davis (Acoustic/Bluegrass Guitar)
and collaborations. If you are familiar with Béla, you know that he just loves to play the banjo, and put it into unique settings. http://www.belafleck.com
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Diane Bouska (Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar)
exercise their birthright of making music. Kevin is currently in the second year of course study in Canadian virtuoso James Hill’s Ukulele Initiative teacher training program. Kevin’s scope of teaching includes Texas-based music, blues, soul, funk, slide ukulele, family music facilitation, ukulele ensembles, and beginners of all ages. Kevin has been a resident of Austin, TX for over 20 years where he has played guitar and toured across the globe with Americana artists such as the Flatlanders (Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore), Jimmy LaFave, Alejandro Escovedo, Robyn Ludwick , Charlie and Bruce Robison and many others. In addition to leading his own groups as a singer-songwriter, Kevin has produced albums and written songs for severalAustin artists. http://www.kevincarroll.net
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Music FAIR discovered being a musician wasn’t paying all of the bills, he studied flying and put in enough hours to get his pilot’s license. He was influenced by and performed with great bluesmen like the legendary Muddy Waters and Bukka White. In 1993, Bonneville finished his debut recording On the Main. It was followed by 1997’s Solid Ground, which underscored his growing writing and playing skills. Gust of Wind, which earned Bonneville a Juno Award for Canada’s Blues Album of the Year, was released in 1999 and Rough Luck came out in 2000. The folk-tinged Roll It Down followed three years later, while 2007’s Goin’ by Feel boasted a darker, smokier sound and a tribute to New Orleans in the song “I Am the Big Easy.” Bonneville reunited with that album’s producer, Gurf Morlix, for his next album, 2011’s Bad Man’s Blood. The album won him an Internatioinal Blues Challenge, Solo/Duet Of The Year award in 2012. Bonneville toured long and hard throughout 2013. When he was ready to record again, he and co-producer and engineer Justin Douglas entered Austin, Texas’ Shrine Studio and emerged with Easy Gone. The album was released by Red House in April of 2014. http://raybonneville.com/
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MUSIC FAIR Brenda Freed (Voice) WELCOME EXHIBITORS DAY SCHEDULE
Brenda Freed has been performing all her life and has been teaching voice for over 20 years. She has performed throughout Texas since ’91 when a 9000 mile bicycle tour ended at the Kerrville Folk Festival where she has taught the voice workshop 6 years. Brenda is intuitive and has the ability to pinpoint vocal problems and offer suggestions how to make immediate improvement. She has a Masters Degree in Music Education/Music Therapy and a discography of 8 albums. She has toured the Midwest, Ireland and England and teaches voice, piano and guitar in her studio in the Texas Hill Country. In addition to festival and conference voice workshops/panels and private and group vocal instruction, Brenda offers Effortless Singing and Effortless Harmony Singing products for ongoing individual study and practice. http://www.EffortlessMusicInstruction.com
Chad Graves (Dobro)
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Playing dobro for over 20 years and currently with Compass Records recording artists The Hillbenders. My Great Grandmother Wanda Dohle was the only person in my family to play much of anything. She was an amazing piano player. A family friend gave her an old dobro that became my Grandpa John’s. He passed away when i was about 6 and I took up dobro about the time all my friends were getting into school band. http://Thehillbenders.com
James Hill (Ukulele)
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“James Hill has made a career as an award-winning ukulele player and songwriter, an uncompromising artist who “gives the ukulele its dignity back without ever taking himself too seriously” (Songlines). Hill’s new album, The Old Silo, sees him charting a course into deeper, rockier waters with producer Joel Plaskett at the helm. The album has an edginess and swagger unlike anything Hill has ever recorded: the thundering baritone ukulele riff in She’s Still Got It wouldn’t be out of place on a Black Keys album and the grinding slide ukulele in Tie One On would make Jack White proud.” http://jameshillmusic.com/
Howard Iceberg (Songwriting)
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Howard is a long-time K.C. songwriter. Previously named best K.C. songwriter in both the Star and the Pitch. Past nominations: Best KC songwriter, all-star band, folk band, americana band, Kansas Songwriters Hall of Fame. Honoree of 2011 Tribute Show by 50 local musicians. https://www.facebook.com/howard.iceberg
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Alan Jabbour (Old Time Fiddle)
A violinist by early training, Alan put himself through college at the University of Miami playing classical music. While a graduate student at Duke University in the 1960s, he began documenting oldtime fiddlers in the Upper South. Documentation turned to apprenticeship, and he relearned the fiddle in the style of the Upper South from musicians like Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia, and Tommy Jarrell of Toast, North Carolina. He taught a repertory of oldtime fiddle tunes to his band, the Hollow Rock String Band, which was an important link in the instrumental music revival in the 1960s. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1968, he taught English, folklore, and ethnomusicology at UCLA in 1968-69. He then moved to Washington, D.C., for over thirty years of service with Federal cultural agencies. He was head of the Archive of Folk Song at the Library of Congress 1969-74, director of the folk arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts 1974-76, and director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 1976 -99. Since his retirement, he has turned enthusiastically to a life of teaching and playing the fiddle. He has recorded many albums since his 1968 Hollow Rock String Band album, most recently a CD of fiddle-banjo duets with Ken Perlman, Southern Summits. http://www.alanjabbour.com/
Eddie Edwards & David Agee (Celtic)
Multi-instrumentalist and Kansas native, David Agee, began his musical life at an early age. David became interested in bluegrass then turned his attention to Irish music. Dave has been an active part of Kansas City’s folk music scene for many years performing with groups including Talisman, Scartaglen, Glen Eyrie, Blackthorne, The Shoe String Band, and Kelly. Leslie “Eddie” Jones, better known as Eddie Edwards among musicians, was born in East Virginia, where he began playing guitar and writing songs. Down the years he has added Irish bouzouki, mandolin, bodhrán, and tenor banjo to his palette of instruments, and teaches private music lessons on all of them. Since 2010, Eddie has brought a vital spark to the Kansas City Irish music scene by organizing local KC sessions and creating the Irish Traditional Music Learning Sessions at the Kansas City Irish Center, a group class for learning Irish traditional music. www.slowplayers.org
Denis Keldie (Accordion)
Toronto Native Denis Keldie is a longtime accordionist and keyboardist who has played on about 400 albums and dozens of film and TV projects in a wide variety of musical genres. Some award-winning albums include Serena Ryder, Jeff Healey, Rita Coolidge, Natalie McMaste. And he’s played live with such notables as Etta James, Solomon
Burke, Ronnie Spector, and Johnny Sansone. He has had the rare opportunity to record and perform in many different World accordion styles, including Italian, Parisian, Western Swing, Brazilian Forro, Celtic, Portuguese Fado, Jazz, Cajun, Zydeco, Tex-Mex, Tango, and of course Polka…….
Bill Kirchen (Roots Guitar)
Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step onto any stage, play those trademark licks that drove his seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten, and elicit instant recognition for a career that has spanned over 40 years and includes guitar work with Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello and many more. Named “A Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine, he celebrates an American musical tradition where rock ‘n’ roll and country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, Western swing from Texas and California honky-tonk. http://billkirchen.com/
Andy McKee (Fingerstyle Guitar)
Andy McKee is among the w o r l d ’s f i n est acoustic guitarists, and his crossover success to millions upon millions o f Yo uTu b e viewers underscores his emergence as one of today’s most unique and influential artists. To fans of virtuoso musicianship it is Andy’s attention to song structure and melodic content that elevates him above the rest. To fans of popular music Andy entertains both the eye and the ear as he magically transforms the steel string guitar into a full orchestra via his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a signature two-handed technique. He’s been featured as a cover story in both Acoustic Guitar Magazine in the U.S. and Acoustic Magazine in the UK, and is also the figurehead of the unique Guitar Masters tours which has traveled the world over. http://www.andymckee.com/
Jimmie Meade (Harmonica)
Jimmie Meade grew up in Chicago and began playing harmonica as a teen when he was given a Little Walter record. He made his way to the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, studying with Joe Filisko. Soon he was sneaking into clubs to play with masters like Little Mack Simmons, Eddie ‘the Chief’ Clearwater, and John Primer. After high school Jimmie relocated to Lawrence, where he began studying with Lee McBee. For the last three years Jimmie has lived and played in Kansas City, teaching harmonica at the Americana Music Academy in Lawrence. Influences include; Lester Young, Lee McBee, Little Walter, Little Hatch, Walter Horton, Muddy Waters, George Smith, Sonny Boy Williamson, Rice Miller, Kim Wilson, Gary Primich, Charlie Parker, Rick Sherry, Joe Filisko, King Curtis, Freddie King, Dennis Gruenling. He teaches at the Americana Music Academy and Mountain
Grammy Award winner Mollie O’Brien became known to the rest of the world as a singer ’s singer when, in 19 8 8, she and her brother Tim released the first of three critically-acclaimed albums for Sugar Hill Records (Take Me Back, Remember Me and Away Out On The Mountain). Eventually, Mollie recorded five equally well-received solo albums (Tell It True, Big Red Sun and Things I Gave Away for Sugar Hill Records, and I Never Move Too Soon and Everynight In The Week for Resounding Records). Additionally, she was a regular on the nationally-syndicated radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion” from 2001 through 2005. She’s long been known as a singer who doesn’t recognize a lot of musical boundaries, and audiences love her fluid ability to make herself at home in any genre while never sacrificing the essence of the song she tackles. O’Brien has primarily focused her efforts on the fading art of interpretation and the end result is a singer at the very top of her game who is not afraid to take risks both vocally and in the material she chooses. Husband Rich Moore has busied himself in the Colorado music scene for many years. While staying home with the kids when Mollie & Tim toured, he held a day job and continued to perform locally with a variety of Colorado favorites, including Pete Wernick and Celeste Krenz. Not only is Moore known to produce some of the funniest onstage running commentary, he’s also a powerhouse guitar player who can keep up with O’Brien’s twists and turns from blues to traditional folk to jazz to rock and roll. He creates a band with just his guitar and, as a result, theirs is an equal partnership. http://mollieobrien.com/
Jeff Plankenhorn (Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin)
A quick listen to the three solo records released by Austin, Texas based musician, Jeff Plankenhorn will give you an idea of the extremely varied styles the man Emily Robison (The Dixie Chicks) calls a ‘chameleon’ of performing. A deeper listen will uncover the overwhelmingly deep love all types of music Jeff has incorporated in his own unique style. Plankenhorn, or “Plank” as he is known, has found a way to blend the soulful vocals of the church, Motown, and funk singers that dominated his speakers as a youth with the bluegrass he studied while living in Nashville and the lyrically driven feel of the songwriters he has performed with since moving to Austin into an intoxicating sound that spans them all. http://jeffplankenhorn.net/
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From Bluegrass to Klezmer and beyond. Mark Rubin has created a legacy of some of the most interesting music ever performed and recorded. After his time with Dallas bad boys Killbilly, Mark and Danny Barnes left Killbilly to form the now legendary Bad Livers in Austin. Since then Mark has relocated to New Orleans and continues to perform and record on bass, tuba and banjo. His debut CD release “Southern Discomfort” is scheduled for release early 2015. http://www.markrubin.com/
Cookie Segelstein (Klezmer Violin)
The daughter of Holocaust survivor parents who settled in Kansas City, she received her Masters degree in Viola from The Yale School of Music in 1984. She is the founder and director of Veretski Pass, a member of Budowitz, The Youngers of Zion with Henry Sapoznik, has performed with all the greats of the modern Klezmer Revival. Cookie has presented lecture demonstrations and workshops on klezmer fiddling all over the world, including at Yale University, University of Wisconsin in Madison, Marshall University in Huntington, West VA, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, University of Oregon in Eugene, Pacific University, SUNY-Cortland, and at Klezmerwochen in Weimar, Germany. She is a regular staff member at Living Traditions’ Klez Kamp, Klez Kanada, Klez California, Klezmer Festival Fürth, Klezfest London, and has been a two time performing instructor at Centrum’s Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, WA. http://www.veretskipass.com/
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Mark Rubin (String Bass)
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Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore (Singing/Harmony Singing)
Cheryl Prashker studied classical percussion at McGill Universit y in Montreal, Canada, where she was born and raised. She has toured Canada, U.S. Europe and Russia. She spent many years in NY City where she honed her skills of playing anything from Rock and Roll drums, Klezmer, to Celtic as well as Middle Eastern music. She now uses her special style of percussion to enhance the music of such artists as Jonathan Edwards, Pat Wictor, Tracy Grammer, and her own Celtic Roots Music group RUNA. Cheryl is also a songwriter and The President of The Board of Directors of NERFA. http://www.cherylprashker.com/
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Alan Munde began his long career in bluegrass music with the 1968 recording of Poor Richard’s Almanac featuring Sam Bush and Wayne Stewart, followed by a traditional grounding in bluegrass music as a member of IBMA Hall of Fame member Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys. In 1972 Alan Joined his college picking friend Byron Berline in the forward-leaning bluegrass group Country Gazette. Alan continued as the anchor of the group for 21 years. Along the way, he recorded many highly regarded albums including Banjo Sandwich, and the Festival Favorites series. Alan participated in the 2001 IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year, Knee Deep in Bluegrass. His most recent recording is a duo CD with mandolin player Billy Bright titled Bright Munde. He taught in the Bluegrass Music Program at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas for 20 years. Alan has also published many instructional books for Mel Bay, instructional DVDs for Texas Music and Video, and participated in music workshops and camps both in America and Europe. http://www.almundesbanjocollege.com/
Ken Perlman is a pioneer of the 5-string banjo style known as melodic clawhammer; he is considered one of the top clawhammer players in the world, known in particular for his skillful adaptations of Celtic, Appalachian, & Canadian fiddle tunes to the style. He has toured throughout most of the English-speaking world and in Western-Europe, both as a soloist and – over the last decade – in a duo with renowned Appalachian-style fiddler Alan Jabbour. An acclaimed teacher of folk-music instrumental skills. Ken has written some of the most widely respected banjo and guitar instruction books of modern times, he has been on staff at prestigious teaching festivals around the world, and he has also served as director for several banjoinstructional camps including American Banjo Camp, Midwest Banjo Camp, and Suwannee Banjo Camp. He has written a regular column in Banjo Newsletter for over 25 years, and for many years has appeared regularly in Sing Out! Also an independent folklorist, Ken spent close to two decades collecting and processing tunes and oral histories from traditional fiddle players on Prince Edward Island in Eastern Canada. From these experiences, he put together two works: a collection of over 400 tunes called The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island, and an oralhistory based work – due to be published in 2014 by University of Tennessee Press – called Couldn’t Have a Wedding Without the Fiddler: Traditional Fiddling & Community Life on Prince Edward Island. Ken’s recordings include Southern Summits (with fiddler Alan Jabbour), Northern Banjo, Island Boy, Devil in the Kitchen, Live in the U.K. and Clawhammer Banjo & Fingerstyle Guitar Solos. His banjo books include EverythingYou Wanted to Know About Clawhammer Banjo, Clawhammer Style Banjo, Melodic Clawhammer Banjo, and Celtic Clawhammer Banjo. http://www.kenperlman.com/
Music FAIR Cheryl Prashker (Hand Drums)
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Alan Munde (Bluegrass Banjo)
Ken Perlman (Old Time Banjo)
Matt Smith (Roots Guitar)
Matt Smith is an Austin-based musician, author, teacher, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Matt has been teaching internationally for 33 years and was a senior faculty member at the National Guitar Workshop. He is currently CoDirector of the instructional forum Musicians United for
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Music on Shawnee Mission PKWY in Shawnee. http://www.leveetown.com/about/jimmie/
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Music as well as Music and Studio Director at Phoenix House in Austin, Texas. Matt was the international clinician for Ovation, Hamer, and Takamine guitars for 25 years, performing concerts and master classes across the US, Canada, and Europe. His popular “Chop Shop” series of books are a distillation of his exciting approach to music instruction. http://www.mattsmithsworld.net/
Ryan Spearman (Banjo/Guitar) EXHIBITORS DAY SCHEDULE
Ryan is a professional folk musician, educator, and promoter from St. Louis, MO. He’s the Educational Programming director at The Folk School of St. Louis where–for the last five years– he’s also taught classes covering several traditional musical subjects including, claw-hammer banjo, old time & bluegrass fiddle, country blues, guitar, jug band, improvisation, music theory, & folk ensemble performance. When he’s not teaching at the Folk School or busy performing, recording, lecturing and touring the United States and Europe, Ryan runs an online clawhammer banjo instructional site http://www.PlayBetterBanjo.com
Linda Thompson (Hammered Dulcimer) OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Linda lowe thompson brings a combination of warmth, humor, intelligence, and skill to all her activities with hammered dulcimer whether teaching or performing. Her instruction book and cassette, beginning hammered dulcimer, has long been widely used and respected. Anyone using this, no matter what their musical background, can be playing tunes on the dulcimer in just a few minutes. The publication, in 1993, of hammered dulcimer notebook, an encyclopedia of embellishments, was the culmination of a decade of work and experience. She followed, in 1994, with hammered dulcimer christmas, in 1996 with classical hammered dulcimer, and in 1999 with sacred hammered dulcimer. www.lindalowethompson.com/
Linda Tilton (Ukulele)
MUSIC FAIR REGISTRANTS
Linda got interested in playing ukulele when she regularly attended old-time music jams. Tired of being an observer, Linda mentioned to a friend that she wished she had a banjo ukulele to play at the music sessions. Two years later that friend surprised her with a Christmas gift of a 1926 banjo ukulele distributed by Sears and Roebuck – the $3 model! Having a background in education, it is one of Linda’s greatest joys to take a student who has limited experience in music and coaching that person into playing well. Linda teaches ukulele at the Americana Music Academy, in Lawrence, Kansas. She belongs to uke clubs in the Kansas City area and Lawrence, Kansas. Linda also teaches ukulele workshops regionally including the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.
