SHAUNCEY ALI is a fiddler, composer and educator who has won the coveted RockyGrass fiddle competition, performed with multi-Grammy Award winner Peter Gabriel, composed and recorded theme music for an Ambie-nominated podcast, and pioneered MadFiddle - a reimagined model for youth music education - work that has taken him across the U.S., Canada, Italy, Spain […]

MUSTARD’S RETREAT has always sung the songs they enjoyed and cared about, regardless of the trends of the music industry and pop culture. They are committed to simply being themselves, not chasing fame or brass rings, while delighting in and connecting with their audiences as if they were family. The honesty of what they present onstage […]

In 2017, after years of playing in bands on weekends, LUKE HENDRICKSON began nurturing a career as a full-time gigging musician and songwriter. In the time since, he has performed in more than 40 states, Canada, England, and Wales....releasing 2 full-length albums, gathering nominations from the Midwest Country Music Association, for awards such as "Album […]

Bio follows ticket link: JAMES LEE STANLEY is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and producer whose six-decade career spans numerous artistic mediums. He is the true renaissance man, born in Philadelphia, PA, and has been recording and performing since the age of fourteen, with 34 album releases and television and film credits to his […]

HIROYA TSUKAMOTO is an innovative guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan who fuses together folk, jazz, and world music. He’s not only a dizzyingly agile fingerpicker, but a soulful and transcendent performer, with compositions that combine instrumental guitar work with lyrical performance and spoken stories from his life. In 2000, Hiroya received a scholarship to Berklee College […]

Literary artist MICHAEL HECHT will read excerpts from speeches or literature, and BILL CAMPLIN will sing a song between each excerpt. Bill & Michael have done this collaboration many times with different readings, and really enjoy the concept, as have those in attendance. Readings from August Derleth, John Steinbeck, and others

If y’all manage to arrive in a timely fashion so that we can get you fed before 8, show will start at 8. Please buy tickets at least a day in advance so we can plan for the evening. WHAT’S HIS NAME & THE OTHER GUY are Brian (Looper) Lucas & Greg (Loopier) Valde . These two have been playing together […]

MARK HEMBREE BAND Mark Hembree -bass, Michael Falk -banjo, Starr Moss -guitar, Paul Kienitz -fiddle, Nicholas Vanhaute -mandolin It’s straight-ahead, traditional bluegrass: hot picking, solid rhythm, tight harmonies, good humor, and a wealth of great stories make for an enjoyable show anytime you see the Mark Hembree Band. About That Hembree Mark Hembree started his music […]

Round robin led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer, poet, healer, “with a voice, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally, not from the stage, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers, songwriters, musicians and music appreciators, poets, and storytellers held somewhat regularly on the last Wednesday of each month. Traditional Round Robin protocol […]