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guitar, bass, duo harmonicas, strong lyrics Contact: julie_gwyn@bellsouth.net. 843-810-3505. 2 Guys & a Guitar (Chris Blair and Tom Miller) light acoustic
rock, jazz and blues
Contact: Heidi Acuff 208-660-9229 heidi@21goldchoice.com www.acuffandsherfey.com Desiree Aguirre (Sandpoint, ID) is a story teller that likes to sing, and she has a lot of instruments to play with, including a banjo, guitar, mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, uke, mandolin and fiddle. (208)610-4684, desireaguirre@frontier.com , https://desireaguirre.wixsite. https://www.facebook.com/ Chris Baron Music (Portland, OR) Totally funky, totally unique singer-songwriter, all original Pac NW touring full time; compares to Cat Stevens, Barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews or The Avett Brothers...or so "some people" say. Contact: searchlightsinmexico@gmail.com Betsy Rogue is a cool mom mixtape of pop and folk-genre-influenced original songs and eclectic covers. Made up of Spokane teachers Liz Rognes, Heather Montgomery, and Jerilynn Harris, their sound ranges from late 90’s Lilith Fair era to indie bluegrass to millennial chamber pop, marked by their three-part vocal harmonies, instrumental versatility and string arrangements. Contact Liz Rognes at lizrognes@gmail.com . Tommy “Kamaka ‘O Pono"
Borges is a native from the island of Kaua’i, Hawaii, and
comes from a background of family musicians; dating back to the
1800’s. He wants to share wonderful and gentle Hawaiian Island
melodies and the Aloha Spirit.
Talena Bricker (Richland,WA) - is a Pacific Northwest native, indie-folk musician and singer-songwriter, playing acoustic guitar. She travels the Pacific Northwest as inspiration for her music. Contact: talenabricker@gmail.com, www.talenabricker.com 509 942-9495Brittany Jean (Brewster, WA) Singer/songwriter/storyteller. During the past few years, Brittany’s performances have ventured farther and farther from home (including playing the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville and opening for Three Dog Night’s sold out concert in New York City). Brittany has released six studio albums and one EP--all recorded in Nashville, TN, and her sixth album "Colors & Covers" was released Winter 2023. (From Colors & Covers, “Golden Hour" was a finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards!) With songs about fields of golden sunflowers and the coast of Ireland to songs about the wild at heart and a hidden cabin up north, every song she sings is a love song. Website: bjeanmusic.com | Contact: bjeanmusic@gmail.com Celtic Aires - A women’s SSA vocal ensemble with instrumental accompaniment, singing airs from the British Isles, plus instrumental session tunes. Current singers: Dena Tippets, Laurie Stanley, Carolyn Stuart, Gina Cook, Jurene Phaneuf, Barb Belstad and Margot Cioccio. Accompanist is Heidi Rudy. Director is Karen Stahl. Contact : Karen Stahl 509 290-6424 or kstahl755@gmail.com\ Jamal Ali (Post Falls, Id) - singer/songwriter folk/soul 208-964-9979 Jamalalimusic.gmail.com www.myspace.com/jamalmusic Olivia Awbrey (Portland, OR) nationally touring political folk/rock song-writer -politically inclined folk music that blends American folk roots with modern nuanced-punk influences. Singing about place, identity, and social landscapes in flux, Olivia draws from her experiences as a learner, a laborer, and a traveling musician. Her recent songwriting explores notions of political frustration and femininity Contact: oliviaawbreymusic@hotmail.com https://oliviaawbrey.bandcamp.com/ James Ball Singer/songwriter ... acoustic folk, blues, and instrumentals Kellog, Idaho (208) 783-1023 Beargrass (Deary, ID) Singer/songwritingwww.beargrassband.com duo (Shayne Watkins and Alane Watkins) . They play everything from bluegrass festivals to folk festivals and country dances – from coffee shops to country fairs. They will delight you - Contact: beargrass@moscow.com BlueGlass Spectacles An acoustic - guitar duo (Keith Harris, Elwin Schutt) featuring a variety Contact: kharris#ptera,net 509 710-9417 Amy Bleu (Portland, OR) - sings folk songs about the politics of the core of The Blue Ribbon Tea Company but they are often accompanied in performances by talented fellow musicians. Contemporary folk and blues music grounded in the American roots tradition. Contact Bill or Kathy Kostelec at blueribbontea@msn.com, 509-363-0144, or www.theblueribbonteacompany.com Both Wild (Portland, OR)
Cheryl Branz - Folk/Pop, Armed
with an acoustic guitar and an engaging personality, Cheryl performs
her original songs (along with a few covers) throughout the Pacific
Northwest. With her skillful vocals, honest lyrics, and between songs
banter, Cheryl’s entertaining performances continue to draw new fans.
