MUSICIANS

The Red Sea Pedestrians
My own little band. Wanderin, wanderin...

The Corn Fed Girls
Old-time and folk 6-piece group. Great songwriters and musicians.

John Campos and Bill Jones
Lovely acoustic guitar and vocal dual. Truly unique and original songs from these good friends of mine.

Greensky Bluegrass
Taking over the world.

Mark Duval
Damn fine songwriter.

Earthwork Music
Michigan musician's cooperative. Seth Bernard, Daisy May, Breath Owl Breath, many more...

Blue Dahlia
Amazingly creative and intelligent music, film scores, projects...

Butterfat Trio
Some of the best musicians around. Rob plays accordion on one of my CDs.

Knee Deep Shag
Kalamazoo legends, on hiatus for now...

Joel Mabus
Voice, guitar, banjo, fiddle, you name it, he's impressed you on it

Greg Klyma
Americana-slingin' singer/songwriter from New York.
Greg never stops touring. He's probably coming to your town right now.

Bill Passalacqua
Austin singer/songwriter. "Inside Trade" is all I needed to hear to become a believer.

Todd Hoke
Tunes and wisdom from Austin. His CD should come with a free shot of Whiskey.

Carolyn Koebel
Amazing Kalamazoo percussionist, teacher, and rhythm-healer

Fonnmor
Bringing a contemporary spin to Celtic music

Andru Bemis
Singer/songwriter from South Haven, MI.

Rachel Reis
Great guitar player, singer and songwriter

Joe Reilly
Musician and social activist

Maggie, Pierce and EJ
Instrument swapping, great-song-writing, always-touring trio

Louis Ledford
Songs from the south part of the heart

Jen Sygit
Lansing, MI. Amazing voice, amazing musician, amazing songs...

Drew Howard
Great multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Lansing. He also designed this here website you're staring at.

 

LINKS - VENUES & ORGANIZATIONS

Bells Brewery
My favorite bar and live music venue, here in Kalamazoo.
I play there and do live sound there.

Kraftbrau Brewery
Another fine brewery here in Kalamazoo, with live music most nights.

The Livery
Beautiful bar, great people, rockin sound system, and amazing shows. Well worth the trip!

Wheatland Music Organization
Fantastic group of people keeping traditional music and dance alive in Michigan.
Their festivals are the two best weekends of the year!

Blissfest Music Festival
Every July

Hoxeyville Music Festival
Small and quickly-growing festival put on by great people

Folk Alliance Region Midwest
Annual folk music conference and continuous support from a wonderful community of music lovers.

Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association (GLAMA)
Presenters of the Cooper's Glenn Bluegrass Festival, among many other things.

The Ark
Ann Arbor's folk music staple

The Klezmer Shack
A wonderful resource on Klezmer music's past and present

The Rocket Star Cafe
Kalamazoo coffeehouse with art exhibits and occasional live music

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Rachel Flanigan Design
Rachel's done the design for both of my CDs, as well as playing a mean clarinet.
Her work is amazing!

WMUK 102.1 FM Kalamazoo
Home of Grassroots - Kalamazoo's top traditional/folk/bluegrass radio program. Also check out Rewind, a sweet rock show.

Elderly Instruments
The best music store I've ever stepped foot it.

The Kalamazoo Nature Center
Yup.

Kalamazoo Non-Violent Opponents to War (KNOW)
Doing great things left and right. Mostly left, though.

Bart Reiter Banjos
What I play and what I love

The Onion
America's favorite news source

Tape Op
The best recording magazine in the land, and the best recording message board on the web.

Get Your War On!
Telling it like it is

Direct-NIC
Who sold me this here webspace

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