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Redd Volkaert (Roots Guitar)
A local Austin legend and revered by guitarists all over the world, Redd Volkaert is one of the hardest working Telecaster men on the planet. Born and raised in Canada, Redd started early, at the age of ten; and by the time he was 16, he was playing in local bars and clubs in Vancouver, British Columbia. After 8 years in Alberta, he moved to Los Angeles, playing in clubs, teaching and working on demo sessions. In 1990, he moved to Nashville and started working road dates and studio sessions with Ray Price, Lacy J. Dalton, Clinton Gregory and Dale Watson, eventually working his way to Merle Haggard’s band, The Strangers. In 1997, Merle Haggard found himself in need of a lead guitarist. Haggard said, “I usually listen to the guys in the band. I asked them who was the best guitarist they knew, and they all said Redd.” He took Redd without an audition. After becoming a “Stranger,” Redd recorded and toured with Merle, appearing in concert and on national television. A founding member of the honkytonk supergroup Heybale!, he remains a valued hired-gun for sessions and touring work with such artists as Brad Paisley, whose work with the country star garnered Redd a GRAMMY©nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2004. http://www.reddvolkaert.net/
Bob Walkenhorst (Songwriting)
Bob Walkenhorst is a Kansas City-based singer/songwriter/ musician/painter. After growing up in his hometown of Norborne, Missouri, he became a founding member of Midwestern U.S. groups such as Phantasia, Trizo 50, Steve, Bob & Rich, and the popular roots rock band The Rainmakers. In the Kansas City area, he currently gives weekly performances and participates in art gallery shows. As the singer/songwriter of his most well-known band, The Rainmakers, from 1986–1996, his discography included five full-length studio albums, one live concert recording, and one “best-of” album. After the dissolution of the band, he released his first solo album, The Beginner, in 2003. In 2009, he teamed up with fellow Kansas City musician Jeff Porter to release an album entitled No Abandon, under the moniker Walkenhorst and Porter. Throughout his career as a musician, he has maintained a reputation for producing clever and provocative lyrics, which have garnered him wide critical acclaim. http://www.rainmakers.com/
Abigail Washburn (Banjo)
If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one’s model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition. She—a singing, songwriting, Illinois-born, Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player—is every bit as interested in the present and the future as she is in the past, and every bit as attuned to the global as she is to the local. Abigail pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody’s ever heard before. http://www.abigilwashburn.com/
Russ Wever (Steel Guitar)
Kansas City Steel Guitarist Russ Wever is well known in the steel guitar community and is a favorite at Steel Shows & Concerts around the country. With over twenty years of teaching under his belt, Russ is well versed in passing along his knowledge and experience to you. https://myspace.com/russwever
Roland White (Mandolin)
At an early age, White formed himself, his two brothers (Eric and Clarence) and his sister (Joanne) into a bluegrass band which performed locally. When the family moved to California, the group won a talent show on a local radio station, after which a television station hired them (minus Joanne) as The Country Boys. After a two-year US Army enlistment, White re-joined the Country Boys, now renamed The Kentucky Colonels. In 1967, he had the opportunity to join the Blue Grass Boys, the backup band of his childhood idol Bill Monroe. He stayed with that group until 1969, when he joined the Nashville Grass, the backup band of Lester Flatt. White stayed with Flatt until 1973, when he, Clarence and Eric re-united as The New Kentucky Colonels. This only lasted a few months; he and Clarence were struck by an automobile as they loaded their equipment into their car after a performance. Roland White suffered a dislocated shoulder, but Clarence died in the accident. White then joined another bluegrass group Country Gazette, remaining there for 13 years. In 1987, he joined the Nashville Bluegrass Band, staying with that group until 2000. After that he formed the Roland White Band, which is still active. White is a noted mandolin teacher who gives many workshops and private lessons and has published book/CD instruction sets. http://www.rolandwhite.com/
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REGISTRANTS
John Abney
John Calvin Abney johncalviniii@gmail.com www.johncalvinabney.com
Hanna Ackerman
Swallow Hill Music hanna@swallowhillmusic.org www.swallowhillmusic.org
Janet Adamana
Jessica Ayre
Ben Anderson
Dan Appenzeller
Michael-Ann Azoulai
Michelle Anderson
Ann Armstrong
Adrien Bachand
Cherish Anderson
Mary Armstrong
Marie Bachand
Lauren Anderson
Brian Atkinson
Quinn Bachand
Prescott Park Arts Festival ben@prescottpark.org www.prescottpark.org Sweet Alibi thesweetalibi@gmail.com www.sweetalibi.com Shotgun Mgmt. cherish@shotgunmgmt.com www.shotgunmgmt.com
Sound, Phrase & Fury Magazine editor@sound-phrase-fury.com www.sound-phrase-fury.com
Doug Adams
Antonio Andrade
Craig Akin
Roosevelt Dime slapfiddle@yahoo.com www.rooseveltdimemusic.com
Laith Al-Saadi
Laith Al-Saadi www.laithmusic.com laithea@umich.edu www.laithmusic.com
Jacqueline Aldrich
Wheatland Music Organization wmo.office@wheatlandmusic.org www.wheatlandmusic.org
Alex Alexander
Eljuri info@eljurimusic.com www.eljurimusic.com
James Scott Alexander
Jenny Allen jennydotallen@gmail.com www.bowvalleymusicclub.org
Dalis Allen
Kerrville Folk Festival/SWRFA dalis@kerrvillefolkfestival.com
Kate Atkinson
Danielle Aubert
Sweet Alibi thesweetalibi@gmail.com Michael-Ann michaelannmusic@gmail.com Michaelannmusic.com Beacon Ridge Productions adrien@abachand.ca www.beaconridgeproductions.com Qristina & Quinn Bachand marie@abachand.ca www.beaconridgeproductions.com Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Quinn Bachand’s Brishen marie@abachand.ca www.qbachand.com www.brishenmusic.com
Matthew Bachmeer
Big Red Drum Entertainment bigreddrum@gmail.com Www.bigreddrum.com
Patchy Sanders bookingpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com
Michelle Bacon
Rusty Andrews
Jacqeline Aubert
Jim Baggett
Teresa Andrews
Marcinda Aubert
Sam Baijal
Kristin Andreassen yellowcarsuperstar@gmail.com www.kristinandreassen.com McGonigel’s Mucky Duck theduck@mcgonigels.com mcgonigels.com McGonigel’s Mucky Duck theduck@mcgonigels.com mcgonigels.com
Nels Andrews
Nels Andrews nelsandrews@gmail.com www.nelsandrews.com
Beverly Angel
Jenny Allen
CMTEdge.com btamojonet@aol.com www.brianatkinson.net
Kristin Andreassen
Brandon Allai
Gary Allegretto/Harmonikids gallegretto@earthlink.net www.garyallegretto.com
Philadelphia City Paper maruca@netaxs.com http://citypaper.net
Starboard Cannons management@starboard cannons.com www.starboardcannons.com
Mark Andruss
Gary Allegretto
Ann Armstrong & Steve Hughes ann@ann-armstrong.com www.ann-armstrong.com
Antonio Andrade straydog@embarqmail.com www.lifeshakes.com
James Scott jamesscottguitar@gmail.com www.jamesscottguitar.com
Ashes to Immortality rachel.kilian@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/asheslawrence
FolkWest dan@folkwest.com www.folkwest.com
90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City Community Radio MAndr0328@aol.com Arhaven House Concerts joe_angel@arhaven.org www.arhaven.org
Joe Angel
KEOS 89.1 FM joe_angel@arhaven.org
Dan Ankney
Patchy Sanders bookingpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com Patchy Sanders cindieaubert@gmail.com
Arthur Aubert
Patchy Sanders artaubert1951@gmail.com
Danny Autry
Mulberry Jam Band dautry1@comcast.net
Carey Avenia
Lansdowne Folk Club carey-ave@msn.com www.folkclub.org
Alyssa Avery
Mt. Thelonious mtthelonious@gmail.com www.mtthelonious.com
Scott Aycock
Sweetwater Studios dan_ankney@sweetwater.com
Scott Aycock scottapoet@yahoo.com scottaycock.blogspot.com
Mark Anstey
Jesse Aycock
Unique Gravity mark@uniquegravity.co.uk www.uniquegravity.co.uk
Jesse Aycock jesseaycock@yahoo.com www.jesseaycock.com
WELCOME
Billy Strings & Don Julin billystrings@gmail.com www.billystrings.com
Matthew Francis Andersen andersen_matt@yahoo.com www.matthewfrancisandersen.com
The Lauren Anderson Project thelaurenandersonproject@ gmail.com www.LaurenAndersonMusic.com
dljadams@wcoil.com
Dylan Golden Aycock dylan@scissortailrecords.com http://dylangoldenaycock. bandcamp.com
EXHIBITORS
Smithfield Music smfdmusic@verizon.net www.smithfieldmusic.org
William Apostol
Dylan Aycock
DAY SCHEDULE
Elaine Abicht
Matthew Andersen
Paper Moon Shiners papermoonshiners@gmail.com www.papermoonshiners.com
Folk Alliance International sales@folk.org Mass Street Music annet@massstreetmusic.com http://massstreetmusic.com/ Hillside Festival sbaijal@hillsidefestival.ca www.hillsidefestival.ca
Damon Bailey
Seedlove heardamonbailey@gmail.com www.seedlovemusic.com
Blanche Baillargeon
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Smithfield Music smfdmusic@verizon.net www.smithfieldmusic.org
Elena Antinelli
Run Boy Run Jesse@runboyrunband.com www.runboyrunband.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Jim Abicht
Jesse Allen
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures christine@christinetassan.com www.christinetassanet lesimposteures.com
Rachel Baiman
10 String Symphony 10stringsymphony@gmail.com www.rachelbaiman.com
Jeanette Bair
MUSIC FAIR
MMII - Music Marketing International Inc. charlie@charlieacourt.com www.charlieacourt.com
Rock House Center for the Arts rockhouse41@gmail.com rockhousecenterforthearts.org
Doug Baker
Mariposa Folk Foundation folkusgroup@yahoo.com
Josh Baldridge
Mass Street Music josh@massstreetmusic.com http://massstreetmusic.com
REGISTRANTS
Charlie A’Court
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WELCOME
Alaballew Management laineyballew@gmail.com
Benjamin Ballinger
Ben Ballinger benballingermusic@gmail.com www.goodhorserecords.com/benepk
Bruce Balmer
EXHIBITORS
Soona Songs, Inc. brucecbalmer@att.net www.soonasongs.com
Cindy Bandula-Yates
Yates Fund for Cancer Hope yatescancerfund@hotmail.com www.cindystock.org
William Bandy
Matt Bartlett
Tom Belinoski
Julie Bates
Nathan Bell
Midnight Mango Ltd matt@midnightmango.co.uk www.midnightmango.co.uk The Matchsellers thematchsellers@gmail.com http://thematchsellers.com
Ken Batista
WYEP 91.3 FM folkradio@earthlink.net www.wyep.org
Renee Batten
The Secrets reneelbatten@gmail.com www.thesecrets.ca
DAY SCHEDULE
Letters To Abigail lbandy@morrisbb.net letterstoabigail.net
Neil Battrum
Mike Barer
Daniel Bauer
J.R. Shore jrshore45@gmail.com www.jrshore.com
Rose Barilleaux
Ensemble Iberica nlbad8@gmail.com Rowdy Congregation jkeegan6@stumail.jccc.edu
Zach Baumann
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Houston Music Review eddie@hustonmusicreview.com
The Pitch zacharyjbauman@gmail.com http://zachbphotography.com
Paul Barker
Pops Bayless
Phil Barker
Billy Beard
Barker House Concerts pbarker78746@gmail.com Town Mountain mandophil@gmail.com townmountain.net
Deanna Barnes
Barnes House Concerts bildeann@swbell.net
Bill Barnes
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Barnes House Concerts bildeann@swbell.net
Steven Barnett
music@stevenbarnett.com
Liz Barnez
Mudhead Music lizbarnez@gmail.com
Rachel Barreca
Folk Music Ontario moxy.woman.creations@gmail.com
MUSIC FAIR
Patterson Barrett
So’ Fish Records patterson@pattersonbarrett.com www.pattersonbarrett.com
Robert Barrick
Coyote Armada barrickbobby@gmail.com coyotearmada.bandcamp.com
Jennah Barry
REGISTRANTS
Jennah Barry jennahwinfredbarry@gmail.com www.iamjennahbarry.com
Isaac Barter
Oh Pep! ohpepmusic@gmail.com www.ohpep.com
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Pops Bayless mainlander23@hotmail.com Session Americana c/o Two Roads Booking wmbeard@comcast.net www.sessionamericana.com
Denise Beason
Free Radicals denisebeason@yahoo.com
Emma Beaton
Concert Window emma@concertwindow.com www.concertwindow.com
Bruce Beatus
Old Town School of Folk Music bbeatus@gmail.com
Michael Beauchamp Red Tail Ring redtailring@gmail.com www.redtailring.com
Chris Becker
Chris Lee Becker clbmando2@gmail.com www.chrisleebecker.com
Thad Beckman
Thad Beckman thadb@centurylink.net www.thadbeckman.com
Dan Beeson
Pinball Sessions themagneticsound@gmail.com
Vicki Belinoski
Onion Creek Concerts onioncreekhouseconcerts@ austin.rr.com
Onion Creek Concerts onioncreekhouseconcerts@ austin.rr.com Nathan Bell nathansbell@gmail.com www.nathanbellmusic.com
Ash Bell
Starboard Cannons info@starboardcannons.com www.starboardcannons.com
Annette Bellaoui
Tavse Stemmer - Missing Voices.dk/Copenhagen World Music Festival annette@cphworld.dk www.missingvoices.dk
Paul Benjaman
Paul Benjaman paulbenjamanband@gmail.com www.paulbenjamanband.com
Erin Benjamin
Music Canada Live ebenjamin@musiccanadalive.ca www.musiccanadalive.ca
Ginger Bennett
Annika info@annikamusic.com Annikamusic.com
Suzy (Kay) Bennett
bennett9@embarqmail.com
Leslie Benson
Albert “Scott” Berwick Local 1000 AFM ascottberwick@hotmail.com
Eric Bettencourt
Eric Bettencourt eric@eric-bettencourt.com
Marc Bicher
Marcus Blacke gentlemanrambling@gmail.com www.marcusblacke.com
Jenny Bienemann
WFMT jenny@jennybienemann.com jennybienemann.com
Craig Bignall
Pear pearband@gmail.com www.pearband.com
Rhiannon Birdsall Birdsall Foes of Folly rayray134@gmail.com foesoffolly.com
Luke Blair
Greenbank Trio booking@greenbanktrio.ca www.greenbanktrio.ca
Beau Bledsoe
Ensemble Iberica info@ensembleiberica.org beaubledsoe.com
Boyd Blomberg
Shelter Valley Folk Festival leslie.benson@sympatico.ca
Pushing Chain boyd@pushingchain.com www.pushingchain.com
Marc Douglas Berardo
D.C. Bloom
Amy Sue Berlin
Fiona Bloom
Amy Berlin
Jim Blum
Marc Douglas Berardo mdbmusic@gmail.com www.MarcDouglas.com
Amy Sue Berlin amysueberlin@yahoo.com www.amysueberlin.com Amy Sue Berlin amysueberlin@yahoo.com
Byron Berline
Double stop music byron@doublestop.com Www.doublestop.com
Arthur Berman
CiTR Radio “Pacific Pickin” aberman@telus.net www.citr.ca
Dan Bern
D.C. Bloom dc@dcbloom.com Dcbloom.com The Bloom Effect fiona@thebloomeffect.com http:www.thebloomeffect.com Wisdom Without Reason (Folk Alley) jblum@kent.edu www.folkalley.com
Steve Boaz
Kyle Reid & the Low Swinging Chariots steve@breathingrhythm.com www.breathingrhythm.com
Renee Bodie
Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles & Pasadena renee@levittla-pas.org www.levittla.org &www.levittpasadena.org
Dan Bern dbernsteinn@gmail.com www.danbern.com
Don Boles
Bill Berry
C Daniel Boling
Bill Berry Music berry_lives@hotmail.com www.billberrymusic.com
Penny Bertrand
Ottawa Folk Festival (CityFolk) pennybertrand@hotmail.com
ThreeePals, LLC drbmemtn@aol.com C. Daniel Boling - Balladeer / Songwriter daniel@danielboling.com www.danielboling.com
REGISTRANTS
Ray Bonneville
Mary Bragg
Ray Bonneville raybonneville@aol.com
Mary Bragg mary@marybragg.com www.marybragg.com
Julia Bordenaro Levin
Cathy Brake
The Levins thelevins@yahoo.com www.thelevinsmusic.com
Marie Borgman
Chamomile and Whiskey catinthehopper@gmail.com
Logan Bosemer
Atomic Music Group logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.atomicmusicgroup.com
Kelly Bosworth
Kelly Bosworth kellybosworthmusic@gmail.com kellybosworth.com
Lucien Jason Bouchard CHUO radio Ottawa ljbouchard@rogers.com
Kevin Bourke
Freelance / BBC / NoDepression bourketothefuture@gmail.com www.bbc.com/
Diane Bouska
Instructor for Music Camp; The Roland White Band dbouska@bellsouth.net www.rolandwhite.com
Barbara Bowers
BEE AGENCY bbowersmusicagent@gmail.com
T. Bruce Bowers
Ronny Cox Band ronny.cox723@gmail.com
Danielle Bowker
MusiCares danielle.bowker@grammy.com
Dustin Boyd
Planet Bluegrass dustin@bluegrass.com
Jan Boydol
Calgary Folk Club artisticdirector@calgaryfolkclub.com www.calgaryfolkclub.com
Jeffrey Boyer
postrockone@juno.com
Liz Boyer
PostRock Productions postrockone@gmail.com
Eric Brace
Red Beet Records eric@redbeetrecords.com
Brianna Gosse john@slideguy.net
Ron Brammer
Steve Sterner and Sundown rebrammer209@yahoo.com
Holly Brecunier
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros holly.brecunier@gmail.com
Kris Brown
Jim Burke
KUNR & KNCC FM jim@jimbosjukejoint.com www.jimbosjukejoint.com/
Kris Brown kb@digmrbrown.com www.digmrbrown.com
Season Burnett
Jon Brown
Adam Burrows adamburrows@yahoo.com
The Ragbirds jonathan.brown251@gmail.com www.theragbirds.com
Kevin Brown
The Show Ponies kevin.j.brown01@gmail.com www.theshowponies.com
bellastagiona@gmail.com
Adam Burrows Megan Burtt
Megan Burtt megan@meganburtt.com
Melanie Busse
melbusse7@gmail.coom
Pamela Brown
Melissa Butler
Eric Brubaker
Michael Butterworth
Kris Bruders
Katie Byers
The John Brown Boys suzkcviolin@yahoo.com
Murder Ballad Ball / Here’s to the Roots kristhefreighttrain@gmail.com
Bobby Britt
Jim Bryson
Jon Byrd
Jimmy Breslin
Greenbank Trio jimmy@greenbanktrio.ca www.greenbanktrio.ca
Cody Brewer
Cody Brewer codydbrew@gmail.com www.grazzhopper.net
Susan Brewington
Town Mountain bobbybritt@gmail.com townmountain.net
Steve Brockway
River Roots pamelasioux@gmail.com www.riverroots.org The Steel Wheels eric@thesteelwheels.com www.thesteelwheels.com
Oh Susanna amanda@starfishentertainment.com
Tim Buckley
KRFC 88.9 FM / Quantum Arts steve@quantumarts.net
T. Buckley bookings@tbuckley.ca www.tbuckley.ca
Steve Brogden
Clarke Buehling
FAR-West (President)/ Brogden Bay Presents brogdenbay@yahoo.com
Hollie Brogunier
buehlingbanjo@yahoo.com http://buehlingbanjo.com/
Grant Buell
The Red Wine Effect hollie.brogunier@gmail.com
Good Time Charley/Kansas City Bear Fighters gbuell@gmail.com
Andrea Brookhart
Ariel Bugosen
Andrea Brookhart Photography brookfire@gmail.com www.andreabrookhart.com
Steve Brooks
Frog Records steve@stevebrooks.net www.stevebrooks.net
Chad Brothers
Old Sound sixstringleets@gmail.com www.oldsoundmusic.com
Stuart Brotman
Veretski Pass klezbow@gmail.com www.veretskipass.com
Amado Espinoza Trio arielkcmo@hotmail.com
Darlene Buhler
Madison Folk Music Society darlene@blettner.com www.madfolk.org
John Bunch
Road Ahead jfsbunch@yahoo.com
John Bunzli
John Bunzli johnbunzli@comcast.net www.johnbunzli.com
Wink Burcham
Wink Burcham hortonrecords@gmail.com http;/www.winkburcham.com
WELCOME
Colleen Brown colleen@colleenbrownmusic.com colleenbrownmusic.com
EXHIBITORS
Colleen Brown
Glenn E. Bradford & Associates, P.C. glenn47@swbell.net
Fleming Artists (agency) Kawehi (artist / client) Jordan@FlemingArtists.com www.FlemingArtists.com
Good Time Charley melzamam@gmail.com Goodtimecharleyband.com The Nadas mike@thenadas.com www.thenadas.com
Tikly, LLC katherinebyers@hotmail.com tikly.co Jon Byrd jbyrd@tds.net www.jonbyrd.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Glenn Bradford
Starboard Cannons info@starboardcannons.com www.starboardcannons.com
Jordan Burger
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Matt Bone
Randy Brown - Performing Philosopher Randy@brownrandy.com brownrandy.com
Paddy Byrne
Brianna Gosse john@slideguy.net www.briannagosse.com
Ian Byrne
The Edlers ian@eldersmusic.com www.eldersmusic.com
Kian Byrne
The Edlers kian@eldersmusic.com www.eldersmusic.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Randall Brown
Wheatland Music Organization wmo.office@wheatlandmusic.org www.wheatlandmusic.org
