Lukas Simpson

St. Louis folk musician and songwriter Lukas Simpson is collaborating with some mighty fine musicians spanning from Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana to present an evening of original and traditional music!

St. Louis folk musician and songwriter Lukas Simpson is collaborating with some mighty fine musicians spanning from Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana to present an evening of original and traditional music!

Sammy Dobkins

Sammy loves playing bluegrass, folk, old country and 50s do wop on the ukulele. She is from the hills around Ava, MO

Sammy loves playing bluegrass, folk, old country and 50s do wop on the ukulele. She is from the hills around Ava, MO

The Henhouse Prowlers

The Prowlers have now been to more than 25 countries across the globe, working with the U.S. State Department as Bluegrass Ambassadors.

The Henhouse Prowlers In 2013, longtime Chicago bluegrass powerhouse Henhouse Prowlers launched a not-for-profit mission called Bluegrass Ambassadors inspired by a unique vision of music education. The Ambassadors’ work is inspired by their many travels, connections and experiences with people and cultures around the globe. They have now been to more than 25 countries, working […]

The Tillers

The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea.

The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea.

Robbie Fulks

Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His most recent release, 2017’s Upland Stories, earned year’s-best recognition from NPR and Rolling Stone among many others, as well as two Grammy® nominations, for folk album and American roots song (“Alabama At Night”).

Jalan Crossland It’s not easy to pinpoint exactly who Robbie Fulks is or what he does. Over the past 30 years, this Chicago singer-songwriter has reinvented himself numerous times through his 15 albums and writing songs in Music Row. Robbie began his music career in Chicago playing guitar with another band on our lineup this […]

Jeff Daugherty

Winner of the 2014 John Hartford Memorial Festival Songwriting Competition. New folk music for old.

Winner of the 2014 John Hartford Memorial Festival Songwriting Competition. New folk music for old.

Betse & Clarke

Betse & Clarke, Their music is familiar... and totally different; a fiddle and banjo duo with a sense of adventure.

Their music is familiar… and totally different; a fiddle and banjo duo with a sense of adventure.

Debutants

Debutants is a high-energy string band with eclectic influences and a penchant to play anything they feel.

Debutants With a 7-piece lineup, Debutants’ sound packs a punch. It’s a newgrass band with a string section they like to call the “three-headed dragon”. Formed by longtime friends Lynn Nicholson and Jon Swain, Debutants have evolved into a formidable band with eclectic influences ranging from traditional folk, bluegrass, and Irish music, to classic and […]

Special Consensus

Incorporating both the drive and harmonies of the traditional sound with the more contemporary sounds and repertoire of today.

Incorporating both the drive and harmonies of the traditional sound with the more contemporary sounds and repertoire of today.

Alex Riffle & The Stiff Riffs

Formed in 2006 the band's repertoire includes hundreds of bluegrass songs, along with multiple classic rock, country, and pop songs.

Formed in 2006 the band’s repertoire includes hundreds of bluegrass songs, along with multiple classic rock, country, and pop songs.