Carter Junction - Clinton and his wife, Sarah form the band Carter Junction. They do a mixture of Chuck n’Gail (AKA Who’s to Blame) Kellogg, Id Folksongs – cowboy songs – original songs Contact: Gail Scott 208-786-6960 loveyoumore@frontier.com Bridges Home Chris Brown - singer/songwriter Mostly folk - mostly original -951-0000 Kevin Brown (Chattaroy, WA) -
Americana – original songs
www.brownknows.com Buffalo Wilson - southern old-time fiddle and banjo music
Gary
Burris - Gary has been performing acoustic instrumental
music around Spokane since 2003. He has 2 CD releases –
The Cool Beyond and his first international release, TJ Casey is a singer/songwriter and entertainer who is passionate about preserving our heritage, and sees young people as a crucial link. His special skills as an educator and communicator spark students to discover innate talents and ignite their imaginations. He then teaches them to link into the age-old chain of cowboy poetry as a form of artistic and historic expression. Cowboy Enterprises Inc. P O Box 31676 Billings, MT 59101 406-245-0734 tjcasey@tjcasey.net Choreteur
- Choir performing songs of the American west including traditional
“cowboy” music and fiddle accompaniment . Directed by Janet Gorman 276-2605 Kerry Christensen
(Leavenworth, WA)
Richard Clarkson (Deer Park) has played folk music since the
60’s from Washington Square to coffee houses in Nuremburg, Sydney and Seattle
on guitar, dulcimer, autoharp, banjo and ukulele. 435-8642 stoddardos@yahoo.com
Hank Cramer (Winthrop, WA) from Celtic to Cowboy - - Hank Cramer is one of the best-loved folksingers in the American West. He is widely known for his booming bass voice, smooth picking on a vintage flat-top guitar, and his wry sense of humor. He has a repertoire of over a thousand modern and traditional songs, spanning the genres of Celtic, Appalachian, maritime, cowboy, and plain old folk music. He is more than simply a performer, however. He is a historian and educator who weaves music and history into presentations which bring to life the rich story of America’s westward movement.. A fulltime touring musician for over ten years, Hank now has nineteen CD’s and several movie soundtracks and music videos to his credit. Contact: hankc@methownet.com www.hankcramer.com John Crafton (Newman Lake, WA) -
sailindog@hotmail.com
330-802-1462
Crescendo Community Chorus The chorus offers youth in grades 5 through 12 an inspiring, professional and Damn Near Departed (Spokane, WA) is
a husband and wife folk duo, Nick and Mikayla Ludiker Kittilstved.