Suzanne Cadgene
Elmore Magazine suze@elmoremagazine.com www.elmoremagazine.com
Taylor Caffery
WRKF Radio tlcaffery@yahoo.com www.hootenannypower.com
MUSIC FAIR
Daniel Bracken
Music Enabler for C. Daniel Boling thebolings@comcast.net www.danielboling.com
Mary Ann Caffery
Caffery Gallery cafferygallery@gmail.com
Kate Caggianelli
Kate Rose purerosemusic@gmail.com http://purerosemusic.wix.com/kate-rose
REGISTRANTS
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WELCOME
Leonard Caggianelli
Carrie Ann Carroll
Beth Cahill
Dave Carroll
Pure Rose Music, LLC. purerosemusic@gmail.com http://purerosemusic.wix.com/prm-llc Soona Songs, Inc. 236bethcahill@gmail.com www.bethcahill.ca
Callaghan Callaghan
EXHIBITORS
Callaghan stephen.massey@me.com www.callaghansongs.com
Dan Calloway
Blissfest Music Organization dan@blissfest.org blissfest.org
Mark Campbell
Mark + Diane Campbell mcamp18@aol.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Diane Campbell
Carrie Ann Carroll carrieanncarroll@gmail.com www.carrieanncarroll.com Dave Carroll / Big Break Enterprises dave@davecarrollmusic.com www.davecarrollmusic.com/
Kevin Carroll
Kevin Carroll edUKEcator kevin@kevincarroll.net www.kevincarroll.net
Debbie Carroll
MusiCares debbie@grammy.com
Nick Carswell
Carswell & Hope carswellandhope@gmail.com
Jodianne Carter
Mark + Diane Campbell dscamp@aol.com
Tunes & Tours jodianne@mindspring.com http://tunesntours.tumblr.com/
Lance Canales
Bianca Caruso
Lance Canales & The Flood lancecanalesandtheflood@gmail.com http://lancecanalesandtheflood.com/
Deborah Carbery
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
deborahcarbery@gmail.com
Andi Carder
The Show Ponies booking@theshowponies.com www.theshowponies.com
Freddy & Francine mike@mikeromanagement.com www.freddyandfrancine.com
Richard Casciato Taylor Guitars Richard.Casciato@ taylorguitars.com
Suze Casey
drcare@att.net
Calgary Folk Club artisticdirector@ calgaryfolkclub.com www.calgaryfolkclub.com
Edie Carey
Buzz Cason
Frank Carella
Edie Carey & Sarah Sample (duo) edie@ediecarey.com www.ediecarey.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Matt Carey
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros mdccarey@gmail.com
Angie Carlson
Red House Records publicity@redhouserecords.com www.redhouserecords.com
Johnny Carlton
MUSIC FAIR
Kyle Reid & the Low Swinging Chariots john.r.carlton@gmail.com
Sarah Carpenter
High & Dry thecluttermaven@gmail.com
ZoĂŤ Carpenter
Tillamook Burn zoescarpenter@gmail.com www.laurensheehanmusic.com
Serge Sheriff Carriere
REGISTRANTS
Sweet Alibi lssheriff@gmail.com
Henry Carrigan
NoDepression.com carjrn@aol.com www.nodepression.com
Plowboy Records buzz@buzzcason.com www.buzzcason.com
Mark Cassidy
The HillBenders (Under KCA Artists) banjist@gmail.com www.hillbenders.com
Edo Castro
Daniel Champagne
Daniel Champagne danielchampagnemanager@gmail.com www.danielchampagne music.com
Clayton Chaney
The Show Ponies Clayton.r.chaney@gmail.com www.theshowponies.com
Thomas Chapmond
Sycamore Creek House Concerts SycamoreCreekConcerts@gmail.com
Michael Charney
Swallow Hill Music michael.charney@comcast.net swallowhillmusic.org
Charlie Cheney
Charlie Cheney charliecheney@gmail.com http://charliecheney.com
Luther Child
Session Americana lutherchild@gmail.com
Dirje Childs
Blue Rock Artist Ranch & Studio dirje@icloud.com www.dirje.com
Beth Chrisman
The Carper Family chrismanbeth@gmail.com www.carperfamilyband.com
Stewart Chyz
azaleamusic@att.net
Lucas Chaisson
Lucas Chaisson info@lucaschaisson.com www.lucaschaisson.com
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George Clements
Lonely Heartstring Band lonelyheartstringband@gmail.com www.lonelyheartstringband.com
Carrie Clevenger
Woody Guthrie Center carrie@woodyguthriecenter.org woodyguthriecenter.org
K.C. Clifford
K.C. Clifford kcclifford@kcclifford.com www.kcclifford.com
Jerrad Clinton
Desi & Cody pilotproject82@gmail.com www.desiandcody.com
Vic Close
Fish Creek Concerts fishcreekconcerts@shaw.ca
Mitchell Cloud
brittanyscloud@gmail.com
Rory Cloud
Quiles & Cloud mariaquilesrorycloud@gmail.com http://quilesandcloud.com
Zac Coffelt
Americana Music Times steve@americana musictimes.com www.americanamusictimes.com
Kerry Patrick Clark
Kerry Patrick Clark Kerry@KerryPatrickClark.com www.KerryPatrickClark.com
Will Clark
Azalea Cervantes
Lonely Heartstring Band lonelyheartstringband@gmail.com www.lonelyheartstringband.com
Steve Circeo
Ry Cavanaugh
Signal Flow PR elizabeth@signalflowpr.com www.signalflowpr.com
Charles Clements
David Clysdale
Steve Clark
Elizabeth Cawein
Nellie Clay nellieclay@rocketmail.com
The Bow Valley Music Club info@bowvalleymusicclub.org www.bowvalleymusicclub.org
CORINNE WEST BANDITS edobass7@me.com www.edocastro.com/ Session Americana / Two Roads Agency rycavanaugh@gmail.com www.sessionamericana.com
Nellie Clay
Rant Maggie Rant steveclarkonbass@gmail.com The Amigos willcdrums@yahoo.com
Josienne Clarke
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker josienneclarke@yahoo.co.uk
John Clarke
Brianna Gosse john@slideguy.net www.slideguy.net
Phil Clarkin
Phil Clarkin Photography pr_clarkin@yahoo.com http://philclarkinphotography.com
Rant Maggie Rant daev@daev.ca Feltburn coffeltz@live.com
Cindy Cogbill
Levitt Shell Memphis cindy@levittshell.org
Robert M Cohen MD NERFA FolkDoc@comcast.net
Brad Cole
Brad Cole bradcole@me.com www.bradcolemusic.com
Kathleen Coleman
KC Cafe Radio kathleen@kccaferadio.com www.kccaferadio.com
Adams Collins
Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds karen@troutmusic.com www.adamscollins.com
Carrie Colliton
Record Store Day carriecolliton@earthlink.net www.recordstoreday.com
Ashley Condon
Ashley Condon info@ashleycondon.com www.ashleycondon.com
Patrick Conway
Lost & Nameless Orchestra pc@patrickconway.com
Shane Cook
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck theduck@mcgonigels.com mcgonigels.com
John Cook
Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse BookUC@gmail.com www.unclecalvins.org
Chris Cook
Chamomile and Whiskey chamomileandwhiskey@gmail.com
Wesley Cook
Wesley Cook wesleycookmusic@gmail.com
Ian Cooke
Ian Cooke Music ianomusic@gmail.com www.iancookemusic.com/
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge nelly@axismanagement.com www.ritacoolidge.com
Jude Coombe
Starfish Entertainment jude@starfishentertainment.com starfishentertainment.com
Richard Coombs Local 1000, AFM richard@local1000.org www.local1000.org
Lynn Cooper
Inyo Council for the Arts/Millpond Music Festivsl lynn@inyo.org www.inyo.org
Peter Cooper
Red Beet Records peter@redbeetrecords.com
John Cooper
Red Dirt Rangers rdrcoop@wildblue.net www.reddirtrangers.com
Dana Cooper
Dana Cooper danacoopermusic@gmail.com
Lynnette Cooper
gonzalesproperties@gmail.com
Richard Cooper
The Honeycutters (Under KCA Artists) rickycooper@gmail.com www.thehoneycutters.com
Daniel Cooper
Singer/Songwriter Also: Cooperstand exhibitor coopercopia@gmail.com www.cooperstand.com
Fedra Cooper Barrera Ensemble Iberica cooperfedra@gmail.com ensembleiberica.org
Mary Corbett
Blue Root marycorbett4@yahoo.com
Kevin Corbett
kevincorbett4@yahoo.com www.reverbnation.com/bluerootstudios
Tanya Corbin
Edmonton Folk Music Festival tanya.titian@gmail.com edmontonfolkfest.org
Kevin Corkrean
Six String Concerts kevin@corkrean.com www.sixstringconcerts.org
Barbara Corley
Good Time Charley barbfoldsfive@gmail.com www.goodtimecharleyband.com
Gregory Cornell
The Cornell Brothers gregcornell@live.com www.reverbnation.com/cornellbros
Mark Corso
Homemade Music/Wrsu-Fm/ Rutgers University Shrinker2@Optonline.Net
Laura Cortese
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards corteselaura@gmail.com thisislauracortese.com
Andy Corwin
“actual size” corwin.andy@gmail.com www.actualsizeduo.com
Caroline Cotter
Caroline Cotter (Singer Songwriter) carolinecottermusic@gmail.com carolinecotter.com
Chris Cotton
Wheatland Music Organization wmo.office@wheatlandmusic.org www.wheatlandmusic.org
Kristan Couture
Oliver Craven
Matthew Covey
Paula Crawford
Scott Richmond krissdin@gmail.com http://scottrichmondmusic.com Tamizdat matthew@tamizdat.org www.tamizdat.org
Mike Cowan
Six Cents Enterprises tchyke@aol.com
Davy Cowan
The Medicine Show rob@medicinemusic.co.uk www.medicinemusic.co.uk
Rj Cowdery
Rj Cowdery rj@rjcowdery.com www.rjcowdery.com
Leslie Cowley
The Medicine Show rob@medicinemusic.co.uk www.medicinemusic.co.uk
Ronny Cox
Ronny Cox Band ronny.cox723@gmail.com www.ronnycox.net
Doug Cox
Vancouver Island MusicFest dougcox@shaw.ca
Mary Cox
Mary Caroline (Falling Tree Productions) marycarolinemusic@gmail.com www.marycaroline.ca
Jake Cox
Music with Heart jake.cox@kcpl.com
Tom Coxworth
CKUA Alberta “Folk Routes” tom.coxworth@ckua.com www.ckua.com/
Christopher Crabtree Chris Crabtree thechris@mac.com chriscrabtree.net
Ian Craft
The Howlin’ Brothers logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.thehowlinbrothers.com
Jauqui Craig
Kansas City Area Development Council craig@thinkkc.com www.thinkkc.com
John Craigie
John Craigie johncraigie@johncraigiemusic.com www.johncraigiemusic.com
Samantha Crain greencornrebellion@gmail.com www.samanthacrain.com The Stray Birds thestraybirdsmusic@gmail.com www.thestraybirds.com Paula Crawford, Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats paulaontic1@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/paulacrawford
Vern Crawford
EXHIBITORS
KIZZY CRAWFORD info@morgan-bell.com kizzyofficial.com
Pinball Sessions daniel@pinballsessions.com
Samantha Crain
International Bluegrass Music Association taylor@ibma.org ibma.org
Kerrville Folk Festival Cousin Andy’s CoffeeHouse verncrawford@gmail.com
Kizzy Crawford Southgate Kizzy Crawford rhi@morgan-bell.com kizzyofficial.com
Steve Crays
Mid-America Arts Alliance steve@maaa.org www.maaa.org
DAY SCHEDULE
Gemma Conde
Daniel Cooper
Taylor Coughlin
Michael Creamer
Berklee School of Music mcreamer@berklee.edu
Dodee Crockett
Blue Rock Artist Ranch & Studio dc@bluerocktexas.com www.bluerocktexas.com
Billy Crockett
Blue Rock Artist Ranch & Studio billy@bluerocktexas.com www.bluerocktexas.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Market Monkeys michelle@marketmonkeys.com www.marketmonkeys.com
Pinball Sessions shawna@pinballsessions.com
Mary Beth Cross
MBC Productions, LLC mbbc@aol.com www.marybethcross.com
Vincent Cross
Vincent Cross vincentcrossx@hotmail.com www.vincentcross.com
Brant Croucher
Brant Croucher brantcroucher@gmail.com brantcroucher.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Michelle Conceison
Shawna Cooper
Josh Crowhurst Ellen Doty Trio ellen.doty@live.ca www.ellendoty.com
Maria Cuevas
Maria The Mexican mariathemexican@gmail.com www.mariathemexican.com
MUSIC FAIR
Sundilla Acoustic Concert Series baileyjones@mindspring.com www.sundillamusic.com
Tess Cuevas
Maria The Mexican mariathemexican@gmail.com www.mariathemexican.com
Elizabeth Curry
Belle Plaine bassish@gmail.com www.belleplainemusic.com
REGISTRANTS
Allyson Comstock
WELCOME
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WELCOME
Tommy Curry
Meagan Davidson
Jimmy Curry
Matthew Davies
The Currys tfcurry86@gmail.com www.thecurrysmusic.com The Currys jfcurry89@gmail.com www.thecurrysmusic.com
Galen Curry
EXHIBITORS
The Currys gkcurr@gmail.com www.thecurrysmusic.com
Jake Curry
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros jakercurry@gmail.com
Catie Curtis
Music BC Industry Association meagan@musicbc.org musicbc.org Matthew Davies (performer) mcdavies@thriftones.com http://matthewdavies.bandcamp.com
Brian Davis
The Grahams bongotour67@gmail.com
Robyn Davis
Indie Squared Entertainment/American Echo Records robyn@indiesquared.com www.indiesquared.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Voices United Concerts curtis@au.org www.catiecurtis.com
Kassie Davis
William Cutler
Max Davis
Ensemble Iberica spudspa@aol.com Www.ensembleiberica.org
Jennifer Cutting
Library of Congress, American Folklife Center jcut@comcast.net www.loc.gov/folklife
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Melissa Dagenhart
Maple Street Chapel Folk Concerts maplestreetfolk@gmail.com folk.maplestreetchapel.org
Old Town School of Folk Music kassie.davis312@gmail.com The Ghost of Paul Revere ghostofpaulrevere@gmail.com www.ghostofpaulrevere.com
Anne Davison
Anne Janelle anne@annejanelle.com www.annejanelle.com
Steve Dawson
Missy Delgado
Travianna Records / From The Top Communications missy@fromthetop communications.com www.FromTheTop Communications.com
Lou DeMarco
Momentary Love Management lou@momentarylove.com momentarylove.com
Julie Denesh KCUR FM julie@kcur.org www.kcur.org
Andre Denis
Grassroots Regina ald@accesscomm.ca
Val Denn
Val Denn Agency valdenn@valdenn.com www.valdenn.com
Rosalyn Dennett
Hannah Shira Naiman rosalyndennett@gmail.com www.hannahshiranaiman.com
Mike Denney
MDM Recordings Inc. mikedenney@mdmrecordings.net
James Dirden
Photos by Jim Dirden jim@jimdirden.com www.jimdirden.com
Deanne Dirden
Photos by Jim Dirden deanne@jimdirden.com www.jimdirden.com
SONiA disappear fear SONiA disappear fear Sonia@disappearfear.com www.disappearfear.com
Nick DiSebastian
Town Mountain nickdisebastian@comcast.net townmountain.net
Chelsea Dix-Kessler Well Worn Soles chdk93@gmail.com wellwornsolesmusic.com
Dean Dobmeier
The Sunday Roadhouse LLC Dean@SundayRoadhouse.com SundayRoadhouse.com
Bill Dobrow
The Grahams billdobrow@gmail.com
Mateusz Dobrowolski
Steve Dawson, Black Hen Music sdguitar@icloud.com www.stevedawson.ca
Brian DeSpain
bdespain2k@hotmail.com
Warsaw Village Band warsawvillagebandcrew@gmail.com www.kzww.pl
Norm Dahlor
Josh Day
Quinn DeVeaux
Bill Doerge
Kyle Dahlquist
George Dayton
The Edlers norm@eldersmusic.com www.eldersmusic.com The Hardship Letters kyledahlquist@me.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Brigitte Dajczer
Briga brigamusic@gmail.com www.brigamusic.com
Anders Damberg
Folk at Heart/Live at Heart Anders@liveatheart.com
Rita Danaher
Beauty on Wheels ritahenry235@hotmail.com
MUSIC FAIR
Owen Danoff
Owen Danoff owendanoffmusic@gmail.com www.owendanoff.com
Kat Darling
Shotgun Mgmt. kat@thehighcrest.com www.thehighcrest.com
Andrea Davenport
REGISTRANTS
Music With Heart sigmablack@msn.com
Donald Davidoff
Swallow Hill Music Association donald@imaginellc.com www.swallowhillmusic.org
Jay Nash & Josh Day are the Contenders daydrum@gmail.com WTJU Charlottesville gdayton29@gmail.com http://wtju.net
Susan de Cartier
Starfish Entertainment susan@starfishentertainment.com starfishentertainment.com
Maya de Vitry
The Stray Birds thestraybirdsmusic@gmail.com www.thestraybirds.com
James Dean
James Dean Photography jamesdeanphotos@gmail.com
Ellis Delaney
Ellis ellis.delaney@gmail.com www.ellis-music.com
Sims Delaney-Potthoff Harmonious Wail sims@wail.com www.wail.com
Maggie Delaney-Potthoff Harmonious Wail sims@wail.com www.wail.com
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Quinn DeVeaux obalone@gmail.com
Maria Di Meglio
Harpeth Rising maria@harpethrising.com www.harpethrising.com
Glen Dias
Rant Maggie Rant glenpdias@hotmail.com
Stephen Dibartola
Six String Concerts stephen.dibartola@cvm.osu.edu www.sixstring.org
Brian Dickel
The Steel Wheels brian@thesteelwheels.com www.thesteelwheels.com
Virgil Dickerson
Illegal Pete’s / Levitt Pavillion virgil@illegalpetes.com www.illegalpetes.com
Chuck Digby
Rural Grit / Cutting Edge Music Masterdowse@yahoo.com
Kyle Dillingham
Mark Alan Stansberry mark@thegtdgroup.com www.markstansberry.com
Patti Diou
Levitt Pavilion Arlington patti@levittarlington.org
Bob Wright and Harbortown bjdoe1@verizon.net www.bojomusic.com
Paul Doffing
Paul Doffing pauldoffing@gmail.com www.pauldoffing.com
Leah Dolgoy
Corinna Rose info@corinnarose.com www.corinnarose.com
Jenna Doll
The Doll Sisters dollsisters@yahoo.ca www.dollsisters.com
Shelby Doll
The Doll Sisters dollsisters@yahoo.ca www.dollsisters.com
Mike Doll
Music for Cool People mike@dolllawfirm.com
Brian Dolzani
Brian Dolzani brian@briandolzani.com www.briandolzani.com
Mike Donaghy
Border Crossing / One Music mikedonaghymusic@gmail.con www.mikedonaghyofficial.com
Ellen Doty
Ellen Doty Trio ellen.doty@live.ca www.ellendoty.com
J Kelly Dougherty
Irish Center of Kansas City KC Irish Festival jkellydougherty@gmail.com
Victor James Dougherty
Terri Lynn Eddy
Kevin Elliott
Graham Duncan
Mike Edel
Gary Elliott
Scott Duncan traveller444@yahoo.com www.bowvalleymusicclub.org Soona Songs, Inc graham.duncan@gmail.com http://mixing.grahamduncan.com/
Marilyn Duncan
Soona Songs, Inc. info@soonasongs.com www.soonasongs.com
Bill Duncan
Soona Songs, Inc. info@soonasongs.com www.soonasongs.com
The Secrets terrilynneddy@hotmail.com www.thesecrets.ca Mike Edel mikeedlemusic@gmail.com
Steve Edge
Rogue Folk Club steveedgeonfolk@telus.net www.roguefolk.bc.ca
JD Edwards
The Small Glories thejdedwardsband@gmail.com http://thesmallglories.com
Darren Eedens
KC Cafe Radio - Board Member vjdougherty@gmail.com www.kccaferadio.com
Laura Dungan
Local 1000 lauradungan@gmail.com
Darren Eedens / Dollartone darreneedens@gmail.com www.dollartone.com
Dee Draeger
Pat Dungan
Alicia Egan
Ryan Drickey
Chuck Dunlap
The Red Wine Effect dddandemmett@yahoo.com FY5 ryandrickey@gmail.com
Rick Drost
Rick Drost rickdros@rickdrost.com
Cheryl Duckett
Flowers in the Desert Concerts cduckettbooking@yahoo.com
Brian Duffy
The Nadas duffeyboy@gmail.com www.thenadas.com
Denis Dufresne
Pear pearband@gmail.com www.pearband.com
Lynae Dufresne
Pear pearband@gmail.com www.pearband.com
Pierre-Olivier Dufresne
Pat Dungan patrickd81@hotmail.com Chuck Dunlap chuckdunlaprider@gmail.com www.chuckdunlapmusic.com
Alasdair Dunlop
Sweet Alibi alasdairdunlop@shaw.ca
Josh Dunson
Real People’s Music rpmjosh@aol.com www.realpeoplesmusic.com
John Dutton
Maudee Egan
Alanna and Alicia maudeesmail@iinet.net.au www.alannaandaliciaegan.com
Jeff Eggerman
Eggman’s LoFi Proselytizations j@jeggerman.com
David Duvall
Joseph Eid
Last Drop Jug Band dduvall7811@comcast.net
Gina Dvorak
Dana Falconberry jack@bootstrapsmgmt.com www.danafalconberry.com
Tim Duggan
Wyatt Easterling
Expassionates/Midwest Music Foundation easterday.scott@yahoo.com Wyatt Easterling wyatt@wyatteasterling.com
Glynace Eastham
DARK THIRTY PRODUCTIONS JIMMYDUKE@COX.NET
Texas Sugarbaby Publishing glynace@hotmail.com www.glynace.com
Steve Dunavant
Tim Easton
Bryan Hayes & The Retrievers bryanhayes@icloud.com www.bryanhayesmusic.com
Alanna and Alicia alannaegan8@gmail.com www.alannaandaliciaegan.com
Amanda Eichstaedt
Scott Easterday
Jimmy Duke
Alanna Egan
KC Cafe Radio john@kccaferadio.com www.kccaferadio.com
MAZ marcmaziade@espacemaz.ca www.espacemaz.ca
Tim Duggan Music timduggan@timdugganmusic.com timdugganmusic.com
Alanna and Alicia alicia_egan@hotmail.com www.alannaandaliciaegan.com
Tim Easton darkwatson@gmail.com www.timeaston.com
KWMR amanda@kwmr.org
Joseph Eid josepheidmusic@gmail.com www.josepheidmusic.com
Phil Einsohn
Sweetwine Entertainment Group phil@sweetwinegroup.com www.sweetwinegroup.com
Paul Eklund
E&A Enterprise klunel62@yahoo.com
Carrie Elkin
Carrie Elkin carrie@carrieelkin.com www.carrieelkin.com
Rob Ellen
The Medicine Show rob@medicinemusic.co.uk www.medicineshow.co.uk
Mark Dean Ellen
The Medicine Show rob@medicinemusic.co.uk www.medicineshow.co.uk
WEFT/Soona Songs kelliott28@hotmail.com www.kevinelliottmusic.com koobon7ets@hotmail.com
Jesse Elliott
Ark Life arklifemusic@gmail.com www.arklifemusic.com/
EXHIBITORS
Mid-America Arts Alliance christine@maaa.org www.maaa.org
Scott Duncan
