Spokane Folklore Society
Performers' Referral List

Bands

Michael Carlos Band (Wenatchee, WA) 
 three member band that performs energetic folk rock
Contact:  Micahel Carlos  509-662-2386 

Moko Jumbie
Music of the tropics, steel drum band 
Bryan Bogue, (509) 328-8697 or Paul Raymond, (509) 235-8603 

Musaique (Pullman, Wa) acoustic swing and jazz –
Contact Carla Chandler 509-334-0662

No Bingo
Country/folk vocal harmonies 
Eileen Ickes, (208) 773-7094 or eileeni@aol.com

Nothin' Serious (Colville, WA) 
Five member band performs an eclectic blend of jazz, pop, Blues, folk and original numbers, all in 3 part harmony with piano, Guitars and bass 
Leslie Waters, day: (509) 684-3701, eve: (509) 684-6878 lwaters@plix.com

 Occasional String Band
Eclectic mix of music with bluegrass instrumentation. Songs of wonder and amusement interspersed with explanatory profundities 
Steve Schennum, day: (509) 323-3545; eve: (509) 489-7941 schennum@gonzaga.edu http://www.occasionalstring.com

OomPa’s and Ma’s (Odessa, WA)  -   renowned polka band who has been playing at the Odessa  Deutchefest  for 35 years.     Clark Kagele   (509) 982-2825 

Plaid Cat (Cheney, WA)  - Celtic mix -
 toe tapping irish fiddling, old-timely down home and original music
 3 member band - contact Andrea Nielsen  509-235-4636

Planetary Refugees
dancehall Reggae with a concious message of earthwise danceable solutions to all people
Richard Tylor (509) 684-8629 

Prairie Flyer
bluegrass and Americana music Jim Faddis, 466-7018  http://prairieflyer.com/

Pulehu Boyz  - traditional Hawaiian slack-key music, instrumental and
vocals. 
Abe Sua   927-0283

Raggedy Jam
Folk, autoharp, banjo, & recorder. Antique instrument Demonstrations. Workshops and/or concerts, sing-a-longs. (Sample Program is available on tape) 
Leone Peterson, (509) 922-7283 

RedWing - a group of 3 young ladies on the fiddle with guitar and bass back-up. They play a mix of traditional fiddle tunes--old-time, bluegrass, Celtic, Canadian and more with great 3 part harmony. 
Contact redwingfiddlers@hotmail.com or Heather Ward at (509) 533-1036

River City Ramblers
This Spokane old-time string band features fiddler Judy Lungren, Bill Siems on mandolin, Ted Hensold on banjo and harmonica, and Dawn Holladay on guitar. Lively dance music for contras, squares and just listening! Call Judy Lungren for booking: 509-747-8971, or Dawn Holladay at 509-747-2678.

Rusty Strings  (Post Falls, Id)  old-time and bluegrass
 Elwin Schutt  208-773-7775 (Post Falls, ID)

Selkirk Celts Pipes, Drums & Dancers
The Inland Northwest Regional Selkirk Celts Consortium maintains a free regional listing of performers, instructors and crafts relevant to Celtic Cultures 
(509) 483-6013 or SelkirkCelts@msn.com http://barney.gonzaga.edu/%7Ejmullen/SelkirkCelts/

Sesitshaya Marimba Band (Moscow, Id) a community band who plays traditional and contemporary songs and shares the lively rhythmic sounds of the Kwanongoma marimbas of Zimbabwe Contact Diane Walker 208-882-4494

Short Street - seven member bluegrass band
    Contact  David Lund  327-7645 

Sidetrack plays an eclectic mix of country, rock, swing and original tunes, that is family-friendly and very danceable! Our members are: Geoff Haworth (bass, guitar, vocals). Dave McRae (bass, guitar, vocals, harmonicas). Rick Singer (drums, percussion). Alan Fisher (mandolins, elec. guitars, vocals). Phil Kleinman (elec. guitar, dobro, pedal steel). Our website is at www.sidetrackmusicband.com  Contact: Dave McRae: 509-328-4811 or 208-699-2586  or chadez4811@comcast.net 

SilverStrings  -  Renaissance tunes  Mike Zumwalt and Diane Hanson    768-1452    silverstringsmusic@hotmail.com

Soileau-Li Family Trio - family folk band playing music from along the Silk Road – China, Tibet, Russian and the Balkans John Soileau 536-8484

Son Dulce salsa band in the Cuban Son style and Mambo style of New York
Contact: Rick Bryceson 710-4307

Spokane Taiko
Dynamic Japanese Drumming ensemble 
Michiko Takana, day: 328-2971, eve: 327-1346 jcc@mwfi.org

Spokandolin - mandolin orchestra playing arrangements for the mandolin from
many traditions.     Contact Dan Gore   838-9135 
goreandmiller@msn.com      http://www.elephantrock.com

Skweez the Weezle (Pasco, WA) 
Celtic music - songs and slow airs to driving jigs and reels in traditional to progressive arrangements 
David Lanigan (509) 546-0487 or info@skweeztheweezle.com or http://www.skweeztheweezle.com/  

Stansell/Carter and Friends  (Priest Lake, ID)  old-time, folk, blues,
Celtic
Cliff Stansell(208) 448-2711 
cstansell@supersat2.net

Steptoe (Moscow, ID)  - bluegrass
 Tina Hilding  208-883-1583 (eve) 

Thistle n'Thyme ~ Traditional Irish and Scottish music and song, featuring fiddle, hammered dulcimer, harp and bodrhan for listening and dancing. Nancy Davis 467-3136 nancy@harpscapes.com http://www.harpscapes.com

Too Hot to Handle (Newport, WA)   bluegrass band with vocals and instrumentals
 Greg Gentle  509-447-5503 

Turner Sisters (Davenport, Wa) – bluegrass and more
Contact Muriel Tongley-Turner 226-5283

LaRae Wiley and Band (Chewelah, WA) 
A member of the Colville Confederated Tribes plays her own eclectic blend of Native tinged contemporary music 
LaRae (509) 935-0387 laraejwiley@aol.com http://www.laraewiley.com

Wide River above and beyond the call of bluegrass
Contact: Brad Keeler 448-1235 http://www.myspace.com/bradkeeler

Wild Oats (Colbert, Wa) folk country band specializing in 3-part tight female vocal harmonies Contact: Lyn Peterson 238-6195

Wing & A Prayer
eclectic mix of bluegrass, swing, folk and gospel
Pat Foster 509/292-0343 pgfoster419@cs.com (Elk, WA) 

Working Spliffs - original and Jamaican and English reggae
 Steve Jackson  327-8051 
sjackson@kpbx.org
 
 

If you would like to be added or modify your listing, please contact Sylvia Gobel at dancer@moxxee.com or call the SFS answerphone - (509) 747-2640