Spokane Folklore Society
Performers' Referral List

Bands

Aaron & Tonio & the Afterthoughts– fiddle and bluegrass music with the
Castilla brothers, Jackie McInyre-Fox, Pat Foster & Jim Shamp .
Contact Jim Shamp 509-624-6149

An Dochas - Celtic world beat music
Contact: Mellad Abeid 509-999-1882 www.andochas.com

Angus Scott Pipe Band
traditional Scottish bagpiping
Kenyon Fields, (509) 536-7279 or aspband@aol.com

Autoharps Three - three girls of “a certain age” enjoying music singing and sing-along time.
Nancy Rothwell, Diane McHenry and Leone Peterson (contact) 922-7283

Back Adit
Dave Williamson - Acoustic Guitar & Lead and Backup Vocals
Susan Feeback - Saxes, Flute, Harmonica, Percussion, Lead and Backup Vocals
Wayne Rau - Mandolin
Gary Lawrence - Bass Guitar & Lead and Backup Vocals
Contact Susan Feeback 406-293-6151 (Libby Montana)
Email: susan@backadit.com  

Big Red Barn - rhythm and bluegrass
   Ken Glastre - guitar, Patrick Klausen - bass, Kevin Brown - mandolin,
Charley Gurche - banjo. 
  Contact  Ken Glastre  926-7357, 922-8415  http://www.bigredbarn.us/

Bluegrass Conspiracy
bluegrass, folk, western swing, etc. 
 Chris Howie, (509) 280-8541 helvetia@icehouse.net or Dave Wright, 509-991-3857 

Bluegrass Spectators - bluegrass, gospel, old-time, country and Texas swing
Contact: Charles Matthews 891-8558

The Blue Ribbon Tea Company
Bill Kostelec, Kathy Kostelec, Mike Janes, Claude Weadon
Traditional and original music, guitars, mandolin and harmonica, drums.
We play benefits for progressive and liberal causes and we play for money sometimes too. Mostly, we play for the love of it.  Contact Bill Kostelec kostelec@cet.com or 363-0144 evenings.

Bruised Orange - a tribute to John Prine and other delights
 Light hearted approach to Folk, Country and Bluegrass songs, Dan and
JoAnn
Marvicsin, Jackie McIntyre, Lance Berg and Mike Johns. (Dan 924-7707). 

Campbell Road
band@campbell-road.com
www.campbell-road.com (Peshastin, WA)
traditional and contemporary music of Ireland and Scotland
(509) 548-5779

Celtic Nots
Turbo charged Celtic music with a twist, instrumentals and Vocals
Carlos Alden (calden3@msn.com), 624-3360 or james@celticnots.com; James Hunter, (509) 536-7514 http://www.celticnots.com

Chutzpah – Spokane’s only Klezmer band
Contact Rick Singer 532-0522 or Larry Weiser 323-5791

Kathy Colton and the Reluctants (Coeur d'Alene, Id)
strong, powerful and upbeat folk blues with powerful harmonies 208
661-0228

Coeurimba  (Couer d’Alene, ID)   marimba music from Zimbabwe.   Marga Snipes 455-9576

Consort Bon Accord - - music played by the fireside in the great houses & castles of 18^th century Ireland and Scotland on harp, hammered dulcimer, fiddle and other acoustic instruments. Members include Debbie McClelland, Nancy Davis and contact, Steve
Riggan 893-8986 or  Nancy Davis nancy@harpscapes.com

Crooked Kilt
consists of 3 featuring fiddle, accordion, guitar, banjo, highland pipes, bodhran, and djembe. Variety of oldtimey, irish/scottish, cowboy, and originals.contact:carla_carnegie@yahoo.com. or, 509 928 7119 hm. New CD CD available,  Complex Presence - bluegrass, to pipes, to original piano blues and Irish/Scottish  - $15
 http://www.crookedkilt.com

Dancing Trout (Pullman, WA)
foot-stompin contra dance reels and songs to transport you to old-time Appalachia 
Carla Chandler, 509-334-0662, fiddlemuse@hotmail.com

Dayan Kai
Keys, Winds, Strings & Skins.
Blues, Jazz, Ballads, Gospel, Americana & Folk-Rock.
www.dayankai.com
(831)345-3312 or (509)238-9433
dayankai@gmail.com

Dead Man’s Pants -   - An eclectic mix of country, folk, roots, rock, blues, jugband, alt-celtic, bluegrass and original music.   Dan Vaughn - Guitar's, Mandolin, Ukele, Harmonica's, Kazoo's and Vocals  Alan Fisher - Mandolin's, Fiddle, Trumpet and Vocals  John Waddington - Drums, Percussion and Vocals   Bob Rice - Bass and VocalsWeb sites: www.deadmanspants.com and www.myspace.com/deadmanspants  Contact: Bob Rice (509) 838-4170 and contact@deadmanspants.com