John Elliott/Garland Lane john@thehereafterishere.com www.thehereafterishere.com
William Elliott Whitmore William Elliott Whitmore kenny@stronghq.com http://williamelliottwhitmore.com/
Betse Ellis
Betse & Clarke betswilder@gmail.com fiddlebetse.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Christine Dotterweich Bial
John Elliott
Fox Run Studio Neale@foxrun.org www.nealeeckstein.com
Evangeline Elston
Evangeline Presents evangelineelston@yahoo.com
Matt Elwood
The Unseen Strangers mttelwd@gmail.com
Pepita Emmerichs
Oh Pep! ohpepmusic@gmail.com www.ohpep.com
David Engels
Emerald Concerts DESunburst@aol.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Ozark Folk Center State Park daren.dortin@arkansas.gov ozarkfolkcenter.com
Neale Eckstein
Hope Dunbar hdunbar77@gmail.com www.hopedunbar.com
Leni Engels
Emerald Concerts LESunburst@aol.com
Diana Linn Ennis 90.1 FM KKFI dennis7@kc.rr.com www.kkfi.org
Diana Ennis
KKFI 90.1FM dennis7@kc.rr.com www.kkfi.org
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Daren Dortin
Hope Dunbar
Mark Erelli
Mark Erelli mark@markerelli.com www.markerelli.com
Amado Espinoza
Amado Espinoza Trio amadoespinoza@gmail.com www.amadoespinoza.com
MUSIC FAIR
Border Crossing / One Music dozey_dor@hotmail.com
Fatima Essadi
Somos Agency fatima.essaidi5@gmail.com SomosAgency.com
Kari Estrin
Kari Estrin Mgt/Consulting SERFA kari@kariestrin.com www.kariestrin.comwww.serfa.org
REGISTRANTS
Andrew Dorrian
WELCOME
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WELCOME
Lisa Nicole Grace lisanicolegrace@gmail.com
Doug Evans
Six String Concerts dougevans123@me.com www.sixstringconcerts.org
Frank Evans
EXHIBITORS
Ken Whiteley & The Beulah Band banjofrank@gmail.com www.kenwhiteley.com
Lowri Evans
Lowri Evans lowrievansinfo@btinternet.com www.lowrievans.co.uk
John Everhart
Scott Ferguson
Dave Carroll Music scott@fergusonmusic productions.com www.davecarrollmusic.com/
Eddie “Edge” Ferranti
Houston Music Review eddie@hustonmusicreview.com
Amanda Ferrarini
Deanna Fletcher
Tim Fraser
Bevin Foley
Randi Fratkin
Ginger st. James singingsinner@gmail.com Www.gingerstjames.com Sweetwine Entertainment Group, Trout Steak Revival bevinfoley@gmail.com www.troutsteak.com Philipfolk@sbcglobal.net
Max Fred maxfred@me.com www.maxfredmusic.com/
Lee Ferris
Rebecca Folsom
Rebecca Folsom Music info@rebeccafolsom.com
Brenda Freed
Freddy & Francine mike@mikeromanagement.com www.freddyandfrancine.com
Steve Foltz
DAY SCHEDULE
FY5 findersm@gmail.com
Sweetwine Entertainment Group, Trout Steak Revival stevenrfoltz@gmail.com www.troutsteak.com
Sean Ewbank
David Fines
Michael Fordham
Caitlin Jemma caitlinjemmafaber@gmail.com www.caitlinjemma.com
Joel Fafard
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Joël Fafard joelfafard@gmail.com joelfafard.com
Linda Fahey
Folk Alley / WKSU FaheyL@hotmail.com www.folkalley.com
Dana Falconberry
Dana Falconberry jack@bootstrapsmgmt.com www.danafalconberry.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Melissa Farina
MelFarina Media MelFarina@aol.com www.MelFarina.com
Vicki Farmer
Virtual Vicki vicki@vickifarmer.com www.vickifarmer.com
chris farnsworth
cfarnsworth1@kc.rr.com
MUSIC FAIR
Colin Farrell
The Edlers Colin@eldersmusic.com www.eldersmusic.com
Richard Faught
David Fines davidedwardfines@gmail.com reverbnation.com/control_room/artist/4555046/
Rick Fines
Rick Fines rick.fines@sympatico.ca www.rickfines.ca
Simon Fink
Under the Big Oak Tree simonbfink@gmail.com www.underthebigoaktree.net
Cathy Fink
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer cfink@mindspring.com www.cathymarcy.com
David Finley
Moonlight Music Alliance david_peacesign_finley@yahoo.com moonlightmusicalliance.org
Aengus Finnan
Folk Alliance International director@folk.org
Bill Fischer
Spouse of Wanda Fischer, WAMC-FM/Northeast Public Radio wanfischer@earthlink.net
Wanda Fischer
WAMC-FM / Northeast Public Radio wanda@wamc.org www.wamc.org
William Fisher wmfisher@bell.net
SeedLove dread_notmusic@yahoo.com www.seedlovemusic.com
Jim Fitting
Nick Faye
Ian Fitzgerald
REGISTRANTS
Nick Faye & The Deputies nickfaye@gmail.com nickfaye.bandcamp.com/
Wendell Ferguson
Wendell Ferguson wendell@wendellferguson.com www.wendellferguson.com
Max Fred
Philip Folk
Mike Finders
Caitlin Faber
Randi Fratkin fratkin@sympatico.ca
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer info@mandyfer.com www.daveandmandymusic.com
KCA Artists john@keithcase.com www.kcaartists.com The John Brown Boys sean.ewbank@gmail.com
Fanshawe Student Union tfraser@fanshawec.ca www.fsu.ca
Session Americana info@sessionamericana.com Ian Fitzgerald contact@ianfitzgerald.com www.ianfitzgerald.com
Dom Flemons
Dom Flemons, Music Maker Relief Foundation corn@musicmaker.org www.domflemons.com &www.musicmaker.org
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PledgeMusic mike.fordham@pledgemusic.com
Joni Fornelli
Harmony Weaver djdt4nelli@sbcglobal.net
Kathy Forste
KC Cafe Radio kathy@kccaferadio.com www.kccaferadio.com
Gina Forsyth
Soona Songs, Inc. ginaforsyth@gmail.com www.ginaforsyth.com
Aaron Fowler
Local 1000 aaron@aaronfowler.org
Danny Fowler
Danny Fowler Swing Ukulele and Guitar danny@swingukulele.com www.swingukulele.com
Susan Fraizer
Him & Her BFreed1@earthlink.net www.EffortlessMusic Instruction.com www.HimandHerTX.com
Herschel Freeman
www.herschelfreemanagency.com
Jonathan Frishberg
Men on Monkey Bars Records, Normal the Board musicallyfresh@gmail.com www.menonmonkeybars.com
Steve Fuller
sfuller712@gmail.com
Tret Fure
Local 1000, AFM president@local1000.org www.local1000.org
Loraine Fusco
Momentary Love Management rainsongs6@gmail.com momentarylove.com
Cutter Gage
Gracie Schram gracieschram@gmail.com gracieschram.com
Jerry Gahr
The Tiques pjgahr@gmail.com
Goldenrod Music sfgmi@aol.com www.goldenrod.com
Pam Gahr
Sarah Frank
Ken Gaines
The Bombadils thebombadils@gmail.com www.thebombadils.com
Andy Frank
Canadian Folk Music Awards andyfrank55@gmail.com folkawards.ca
Stephen Franke
Blue Heron Music stephen@blueheronmusic.ca
Mark Franzke
Franzke String Instruments mfranz10@kc.rr.com www.franzkestringinstruments.com
Luke Fraser
The Bombadils thebombadils@gmail.com www.thebombadils.com
Red Barn Rhythm pjgahr@gmail.com Anderson Fair ken@kengaines.com www.kengaines.com
Adam Gall
Quiksilver Productions, Pickin’ Productions agall7@hotmail.com
Mike Gallagher
Callaghan motivmusic@aol.com www.callaghansongs.com
Courtney Gallagher Passim courtney@passim.org www.passim.org
Mark Gallant
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin tenstringsandagoatskin@gmail.com tenstringsandagoatskin.com
Frank Goodman
Tom Green
Rowen Gallant
Ana Gilbert
Chloe Goodyear
Jared Green
Noah Garabedian
Tyler Gilbert
Kevin Gordon
Andrew Green
Robinlee Garber
Tyler Giles
Brianna Gosse
Jordana Greenberg
Charlie Garcia
Jim Gillespie
Drew Gottlieb
Wayne Greene
Kevin Gills
Denis Grabill
Brigid Greene
Garrett Gardner
Gary Gardner & InFullSwing garrett@yourfullvoice.com yourfullvoice.com
Abbie Gardner
Red Molly abbie@redmolly.com www.redmolly.com
Anne Garney
Anne Garney anne@annegarneypaintings.com
Larry Garrett
KC Cafe Radio larrygarrett@yahoo.com www.kccaferadio.com
Connor Garvey
Connor Garvey connorgarvey@gmail.com www.connorgarveysongs.com
Alexandra Gatje
Blissfest Music Organization jim@blissfest.org blissfest.org Billy Strings & Don Julin kpjgills@chartermi.net www.billystrings.com
Katie Glassman
Katie Glassman and Snapshot booking@fiddleparlor.com www.katieglassman.com
Phil Glenn
onewag@hotmail.com
David George
David George & A Crooked Mile davidgaringeorge@gmail.com www.davidgeorgeanda crookedmile.com
PJ George III
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys philjogeorge@gmail.com www.lindsayloumusic.com
The Grahams bongotour67@gmail.com
Greg Greenway
Brother Sun greg@greggreenway.com www.brothersun.com
Robert Greer
Town Mountain robert_greer5@yahoo.com townmountain.net
Gwyneth Glyn
Ian Grahek
Keith Grimwood
Gabriel Godbout-Castonguay
Bob Gramann
Gwyneth Glyn darren.davies@wai.org.uk MAZ marcmaziade@espacemaz.ca www.espacemaz.ca
Freelance / The Columbia Daily Tribune alan.goforth@sbcglobal.net
Andy Geoghegan
Alyssa Graham
Strategically Playful: Creativity and Innovation HiBrigid@gmail.com
The Grahams bongotour67@gmail.com
Martine Gaumont
Marci Geller mail@marcigeller.com www.MarciGeller.com
possum hollow log cabin concerts possumhollowlogcabinconcerts@ hotmail.com www.possumhollow logcabinconcerts.com
radiowayne.com internet radio; performer radiowayne@charter.net www.radiowayne.com
Doug Graham
Danny Goertz
Marci Geller
Sweetwine Entertainment Group drew@ramblewest.com www.ramblewest.com
Harpeth Rising jordana@harpethrising.com www.harpethrising.com
The Show Ponies Philip.t.glenn@gmail.com www.theshowponies.com
Manovill Records Eljuri alex@eljurimusic.com www.eljurimusic.com Christine Tassan et les Imposteures christine@christinetassan.com www.christinetassanet lesimposteures.com
Brianna Gosse john@slideguy.net www.briannagosse.com
Roosevelt Dime info@rooseveltdimemusic.com www.rooseveltdimemusic.com
Danny Olliver info@dannyolliver.com
Alan Goforth
Michael Golas
Jefferson Freedom Cafe fastjet@att.net
Patricia Golas
Jefferson Freedom Cafe fastjet@att.net
Eve Goldberg
Sweet Patootie Music eve@evegoldberg.com www.evegoldberg.com
Steve Goodie
Omega Delta Psi ian.grahek@gmail.com Handmade Guitars by Bob Gramann bob@bobgramann.com www.bobgramann.com
Lou Gramann
Gary Grobeck
The Sunday Roadhouse LLC Gary@SundayRoadhouse.com SundayRoadhouse.com
Handmade Guitars by Bob Gramann mloug@att.net www.bobgramann.com
Suze Groebner
Mary Granata
Estonian Traditional Music Center NGO/ Viljandi Folk Music Festival liina.gross@folk.ee www.folk.ee
The Granata Agency mary@granataagency.com www.granataagency.com
Chad Graves
Suze@AboveTheGrind.net
Liina Gross
The HillBenders (Under KCA Artists) resn8or@gmail.com www.hillbenders.com
Dale MacKenzie Gross
Ron Green
Adrian Gross
Mari Loehrlein mari_loehrlein@yahoo.com https:/www.reverbnation. com/control_room/ artist/4264579/dashboard
Ken Green
The Red Wine Effect steve@stevegoodie.com
Drivin N Cryin kennethjgreen@gmail.com www.drivinncryin.com
Samantha Gooding
Marcy B Green
Quicksilver Productions sam@quicksilverproductions.net quicksilveproductions.net
Trout Fishing in America karen@troutmusic.com www.troutmusic.com
NB House Concerts marcyg26@gmail.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Recording Engineer charliegarciamusic@gmail.com
Tyler Giles tylergilesmusic@gmail.com Facebook.com/tylergilesmusic
Kevin Gordon kevingordonmusic@gmail.com kg.kevingordon.net
The Howlin’ Brothers logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.thehowlinbrothers.com
Caberfeidh Productions, LLC jurascotland@hotmail.com Slocan Ramblers adrian.gross@gmail.com slocanramblers.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Robinlee Garber morejoy4u@comcast.net robinleegarber.com
SaskMusic tylergilbert@hotmail.com www.tylergilbert.ca
Woodford Folk Festival chloe@woodfordia.com www.woodfordfolkfestival.com
Sulphur Springs Daily News Telegram jttomgreen@gmail.com www.myssnews.com
MUSIC FAIR
The Amigos noahgarabedian@gmail.com www.theamigosband.com
Elmore Magazine ana@anagibert.com www.elmoremagazine.com
Buzz Holland frankxx11@gmail.com www.buzzholland.com
Michael Groth
DeutschlandRadio Michael.Groth@deutschlandradio.de www.deutschlandradio.de
Jennifer Grove
Brian Ashley Jones the-grove@comcast.net
Norm Guenette
REGISTRANTS
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin tenstringsandagoatskin@gmail.com tenstringsandagoatskin.com
In Concert, Tucson dgest52@gmail.com www.inconcerttucson.com
EXHIBITORS
Don Gest
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin tenstringsandagoatskin@gmail.com tenstringsandagoatskin.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Caleb Gallant
WELCOME
REGISTRANTS
normguenette@live.com
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WELCOME
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards corteselaura@gmail.com Thisislauracortese.com
Corinna Gulkin
Corinna Rose corinna.gulkin@gmail.com www.corinnarose.com
Andy Gullahorn
EXHIBITORS
Andy Gullahorn andy@andygullahorn.com www.andygullahorn.com
Veta Gumber
KAFM Radio jovegumber@msn.com
Joe Gumber
Bill Haman
whaman1057@aol.com
Jefferson Hamer
Session Americana mail@jeffersonhamer.com www.jeffersonhamer.com
Kristin Hamilton
Under The Big Oak Tree Kristinhamilton77@gmail.com www.underthebigoaktree.net
Ben Han
Red Dirt Rangers benbsk@aol.com www.reddirtrangers.com
Spook Handy
DAY SCHEDULE
KAFM Radio jovegumber@msn.com
Music for All Souls spook@spookhandy.com www.spookhandy.com
Tom Gunnels
Mike Hannah
The Crane Wives thecranewives@gmail.com www.thecranewives.com
Lauren Gurgiolo
Christy Hays lauren.gurgiolo@gmail.com www.christyhays.com
Tasha Haas
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
thaas@kckcc.edu www.tashahaas.com
Chuck Haddix
KCUR FM haddixc@umkc.edu http://kcur.org/programs/fish-fry
Karen Haggman
GrassRoots Regina kwh@accesscomm.ca www.grassrootsregina.com
William Haight
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
William S Haight williamhaight@comcast.net
Lucy Haislip
The Americana Agency lucy@americanaagency.com www.americanaagency.com
Richard Hall
Great Plains Media - 92.9 The Bull mhannah@gpmnow.com www.bull929.com
Rob Hanning
Frag frglflm@hotmail.com
Amber Hansen
Men on Monkey Bars Records, Normal the Board thatambertimbre@gmail.com www.menonmonkeybars,com
Tenley Hansen
MUSIC FAIR REGISTRANTS
MPress Records meredith@mpressrecords.com
Olivia Hally
Oh Pep! ohpepmusic@gmail.com www.ohpep.com
Ali Harter
Ali Harter alihartermusic@gmail.com www.aliharter.com
Bayley Kate Hartman
Sara Hazelwood
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros s.hazelwood17@gmail.com
Kat Healy
Kat Healy kathealymusic@live.co.uk
Rick Hebenstreit Husband & Wife rocknrocko@aol.com
Ashes to Immortality bayleykateh@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/asheslawrence
Kathy Hebenstreit
Josh Harty
Robby Hecht
Kayla Harvey Nasca
Nathan Heironimus
Corey Haskins
Michelle Held
Josh Harty/ The Wisconsin Room joshhartymusic@gmail.com www.JoshHarty.com Roam Free Collective roamfreecollective@gmail.com www.WeRoamFree.com John Brown Boys coreydh2010@gmail.com
Beth Hatch
Folk Alliance International volunteer@folk.org
Wayne Haught
Husband & Wife rocknrocko@aol.com
Robby Hecht robby@robbyhecht.com robbyhecht.com Sweetwater Studios nathan_heironimus@ sweetwater.com
Michelle Held michelleheldmusic@gmail.com www.michelleheld.com
Joan Hellmann
AACTMAD, MDH hellmann@umich.edu
Becky Hawkes
Bryan Hembree
Matt Harlan
Chuck Hawthorne
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker mick@playpenmusic.co.uk www.playpenmusic.co.uk/ Matt Harlan matt@mattharlan.com
James Harrell
Letters To Abigail letterstoabigail@yahoo.com letterstoabigail.net/
Phil Harrington
Kelly Halloran
NewFolkRadio.com newfolkradio@gmail.com www.NewFolkRadio.com
Christy Hays thechristyhaysband@gmail.com
Mick Harding
Maureen Hall
Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse mikehall722@gmail.com unclecalvins.org
John Hart
Christy Hays
Heather Helton
Tim Harrington
Michadel Hall
The Show Ponies business@theshowponies.com www.theshowponies.com
Wayne Haught hwaynejr@gmail.com www.waynehaught.com
Shortleaf Band Tenleyisflossie@gmail.com www.Shortleafband.com
Bliss Hippy richard@blisshippy.com blisshippy.com Bliss Hippy maureen@blisshippy.com blisshippy.com
Jason Harris
Tall Heights tallheights@gmail.com youbloom philh@youbloom.com www.youbloom.com
Elizabeth Harrington
Beth Harrington Productions betuccia@aol.com www.thewindingstream.com
Arann Harris
Arann Harris harrisarann@yahoo.com arannharris.com
Jesse Harris
Jesse Harris & The Gypsy Sparrows thegypsysparrows@gmail.com www.thegypsysparrows.com
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Wilburn Hayden
Calliope Folk Society haydensocialworker@hotmail.com www.calliopehouse.org
Elaine Hayden
NB House Concerts nbhouseconcerts@gmail.com www.facebook.com/nbhouseconcerts
Lindsay Hayes
Red Beet Records lindsay@redbeetrecords.com
Bryan Hayes
Bryan Hayes bryanhayes@icloud.com www.bryanhayesmusic.com
Madelyn Hayes
Kiss Me Deadly ohiomassage@gmail.com https:/www.facebook.com/pages/Kiss-MeDeadly/161565767218781
Heather Holland hette123@yahoo.com Fayetteville Roots Festival Smokey & The Mirror fayettevilleroots@gmail.com www.fayettevilleroots.com
Bernice Hembree
Fayetteville Roots Festival Smokey & The Mirror fayettevilleroots@gmail.com www.fayettevilleroots.com
Phillip Henry
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin info@phhmmusic.co.uk www.philliphenryand hannahmartin.co.uk
Brandon Henry
Red House Records publicity2@redhouserecords.com www.redhouserecords.com
Jim Herbert
KC Rain Dogs justsherman1@gmail.com kcraindogs.com
Lee Herman
Windy City House Concerts windycityhouseconcerts@gmail.com http://windycityhouseconcerts.org
Steve Hermes
stvhermes@live.com
Brian Horton
Bill Hutchison
James Herrmann
Evan Hoffman
Thom Hoskins
Bill Hutto
facebook.com/clinthoffmeier Clint Hoffmeier Music steelegoose75@gmail.com
Sweetwine Entertainment Group, Trout Steak Revival casey.houlihan@gmail.com www.troutsteak.com
Jacquelyn Hynes
Manitoba Trade and Investment AugustaHeritageCenter.org rod.higgins@gov.mb.ca
Ali Holder
Aaron Howard
Aaron Howard aaronhowardmusic@gmail.com
Latitude 45 Arts eoin@latitude45arts.com www.latitude45arts.com
Richard Higgs
David Holiday
Lizzy Hoyt
Chris Iannetti
James Hill
Duck Holland
Scott Hrabko
Howard Iceberg
Rebecca Hill
Kyle Holland
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College hicksb@dewv.edu
Rod Higgins
Folk Salad Radio folksalad@gmail.com www.folksalad.com James Hill james@ukulelejames.com www.jameshillmusic.com Davis & Elkins College Appalachian Ensemble hillreb1@gmail.com dewv.edu
Duncan Hill
Duncan Hill duncanhillmusic@gmail.com
Mike Hiltz
Dave Carroll Music themikehiltz@gmail.com www.davecarrollmusic.com/
Dan Hines
Carswell & Hope hinezilla@yahoo.com
Gabe Hirshfeld
Lonely Heartstring Band lonelyheartstringband@gmail.com www.lonelyheartstringband.com
David Hirshland
BMG Chrysalis david.hirshland@bmgchrysalis.com
Brent Hoad
The Edlers brent@eldersmusic.com www.eldersmusic.com
Brett Hodges
Brett Hodges toucantwo@gmail.com
Susan Hodges
Brett Hodges shodges234@gmail.com
Mark Hodges
Travianna Records mark@mountainfever.com www.traviannarecords.com
Robert Hoefling
Robert Hoefling rhoeflingmusic@gmail.com www.facebook.com/hoeflingmusic
Clint Hoffmeier
Ali Holder holder.ali@gmail.com Stone Room Concerts dholiday@gmail.com www.stoneroomconcerts.com Buzz Holland frankxx11@gmail.com www.buzzholland.com Mike’s MTSU Production Pros kholland65@yahoo.com
Chuck Holley
Chuck Holley Photo myguitarstories@gmail.com www.chuckholleyphoto.com/
Gloria Holloway
Friends of Florida Folk, Inc. gshello@tampabay.rr.com
Len Holton
KUAR “From Albion And Beyond” albion@kuar.org www.littlerockfolkclub.org
Dan Holtz
Peru State College dholtz@peru.edu
Lori Holyfield
Cove House Concerts lholyfie@gmail.com https:/www.facebook.com/CoveConcerts
Rosie Hood
English Folk Dance and Song Society rosie.claire.hood@gmail.com www.rosiehood.co.uk
Thomas Hopkins On The Backroad tchopkins@gmail.com
Mark Hornsby
Sweetwater Studios mark_hornsby@sweetwater.com
Joshua Horowitz
Veretski Pass josh@veretskipass.com www.veretskipass.com
Katrina Horstman
Taylor Guitars katrina.horstman@taylorguitars.com