Nick plays guitar and Mikayla plays the upright bass, and they both
provide vocals. They will perform a number of original songs that are sure to entertain! Contact: Nick Kittilstsved – Nicholas.kittilstved@gmail.com 208-660-4828, thedamnneardeparted.bandcamp.com Ruby Devine
Dr. Bob (Bob Riggs) PK Dwyer (Des Moines, WA) cosmic American blues with 40 years’ experience in the acoustic and blues music
Jenny Edgren - presents The
Kids Hour – songs for kids of all ages 208-699-0848 gedward@roadrunner.com http://edwardsmusicsite.com/bio John Elwood and Robin Elwood (Garfield, Wa) - John Elwood has been building dulcimers in Elberton, Wa for nearly half a century. He plays traditional and original material with his son, Robin Elwood Contact: robinelwood@hotmail.com 509-635-1497 Extraordinary Renditions (Yakima, WA ) Patrick Moss & Kristi Hunziker, met at a jam session, years ago and became friends. They found they had similar interests in performing the music of bygone eras. Naturally, they put time into that pursuit. For them, everything is fair game – blues, jazz, old time, fiddle music, American songbook, radio pop, TV and movie themes, etc. It’s all done in their charming, down-home, old school, acoustic, bare bones, mildly tongue-in-cheek presentation. Contact: Patrick Moss, techtonic1@yahoo.com 509 723-4224 Fable - all original new American folk acoustic vocal group featuring John and Richard Crafton and Garry Burris Contact Garry Burris 315-5310 pricms@comcast.net www.folkrider.com Fancee That - (Spokane, WA) Fancee That! is an acoustic duo consisting of Brad Keeler (Spokane, WA), an award www.fanceethat.net 509-499-0035 Fiddlin’ Big Al (Moscow, Id) ragtime piano, country yodelin’, blues, old timey fiddle, traditional plus original songs Contact: alchidester@juno.com 509-595-4900 Jerin
Falkner (Seattle, Wa) - - a songwriter with sass and
class. Jerin lights up the stage withher warm vocals and hot guitar playing -
509-710-6231 Frankie Ghee Jani Gilbert - folk/rock singer songwriter 327-1576 Juliana & Pava (Bothell, Wa)– beautiful ancient Russian polyphonic folk songs brought from remote Russian villages where they existed for centuries passed down through generations only by oral tradition performed in eye-catching colorful authentic costumes and accompanied by rare traditional instrumentsNikolay Grachev 425-455-4738 info@ethnorussia.com www.ethnorussia.com Dennis Glidden performs Irish and other
folk songs with his guitar. Ron
Greene (Coeur d’Alene, Id) - Acoustic pop with
soul – a regional artist whose songs
Daniel Hall Kasia Haroldsen - Polish singer/songwriter performs original compositions and Polish traditional songs. 893-9514 John Herrmann (Missoula MT)
Steve and Shelly Hines (Stanfield, OR) singer and songwriters of folk and cowpoke songs with harmonies. Contact: 541-449-3937 sshines@oregontrail.net Alice Howe (Seattle, Wa) Alice’s voice is one of timeless clarity. Through her honest & heartfelt Thomas Hubbard (Seattle, WA) - Taoist Folkslinger: spinning true-enough tales of living, loving and walking the other side into inspirational poetry through the magic of traditional song Thomas@peregrinedruid.com 206-329-4524 www.peregrinedruid.com Hubbardston Nonesuch a cappella group emphasizing Early Music before 1650- You might have seen them
Zach Hval Sara Jackson-Holman (Bend, Or) - singer/songwriter – pop 591-728-4066 Sara.jackson.h@gmail.com www.myspace.com/sarajacksonholman Heidi Jantz - Singer/songwriter Heidi Jantz recently released her debut album : Entries on an unlined page. – stories of everyday life through poetic songwriting Contact 509 879-7440 www.heidijantz.com Janet Johnson Performing Songwriter Dayan Kai
Benjamin Kardos Holladay & Siems
Heidi Jantz - Singer/songwriter
Heidi Jantz recently released her debut album : Entries on
an unlined page. – stories of everyday life through poetic
songwriting Jovie &; the Honey Chuckle - eclectic duo Stevie Lynne and Joey Anderson perform Americana, Brad Keeler....509-385-4056.... Multi-instrumentalist Mark Kreilkamp