Do-Gooders - 100 years of Americana.  Samplings from folk, blues asnd
bluegrass, country and tontemporary crabgrass.  Betty McQuirk, Keleren
Millham and Phyllis Mast    contact Phyllis Mast   747-2912 

Dragon Wind (Long Feng)           Traditional    Chinese music             Contact   Carlos Alden   624-3360 

Du Cath (Cornish for 'Black Cat')
Five piece band mostly Irish instrumental and some song on accordion, Fiddle guitar & mandolin
Chris Brinn, (509) 532-0067 PAK_US@MSN.COM

Dust Devils (Rosalia, WA)  - Antique music
 Brad Keeler  (509) 569-2044 bkeeler01@aol.com

Engell Family (Colville, WA) -) from Colville, WA consists of Mom and Dad and 7 children performing a variety of old-time tunes, Texas and bluegrass gospel. Their music is positive and uplifting reflecting their love for home and family
Contact Laurie Engell 509 675-2140 OR www.engellfamily.com

Fall Creek Reunion
Appalachian style old-time string band
Howard Hake, (509) 922-1562

Fife and Drum Corp
historic military costumes and music
Kenyon Fields, (509) 536-7279

Folk Remedy  (Cocolala, ID) - classic and contemporary folk music
      lively blend of fiddle, mandola, banjo and guitar, along with three
part vocal harmonies. Denise Carboni, Gordon Anderson, Joan Lassen
      Contact Gordon Anderson  (208) 265-1658

Fletcher Girls -  5 sisters play bluegrass, hillbilly and Americana
Connie Fletcher  443-6785
mandoconnie@hotmail.com

Andrea Goddard and Friends -   pianist and vocalist performing traditional and contemporary  American and European folk music  Contact  Doug Park (509) 878-1878, dpark@palouse.com 

Free Whiskey -  4 member acoustic ensemble refurnishes traditional Irish-Gaelic tunes and songs while "Celtifying" rock, folk and classical favorites.  Available for gigs, openers and parties.  Free Whiskey hosts weekly Tuesday jam sessions at O'Doherty's Downtown 8-11 pm.  Initial CD available -- FREE!  Contact Shaun Cealaigh at (509) 455-3573. www.myspace.com/freewhiskey

Gefilte Trout (Pullman, Wa) klezmer/gypsy
Carla Chandler, 509-334-0662, fiddlemuse@hotmail.com

Growling Old Women (Pasco, WA)  contra dance band consisting of: fiddler, rhythm piano, rhythm guitar, djembe, bodhran. We play Irish, French Canadian, oldtimey. Contact: fiddlebanjo@charter.net or call Edna Mae Whitney at (509) 546-2626 Available to travel all Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

In-Den - Native American flute, drum and traditional dance
Contact Matilda Sampson 879-2429

Jadis
medieval, renaissance and celtic music 
Jan Turley, 838-4750 Rangdrol@icehouse.net

Junior Hoedowners
Jay Dean Ludiker, (509) 927-7529

Andrea Jurgensen and the Claimjumpers (Republic, WA)
Traditional Cajun music
(509) 775-3819 jjajurg@televar.com

Just Friends - (Spangle, WA)  five member  band that plays a variety of
folk, bluegrass and gospel music
 Contact - Joe Young  509-245-3704 (Spangle, WA) 

Keeler, Melvin and Morse - 
Instrumentation - guitar (standard, lap slide, bottleneck), mandolin, fiddle, banjo, harmonica, vocals w/harmony).  Contact - Lyle Morse, ph 509-747-0635, lonesomelyle@msn.com, or Laddie Ray Melvin, ph 509-325-3279,
e-mail - laddieraymelvin@asisna.com, or Brad Keeler, ph 509-448-1235, e-mail - flatpic6@aol.com

Kettle Creek Bluegrass Band (Kettle Falls, WA)  authentic high energy bluegrass in the style of Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs
Mark Harding 509-738-4141 or 509-675-6590 kettlecreek@isp.com
 www.kettlecreekbluegrassband.com 

Koyasuyo  - instrumental and  vocal music from the Andes    Contact:   Brian Houser    235-4997 (home)   359-7005 (work)    bhouser@ewu.edu

KuUmba -   youth group performing West African drumming and dance    David Casteal  -  home  327-5153 , work  354-2509 davidca@spokaneschools.org http://www.kuumbadrummers.com/

Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots ~ Scandinavian music Hambos, schottisches, waltzes and polkas
Arvid Lundin (208) 667-5542

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