Blue Crown Productions info@lizzyhoyt.com www.lizzyhoyt.com Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits scotthrabko@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/scotthrabko Ray Wylie Hubbard logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.raywylie.com
Judy Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.raywylie.com
Barney Hubert
barney.hubert@yahoo.com
Eddie Huffman
International Bluegrass Music Association eddie@ibma.org ibma.org
Tim Huggins
CD Baby tim@timhuggins.com
Stephen Hughes
Ann Armstrong & Steve Hughes stephenhughes@sbcglobal.net www.ann-armstrong.com
Ashley Hughes
Madison Square Park Conservancy ahughes@madisonsquarepark.org www.madisonsquarepark.org
Dave Humphreys
Jacquelyn Hynes jacquelynhynes@gmail.com
Eoin Ó Catháin
Dave Carroll Music chris@iannettirecording.com www.davecarrollmusic.com/ Howard Iceberg & the Titanics hiceberg@swbell.net
Dana Louise Idlet
Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds karen@troutmusic.com www.danalouisemusic.com
Ezra Idlet
Trout Fishing in America karen@troutmusic.com www.troutmusic.com
Amber Ikeman
Amber Ikeman, Singer/Songwriter amberikeman@gmail.com www.amberikeman.com
Paul Imholte
Granite City Folk Society granitecityfolk@gmail.com www.granitecityfolk.org
Erin Inglish
Erin Inglish Music erin.inglish@gmail.com www.erininglish.com
Terry Irons
SONiA disappear fear Terry@disappearfear.com www.disappearfear.com
David Israelite
NMPA disraelite@nmpa.org
Two Way Street Coffee House dave@twowaystreet.org www.twowaystreet.org
Kazuhiko Iwaki
Andrea Hunt
Ralph Jaccodine
Reika Elizabeth Hunt
Bill Jackson
Robert Hurley
Josh Jackson
Sora sora@soramusic.ca www.soramusic.ca Pirates Canoe piratescanoe@gmail.com Au Bon Vivant bluesmusic@gmail.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Casey Houlihan
Blissfest Music Organization whutto1962@yahoo.com blissfest.org
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Thom Hoskins thommyhoskins@gmail.com
Hutchison Management bhutchi@columbus.rr.com www.hutchmgmt.com
Pirates Canoe piratescanoe@gmail.com
MUSIC FAIR
Brittany Hicks
Them Pickless Fools eh121288@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/thempicklessfools
Horton Records hortonrecords@gmail.com www.hortonrecords.org
Ralph Jaccodine Management rjaccodine@gmail.com www.ralphjaccodine.com/ Abode Venue BILL@ABODEHOME.COM Abode Venue josh@abodevenue.com
REGISTRANTS
It Sounds Great Media jim.herrmann@gmail.com
Wheatland Music Organization wmo.office@wheatlandmusic.org www.wheatlandmusic.org
EXHIBITORS
Greg Hoff
Old Sound dorf@grazgrove.com oldsoundmusic.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Greg Herrenbruck
WELCOME
REGISTRANTS
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WELCOME
Charles Jackson
Michelle Jolles
Jake Jacobson
Bailey Jones
Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza & Live Music cjackson@bonafideproduction.com www.nataliescoalfiredpizza.com Circle of Friends Coffeehouse circlefolk@gmail.com www.circlefolk.org/
Kyle Jahnke
EXHIBITORS
Penny and Sparrow pennyandsparrow@gmail.com pennyandsparrow.com
Carol James
Calliope, the Pittsburgh Folk Music Society carol.stewart.james@gmail.com Calliopehouse.org
Graydon James
DAY SCHEDULE
The Young Novelists graydonj2@gmail.com www.theyoungnovelists.com
Alexa James
The ROAMies info@TheROAMies.com www.TheROAMies.com
Tom James
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Shoulder to Shoulder tomjames@cox.net
CJ Janovy KCUR FM cj@kcur.org www.kcur.org
Michael Jecklin
Michael Jecklin mike.jecklin@gmail.com
Brandon Jenkins
Brandon Jenkins jenkinsmusic@yahoo.com www.brandonjenkins.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Bud Johnson
The Kansas City Star/Ink Magazine/Spaces Magazine mjolles@kcstar.com http://kansascity.com Sundilla Acoustic Concert Series baileyjones@mindspring.com www.sundillamusic.com
Eric Jones
Patchy Sanders bookingpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com
Chris Jones
Chris Jones chrisjonesgwerin@outlook.com chrisjonesgwerin.weebly.com
Sheri Jones
Jones & Co. sheri@jonesandcompany.ca www.jonesandcompany.ca
Michael Jones
JustStrings.com, Inc. mfjones@juststrings.com www.juststrings.com
Laney Jones
Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits laneycjones@gmail.com
Robert Jones
The Little Muddy Farm thelittlemuddyfarm@gmail.com
Dan Jones
The Ragbirds hcdaniel@yahoo.com www.theragbirds.com
Peter Jones
WTJU Charlottesville folkdirector@gmail.com http://wtju.net
Lindsey Jones
“Acoustic Accents” folkdjinak@gmail.com
The Snow Globes lindseyjjones@gmail.com www.thesnowglobes.com
Heather Johnson
Brian Ashley Jones
“Acoustic Accents” folkdjinak@gmail.com
Patti Nicoletti Johnson
Patti Nicoletti Johnson pattinicolettijohnson@gmail.com
MUSIC FAIR
Lacey Johnson
Atomic Music Group lacey@atomicmusicgroup.com
Bob Johnson
City of Lee’s Summit rthanejohnson@att.net
Jacob Johnson
REGISTRANTS
Jacob Johnson JacobJohnsonTunes@Gmail.com www.JacobJohnsonTunes.com
Greg Johnson
GregJMusic greg@gregjmusic.com
Brian Ashley Jones brianashleyjones@comcast.net www.BrianAshleyJones.com
Elva Jones-Hahn
Elva Jones-Hahn elvajoneshahn@yahoo.com www.elvajoneshahn.com
Daniel Jordan
Red Moon Road info@redmoonroad.com
Zack Joseph
Zack Joseph zjosephmusic@yahoo.com www.zackjoseph.com
Lisa Joyce
Lisa Joyce lisajoydb@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/lisajoycemusic
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Don Julin
Grady Keller
Thomm Jutz
Gabriel Kelley
Billy Strings & Don Julin donjulin@charter.net www.billystrings.com Thomm Jutz tjtunes@thommjutz.com
Cheryl C. Kagan
Old Sound gradykeller@yahoo.com oldsoundmusic.com Gabriel Kelley gabeyz@gmail.com Www.gabrielkelley.com
Folk ‘N Great Music house concerts Cheryl@FolkNGreatMusic.org www.FolkNGreatMusic.org
Carol Kelly
Brian Kalinec
Wahoo nopicks451@cableone.net
Performer/Berkalin Records briankalinecmusic@sbcglobal.net www.briankalinec.com
Pam Kalinec
Berkalin Records briankalinecmusic@sbcglobal.net www.berkalinrecords.com
Chris Kapuscik
Zack Joseph zjosephmusic@yahoo.com www.zackjoseph.com
Richard Kardon
Point Entertainment rekardo@pointentertainment.com www.pointentertainment.com
Giséle Kashul
The Bombadills gisele.kashul@gmail.com
Julia Kater
CKUT 90.3 FM ckutcc@gmail.com http://ckut.ca
Sid Katz
kcdancer@everestkc.net
Charlie Kemp
Mary Kennedy
Mid-America Arts Alliance mary@maaa.org www.maaa.org
Garth Kennedy
J.R. Shore jrshore45@gmail.com www.jrshore.com
William Kennedy Jr
Charterhouse Music Group kennedy@biffco.com www.biffco.com
Mo Kenney
Mo Kenney sheri@jonesandcompany.ca www.mokenney.com
Mary Kenny
MOTORHOMEmade motorhomemade@gmail.com MOTORHOMEmade.com
Margaret Keough
Averson Consulting Ltd. sid.katz@ubc.ca
Mid-America Arts Alliance margaret@maaa.org www.maaa.org
David Kaye
Koda Kerl
Taylor Guitars david.kaye@taylorguitars.com
John Keck
Chamomile and Whiskey chamomileandwhiskey@gmail.com chamomileandwhiskey.com
John L Keck johnlkeck@gmail.com www.johnlkeck.com
Amanda Kerr
Jake Keegan
Tim Kerr
Rowdy Congregation jkeegan6@stumail.jccc.edu
James Keelaghan
Anna Lynch annalynchmusic@gmail.com Tim Kerr moveonup2@gmail.com www.timkerr.net
Georgian Bay Folk Society/Summerfolk jkinfo@mac.com www.summerfolk.org
Sue Kessell
Cameron Keeling
Jason Ketter
Them Pickless Fools cameronkeeling@yahoo.com www.reverbnation.com/thempicklessfools
Danny Keir
Sound Diplomacy danny@sounddiplomacy.com www.sounddiplomacy.com
Denis Keldie
Denis Keldie keldie@rogers.com
WNUR-FM & Old Town School of Folk Music SHKessell@aol.com Ketter Technology Services LLC jketter55@gmail.com
Tammey Kikta
Tammey Kikta takikta@gmail.com
Danny KilBride
trac (Folk Development for Wales) cyfarwyddydd@trac-cymru.org www.trac-cymru.org
REGISTRANTS
Dayna Kurtz daynakurtz@gmail.com www.daynakurtz.com
Janice Konya-Grabill
James Kurtz
Freelance Writer rk@goodminstrelsy.com
possum hollow log cabin concerts possumhollowlogcabinconcerts@hotmail.com www.possumhollowlogcabinconcerts.com
Ashley King
Karen Kopchak
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros ashley.king321@gmail.com
Josh Kingcade
Mark Alan Stansberry mark@thegtdgroup.com www.markstansberry.com
Kevn Kinney
Drivin N Cryin kennethjgreen@gmail.com www.drivinncryin.com
Chris Kirby
Brianna Gosse john@slideguy.net chriskirbyonline.com
Bill Kirchen
Bill Kirchen bkirchen@mac.com billkirchen.com
Kimon Kirk
Session Americana info@sessionamericana.com
Michael Kirkpatrick
Cuyahoga Valley National Park karen_kopchak@nps.gov www.nps.gov/cuva
Sandra Koppel
Adelphi Records slkoppel@yahoo.com Adelphi Records
Joan Kornblith
Voice of America joanek@gmail.com WWW.VOANews.com
Michael Kornfeld
Wes Kirkpatrick
Mark Kowalchuk
Alberta Music carly@albertamusic.org www.albertamusic.org
Jess Klein
Jess Klein msklein121@yahoo.com www.jessklein.com
Kaelen Klypak
SaskMusic kaelen@saskmusic.org www.saskmusic.org
Al Kniola
88.1 WVPE Public Radio acanola@sbcglobal.net www.wvpe.org
Libby Koch
Libby Koch libby@libbykoch.com
Andrew Koelker
Foes of Folly Andrewkoelker@gmail.com
Winpro solutions Inc. halkurz@winprosolutions.com
Creative Saskatchewan lisa.lanigan@creativesask.ca www.creativesask.ca
Todd Kwait
Jay Lapp
Brian Labs
Rebecca Lappa
Kingswood Records tckwait@aol.com www.kingswoodrecords.com Rachel La Vonne rachellavonne@gmail.com www.facebook.com/ rachellelavonnemusic www.reverbnation.com/shinelife
Shine Delphi shinedelphi@gmail.com
Sweetwine Entertainment Group, Trout Steak Revival william.koster@gmail.com www.troutsteak.com
Carly Klassen
Hal Kurz
Karen Kosko
Michael Kirkpatrick kirkpatrickmusic@gmail.com www.michaelkirkpatrickmusic.com Wes Kirkpatrick wes@weskirkpatrick.com www.weskirkpatrick.com
Lenore Langsdorf
Corey Lacey
William Koster
theffingboat@hotmail.com
Kimm Kozera Ronny Cox Band fa@kokopop.net
Collin Krause
The Way Down Wanderers krausej.collin@gmail.com http://thewaydownwanderers.com/
Staley Krause
The Way Down Wanderers krause.staley@gmail.com http://thewaydownwanderers.com/
Rachel Krauss Burrows spouse of Adam Burrows; fan rachelkra@hotmail.com
Ida Kristin
David Llewellyn & Ida Kristin Norna Music/ Dabhand Records STIM info@idakristin.com www.davidandida.com
Joan Kroeger
The Kroeger Family Ashwic13@gmail.com
Town Mountain jesse@townmountain.net townmountain.net
West Side Folk jkurtzjr@swbell.net westsidefolk.org
AcousticMusicScene.com, Folk Music Society of Huntington michael@michaelkornfeld.com AcousticMusicScene.com, MichaelKornfeld. com, FMSH. org Folk New England kkosko@hotmail.com www.folknewengland.org
Jesse Langlais
The Lovelocks info@thelovelocksband.com thelovelocksband.com
Rachel La Vonne Jesse LaFave
Music Road Records jesse@musicroadrecords.com www.musicroadrecords.com
Jimmy LaFave
Jimmy LaFave musicroadrecords@msn.com www.jimmylafave.com
Jesse Lafser
LenoreLangsdorf@gmail.com
Lisa Lanigan
The Steel Wheels jay@thesteelwheels.com www.thesteelwheels.com Rebecca Lappa lappamusic@shaw.ca www.rebeccalappa.com
Jennifer Large
K C Cause Music jel@jenniferlargemusic.com
Katie Larson
Katey Laurel Mail@kateylaurel.com www.kateylaurel.com
Grit Laskin
Borealis Records grit@williamlaskin.com www.borealisrecords.com
Judith Laskin
The Canadian Folk Music Awards and The Woods Music and Dance Camp judithlaskin@gmail.com Folkawards.ca and the Woods.ca
Shanie Latham
Jesse Lafser jesselafsermusic@gmail.com
CharFlies salintx@hotmail.com www.charflies.com
John Laird
Anna Laube
Michael LaMacchia
Mark Lavengood
Kristen Lamb
Ciaran Lavery
The Americana Agency john@americanaagency.com www.americanaagency.com CORNNE WEST BANDITS michael@michaellamacchia.com michaellamacchia.com khrys.lamb@gmail.com
Ronnie Lamendola Songwriter/Artist ovation12@att.net
Lynn Lancaster
Proper Music Group lynn.lancaster@proper musicgroup.com www.properdistribution.com/
Maggi Landau
Madison Square Park Conservancy mlandau@madisonsquarepark.org
WELCOME
Pirates Canoe piratescanoe@gmail.com
Jordie Lane alastair@heartstopmusic.com www.jordielane.com
EXHIBITORS
Robert Kimmel
Dayna Kurtz
Jordie Lane
DAY SCHEDULE
Ashes to Immortality rachel.kilian@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/asheslawrence
The Kroeger Family dkroeger@techmissouri.com
Anna Laube anna.laube@gmail.com www.annalaube.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Sara Kohno
David Kroeger
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Rachel Kilian
Champaign Urbana Folk and Roots Festival bakoenig@sbcglobal.net www.cufolkandroots.org
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys 07malave@gmail.com www.lindsayloumusic.com Ciaran Lavery ciaranlaverymusic@hotmail.co.uk www.ciaranlaverymusic.com
MUSIC FAIR
Brenda Koenig
Rachael Kilgour rachaelkilgour@gmail.com www.rachaelkilgour.com
Ryan Lavin
Chamomile and Whiskey chamomileandwhiskey@gmail.com
Len Lawhon
Mulberry Jam desotofarms@centurytel.net
Richard Lawrence
Big Book Records Richie Lawrence rgljr@mac.com www.richielawrence.com
REGISTRANTS
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WELCOME
Diana Lawrence
Jaspar Lepak
Nolan Lawrence
Joanie Levenson
Diana Lawrence Diana & the Dishes lawrence.diana@gmail.com www.dianalawrence.com The HillBenders (Under KCA Artists) nolanlawrence@icloud.com www.hillbenders.com
Wendy Layton
EXHIBITORS
MPress Records meredith@mpressrecords.com
Poor Lazarus
Poor Lazarus trulypoor.lazarus@gmail.com www.poorlazarus.com
Barbara Lea
Jaspar Lepak jasparlepakmusic@gmail.com www.jasparlepak.com joaniel8@yahoo.com
Ira Levin
The Levins summersongsunlimited@yahoo.com www.thelevinsmusic.com
Tom Levin
Tom Levin info@tomlevin.com www.tomlevin.com
Mara Levine
DAY SCHEDULE
CrossCurrents Culture barbsnow@gmail.com
Mara Levine marablevine@gmail.com www.maralevine.com
Tim Leacock
Lowell Levinger
T. Buckley bookings@tbuckley.ca www.tbuckley.ca
Lowell Levinger Banana From the Youngbloods banana@lowelllevinger.com
Joseph Leavell
Liz Levitt Hirsch
Letty Ledbetter
Eric Lewis
Moab Folk Festival guitaring@sbcglobal.net
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
CORINNE WEST BANDITS letty@corinnewest.com www.corinnewest.com
Barry Lee
KKFI 90.1FM barry@kkfi.org www.kkfi.org
Caroline Lee
KKFI 90.1FM crlyn250@aol.com www.kkfi.org
Phil Lee
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Phil Lee philleemtykng@hotmail.com philleeone.com
Lindsey Lee
Rouse House Concerts drmhou@aol.com
Danielle Lefebvre
Danielle Lefebvre Artist & Concert Agency danielle@agencedlefebvre.com www.agencedlefebvre.com
MUSIC FAIR
Jennifer Leff
MusiCares jennifer.leff@grammy.com
Devon Leger
KITHFOLK / Hearth Music devon@hearthmusic.com www.hearthmusic.com
Jenny Leigh
REGISTRANTS
Simply Acoustic Incorporated acousticgrill@gmail.com www.theacousticgrill.ca
Nico Leon
KCUR FM nico@kcur.org www.kcur.org
Levitt Pavilions Cerissa@levittpavilions.org Bryan Hayes & The Retrievers bryanhayes@icloud.com www.bryanhayesmusic.com
Cornelius Lewis
Dom Flemons Music Maker Relief Foundation corn@musicmaker.org www.domflemons.com www.musicmaker.org
George Lichter
Polyglot Partners gslichter@gmail.com
Jake Lickteig
Record Label: Old 7 Records Band: Outlaw Jake and The Chain Gang fawnjenny7@yahoo.com https:/www.facebook.com/outlawjake?ref=br_ tf
Tyler Lieb
Sarah Elizabeth tyler.lieb@gmail.com
Evan Lieberman
Kiss Me Deadly e.a.lieberman@csuohio.edu https:/www.facebook.com/pages/Kiss-MeDeadly/161565767218781
Karen Lisondra
Amado Espinoza zencowgirl@gmail.com
Diane Litke
Bonedoc’s House Concerts diane@bonedoc1.com Bonedoc1.com
David Llewellyn
David Llewellyn & Ida Kristin Norna Music/ Dabhand Records BMI david@davidllewellyn.com www.davidllewellyn.com
Mari Loehrlein
Mari Loehrlein mari_loehrlein@yahoo.com https:/www.reverbnation. com/control_room/ artist/4264579/dashboard
Derek Lombardi
One Longfellow Square dereklombardi@gmail.com www.onelongfellowsquare.com
Antonio Lopez
Antonio Lopez antonio@antoniolopezmusic.com www.antoniolopezmusic.com
Kathryn Lorenzen
Kathryn Lorenzen kathryn.lorenzen@gmail.com www.cdbaby.com/cd/klorenzen
Radoslov Lorkovic
Ronny Cox Band rad@radoslovlorkovic.com
Nicholas Loss-Eaton
Leland Sundries / Nick Loss-Eaton Media nick.losseaton@gmail.com http://lelandsundries.com/
Demi Louise
Demi Louise soundofmelbourne@mail.com www.demilouise.com
Ian Lubar
Mt. Thelonious ilubar@yahoo.com www.mtthelonious.com
Cara Luft
The Small Glories cara@caraluft.com http://thesmallglories.com
Caitlin Lukin
Violet Vonder Haar, Violet and the Undercurrents, The Nation of Love booking@violetvonderhaar.com www.violetvonderhaar.com
Barry Lynn
Americans United for Separation of Church and State Lynn@au.org www.au.org
Patrick M’Gonigle
Lonely Heartstring Band lonelyheartstringband@gmail.com www.lonelyheartstringband.com
Laurie MacAllister Red Molly laurie@redmolly.com www.redmolly.com
Tim MacDonald tmac87@verizon.net
Stephanie Macias
Little Brave littlebrave.songs@gmail.com www.littlebravemusic.com
David Macias
Thirty Tigers david@thirtytigers.com
Denise Mackay
100 Mile House ilive@100milehouse.co.uk www.100milehouse.co.uk
Alan Mackie
The Bombadils thebombadils@gmail.com www.thebombadils.com
Patton MacLean
NorthAmericana Music Society/ NorthAmericanaFest northamericanafest@gmail.com northamericanafest.com
Mairi Maclennan
The Medicine Show mairi@medicinemusic.co.uk www.medicineshow.co.uk
Blair MacMillian
Concert Window blair@concertwindow.com
Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira madeiraphil@gmail.com www.philmadeira.net
Marton Maderspach Briga spakomusic@gmail.com www.brigamusic.com
Gunnar madsen
Folk Alliance International Conference & Camp Lallygager.rr@gmail.com
Patricia Lumme
PLUMME216@GMAIL.COM
ROSA- The Danish Rock Council/ SPOT Festival gunnar@rosa.org www.rosa.org
Mindie Lind
Jennifer Lyles
jlylesm@yahoo.com
Jim Magill
Ryan Liley
Hearth Music mindie@hearthmusic.com www.hearthmusic.com
Graham Lindsey
Wavelength Media gl@grahamlindsey.com http://wavelengthmedia.ca
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Anna Lynch
Anna Lynch annalynchmusic@gmail.com annalynchmusic.com
The Swannanoa Gathering jmagill@warren-wilson.edu www.swangathering.com
John Maher
John Francis johnfrancismusic@gmail.com www.johnfrancismusic.com
REGISTRANTS
WOMEX ben.mandelson@piranhawomex.com www.womex.com
Barbara Manners CHIRP mannersb@aol.com www.chirpct.org
Karla Manzur
Dana Falconberry jack@bootstrapsmgmt.com www.danafalconberry.com
Sarah Marchand Les Poules à Colin info@famgroup.ca
Clay Marcusen
claymarcusen@gmail.com
Lynne Margolis
Freelance / Grammy.com / American Songwriter / Lone Star popscribe@gmail.com www.lonestarmusic.com
Susan Markland
Susie’s House Concerts susieshcs@aol.com
Lisa Markley
Soona Songs, Inc. mizmarkley@gmail.com www.soonasongs.com
Beth Marlin
Beth Marlin bethiemusic@gmail.com www.bethmarlin.com
Steve Massey
Callaghan stephen.massey@me.com www.callaghansongs.com
Louise Mathis
Mathis Photography Jim@MathisPhoto.net
Jim Mathis
Mathis Photography Jim@MathisPhoto.net MathisPhoto.net
Michael Mattison
Pawnee Pickers jc.walstrom@gmail.com
Joe Matzzie
U.S. Records joe@joematzzie.com www.joematzzie.com
Sean Mawhirter
Donna’s Americana donnasamericana@gmail.com www.nodepression.com/user/26272?tab=all www.inwrought.com
Veronica May
The Lovebirds lovebirds.booking@gmail.com www.thelovebirds.com
Donna Mavity
Inwrought Music Management seanmawhirter@gmail.com
Jeff May
Mel Marsh
mmbbq@aol.com
Fleming Artists jeff@flemingartists.com www.flemingartists.com
Jessica Marsh
Marc Maziade
Alberta Music jessica@albertamusic.org www.albertamusic.org
Dave Marsh
Rock and Rap Confidental/Sirius XM Rado marsh6@optonline.net www.davemarsh.us
Hannah Martin
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin info@phhmmusic.co.uk www.philliphenryandhannahmartin.co.uk
