Creative Kids
We will for the first time in years of the festival have a young artist craft booth. Anyone 16 and under is eligible to participate. The space will be shared among the artists. Only handcrafted items will be accepted. There is no booth fee but admission to the festival will be required.
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
In New Orleans, a city indisputably overflowing with funk, the high honor for Best Funk Group of 2008 was awarded to Big Sam's Funky Nation at the 2009 Big Easy Music Awards. For the past few years, Big Sam's Funky Nation has been a driving force of urban funk.
Greensky Bluegrass
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS is one of the most exciting bands in today’s music scene. Like a breath of fresh air, this five piece band plays traditional bluegrass instruments and uses them to create original songs and soundscapes that are unique and new, yet somehow feel comfortable and familiar.
Steppin’ In It
Rare indeed when a collection of songs creates an entire world. Yet that’s exactly what transpires with Steppin’ In It’s "Simple Tunes for Troubled Times." Sonically painting with a pleasant array of old time country swing and blues, this Lansing, Michigan, quartet brilliantly updates a re-surging American musical genre.
Rootstand
Rebel Rootsgrass and Reggae, Swashbucklin’ Folk and Blues. A highland, island sound, abound with the wild blood of american roots and grass, alive with the joy of the jam and the pain of the ballad. Acoustic-electric battlefield blues and rootsrock, country-boy hip-hop and whiskey reggae.
Jen Sygit
Jen now has three albums under her belt with her latest So Long Pollyanna to be released on Earthwork Music in May ‘09. Her last release Leaving Marshall St. was nominated for a Detroit Music Award for BEST ACOUSTIC/FOLK ALBUM in 2007 and made it to 9 on the independent roots music charts that year. The album also landed on a number of ‘Best of’ lists as well. Now, besides regionally touring and playing shows, Jen can also be found hosting the popular weekly open mic at Dagwood Tavern in Lansing. She has been host of the thriving scene for almost five years.
Joshua Davis & Fool Rooster
Raised between the steely clamor of Detroit and the stillness of Michigan's pristine Upper Peninsula, Joshua Davis is a rare combination of both city and country. These distinct yet complimentary faces of Davis's home state of Michigan are lovingly melded in his songwriting.
The Rachel Davis Band
Rachael Davis has been singing on-stage since she was two years old. Being born to parents who never intended to keep her very far from music for very long seems to have made all the difference in the world. Before she could walk Rachael would be set in a car seat and placed in the middle of a song circle, and with silver bells on her ankles she would shake her feet to the rhythm.
Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys
Call it integrity, going against the grain, being niche-y, whatever. Delilah Dewylde and the Lost Boys march to the country shuffle of a bygone era; before country was on FM radio, before country artists had personal trainers, and most certainly, before country sounded like rock and roll with fiddle.
Detour Bluegrass
Detour is a bluegrass band from Northern Lower Michigan. Detour combines original contemporary bluegrass sounds along with great traditional favorites. With tight focused harmonies, precision instrumentals, and creative melodies, Detour takes you down a unique bluegrass road.
Ralston Bowles
"Ralston's performances are always a treat and filled with the unexpected. He's the Cheshire Cat of the folksters, slyly romping in an unpredictable wonderland." - Michael Packer, Station Manager, WYCE Radio
Luke Winslow King
For the past several years, King has been performing concerts in the U.S. and Europe, writing, and experimenting with his talents in composition, guitar, piano, orchestration, improvisation and performance.
K. Jones & the Benzie Playboys
K. Jones & the Benzie Playboyz are bringing the roots sound of southwest Louisiana's Creole, Cajun, and Zydeco scene to ya'll up here in the Great Lakes area.
Covert Operations
Covert is an organism that is healthy and hungry, something that grows larger with each fan made. The music is exciting, mysterious, spontaneous and refreshing. Each show is a celebration, the kind of thing that makes you glad you exist and helps you appreciate life, a time of celebration. Their music is the catalyst to celebrate, dance and BE YOU!
Jessica Lea Mayfield
"Everything about singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield is both incredibly practiced yet incredibly sincere—a binary that becomes only more compelling in consideration of her 1989 birthday." -- Pop Matters
Lonesome County
Lonesome County, long known as Michigan's finest bluegrass band and one of the finest anywhere formed in 2002. They have been garnering attention since that inception. From concert halls to many large bluegrass festivals through the U.S. they can be found playing their very distinct style of bluegrass.
Red Tail Ring
Hailing from the directional extremes of Michigan’s two peninsulas (lower and upper), Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo come together to form Red Tail Ring, a duo with roots firmly planted in Appalachian old-time and folk music, and branches reaching out to forge new arrangements complete with haunting harmonies and an expansive dynamic range. Red Tail Ring, in its name, seeks to call to mind tales of the backwoods, wild in their formation, and wise at their core.
Billy Brandt
Having spent decades in the music business supporting other bands and artists, Billy Brandt has now found his own musical voice and steps into the spotlight as a singer-songwriter for the first time in his amazing career.
Soul Patch
With it's current line-up formed in early 2006, Soul Patch is a Traverse City, MI based band with music as versatile as its members. Together we hold a masters in groove. Individually we infuse styles from several backgrounds including...
Graham Parsons & the Go ‘Rounds
Graham Parsons and The Go 'Rounds are a band of extremes - Extreme energy and extreme beauty. They combine soul and garage rock in a way that's truly exciting and infectious.
Sam Corbin
With heart, soul, and determination, Sam Corbin has traveled and performed for the last decade, with no signs of slowing down. Touring across the northeast and within his home state of Michigan, he plays music with hints of Americana, Blues, and Folk.
