Spokane Folklore Society
Performers' Referral List

Bands

Aaron & Tonio & the Afterthoughts– fiddle and bluegrass music with the
Castilla brothers, & 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/

Blue Canoe is Bob Gallagher, Mick May and Greg Kane playing original Americana, Country, and blues with 3 part harmony, guitar drums and bass
Contact Bob Gallagher at 325-1914 or 4000holes@qwestoffice.net

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.

Brownhawk - Native American flute and song
Contact: Judith Brownhawk 879-5798 judy.brownhawk@comcast.net

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

Chiroto Marimba Ensemble (Palouse) performs traditional and contemporary Zimbabwean music on marimbas along with original compositions and arrangements by teacher, Tendai Muparutsa. Members are from Moscow, Lewiston and Clarkston.
 Contact Jacqueline Fallon 509-254-1899 celeste24music@hotmail.com

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

Cooley Creek an elective mix of Americana with a unique blend of harmonies resulting in a smooth, easy listening sound provided by Dave Wright and LeAnn Cooley
Contact: Dave Wright 991-3857 davlor1950@hotmail.com

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 Fiddlers Society - old-time string band featuring Dian Newell, Judy Lungren, John Sylte.
Contact: Dian Newell 280-0227 saltygravy@aol.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

Die Trockenmauer Beendend Mannschaft (The Drywall Finishing Team) is a
Spokane-based polka band and Christmas quartet. Their expansive repertoire
of 50 classic and original polkas are energetic and varied in style running
the gamut from Strauss to silly medleys of commercial jingles. Of course
lets not forget about their light-hearted drinking songs either! All
arrangements are Alex Wolfe originals.  The band has frequent visits to
Leavenworth and local good-will events. Other past events include playing at
the national Ice Skating Championships in Spokane and the Music in May
concert series.
Amanda: Trumpet, Alto Horn, Accordion, Clarinet, Vocals
Alex: Alto Horn, Accordion, Drums, Trumpet, Vocals
Luke: Euphonium
Rich: Tuba, Sousaphone
Contact Alex Wolfe at uremailingalex@yahoo.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 

Kosher Red Hots open the rich treasury of Jewish music—whirlwind klezmer dance music from Eastern Europe, Yiddish musical theater and swing, and Spanish-flavored love songs of the Sephardim. Contact: Sheila Fox 413-1061 shejofox@gmail.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

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) 

Stony River Band (bluegrass) traditional and original bluegrass music. Members include Josh Robertson, Ray Shewmake and Philippe Brown.
Contact: Larie Stobie 209-3520 pikn5strings@gmailcom

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

Uncle Joe’s Banjo Band  (Richland, Wa) old-timey music with tunes you know and lyrics you may have forgotten
Contact: Chris Mesford 509-943-5107 unclejoebanjo@gmail.com


Urban Coyote Bush Band - music from Australia and the British Isles
Contact: Ken Raymond 533-9955 kraymond@cet.com
Dick Warwick 285-4084 dwarwick@mindspring.com

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

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) 

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