Kelley Martin
kmartin9999@hotmail.com
Tricia Martin Tikly, LLC tricia@tikly.co tikly.co
Tonni Maruyama Anti Records tonni@epitaph.com www.anti.com
MAZ marcmaziade@espacemaz.ca www.espacemaz.ca
Niall Mc Crickard
Bernadette Morris bernadettemorrismusic@gmail.com http://bernadettemorris.com/
Karin McAdams
CrossCurrents karinm88@gmail.com
Amy McCarley
Amy McCarley amy@amymccarley.com http://amymccarley.com
Sean McCarthy
The Ghost of Paul Revere ghostofpaulrevere@gmail.com www.ghostofpaulrevere.com
John McCarver
McCarver John_mccarver@hotmail.com
Michael McClintock Ensemble Iberica mpm89f@gmail.com ensembleiberica.org
Deana McCloud
Woody Guthrie Center deana@woodyguthriecenter.org woodyguthriecenter.org
Anita McCormick
Bolivar Roads jaynita2@landscapeartinc.com
Kort McCumber
Sean McManus
Manitoba Music sean@manitobamusic.com manitobamusic.com
Elaine McMilian
Elaine McMilian elainemcmilian7@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/elainemcmilian
Curtis McMurtry
Curtis McMurtry curtismcmurtry@gmail.com curtismcmurtrymusic.com
Travis McNamara
Moors and McCumber moorsandmccumber@gmail.com www.moorsandmccumber.com
Sweetwine Entertainment Group, Trout Steak Revival travis.mcnamara@gmail.com www.troutsteak.com
Tom McDaniel
Ralph McNeil
Maggie McDonald
Bob McWilliams
TR Ranch/Songwriter Serenade tr.ranch@gmail.com www.songwriterserenade.com Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society mmaggie@pitt.edu
Dennis McDoNoUgh! JUNG WOMBATS! jungwombats@gmail.com jungwombats.com
dennismcdonough.info Kim McDowell
Kerrville Folk Festival/SWRFA kimmcd@compuserve.com
James McEleney
The Unseen Strangers jamesmceleney@gmail.com
Tim McFadden
Tim McFadden Management and Consulting tzmcfadden@gmail..com www.tzmgmt.com
Jennifer McGlone
Folkwaves Hands up for Trad jennifer@glow-arts.co.uk www.folkwaves.co.uk
David McGraw
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer dave@davemcgraw.net www.daveandmandymusic.com
Dennis McGregor
Sisters Folk Festival mcgregor.dennis@gmail.com
Kathy Mcgregor
NWA Prison Story Project/Magdalene House Concerts tellervision@gmail.com nwaprisonstories.com
Pat McKeown
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City patxmckeown@gmail.com
WELCOME
jemcclain@hotmail.com
Little Joe McLerran littlejoeblues@yahoo.com www.littlejoeblues.com
EXHIBITORS
Ben Mandelson
Lowri Evans only1.leemason@btinternet.com www.lowrievans.co.uk
Jeremy McClain
Joe McLerran
Calgary Folk Club artisticdirector@calgaryfolkclub.com www.calgaryfolkclub.com Kansas Public Radio radiobob@ku.edu www.kpr.ku.edu
Trish McWilliams
West Side Folk catmagnet1@earthlink.net westsidefolk.org
Chuck Mead
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys kennethjgreen@gmail.com www.chuckmead.com
DAY SCHEDULE
mallettgrant1944@gmail.com
McCarver l_mccarver@hotmail.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Lee Mason
Laura McCarver
Denny Medley
Random Photography denny@randomphotography.com www.randomphotography.com
David Megli
Them Pickless Fools dmegli@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/thempicklessfools
Nancy Meis
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Grant Mallett
Folk NE/Crow Collaborative/Trio of Poets tmason@pobox.com www.timothydmason.com
Electric Prairie nancymeis@yahoo.com
Gina Mendello
Daniel Champagne showbizmanager@gmail.com www.danielchampagnemusic.com
Roger Menell
Swallow Hill Music roger@swallowhillmusic.org www.swallowhillmusic.org
MUSIC FAIR
Timothy Mason
Southern Harmony Music Company alysha@southernharmonyclub.com http://southernharmonyclub.com
John Merikoski
The Way Down Wanderers krause.staley@gmail.com thewaydownwanderers.com
Charlie Mertens
Katie Glassman and Snapshot booking@fiddleparlor.com www.katieglassman.com
REGISTRANTS
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WELCOME
Shift Management/DeliRadio sara@shiftindependent.com shiftmgmt.com deliradio.com
David Messer
DMP / DINGWALLS / COMMUNION david@dmpuk.com www.dmpuk.com /www.dingwalls.com /www. communionmusic.co.uk
Béatrix Méthé
EXHIBITORS
Les Poules à Colin info@famgroup.ca
Frank Meyer
Linda Minson
linda.minson7@gmail.com
Arif Mirbaghi
Dani Nash mirabdolbaghi@gmail.com
Chuck Mitchell
Chuck Mitchell csmitchell7@earthlink.net www.mitchellsong.com
Ana Miura
Miura Arts and Events Consulting miuraevents@gmail.com
John Moreland
Jill Murphy
Jess Morgan
Darragh Murphy
John Moreland johnmoreland@gmail.com www.johnmoreland.net Jess Morgan jess@jessmorgan.co.uk www.jessmorgan.co.uk
Kyle Morgan
Kyle Morgan kydavemo@gmail.com www.kylemorganmusic.com
Bernadette Morris
Paper Moon Shiners thangmaker@gmail.com www.papermoonshiners.com
Gary Mobley
Shubb Capos gary@shubb.com
Bernadette Morris bernadettemorrismusic@gmail.com http://bernadettemorris.com/
Louis Jay Meyers
Adam Moe
Andrew Morris
DAY SCHEDULE
Folk Alliance International louis@folk.org www.folk.org
Mike Mezzatesta
Unseen strangers mikemezzatesta@gmail.com
Danny Michel
Danny Michel dannymichelmusic@mac.com www.dannymichel.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Cassie Michel
12x12 Management cassie@12x12management.com www.12x12management.com
Oliver Miguel
Ellen Doty Trio ellen.doty@live.ca www.ellendoty.com
Emily Millard
Miss Emily Brown info@emilybrownmusic.com www.emilybrownmusic.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Jess Miller
Blissfest Music Organization jess@upnorthlakes.com blissfest.org
Mark Miller
Urban H2O Music Series musicanon@gmail.com www.urbanh2o.org
Rob Miller
MUSIC FAIR
Quicksilver Productions Rob@quicksilverproductions.net quicksilverproductions.net
Emily Miller
Davis & Elkins College Appalachian Ensemble emilyfmiller@gmail.com dewv.edu
Melinda Milligan
Melinda Milligan melindamilliganmusic@gmail.com reverbnation.com/melindamilligan
REGISTRANTS
Joshua Milligan
The Honeycutters (Under KCA Artists) joshuaearlmilligan@yahoo.com www.thehoneycutters.com
Pushing Chain adam@pushingchain.com www.pushingchain.com
Ben Montalbano
The Way Down Wanderers benjamin.e.montalbano@gmail.com http://thewaydownwanderers.com/
Tony Montalbano
Roosevelt Dime info@rooseveltdimemusic.com www.rooseveltdimemusic.com
H. Vic Montgomery MRVic42@gmail.com
Mark Montgomery
Mark Montgomery Music markmontgomerymusic@yahoo.com www.markmontgomerymusic.com
Eric Moon
Katie Glassman and Snapshot booking@fiddleparlor.com www.katieglassman.com
Rich Moore
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore rgalenmoore1@msn.com www.mollieobrien.com
Scott Moore
NERFA scott@mooremusic.org www.focusmusic.org
Randall Moore
The Ragbirds randall@theragbirds.com www.theragbirds.com
James Moors
Moors and McCumber moorsandmccumber@gmail.com www.moorsandmccumber.com
Everett Moran
Everett Moran moranpro@earthlink.net
Craig Moreau
Craig Moreau Music moreauc@me.com Http://craigmoreau.com
Bruce Morel
MMII mmii@ca.inter.net www.musicmarketinginternational.ca
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The Matchsellers thematchsellers@gmail.com http://thematchsellers.com
Quicksilver Productions jill@quicksilverproductions.net quicksilverproductions.net Bernadette Morris bernadettemorrismusic@gmail.com
Alyssa Murray
The AM Trio alyssabmurray@gmail.com alyssamurraymusic.com
Terry Mutchler
Mountain Top Productions/NERFA terrymountaintop@juno.com
Angie Myers
Blissfest Music Organization angie1dylan@yahoo.com blissfest.org
Irish Mythen
Robert Morrison
morrisonbob58@gmail.com
Performer - Irish Mythen entertainment@islandtelecom.com www.irishmythen.com
Patricia Morrison
Molly Nagel-Driessen
Inner Fire, Outer Light Helping Artists Build Income & Finish Projects patricia@innerfireouterlight.com www.InnerFireOuterLight.com
Charlie Mosbrook
Folknet chmosbrook@gmail.com www.charliemosbrook.com
Louise Mosrie
Zoe Cat Music louise@louisemosrie.com www.louisemosrie.com
Adam Moss
Adam Moss or Moss Brothers or Moishe Circus ammoss@gmail.com adammossfiddle.com
David Moss
David Moss dmaus6@gmail.com www.mosssongs.com
Charlie Muench
The Stray Birds thestraybirdsmusic@gmail.com www.thestraybirds.com
Melinda Mullins
Moon’s House Concert Series (Melinda Mullins) johnnymullinscollection@gmail.com
Peter Mulvey
Black Walnut Music petermulvey43@gmail.com
Alan Munde
Alan Munde amunde@southplainscollege.edu almundesbanjocollege.com
Crista Munro
FolkWest crista@folkwest.com www.folkwest.com
Little Engine Project Management molly@yourlittleengine.com www.yourlittleengine.com
Hannah Shira Naiman
Hannah Shira Naiman hannahshiranaiman@gmail.com www.hannahshiranaiman.com
Arnie Naiman
Hannah Shira Naiman arnienaiman@gmail.com www.hannahshiranaiman.com
Daisuke Nakai
Pirates Canoe piratescanoe@gmail.com
Matt Nakoa
Matt Nakoa mattnakoa@gmail.com www.mattnakoa.com
Dani Nash
Dani Nash daninashmusic@gmail.com www.daninashmusic.com
Jay Nash
Jay Nash & Josh Day are The Contenders jn@jaynash.com www.wearethecontenders.com
Megan Nash
Megan Nash megan.lynn.nash@gmail.com
Dan Navarro
Dan Navarro dnavarro@lownav.com www.dannavarro.com
Nelly Neben
Axis Artist Management, Inc./ Rita Coolidge nelly@axismanagement.com www.axismanagement.com
Mike Neely
Bohemian Highway mikeneely25@yahoo.com Bohemianhighwayfolk.com
Mark Nelson
J.B. Nuttle
World One Video worldonevideo@gmail.com
Scott Nygaard
Steve Sterner & Sundown markmelody@comcast.net
The Small Glories scottnyg@gmail.com http://thesmallglories.com
Zoe Neuman
Michael O’Brien
The Lovelocks info@thelovelocksband.com thelovelocksband.com
Bruce Newman
Newman, Decoster, Attorneys / W-E-V-L, Memphis bruce@newmandecoster.com newmandecoster.com
Barbara Newman
Newman, Decoster, Attorneys/ W-E-V-L, Memphis bruce@newmandecoster.com newmandecoster.com
Todd Newman
Breezy Ridge Instruments, Ltd jpinfo@aol.com www.jpstrings.com
Richard Newman
The CharFlies r_t_newman@hotmail.com www.charflies.com
Brett Newski
Brett Newski (band) hello@brettnewski.com www.brettnewski.com
Amber Nielsen
Sin and Swoon fretsobrien@gmail.com sinandswoon.com
Michelle O’Brien
Aoife Scott Band, Folk & Traditional Music info@essentialartists.tv www.aoifescott.com
Mollie O’Brien
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore mobvox@msn.com www.mollieobrien.com
John O’Brien
AMG/The Howlin Brothers johndouglas89@hotmail.com
Therese O’Connor
Culture Ireland therese.oconnor@culture ireland.gov.ie www.cultureireland.ie
Daisy O’Connor
DAISY daisyoconnor7@gmail.com www.daisydobedo.com
Morgan O’Kane
Sweet Alibi thesweetalibi@gmail.com
Morgan O’Kane / Dollartone mokane211@gmail.com www.dollartone.com
Teija Niku
Shannon O’Shea
Aallotar aallotarmusic@gmail.com www.aallotarmusic.com
Martin Nolan
Essential Artists info@essentialartists.tv www.EssentialArtists.tv
Garrett Nordstrom
Maria The Mexican pinetop89@kc.rr.com www.mariathemexican.com
Caitlin North
The Arden Theatre / City of St. Albert cnorth@stalbert.ca www.ardentheatre.com
Torre Norton
Money Wolf Music torreawesome@gmail.com
Kansas City Hustle celticknot92@aol.com
Erika O’Shea
The O’Shea Sisters osheatunes@yahoo.com
Carol Obertubbesing
Woodstock Folk Festival carolober73@gmail.com www.woodstockfolkfestival.org
Anthony Occhipinti
Michael Park
Lisa Olson
Susie Parrent
Barry Ollman barryollman@gmail.com www.barryollman.com Natalie Prauser nat10ku@yahoo.com
Justin Olsson
Oh Pep! ohpepmusic@gmail.com www.ohpep.com
Stuart Ongley
Kagey Parrish
The Honey Dewdrops thehoneydewdrops@gmail.com www.thehoneydewdrops.com
Crispin Parry
Robert Orenstein
Rory Partin
boborenstein@me.com
Keegan Osburn
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros kosburn59@yahoo.com
Nomad Ovunc
Mare Wakefield and Nomad nomad@audioauthorities.com marewakefield.com
Gary Paczosa
Sugar Hill Records garyp@sugarhillrecords.com www.sugarhillrecords.com/
Nancy Paddock
British Underground crispin@britishunderground.net The ROAMies info@TheROAMies.com www.TheROAMies.com
Jessica Parvin
Josh Harty/ The Wisconsin Room jessparvin@gmail.com
Clay Pasternack
CPI Dist/Gotta Groove Records claypinc@cs.com
Matt Patershuck
Matt Patershuk mattpatershuk@yahoo.ca www.mattpatershuk.com
Eureka House Concerts nlpaddock@gmail.com eurekahouseconcerts.com
Saionne Patershuk
Kathleen Page
Jim Patton
Sara Pajunen
Ellis Paul
Concerted Efforts, Inc. kathleen@madmissionagency.com www.concertedefforts.com Aallotar aallotarmusic@gmail.com www.aallotarmusic.com
Silas Palmer
Alanna and Alicia silaspalmer@gmail.com www.alannaandaliciaegan.com
Megan Palmer
Megan Palmer meganpalm@gmail.com www.meganpalmer.com
Randy Palmer
Anthony Occhipinti occhipinti720@aol.com
Sonny Ochs
Travis Palmer
Rekha Ohal
Levi Parham
Rekha Ohal rekha.ohal@gmail.com rekhaohal.com
Susie Parrent Photography susie@susieparrentphoto.com susieparrentphoto.com
SGO stuart@sgomusic.com www.sgomusic.com
Randy Palmer palmerrandy1@mac.com RandyPalmerMusic.com
WIOX sonnyo@midtel.net sonnyochs.com
The International Americana Music Show michaelpark@tiams.org www.tiams.org/
The Lowest Pair thelowestpair@gmail.com www.thelowestpair.com Levi Parham wesleyleviparham@gmail.com www.leviparham.com
EXHIBITORS
Alanna and Alicia neildamien@gmail.com www.alannaandaliciaegan.com
Barry Ollman
Roosevelt Dime info@rooseveltdimemusic.com www.rooseveltdimemusic.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Damien Neil
Straight Up Strings / Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts kali@siminoff.net
Eben Pariser
NERFA No Fuss & Feathers karynoliver.com@gmail.com www.KarynOliver.com
Matt Patershuk mattpatershuk@yahoo.ca Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus edgecitytx@gmail.com www.pattonbrokus.com Ellis Paul bkbethune@gmail.com
Brad Paul
Brad Paul Media bradpaul56@gmail.com bradpaulmedia.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Kali Nowakowski
Nick Faye & The Deputies jonnehermusic@gmail.com nickfaye.bandcamp.com/
Karyn Oliver
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Jonathon Neher
Red Bicycle Hall amnovello@gmail.com
Gerry Paul
Mel Parsons gedpaul@hotmail.com www.melparsons.com
Steve Paul
The Kansas City Star paul@kcstar.com http://kansascity.com
MUSIC FAIR
Tony Novello
Grassy Hill faic@3443.me
Christopher Paul Stelling Christopher Paul Stelling freedumbmusesick@gmail.com www.christopherpaulstelling.com/
Barry Payne
Rant Maggie Rant barry.payne@rogers.com
REGISTRANTS
Tom Neff
WELCOME
REGISTRANTS
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REGISTRANTS Alice Peacock
WELCOME
Alice Peacock alice@alicepeacock.com www.alicepeacock.com
Neil Pearson
English Folk Dance and Song Society neil@efdss.org www.efdss.org
Sarah Pearson
EXHIBITORS
Oh Pep! ohpepmusic@gmail.com www.ohpep.com
Daniel Peck
Buck Mountain Band dan@danpeck.com
Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner Red Moon Road info@redmoonroad.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Eric Peltoniemi
Red House Records production@redhouserecords.com www.redhouserecords.com
Gail Penney-Chapmond
Sycamore Creek House Concerts SycamoreCreekConcerts@gmail.com
Nancy Pfau
nancypfau@me.com
Thomas Philion
ArtsGreensboro/National Folk Festival tphilion@gmail.com www.nationalfolkfestival.com
Cheryl Prashker
Microphone Jack (keyboard and amp) phillips.jack@gmail.com https://microphonejack. bandcamp.com
Jeff Plankenhorn
Dan Pratt
Steve Phillips
Ben Plasse
Blue Skies Music Festival blueskiesad@gmail.com blueskiesmusicfestival.ca
Jack Phillips
The Edlers eldersteve@mac.com www.eldersmusic.com
Daniel Phipps
Daniel Thomas Phipps & The Kinfolk daniel.t.phipps@gmail.com www.thekinfolk.com
Jim Photoglo
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Jesse Periard
Anh Phung Phung
Cydney Perske
Austin East House Concerts cyd.perske@mac.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Karla Peterie
KC Rain Dogs mrkrp01@gmail.com www.kcraindogs.com
Kathy Peters
CrossCurrents speters826@aol.com crosscurrentsculture.org
Lori Peters
MUSIC FAIR
Concerted Efforts, Inc. lori@madmissionagency.com www.concertedefforts.com
Emilee Petersmark
The Crane Wives thecranewives@gmail.com www.thecranewives.com
Emma Peterson Tikly, LLC emma@tikly.co tikly.co
REGISTRANTS
Matt Peterson Tikly, LLC matt@tikly.co tikly.co
Little Maggie bill.powell@berkadia.com www.littlemaggiekc.com
Belle Plaine
Julia Phillips
angelapenrose@yahoo.com
Guy Pernetti guyper@ix.netcom.com
Dustin Pittsley
Bill Powell
Danny Powell
Jim Photoglo photoglo@earthlink.net www.jimphotoglo.com
Guy Pernetti
Levitt Shell Memphis anne@levittshell.org Dustin Pittsley dustinpittsley@hotmail.com www.dustinpittsley.com
Angela Penrose
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin tenstringsandagoatskin@gmail.com tenstringsandagoatskin.com
Anne Pitts
The Bombadils thebombadils@gmail.com www.thebombadils.com
Brad Piccolo
Red Dirt Rangers piccolo@wildblue.net www.reddirtrangers.com
Ryan Pickop
Ryan Pickop, Smokey and the Mirror ryanpickop@gmail.com www.ryanpickop.com
Rod Picott
Welding Rod Music mail@rodpicott.com www.rodpicott.com
Karla Pilgrim
The Secrets karlapilgrim@gmail.com www.thesecrets.ca
Kate Pillsbury
The Crane Wives thecranewives@gmail.com www.thecranewives.com
Cecily Pilzer
Airshow / Local 1000 cecilypilzer@earthlink.net
Johnny Pisano
Eljuri info@eljurimusic.com www.eljurimusic.com
Éléonore Pitre Les Poules à Colin info@famgroup.ca
Melanie Pethtel
emelpethtel@hotmail.com
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Belle Plaine belleplaine@belleplainemusic.com www.belleplainemusic.com Jeff Plankenhorn/Spike Steel Music/Empyreal Instruments/Lounge Side Records planksta@gmail.com jeffplankenhorn.net
The Howlin’ Brothers logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.thehowlinbrothers.com
Amanda Platt
The Honeycutters (Under KCA Artists) thehoneycutters@gmail.com www.thehoneycutters.com
Jack Pledge
Jack Pledge jack@jackpledge.com JackPledge.com
Andy Ploof
The Wilhelms pickerjonas@yahoo.com Www.thewilhelmsmusic.com
Jean Pogge
Real People’s Music rpmjosh@aol.com www.realpeoplesmusic.com
Justin Poindexter
The Amigos composerjustin@gmail.com www.theamigosband.com
Jen Poland
Kansas City Blues Society powdan54@gmail.com NERFA Cprashker@aol.com www.nerfa.org
Dan Pratt Drums danprattdrums@gmail.com
Natalie Prauser
Natalie Prauser nat10ku@yahoo.com
Laurel Premo
Red Tail Ring redtailring@gmail.com www.redtailring.com
Kevin Presbrey
Kevin Presbrey Presbrey Productions LLC. presbreyproductions@gmail.com www.kevinpresbrey.com
Robin Pressman
KRSH Radio robinpressman@gmail.com
Jacob Prestidge
The Blackbird Revue jacob@theblackbirdrevue.com http://theblackbirdrevue.com
Danielle Prestidge
The Blackbird Revue danielle@theblackbirdrevue.com theblackbirdrevue.com
Tede Price
Lee’s Summit Parks and Rec tprice@cityofls.net www.lsparks.net
Kiss Me Deadly jennevievepoland@gmail.com https:/www.facebook.com/pages/Kiss-MeDeadly/161565767218781
Steve Pritchard
Robert Poole
Jeff Pritchett
Olive Street House Concerts rpoole8@cox.net www.olivestreethouseconcerts.com
Jeff Porter
The Rainmakers azteccarpet@aol.com
Jessica Potter
The Painted Lady jess.potter@gmail.com THEPAINTEDLADY.ca
CIUT Toronto radio.boogie@sympatico.ca www.ciut.fm Seedlove profbarnhouse@yahoo.com
Debbi Proctor
Partner mrssandmn@aol.com
Gary Proctor
Singer Songwriter garyrproctor@aol.com
Rex Pryor
Robert Potter
romepo@gmail.com
Exit 13 sandrex1234@att.net www.facebook.com/exit13band
Darryl Poulsen
Sandy Pryor
Slocan Ramblers darrylpoulsen@gmail.com slocanramblers.com
Exit 13 Sandrex1234@att.net www.facebook.com/Exit13Band
REGISTRANTS
Stephen Ray
Friends of Florida Folk rellerec@yahoo.com
Andrew Revkin
Texas Music Office sray@gov.texas.gov
Andy Revkin revkin@gmail.com http://veryfinelines.com
Gary Rea
Clare Reynolds
Jim Rea