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In New Orleans, a city indisputably overflowing with funk, the high honor for Best Funk Group of 2008 was awarded to Big Sam’s Funky Nation at the 2009 Big Easy Music Awards. For the past few years, Big Sam’s Funky Nation has been a driving force of urban funk. The band is led by trombone powerhouse, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist... [Read more...]
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Pop Matters By: Caroline Shadood Everything about singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield is both incredibly practiced yet incredibly sincere—a binary that becomes only more compelling in consideration of her 1989 birthday. view article Babel Music By: Joe Puglisi In a dreary sea of songwriters, her writing encapsulates that special certain emotive... [Read more...]
Rare indeed when a collection of songs creates an entire world. Yet that’s exactly what transpires with Steppin’ In It’s “Simple Tunes for Troubled Times.” Sonically painting with a pleasant array of old time country swing and blues, this Lansing, Michigan, quartet brilliantly updates a re-surging American musical genre. Populating... [Read more...]
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Greetings from the Rootstand Family. The trials, tribulations, and grassroot determination of our team has exposed us as one of the most upcoming and notorious roots bands on the scene. Few other bands dig as deep in to the God-given mojo and animusical magnetism afforded to Michigan’s favorite acoustic ghetto rebel sons. Rootstand successfully... [Read more...]
Jen Sygit has been writing songs since she was knee high to a grasshopper. Her parents report that as a child she gravitated toward the musical instruments in the room and within minutes was able to play melodies on them. As early as Elementary school Jen could be found writing love songs on her parents beat-up organ in their basement and by middle... [Read more...]
Raised between the steely clamor of Detroit and the stillness of Michigan’s pristine Upper Peninsula, Joshua Davis is a rare combination of both city and country. These distinct yet complimentary faces of Davis’s home state of Michigan are lovingly melded in his songwriting. Joshua writes songs, plays acoustic and electric guitar, National... [Read more...]
Rachael Davis has been singing on-stage since she was two years old. Being born to parents who never intended to keep her very far from music for very long seems to have made all the difference in the world. Before she could walk Rachael would be set in a car seat and placed in the middle of a song circle, and with silver bells on her ankles she would... [Read more...]
With all the popularity and interest there is today in what is referred to as “New Country”, what would posess four seasoned musicians to go entirely the other direction? Call it integrity, going against the grain, being niche-y, whatever. Delilah Dewylde and the Lost Boys march to the country shuffle of a bygone era; before country was on FM radio,... [Read more...]
Detour is a bluegrass band from Northern Lower Michigan. Detour combines original contemporary bluegrass sounds along with great traditional favorites. With tight focused harmonies, precision instrumentals, and creative melodies, Detour takes you down a unique bluegrass road. The band’s talented line-up features the soaring lead vocals of Zak... [Read more...]
Press All Music Guide Carwreck Conversations, Ralston Bowles’ debut, is a mature, thoughtful portrait of age, youth, and the place “where dreams and truth collide.” Along the way he aims more questions inward than at the outside world, without ever falling prey to easy rationalizations or self-pity. In the record’s stark opener,... [Read more...]
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K. Jones & the Benzie Playboyz are bringing the roots sound of southwest Louisiana’s Creole, Cajun, and Zydeco scene to ya’ll up here in the Great Lakes area. The Playboys are dedicated to keeping the Cajun/Creole music alive with live performances for two-steppin’, waltzing, and smoking red hot zydeco dancing. Cajun/Creole... [Read more...]
Covert Operations is more than a name! It is the teamwork of six people from Michigan who bring their unique show, a production, an operation to every stage they play. There is something about this band that is exponential. You sense the vibe right away and feel the family growing and becoming a truly beautiful thing from show to show. Covert formed... [Read more...]
Lonesome County, long known as Michigan’s finest bluegrass band and one of the finest anywhere formed in 2002. They have been garnering attention since that inception. From concert halls to many large bluegrass festivals through the U.S. they can be found playing their very distinct style of bluegrass. Here are a few opinions on the matter.... [Read more...]
Hailing from the directional extremes of Michigan’s two peninsulas (lower and upper), Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo come together to form Red Tail Ring, a duo with roots firmly planted in Appalachian old-time and folk music, and branches reaching out to forge new arrangements complete with haunting harmonies and an expansive dynamic range.... [Read more...]
Having spent decades in the music business supporting other bands and artists, Billy Brandt has now found his own musical voice and steps into the spotlight as a singer-songwriter for the first time in his amazing career. Influenced by the likes of Gram Parsons to the Grateful Dead, Billy Brandt has molded his sound by creating his own unique guitar... [Read more...]
With it’s current line-up formed in early 2006, Soul Patch is a Traverse City, MI based band with music as versatile as its members. Together we hold a masters in groove. Individually we infuse styles from several backgrounds including, world beat, jazz, reggae, bluegrass, funk, surf, rockabilly, ska, blues, and straight up rock n’ roll.... [Read more...]
Graham Parsons and The Go ‘Rounds are a band of extremes – Extreme energy and extreme beauty They combine soul and garage rock in a way that’s truly exciting and infectious. Front and center is Graham Parsons, showing off his witty and melodic songwriting with his soaring voice and driving electric guitar. However, this isn’t... [Read more...]
With heart, soul, and determination, Sam Corbin has traveled and performed for the last decade, with no signs of slowing down. Touring across the northeast and within his home state of Michigan, he plays music with hints of Americana, Blues, and Folk. His songwriting is strong and honest drawing inspiration from personal experiences of love, loss, traveling,... [Read more...]
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