Kelly LaGrutta
Steve LaPointe - Civil war era folk music
Latin American Classical Music and Jazz (Portuguese, Spanish and English) Silvia Lazo (509) 624-2494 or silvialazo@comcast.net Tamara Lewis (Seattle) - a mix of contemporary songs that blend folk, country and blues. Tamara delivers her poetic lyrics and pure sound in a way that can be best for described as passionate folk. Contact 206-328-4799 Dirk Lind -
singer songwriter from Spokane. He has released two solo albums and has
had his work played in films and on
television
360-640-1817 music@dirklind.com www.myspace.com/curranlongmusic Larry Lotz – (Troutdale, OR)
is an Americana folk style singer/songwriter. He
plays Guitar, Harmonica Collins Loupe - contemporary finger style guitar cabjkeep@msn.com 926-5014 Dan Maher Sing-a-long, contemporary, cowboy, & Celtic! Murrow Communication Center, P.O. Box 2184-CS, Pullman, WA 99165-2184 (509) 332-5047 goodroad89@gmail.com Brian MacLeod - Scottish and Irish traditional and contemporary
song
Marshall McLean -
singer/songwriter – Americana 406-781-9321
David K. McRae - folkabilly and crabgrass 328-4811, chadez4811@msn.com Laddie Ray Melvin
Maxie Ray Mills Todd Milne - healing peaceful
music performed on flutes from around the world )
"Lonesome" Lyle Morse
Heidi Muller and Bob Webb (Joseph, OR) Mary Neary - songs of Ireland – songs of Scotland Contact: gra-macrea@adelphia.net Jonathan Nicholson and Kevin Morgan Contact: booking@jonathannickolso.net 509 979-2726 Neema Choir - African Youth Choir from Living Sacrifice Ministry in Spokane. The choir consists of Owen and McCoy (Sandpoint, Id) folk rock with Nate Owen and Brenden McCoy Pages of Harmony - Men’s 4-part A Cappella Harmony Chorus – have performed at Pig Out in the Park
Panhandle Cowboys (Pullman, WA) Jeffrey Parker is an award-winning singer/songwriter who has professionally played guitar & Contact: 425-876-7911 allison.pre@gmail.com www.allisonpreisinger.com Jim Pryts (Grants Pass, Or) music from America’s back roads, acoustic guitar & claw hammer banjo, original and traditional. jimprytsmusic@gmail.com (707) 299-9570 Radio Helpers The Eyer sisters (Eyer Family Band) have formed a duo called The Radio Helpers. They play folk songs, Americana and some accordion tunes. Contact Carey Eyer at (509) 688-5235 or carey.eyer@gmail.com Raging Grannies an enthusiastic gaggle of ladies (not all of us are grannies per se). We sing our hearts out for justice and peace. Mary Naber 325-1679 http://raginggrannyspokane.tripod.com/ Dario Ré Dario Ré (Sandpoint, ID and Spokane, WA) is a singer-songwriter and record producer whose original songs and compositions blend indie folk, gipsy jazz and world fusion. He sings in French and English and performs on acoustic guitars, ukulele and piano often accompanied by members of his band Heat Speak including violin, cello, upright bass, mandolin, percussion and vocalists. www.dariore.com • dariore555@gmail.com • 509.655.2044 LaVona Reeves Folklorist, writer and singer – LaVona has recently set some of her poems to music, She learned her favorite folk songs (mostly laments) from her mother and great-grandma, Maggie as they sat around the kitchen table after supper on the family farm. She learned fiddle tunes from her grandpa, who played with his father an old-time fiddler who played and called for country danced on the Great Plains Contact: 509-359-7060 lreeves@ewu.edu Bob Rice – original contemporary folk rock Bobrice59@yahoo.com 509-8789-1871 Colleen Rice - plays pop and blues – just her and her guitar. 208-819-5806 blues476@msn.com Jack Roberts (Carson, WA)
Liz Rognes Gabriella Rose (Mead, WA) Lavinia Ross (Sweet Home, OR) )
performs folk and blues on the 6 and 12 string guitars including the
music of Kate Wolf. Contact 541-367-8485 http://www.home.earthlink.net/~redwine5/HOMEPAGE/index.html Rick Ross (Sweet Home, OR) - is
an accomplished blues and slide guitar players from Sweet Home, Or.