Carswell & Hope quicknbiggs@gmail.com
The HillBenders (Under KCA Artists) bluegrasscontact@yahoo.com www.hillbenders.com
Sarah Lou Richards
Maria Quiles
Keith Rea
Scott Richmond
Blue Rock Artists 7minutemile@gmail.com DarrylPurpose.com
steven Purtelle
Simply Acoustic Incorporated hipcats@sympatico.ca www.theacousticgrill.ca
Austin Quick
Quiles & Cloud mariaquilesrorycloud@gmail.com http://quilesandcloud.com
Brian Quinn
FOLK New England brian@lastdanceproductions.com www.folknewengland.org
Teri Quinn
Teri Quinn teriquinnmusic@gmail.com www.teriquinn.com
Pearl Rachinsky
Pearl Junior parashee@gmail.com www.pearljunior.com
Jacob Rains
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros jacob@jacobrains.com
Steve Ramm
“Anything Phonographic” / Amazon.com Stevenramm@aol.com www.amazon.com
Mary Randolph
mary@maryrandolph.us Mary@maryrandolph.us
Ali Raney
The HillBenders (Under KCA Artists) g14stubbs@gmail.com www.hillbenders.com
Keith Rea keith@keithrea.com www.keithrea.com
Peter Read
Nightflying Publications pr@nightflying.com www.nightflying.com/
Alice Reckley
Cachecanto alicereckley@yahoo.com www.cachecanto.com
Kelli Redmond
Letters To Abigail letterstoabigail@yahoo.com letterstoabigail.net/
Kathy Redwine
Jordie Lane alastair@heartstopmusic.com www.jordielane.com Sarah Lou Richards/Aim for Zero Music sarahlou@sarahlourichards.com www.sarahlourichards.com Scott Richmond scottrichmondmusic@gmail.com http://scottrichmondmusic.com
Dan Rickabus
The Crane Wives thecranewives@gmail.com www.thecranewives.com
James Riddle
James Riddle shrinkboy2000@yahoo.com
Raymond Ridley
Men on Monkey Bars Records, Normal the Board raymonddridley@yahoo.com
Doug Rieman
The Red Wine Effect kathymarieredwine@yahoo.com
Shoofly drieman@dmp.com www.facebook.com/shooflymusic
Kim Reed
Rachel Ries
Prairie Moon Photography musicmoon1@hotmail.com http://prairiemoon.weebly.com/
Rebecca Reed-Lunn
Harpeth Rising rebecca@harpethrising.com www.harpethrising.com
Rachel Ries rachel@rachelries.com www.rachelries.com
Jason Riley
Maria The Mexican jjriley@stjoelive.com
Joshua Rilko
The Lovelocks info@thelovelocksband.com thelovelocksband.com
David Regnier
David Regnier richardsetta@gmail.com
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys joshuarilko@gmail.com www.lindsayloumusic.com
Anu Rannu
LizzieJane Reh
Lindsay Rilko
Estonian Traditional Music Center NGO/ Viljandi Folk Music Festival anu.rannu@folk.ee www.folk.ee
Jerry Rapp
CinemaKC jrapp@cinemakc.com cinemakc.com
Sheena Rattai
Red Moon Road info@redmoonroad.com
On The Backroad janelizreh@gmail.com
Kyle Reid
Kyle Reid & the Low Swinging Chariots kylereidmusic@gmail.com www.kylereidmusic.com
Samuel Reider
The Amigos reider.sam@gmail.com www.theamigosband.com
Morgan Reisman
Morgan Orion morganorion@gmail.com www.morganorion.com
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys lindsayrilko@gmail.com www.lindsayloumusic.com
Nathan Rivera
Nathan Rivera, Jessie Andra Smith, Shine Delphi nathansaccordion@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/nathanrivera
Jerod Rivers
Folk Alliance International jerod@folk.org www.folk.org
Grain Valley Middle School Arivers@gvr5.net
Carol Roark
Six Cents Enterprises tchyke@aol.com
WELCOME
Darryl Purpose
CrossCurrents echog@kc.rr.com
Craig Reller
Ashley Rivers
Mike Roark
KC Rain Dogs roark71@aol.com www.kcraindogs.com
Beau Roberson
Beau Roberson hortonrecords@gmail.com www.jivewired.com/pilgrim
EXHIBITORS
Linda Ray
The Bluegrass Situation amy@thebluegrasssituation.com www.thebluegrasssituation.com
Philippe Robert
MAZ marcmaziade@espacemaz.ca www.espacemaz.ca
Dave Robertson AAC Live! gnyakn@gmail.com
Cindy Robertson
DAY SCHEDULE
T. Buckley bookings@tbuckley.ca www.tbuckley.ca
Amy Reitnouer
AAC Live! cindyarobertson@gmail.com
John Robertson
Calgary Folk Club jbr.456.fai@gmail.com www.calgaryfolkclub.com
Rob Robinson
Rob Robinson Music robrobinsonmusic@outlook.com www.robrobinsonmusic.com
Wood Robinson
Mipso band@mipsomusic.com www.mipsomusic.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
River Trade Radio Greater Kansas City Music Directory Musician junelightmusic@gmail.com www.kaseyrausch.com
Chris Robley
CD Baby chris@cdbaby.com members.cdbaby.com
Drea Rocha
Shotgun Mgmt drea@shotgunmgmt.com
Libby Rodenbough Mipso band@mipsomusic.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Derek Pulliam
Kasey Rausch
Jim Roe
Roe Entertainment jim@roeentertainment.com roeentertainment.com
Quillan Roe
the Roe Family Singers pappyroe@yahoo.com www.roefamilysingers.com
MUSIC FAIR
Olive Street House Concerts carolpuckett@cox.net www.olivestreethouseconcerts.com
Kim Roe
the Roe Family Singers mamaroe247@gmail.com www.facebook.com/roefamilysingers
Jennifer Roe
Folk Alliance International operations@folk.org www.folk.org
REGISTRANTS
Carol Puckett
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REGISTRANTS Mike Rofe
WELCOME
MikeRo Management mike@mikeromanagement.com
Matt Rolland
Run Boy Run matt@runboyrunband.com www.runboyrunband.com
Grace Rolland
EXHIBITORS
Run Boy Run Grace@runboyrunband.com www.runboyrunband.com
Elaine Romanelli
Elaine Romanelli elaine@elaineromanelli.com www.elaineromanelli.com
Ed Romanoff
Ed Romanoff ajbmanagementgroup@gmail.com www.EdRomanoff.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Chris Ronald
Chris Ronald chris@chrisronald.com www.chrisronald.com
Jesse Roper
Jesse Roper theropershow@hotmail.com
Charlie Rose
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Charlie Rose Music 12rose@gmail.com CharlieRoseMusic.com
Robert Rosenberg Manhattan Art Center robrosnbrg@yahoo.com
Margie Rosenkranz The Eighth Step eighthstep@aol.com www.8thstep.org
Gene Rosenthal
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Adelphi Records adelphirecords@erol.com Adelphi Records
Ellin Rosenthal
Mandy Rowden
Sarah Sample
Eric Schartz
Blanche Rowen
Ashleigh Sanders
Debra Schenk
Singer/Songwriter girl-guitar@hotmail.com Www.mandyrowden.com trac (Folk Development for Wales) trac@trac-cymru.org www.trac-cymru.org
Alan Rowoth
the Big Orange Tarp BigOrangeTarp@gmail.com www.bigorangetarp.org
Jérémi Roy
Briga jairaimiroy@gmail.com www.brigamusic.com
Mathieu Royer
MAZ marcmaziade@espacemaz.ca www.espacemaz.ca
Mark Rubin
Folk Alliance Winter Music Camp mark@folk.org www.markrubin.com
Faith Ruch
Faith Evans Ruch faithruch@yahoo.com www.faithevansruch.com
Grace Russell
Jones & Co. gracelouiserussell@gmail.com www.jonesandcompany.ca
Sonia Rutstein Shubb Capos gary@shubb.com
Angela Saini
MUSIC FAIR
Charlie Roth
Charlie Roth Performing Songwriter charlierothmusic@gmail.com
Deb Rouse
Lindsay Schindler
Run Boy Run bekah@runboyrunband.com www.runboyrunband.com
Mike Sangiacomo Cleveland Plain Dealer mikesang@aol.com www.cleveland.com
Rachel Sarvey
Catie Curtis/Americans United rachel@doronzio.com
Luke Sather
Luke Arvid luke@sather.com
Jeremy Sauer
Belle Plaine jjsweet@gmail.com www.belleplainemusic.com
Daniel Sauls
Men on Monkey Bars Records Normal the Board danielsauls@gmail.com
Anne Saunders
Smithfield Music p757savage@aol.com www.smithfieldmusic.org
Tom Savage
Rant Maggie Rant linszer@yahoo.com
Ray Schindler
Rant Maggie Rant raymond_schindler@yahoo.ca
Isaac Schmidt
Isaac and Deegan ischmidt282@gmail.com
Kyle Schneider
Ray Wylie Hubbard logan@atomicmusicgroup.com www.raywylie.com
Greg Schochet
Katie Glassman and Snapshot booking@fiddleparlor.com www.katieglassman.com
Gracie Schram
Gracie Schram gracieschram@gmail.com gracieschram.com
Jill Schram
Gracie Schram gracieschram@gmail.com gracieschram.com
Chip Schutzman
Miles High Productions chip@mileshighproductions.com www.mileshighproductions.com
Lisa Schwartz
Tom Savage tomsavagemusic@gmail.com www.tomsavage.ca
Philadelphia Folksong Society and Philadelphia Folk Festival ljschwartz06@gmail.com www.pfs.org
Angela Saini angela@angelasaini.com http://angelasaini.com
Marie Savoie-Levac
Joel Schwartz
Michelle Saintey
Colin Savoie-Levac
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros msaintey@yahoo.com
David Salada
The Sparrow Agency david@thesparrowagency.com www.thesparrowagency.com
Maxwell Salinger-Ridley
REGISTRANTS
Rouse House Concerts drmhou@aol.com
Quinn Bachand’s Brishen mridley@berklee.edu www.brishenmusic.com
Elizabeth Rouse
Debbi Salmonsen
Rouse House Concerts rouse_house@suddenlink.net
Melanie Scheys
Rebekah Sandoval Rolland
Picot Savage
Rachael Sage
debs@kc.rr.com
Music Centre Dranouter/Festival Gooikoorts melanie@dranoutercentrum.be www.dranoutercentrum.be / www.gooikoorts.be
Katie Sachs
Katie Sachs Music Katiesachsmusic@gmail.com
Eric Schwartz eric@ericschwartz.com www.ericschwartz.com
Run Boy Run Jen@runboyrunband.com www.runboyrunband.com
murielnyc84@gmail.com
Desirae Roses-Clinton
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures christine@christinetassan.com www.christinetassanet lesimposteures.com
Jennifer Sandoval
Patti Ryder
Gilpin Street House Concerts eerosenthal@aol.com
Lise-Anne Ross
12x12 Management ashleigh.sanders@gmail.com
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival FalcRidge@aol.com www.FalconRidgeFolk.com
MPress Records rachael@mpressrecords.com www.rachaelsage.com
Desi & Cody pilotproject82@gmail.com www.desiandcody.com
Sarah Sample & Edie Carey sarah@sarahsample.com www.sarahsample.com
Calgary Folk Festival debbi@calgaryfolkfest.com www.calgaryfolkfest.com / www.festivalhall.com
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Les Poules à Colin info@famgroup.ca Les Poules à Colin info@famgroup.ca
Loretta Sawyer
Loretta Sawyer Agency writelor@aol.com www.lorettasawyeragency.com
Robert Scarborough
Jefferson Freedom Cafe robert@jeffersonfreedomcafe.org www.jeffersonfreedomcafe.org
Brent Schaitel
Lisa Nicole Grace brentschaitel@gmail.com
The Lovelocks info@thelovelocksband.com thelovelocksband.com
Dustin Schwindt
Dusty Rust dustyrustbooking@gmail.com www.DustyRust.com
Annika Scilipote
Annika info@annikamusic.com Annikamusic.com
Aoife Scott
Aoife Scott Band, Folk & Traditional Music info@essentialartists.tv www.aoifescott.com
Mikal Shapiro
Anya Siglin
David G Smith
Jeremy Scott
Alka Sharma
David Siglin
Jessie Smith
Calvin Scott
Jacob Sharp
Regent Music Agency UK ps@regentmusic.com www.regentmusic.com
Christine Sisk
Phil Smith
KC Rain Dogs prsmith08@yahoo.com kcraindogs.com
Secret Frequency candaceshaw@gmail.com www.secretfrequency.ca
Culture Ireland therese.oconnor@ cultureireland.gov.ie www.cultureireland.ie
Sarah Scouten
Lauren Sheehan
Kathy Sissons
Matt Smith
Elizabeth scriven
Don Sheldon
Richard Skelly
Kai Smith
Todd Shelton
Megan Slankard
Serendipitous Music lizscott555@gmail.com www.irishmountainmusic.com Sarah Jane Scouten booking@sarahjanescouten.com www.sarahjanescouten.com elizabeth@huffroad.ca
Christian Sedelmyer
10 String Symphony 10stringsymphony@gmail.com www.christiansedelmyer.com
Tillamook Burn lauren@laurensheehanmusic.com www.laurensheehanmusic.com www.chuckmead.com Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys kennethjgreen@gmail.com
Peggy Seeger peggy@peggyseeger.com
Valley Stage Productions, Stage Right Booking don@valleystage.net www.valleystage.net,www.stageright booking.com
Cookie Segelstein
Daniel Sherrill
Peggy Seeger
Veretski Pass cookie@veretskipass.com http://www.veretskipass.com
Nicholas Segura
Somos Agency nicholassegura@me.com SomosAgency.com
Gerald Seligman
Caravan Arts Consultancy geraldseligman@gmail.com
Curtis Seligson
Patchy Sanders bookingpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com
Andrew Sherrod
Mulberry Jam andrew.sherrod.1989@gmail.com
Griffin Sherry
The Ghost Of Paul Revere ghostofpaulrevere@gmail.com
Adam Shier
Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits curtisseligson@gmail.com
The Unseen Strangers adam@unseenstrangers.ca www.unseenstrangers.ca
Cliff Seltzer
Jordan Shipley
Gold Mountain Entertainment cliffexec@aol.com
Preetam Sengupta
Letting Artists Make Art (LAMA) preetam@lamavision.com
Joanne Setterington Indoor Recess Inc. joanne@indoorrecess.com www.indoorrecess.com
Matthew Sever
Matt the Electrician mte@matttheelectrician.com www.matttheelectrician.com
Alex Shames
Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits alexshames0528@gmail.com
Ensemble Iberica jshipley@gmail.com ensembleiberica.org
Meladye Shively
Moab Folk Festival mshively@aol.com www.moabfolkfestival.com
J.R. Shore
J.R. Shore jrshore45@gmail.com www.jrshore.com
Aaron Short
Shotgun Mgmt. kat@thehighcrest.com
William Siegel willsiegel@att.net
The Medicine Show kathy@medicinemusic.co.uk www.medicineshow.co.uk WRSU-FM / Asbury Park Press RJSkelly@verizon.net www.wrsu.org
Helen Smith
Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks hsmith@artsquest.org Matt Smith musematt@aol.com www.mattsmithsmorld One Deep Breath kaimm@yahoo.com
Dudley (Smitty) Smith
Megan Slankard meganlankard@yahoo.com www.meganslankard.com
Pump House Concerts pumphouseconcerts@gmail.com https:/www.facebook.com/PumpHouseConcerts
Carolyn Slaughter
Laurie Smith
West Side Folk jkurtzjr@swbell.net westsidefolk.org
Amanda Slaybaugh
Oasis Disc Manufacturing laurie.smith@telecommuting.net
Matthew Smith
Fleming Artists amanda@flemingartists.com www.flemingartists.com
The Honeycutters (Under KCA Artists) snowmandice@hotmail.com www.thehoneycutters.com
Jason Slote
Clayton Smith
Adam Slough
Judy Smith
David Smart
Craig Smyth
Mark Smeltzer
Hills Snyder
Carswell & Hope jslote@gmail.com Folk by the Oak adam@jslproductions.co.uk www.folkbytheoak.com Guitarist Charles David Smart davidsmart@smartfrets.com www.smartfrets.com Mark Smeltzer Rural Grit kimruralgrit@gmail.com
Matthew Smith Club Passim matt@passim.org www.passim.org
John Smith
12x12 Management/Free Dirt Records john@12x12management.com www.12x12management.com
Sally Smith
KC Cafe Radio whistlestopantiquesbelton@ hotmail.com www.kccaferadio.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Candace Shaw
Phil Simpson
Jessie Andra Smith, Nathan Rivera, & Shine Delphi jessieandra@gmail.com www.reverbnation.com/jessieandrasmith
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Liz Scott
Mipso band@mipsomusic.com www.mipsomusic.com
The Ark davesiglin@gmail.com
Hey Dave Music davidgsmithmusic@yahoo.com davidgsmithmusic.com
Good Time Charley claytonisrealsmart@gmail.com Jack Williams Music judysmith221@gmail.com www.jackwilliamsmusic.com Greenbank Trio booking@greenbanktrio.ca www.greenbanktrio.ca
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Calvin Arsenia CalvinArsenia@gmail.com www.CalvinArsenia.com
Folk Music Ontario asharma@folkmusicontario.ca www.folkmusicontario.ca
The Ark anya@theark.org www.theark.org
Wolverton floatingteacup@gmail.com www.wolvertonmusic.com
Caralyn Snyder
Wolverton caralyn68@gmail.com www.wolvertonmusic.com
MUSIC FAIR
Red Dirt Nation rdnjeremy@gmail.com www.reddirtnation.com
Mikal Shapiro kooshapiro@yahoo.com www.mikalshapiro.com
Fran Snyder
Listening Room Network, ConcertsInYourHome fran@listeningroomnetwork.com www.ConcertsInYourHome.com
Micah Soloman
Oasis Disc Manufacturing micah@oasiscd.com
REGISTRANTS
Aoife Scott Band, Folk & Traditional Music info@essentialartists.tv
EXHIBITORS
Eoghan Scott
WELCOME
REGISTRANTS
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WELCOME
Carl Solomon
Steve Stagner
Neil Stoffrengen
Nancy Stubbs
Betty Soo
James Lee Stanley
Conway Stone
Emily Stucky
Mark Southerland
Ellen Stanley
Brandon Stone
Scott Stuewe
Mark Stansberry
Peter Stone
Ashes to Immortality mikekhannah@yahoo.com www.reverbnation.com/asheslawrence
Melinda Stanton
Matt Stone
Ryan Spearman
David Starr
Carl Solomon carl@carlsolomonmusic.com www.carlsolomonmusic.com BettySoo bettysoomusic@gmail.com www.BettySoo.com
EXHIBITORS
Heritage Repair affiliation thefashionpanda@gmail.com
Nicholas Spacek
The Pitch / American Roots Magazine nicholas.spacek@gmail.com http://americanrootsmagazine.com
Sonny Sparks
DAY SCHEDULE
Play Better Banjo Folk School of KDHX
The Aching Hearts
ryan@playbetterbanjo.com playbetterbanjo.com
Jesse Speed
Jesse Speed jessespeed@hotmail.com www.jessespeed.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Brian Speise
Foes of Folly brianspeise@gmail.com
Caroline Spence
Caroline Spence carolinespencemusic@gmail.com www.carolinespencemusic.com
Laura Spencer KCUR lauras@kcur.org www.kcur.org
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Katy Spicer
English Folk Dance and Song Society katy@efdss.org www.efdss.org
Alec Spiegelman
Kristin Andreassen alecspiegelman@gmail.com
Laura Spink
MUSIC FAIR
The Young Novelists spinklaura@gmail.com www.theyoungnovelists.com
Jean Spivey
Old Settler’s Music Festival jkspivey@sbcglobal.net www.oldsettersmusicfest.org
Devon Sproule
Devon Sproule devon@devonsproule.com www.devonsproule.com
REGISTRANTS
Joelle St. Pierre
KKFI stpierrejoelle@gmail.com
Barbed Wire Productions barbedwiremusic@earthlink.net www.barbedwire-music.com james lee stanley / beachwood recordings james@jamesleestanley.com www.jamesleestanley.com MN Music Coalition Mother Banjo ellen@mnmusiccoalition.org mnmusiccoalition.org / motherbanjo.com Mark Alan Stansberry mark@thegtdgroup.com www.markstansberry.com Rural Grit kimruralgrit@gmail.com David Starr Music davidstarrmusic@gmail.com
Michael Staub
Gogo Plumbay vagaspeak@gmail.com www.gogoplumbay.com
Rob Stegman
Kingswood Records rstegman@bluestarmedia.com
Jim Steinblatt
ASCAP jsteinblatt@ascap.com www.ascap.com
Alyssa Steiner
Mike’s MTSU production pros alystnr2@gmail.com
Lyndon Stephens
CS Management and Events lyndon_stephens@hotmail.com
Volker Steppat
German Public Radio Bremen/Nordwestradio volker.steppat@web.de www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/index166. html
Steven Sterner
Steve sterner & Sundown stevensterner2@aol.com www.reverbnation.com/stevesterner
Linda Stevens
Raised by Wolves lindastevens1@btinternet.com
The Nadas Stofneil@aol.com www.thenadas.com
Dream House Concerts conway@dreamhigh.com facebook page dream house concert The Nadas Brandonlstone@gmail.com www.thenadas.com 100 Mile House ilive@100milehouse.co.uk www.100milehouse.co.uk Matt Stone folkmuse@mac.com www.mattfolkmuse.com
Inga Storbakken
Lost & Nameless Orchestra ingastorbakken@gmail.com
Teresa Storch
Teresa Storch teresastorch@gmail.com www.teresastorch.com
Elizabeth Storm
Law Office of Liz Storm, PLLC liz@lizstorm.com www.lizstorm.com
Martha Stracener
Quicksilver Productions martha@quicksilverproductions.net quicksilverproductions.net
Dietrich Strause
Dietrich Strause / Two Roads Agency dietrich.strause@gmail.com www.dietrichstrause.com
Lyal Strickland
Shedding Dog Music LLC info@lyalstrickland.com www.lyalstrickland.com
Jacquelyn Strickland Shedding Dog Music LLC info@lyalstrickland.com www.lyalstrickland.com
Kevin Stringfellow
Kyle Reid & the Low Swinging Chariots kvnstringfellow@gmail.com
Christina Strittmater
MaryAnn Stewart
mastewart@sunflower.com
Myriad Artists christina@myriadartists.com www.myriadartists.com
MIchael Stewart
Danna Strong
MIke Stewart Productions mike@texasmike.com www.texasmike.com
Kendall Stewart
WUMB 91.9 FM kendall.stewart@wumb.org WUMB.org
Americana Music Association danna@americanamusic.org www.americanamusic.org
Mark Stuart
Mark Edgar Stuart markedgarstuart@gmail.com http://markedgarstuart.com/
Rebecca Folsom Music nancy@rebeccafolsom.com www.rebeccafolsom.com The Vivants emilybonn@yahoo.com www.thevivants.com Scott Stuewe sstuewe@kc.rr.com
Heather Styka
Heather Styka heather@styka.com http://heatherstyka.com
Randy Styka
Acoustic Renaissance Concerts randy@acousticren.com www.acousticren.com
Gautam Subra
Festival of India Ottawa aa486@ncf.ca
