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                    Kelsey Rottiers Background Info Kelsey’s father will tell you that her career started in a tree: when she was a girl, she sang high in the branches where she thought no one could hear her. Thankfully, she climbed down, and she’s been sharing her original […]

                    The Bird and the Bear Background Info The Bird and The Bear consists of Garry Wood (age 22) from Saratoga, Wyoming and Mirthe Bolhuis (age 24) from Groningen, The Netherlands. Both with a background in songwriting and performing, they found each other at Music City […]

PrettyMouth Background Info “After fronting the locally-renowned Ghost Buffalo for six years (with ex-husband and former Planes Mistaken for Stars guitarist, Matt Bellinger) Litton parted ways with Ghost Buffalo and Bellinger, and channeled her seemingly endless energies into Lil Thunder, an outfit not unlike her previous band. While enjoying playing with Lil Thunder, there was […]

                    The Stamps Background Info The Stamps formed in 2009 to make silly and serious, sweet and sour, american, punk and jazz - rock and roll. We succeeded, yay. Grammy nominated Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter Robbie Lindauer is joined by the amazing Jeff Stanley, bassist Joey Capezza and drummer/percussionist […]

                Sioux City Kid Sioux City Kid is a California-bred singer/songwriter. Being attracted to classic blues and country from an early age, he started becoming obsessed with struggle and song. By his early 20’s, he was living in a van, driving around the country, soaking up all that […]

                    Beau Shelby Background Info Beau Shelby was born Richard Reynell Shelby in 1962 and began to teach himself drums at age 8 and guitar at age 11. Formed his first band , JABON ,in 1977 and continued to learn from live professional concert performances and […]

Playing the Whitaker Music Festival July 11th             Ryan Spearman Band Background Info Ryan Spearman is a multi-instrumentalist with impressive skills on the guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and harmonica. His repertoire features folk, country blues, honky tonk, old time, early jazz, and distinct original songs that tend to magically combine […]

Playing the Whitaker Music Festival June 20th             The Rockhouse Ramblers Background Info “The Rockhouse Ramblers play old-school country in all of its variations as well as originals written by the band. The group consists of Dade Farrar, John Horton, Gary Hunt, Danny Kathriner and Kip Loui.” (via The Rockhouse […]

            The Boxcar Lilies Background Info Since they formed in 2009, Americana trio The Boxcar Lilies have been wowing audiences with their standout marriage of superb songwriting and spine-tingling, innovative harmonies. In a short time, they’ve garnered an exceptional amount of attention for their music and energetic stage presence, finding […]