He performs with 6 and 12 string guitars. The Rounders (Winthrop, WA)
Matt Russell - singer/songwriter
folk - mattrussellmusic@hotmail.com
Henry Schultz (Cheney,WA) He plays piano, guitar and harmonicas Contact: Ana Schultz anaschultz2@msn.com (509) 362-4466 Thaddeus Spae (Seattle, WA) - Songwriter and entertainer from Seattle – Thaddeus is a 40 year
Caridwen and Greg Spatz (Spokane, WA) - perform a beguiling 509 990-8706 Stanley and Rice former front men of the band, Dead Man’s Pants, longtime friends…Harvey Stanley and Bob Rice Contact: Bob Gallagher 325-1914 4000holes@questoffice.net Steve Schennum, n. Guitarist/singer/songwriter/ performed all across s the UK, Ireland, and the United States, bringing a passionate, intimate, and inclusive approach to his live concerts. nshermanbmusic@gmail.com www.nsherman.bandcamp.com Sidhe
Bill Siems – An Educated Feller - the old west in song, poetry, and prose Mike Skalstad (Kennewick, WA)
- singer /songwriter acoustic guitar Folk/Indie genre
Craig Swanby vocalist and guitar player featuring jazz blues & folk styles Contact (208) 284-4921 - lee@leepennsky.com www.leepennsky.com Steve Simmons
509-475-7644 Schn6935@hotmail.com Greg and Caridwen Spatz - perform original songs and instrumentals Contact: 456-5305 caridwenspatz@earthlink.net Spokane Community Choir
Tracy Spring (Bellingham, WA) award winning performing songwriter plays folk, blues asnd jazz influenced songs on finger style and bottleneck guitar and octave mandolin. Contact: 360-223-7006 azizspring@aol.com www.tracyspring.com Thirsty Boots is a duo comprised of Roger Stevens and Dave McRae. They play original and Alan Surdez - is a singer songwriter playing Plays original acoustic music and cover tunes , a blend– Contact 509 482-7212 alsurdez@comcast.net John Twist - (Portland, OR) singer songwriter performs all original songs accompanied by 6 & 12 string guitars, banjo and mandolin forming a tasty musical stew that combines Celtic, Blues, Appalachian , Gypsy and Pop influences. 503-267-0156 johntwist@earthlink.net www.johntwist.net Two Grey Cats is a music duo featuring Don Brumfield on acoustic guitar
and ukulele and Doug Roberts on acoustic bass guitar, with 2-part vocal
harmony. They perform fun acoustic versions of classic rock, pop,
country, and traditional Americana music. Don and Doug are both
long-time professional
musicians, now retired, who enjoy playing great songs in a relaxed
acoustic duo setting. guitars with harmonica Kevin Schibel 326-3966 unionstreetmusic@gmail.com Charlotte Vanderwolf
(Seattle, WA)
Zeke Vasquez performs solo folk, country-soft rock, ballads, bluegrass, some mariachi and Dick Warwick
John Watson -
singer/songwriter- originals 922-6588 jaw4416@live.com
The Way Home Wes Weddell (Seattle, WA) - singer/songwriter Americana Pullman native – whose songs expose his rural roots and explore the threads that Run through communities as they grow and change. He has 4 CD’s available www.wesweddell.com wes@wesweddell.com 206-794-4170 Wild Mountain Thyme (Bonners Ferry, ID)
Reilly Winant Winters and Skalstad. Joe Winters and Mike Skalstad, we are a duo that performs original folk and contemporary music which is all original. Mike is a song writer and lyricist and I am a guitar instrumentalist, composing original guitar music. My website is www.joewinters.net and I can be reached at 509 582-6847. We live in the Tri-Cities and will travel for gigs if it is feasible. |