Amy Sullivan
Straight Up Strings / Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts amy@siminoff.net
Dannielle Swart
danniellerae@gmail.com
Caleb Sweazy
Caleb Sweazy csweazy@gmail.com https:/www.facebook.com/bluebarrelrecords
Sara Swenson
Sara Swenson saraswensonmusic@gmail.com www.saraswenson.com
Emma Swift
Emma Swift missemmaswift@gmail.com emmaswift.com.au
Patrick Sylvest
Patrick Sylvest patsylvest@gmail.com www.patricksylvest.com
Michelle Szeto
Paquin Entertainment Group michelle@paquinentertainment.com www.paquinartistsagency.com
Steve Szymanski Planet Bluegrass steve@bluegrass.com bluegrass.com
Samuel Tagger
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros stagger007@gmail.com
David Tamulevich
Tamulevich Artist Management David@Tamulevich.com www.Tamulevich.com
Tim Tankard
tvtankard@gmail.com
Val Tankard
tvtankard@gmail.com
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Aaron Lee Tasjan
Drivin N Cryin kennethjgreen@gmail.com www.drivinncryin.com
Christine Tassan
Laura Thomas
ComboPlate Booking laura@comboplatebooking.com www.comboplatebooking.com
Richard Paul Thomas Richard Paul Thomas RpT@tbc-group.com www.richardpaulthomas.com
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures christine@christinetassan.com www.christinetassanet lesimposteures.com
Chris Thomas
Larry Taylor
Cindi Thomas
The Bow Valley Music Club lwtaylor@shaw.ca www.bowvalleymusicclub.org
Monica Taylor
Cimarron Breeze Concert Series mtaylorjok@yahoo.com www.monicataylormusic.com
Spencer Taylor
The Honeycutters (Under KCA Artists) spentay@gmail.com www.thehoneycutters.com
Kyle Taylor
Kyle Taylor Art kyletaylorart@gmail.com www.kyletaylorart.com
Owen Temple
Owen Temple owen@owentemple.com www.owentemple.com
Kate Terrell
Wolverton fairbank3000@yahoo.com
Joseph Terrell
Mipso band@mipsomusic.com www.mipsomusic.com
Kendra Terry
Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse campcoho@aol.com
Beki Test
Bohemian Highway good2bbek@yahoo.com Bohemianhighwayfolk.com
Catherine Teutsch
Swallow Hill Music Association catherinet@comcast.net
Jenie Thai (Nolan) Jenie Thai bookings@jeniethai.ca www.jeniethai.ca
West Side Folk christhomas@ancientocean.org westsidefolk.org West Side Folk christhomas@ancientocean.org westsidefolk.org
Keith Thompson
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys kennethjgreen@gmail.com www.chuckmead.com
Galadriel Thompson
DarkHeartGirlFriendsClub galadrielthompson@gmail.com https:/www.facebook.com/darkheartgirlfriendsclub
Austin Thompson
Olathe Public Library rdtomlinson@gmail.com Olathe Public Library
Michelle Tompkins
SiriusXM marysue.twohy@siriusxm.com www.siriusxm.com
Sylvia Tyson
riverroad1@sympatico.ca www.quartette.com
Sin and Swoon michelletompkins5@hotmail.com sinandswoon.com
Suzanne Ungerleider
Matthew Tonner
Fred Uzzell
Laney Jones & the Lively Spirits matt.tonner@gmail.com
Jayne Toohey
Oh Susanna amanda@starfishentertainment.com fred_uzzell@yahoo.com
Jan Van Dijk
2e Photography jayne@jayne2e.com
Starboard Cannons info@starboardcannons.com www.starboardcannons.com
Greg Torrington
Ian Van Ornum
Melissa Totten
Bruce Van Ornum
Jacob Tovar
Bruce Van Ornum
Sarah Towle
Kevin Vance
Galaxie/Stingray Music gtorrington@stingraydigital.com www.galaxie.ca/ FOLK New England / M+Co Melissa@MandCo.org www.FolkNewEngland.org Jacob Tovar jtovarmusic@gmail.com www.jacobtovar.com Sarah Elizabeth sarah.towle@gmail.com https://sarahelizabethmusic.bandcamp.com/ releases
Patchy Sanders bookingpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com Patchy Sanders brucevanornum@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com Patchy Sanders brucevanornum@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com KALW-FM, KPFA-FM kevin_vance@yahoo.com www.kevinvance.org
Bavo Vanden Broeck
The Way Down Wanderers krause.staley@gmail.com thewaydownwanderers.com
Vi Tran
Vi Tran Music vi.nhan.tran@gmail.com
Festival Dranouter bavo@festivaldranouter.be www.festivaldranouter.be
Valerie Thompson
Rich Treat
Mariel Vandersteel
Greg Trooper
Matthew VanderTuig
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards valeriecello@gmail.com www.thisislauracortese.com
Mary Tilson
America’s Back 40 on KPFA maryltilson@gmail.com http://kpfa.org
Robert Tims
robangie96@hotmail.com
Tom Tipton
Crosseyed cat ttipton@kc.rr.com
Brad Tisdel
Sisters Folk Festival brad@sistersfolkfestival.org sistersfolkfestival.org
John Titta
ASCAP jtitta@ascap.com www.ascap.com
Jeff Todd
J Todd Music Agency jtoddmusic@kc.rr.com www.jtoddmusic.com
Pat Tomek
Levitt Pavilion Arlington richard@levittarlington.org Greg Trooper gregtrooper@yahoo.com www.gregtrooper.com
Patricia Trudeau
Calliope Folk Society patrudeau@hotmail.com www.calliopehouse.org
Donna Trussell
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards corteselaura@gmail.com thebtatt@gmail.com
Chadwick Veach
The Tank Room (Venue 1813 Grand Blvd.) chadwickveach@gmail.com www.thetankroom.com
Ryland Veesart
free-lance donna.trussell@icloud.com
Erin Inglish Music rylandv@gmail.com www.erininglish.com
Hiroya Tsukamoto
Hans Veldhuizen
Hiroya Tsukamoto hiroyatsukamoto@gmail.com www.hiroyatsukamoto.com
Gillian Turnbull
Canadian Folk Music/NoDepression gilliant704@hotmail.com www.canfolkmusic.ca/
KC Turner
KC Turner Presents kcturnermusic@gmail.com www.kcturnerpresents.com
WELCOME
Ralph Tomlinson
MarySue Twohy
EXHIBITORS
MPress Records meredith@mpressrecords.com www.mpressrecords.com
Balsam Pier Music amie@balsampiermusic.com balsampiermusic.com
theredflashlight@gmail.com
DAY SCHEDULE
Meredith Tarr
Amie Therrien
John “Martin” Tomlinson
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society ptanner@calliopehouse.org www.calliopehouse.org
Jonathan Theobald jlfth5@gmail.com www.facebook.com/jonathantheobaldmusic
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Patricia Tanner
Jonathan Theobald
Indictis Ventures hansveld@me.com
MUSIC FAIR
NERFA folkmom@comcast.net
Joe Vent
A to Z Media joe@atozmedia.com atozmedia.com
Molly Venter
Red Molly molly@redmolly.com www.redmolly.com
REGISTRANTS
Dianne Tankle
The Rainmakers tomek.pat@gmail.com
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WELCOME
Mei Verba
Dusty Wakeman
Dennis Warner
Jeffo Weiss
Stuart Vexler
Ken Waldman
Rich Warren
Kelly Wells
Bob Walkenhorst
David Warren
Silverleaf Booking mei@silverleafbooking.com http://silverleafbooking.com/ Kerrville Folk Festival s.vexler@twobits.com
Gigi Villamil
Pacthy Sanders brucevanornum@gmail.com
EXHIBITORS
Cecilia Villar
Mojave Audio dusty@mojaveaudio.com www.mojaveaudio.com Ken Waldman, Nomadic Productions ken@kenwaldman.com www.kenwaldman.com The Rainmakers bobwalkenhorst@gmail.com
Eljuri cecilia@eljurimusic.com www.eljurimusic.com
Una Walkenhorst
Richard Vines
Ben Walker
Windrush Concerts rick@rickvinesmusic.com www.facebook.com/windrushconcerts
DAY SCHEDULE
Alexandra Vissia Alex Vissia alex@alexvissia.com www.alexvissia.com
Jason Vivone
Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats Jason_Vivone@msn.com www.billybats.com
Anna Vogelzang
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE Schedule
Anna Vogelzang theanna@gmail.com www.theanna.com
Redd Volkaert
Redd Volkaert Instructor telehog@gmail.com www.reddvolkaert.com
Violet Vonder Haar
Violet Vonder Haar, Violet and the Undercurrents, The Nation of Love booking@violetvonderhaar.com www.violetvonderhaar.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Jane Vonderheide
Red Bicycle Hall janedevitoart@yahoo.com
Bil VornDick
The Rainmakers unawalkenhorst@gmail.com Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker benwalker1981@gmail.com
Michael Walker dirtycool@live.com
Seena Walker
MUSIC FAIR
Six String Concerts tjwait@pobox.com www.sixstring.org
REGISTRANTS
Mare Wakefield
Mare Wakefield and Nomad mare@marewakefield.com marewakefield.com
Freelance Writer mike.warren@mcckc.edu
Melissa Warren
melissawarren9201@gmail.com
Ashley Warren
Music Road Records ashley@musicroadrecords.com www.musicroadrecords.com
Folksinger Austin Nash heyfolksinger@gmail.com
Emerson Wells-Barrett Well Worn Soles ewellsbarrett@gmail.com wellwornsolesmusic.com
John Wendland
The Wilhelms john@roughshop.com Www.thewilhelmsmusic
Chuck Wentworth Lagniappe Productions chukwent@cox.net www.mardigrasri.com
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Kevin Watkinss
Kelly Werts
Mark Wallace
Aaron Watson
Susanna Walls
Chris Watts
Walker International Communications Group dwkuhne@gmail.com www.walkercommunicationsgroup.com Mt. Thelonious wallace.mark.bass@gmail.com mtthelonious@gmail.com O’Susanna Concerts dwalls@bpsnetworks.com
John Walls
O’Susanna Concerts dwalls@bpsnetworks.com
Red Bicycle Hall RedBicycleHall@gmail.com RedBicycleHall.com Quinn Bachand’s Brishen marie@abachand.ca www.brishenmusic.com cwattsphoto@yahoo.com
Katie Weatherall
British Underground katie@britishunderground.net
kwerts@kc.rr.com www.wertsmusic.com
Chase Wessel
Levitt Pavilion Greater Los Angeles & Pasadena chase@levittla-pas.org www.levittla.org www.levittpasadena.org
G Norman West
doctornorm doctornorm@hotmail.com www.doctornorm.com
Corinne West
Free Radicals mweaver913@prodigy.net
CORINNE WEST BANDITS corinne@corinnewest.com www.corinnewest.com
Bennett Weaver
Stephanie West
Bennett Weaver weaverbennett@gmail.com hojothedragon.com
Jacquelyn Hynes steph@stephwest.co.uk www.stephwest.co.uk
Jela Webb
Margaret Whale
Americana Music Midwest jc.walstrom@gmail.com
Maverick Magazine jela.webb@azione.co.uk www.maverick-country.com
Rogue Folk Club margaret_whale@telus.net www.roguefolk.ba.ca
Brandon Walter
Richard Webb
Joseph Wheeler
Maverick Magazine richard@azione.co.uk www.maverick-country.com
Foes of Folly joewheelerdesign@gmail.com http://foesoffolly.bandcamp.com
Dan Weber
Sibyl White
John Walls
Student/Volunteer wyattwalls718@gmail.com
Jason Walsmith
Julie Walstrom
Jutta Wait
Mike Warren
Thomasjohn Wells Miller
Red Bicycle Hall Margo_Watkins@mac.com
Trent Wagler
“Kalinec & Kj” (duo) and also “Kj” (solo) kjsmile@ptd.net www.kjsmile.com
Mariposa Folk Foundation/CSTM personal@warrenlaw.ca
Folk School of KDHX Radio DJ, 88.1 KDHX St Louis The Aching Hearts kelly@kdhx.org folkschoolstl.org
Margo Watkins
Mountainside Music bilinstudio@comcast.net
Kj Wagner
WFMT Radio music@midnightspecial.org www.midnightspecial.org
Harmonious Wail sims@wail.com www.wail.com
Historic Courthouse Calaboose Trading Company bluemojo@earthlink.net
The Nadas jason@thenadas.com www.thenadas.com
The Steel Wheels trent@thesteelwheels.com www.thesteelwheels.com
Dennis Warner Music / Main Trail Productions Dennis@WarnerSongs.com www.WarnerSongs.com
walleye2626@yahoo.com
Joe Wambold
Blissfest Misic Org wam714@hotmail.com Blissfest.org
Tom Ware
AAC Live tomware1@me.com aaclive.com
Libby Ware
AAC Live eware@fortsmithschools.org aaclive.com
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Dan Weber highway142@comcast.net www.danwebermusic.com
Blooming Desert Music sibylkat@mac.com
Graham Weber
The Lovebirds lovebirds.booking@gmail.com www.thelovebirds.com
Graham Weber graham@grahamweber.com www.grahamweber.com
Kate Weekes
Kate Weekes kateweekes@hotmail.com www.kateweekes.com
Lindsay White
Emily White
Emily White emily@emily-white.com www.emily-white.com
REGISTRANTS
Alastair Whitehead
Ken Whiteley & The Beulah Band alastairw@mac.com www.kenwhiteley.com
Chloe Whitmore
William Elliott Whitmore matt@epitaph.com
Kawehi Wight KAWEHI ihewak@mac.com
Sara Wilbur
Patchy Sanders bookingpatchy@gmail.com www.patchysanders.com
Mark Wildman
Shedding Watts wildmanm90@gmail.com
Denise Williams
Hillbilly Haiku House Concerts hillbillyhaiku@gmail.com www.hillbillyhaiku.net
Rick Williams
Hillbilly Haiku House Concerts hillbillyhaiku@gmail.com www.hillbillyhaiku.net
Jay Williams
Bolivar Roads jhw@landscapeartinc.com
Pat Williams
Mulberry Jam jessepatwilliams@gmail.com
John Williams
The Way Down Wanderers krause.staley@gmail.com thewaydownwanderers.com
Aeddan Williams
Kizzy Crawford gemma@morgan-bell.com
Jack Williams
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Jack Williams jack@jackwilliamsmusic.com www.JackWilliamsMusic.com
Erika Wollam Nichols
Men on Monkey Bars Records, Normal the Board willis.brad@gmail.com
Rick Willoughby
Victor and Penny quixoticfusion.rick@gmail.com victorandpenny.com
Kim Wilson
Six String Concerts kimricewilson@columbus.rr.com www.sixtring.org
Fredlyn Wilson
freddie.wilson@frosch.com
Joyce Wilson
Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House jm_wilson1@tx.rr.com
Steve Winick
Ira Wolf irawolfmusic@gmail.com irawolfmusic.com The Bluebird Café erika@nashvillesongwriters.com www.bluebirdcafe.com
Niki Wood
Mike’s MTSU Production Pros bnwoododp@gmail.com
Laura Wortman
The Honey Dewdrops thehoneydewdrops@gmail.com www.thehoneydewdrops.com
Bob Wright
Harbortown bojowright@aol.com www.bojomusic.com
Nelson Wright
Nelson Wright nelson@nelsonwright.com
Library of Congress, American Folklife Center swinick@comcast.net www.loc.gov/folklife
Paul Wright
Bob Winner
Peggy Wright
The Wyandotte Daily News bwculinary@yahoo.com http://wyandottedaily.com/
Kendl Winter
The Lowest Pair thelowestpair@gmail.com www.thelowestpair.com
Marcy Wise
KWMV FM 95.9 rwise47@centurylink.net www.kwmv.org
Roger Wise
KWMV 95.9FM roger@kwmv.org www.kwmv.org
Kathleen Wiseman
free radicals bkwiseman@sbcglobal.net
Bill Wiseman
free radicals bkwiseman@sbcglobal.net
Kathleen Wiseman
free radicals bkwiseman@sbcglobal.net
Tall Heights tallheights@gmail.com
Cherie Yurco
Making Music Magazine cyurco@makingmusicmag.com www.makingmusicmag.com
Chris Zacher
Levitt Pavilion Denver chris@levittdenver.org
Greg Ziesemer
RiverRoots Music & Folk Arts Festival greg@gregzmusic.com riverroots.com
Todd Zimmer
Music KC / The Deli Magazine zzimfo@gmail.com
Rich Zimmerman FY5 richiezim@gmail.com
Paul Zimmerman
Maple Street Chapel Folk Concerts maplestreetpaul@gmail.com folk.maplestreetchapel.org
Erin Zindle
The Ragbirds ebird@theragbirds.com www.theragbirds.com
TJ Zindle
Peggy Wright Singer/Songwriter psawright@gmail.com
The Ragbirds edzjr@aol.com www.theragbirds.com
Shannon Wurst
Benjamin Zito
Clarke Wyatt
Randy Zutter
Shannon Wurst and the Ozark Opry shannonwurstmusic@gmail.com www.shannonwurst Betse & Clarke eclarkewyatt@gmail.com
Tom Yeager
Songbird Sanctuary House Concerts music@songbirdsanctuary.org
John Yingst
WELCOME
Brad Willis
Calliope - The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society kim@prescottassociates.com
FY5 aayoungberg@gmail.com
EXHIBITORS
Roland White Band rolandw@juno.com www.rolandwhite.com
Ira Wolf
Aaron Youngberg
DAY SCHEDULE
Roland White
Kim Williams-Shuker
Lonely Heartstring Band lonelyheartstringband@gmail.com www.lonelyheartstringband.com
The Crane Wives thecranewives@gmail.com www.thecranewives.com
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Canadian Federation of Musicians lwhite@afm.org www.cfmusicians.org
Matt Witler
Calan huwclogs@aol.com www.calan-bandcom
randyz07@gmail.com
Laurel Zydney
Acoustic Brew Concert Series / WPSU Folk Show laurelzemail@gmail.com acousticbrew.org
John Brown Boys yingst@elmwoodreclaimedtimber.com
SHOWCASE ARTIST LIST
Liana White
Huw Williams
Takashi Yoshioka
Pirates Canoe piratescanoe@gmail.com
Matt Young
MUSIC FAIR
saraw@ku.edu
The Ghost of Paul Revere ghostofpaulrevere@gmail.com
Erin Youngberg
FY5 erinyoungberg@gmail.com
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REGISTRANTS
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BY PAGE # Inside front cover Blue Night Records 6 A Man Called Wrycraft 12 FARM 13 CD Baby 16 SERFA 24 A Man Called Wrycraft 25 A Man Called Wrycraft 26 FaveQuest / My Event Apps 27 FAR-West 30 AER/Musiquip 33 NERFA 40 Bandzoogle 44 SWRFA 47 Musician's Atlas 49 KC Cafe Radio 55 Canadian Independent Music Association 58 Manitoba Music / Breakout West
59 Folquebec 81 Elmore Magazine 82 Jam Magazine 103 Winter Music Camp 109 The Hillbenders present Tommy 115 Woodyfest 116 D'Addario 142 Mariposa Festival 143 WOMEX 144 Kari Estrin Management 145 Kari Estrin Management 146 Kari Estrin Management 147 Kari Estrin Management 147 Taylor Guitars 148 Bill Wence Promotions 149 Airshow Mastering 150 IBMA 151 Franzke String Instruments 151 NSAI
151 151 152 153 153 154 155 155 156 156 157 157 157 158 158 158 159 159
Run Boy Run St. David's Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City Folk Music Ontario Brian Ashley Jones Corinne West Bandits Borealis Records Kerry Patrick Clark Walnut Valley Association American Jazz Museum Just Strings Alianait Festival Pumphouse Artists / Nathan Bell St. David's Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City Mara Levine Richard Paul Thomas Rick Fines Dawson City Music Festival Harmonious Wail
159 Richard Moore / Mollie O'Brien 160 A Man Called Wrycraft 161 Chad Elliott 161 Philadelphia Folk Festival 162 Summerfolk 162 Vinyl Renaissance LPs 45s CDs & Audio Equipment 162 Woody Guthrie Center 163 Trad & Now 163 Veretski Pass 164 TD Sunfest 165 Music PEI 166 Springfield Music 166 Vancouver Island Music Fest 167 fRoots Inside back cover Levitt Pavilions Back cover Kerrville Folk Festival
BY NAME A Man Called Wrycraft…………… 6, 24, 25, 160 AER/Musiquip…………………………………… 30 Airshow Mastering…………………………… 149 Alianait Festival………………………………… 157 American Jazz Museum……………………… 156 Bandzoogle……………………………………… 40 Bill Wence Promotions………………………… 148 Blue Night Records…………… Inside front cover Borealis Records……………………………… 154 Brian Ashley Jones…………………………… 153 Canadian Independent Music Association………………………………… 55 CD Baby…………………………………………… 13 Chad Elliott…………………………………… 161 Corinne West Bandits………………………… 153 D'Addario……………………………………… 116 Dawson City Music Festival………………… 159 Elmore Magazine………………………………… 81 FAR-West………………………………………… 27 FARM……………………………………………… 12 FaveQuest / My Event Apps…………………… 26 Folk Music Ontario…………………………… 152
Folquebec………………………………………… 59 Franzke String Instruments…………………… 151 fRoots…………………………………………… 167 Harmonious Wail……………………………… 159 IBMA…………………………………………… 150 Jam Magazine…………………………………… 82 Just Strings…………………………………… 156 Kari Estrin Management………144, 145, 146, 147 KC Cafe Radio…………………………………… 49 Kerrville Folk Festival………………… Back cover Kerry Patrick Clark…………………………… 155 Levitt Pavilions………………… Inside back cover Manitoba Music / Breakout West……………… 58 Mara Levine…………………………………… 158 Mariposa Festival……………………………… 142 Music PEI……………………………………… 165 Musician's Atlas…………………………………… 47 NERFA…………………………………………… 33 NSAI…………………………………………… 151 Philadelphia Folk Festival…………………… 161 Pumphouse Artists / Nathan Bell…………… 157 Richard Moore / Mollie O'Brien……………… 159
Richard Paul Thomas………………………… 158 Rick Fines……………………………………… 158 Run Boy Run…………………………………… 151 SERFA…………………………………………… 16 Springfield Music……………………………… 166 St. David's Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City…………………… 151, 157 Summerfolk…………………………………… 162 SWRFA…………………………………………… 44 Taylor Guitars………………………………… 147 TD Sunfest……………………………………… 164 The Hillbender present Tommy……………… 109 Trad & Now…………………………………… 163 Vancouver Island Music Fest………………… 166 Veretski Pass…………………………………… 163 Vinyl Renaissance LPs 45s CDs & Audio Equipment…………… 162 Walnut Valley Association…………………… 155 Winter Music Camp…………………………… 103 WOMEX………………………………………… 143 Woody Guthrie Center………………………… 162 Woodyfest……………………………………… 115
Folk Alliance International Conference & Music Fair 2016 February 17-21, 2016 • Westin & Sheraton Crown Centers • Kansas City, MO www.folk.org 168 27th Annual Folk Alliance Conference 2015
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