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Jessica Smucker & The Sleeping World
Sultry, bluesy folk-rock / dark, lyrical pop. Jessica Smucker's songs are "Woven with a sort of defiant sadness, a square-jawed resilience" (Fly Magazine), delivering lyrics that will trip your mind and tie your stomach in knots.
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MennoJazz, yeah that's it. It's the best way I can describe what I do, the way I play. I wasn't raised Mennonite, but I'm glad I'm part of the culture. So while I am also a church musician and help lead on Sunday morning. That jazz flavor can't help but creep in there.
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All singer/songwriters
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canonico |
| http://canonico1.bandcamp.com/ | |
| canonico is a band of creative Central Ohio musicians performing original material. Our songs explore a wide range of personal and topical issues in an eclectic style that blends folk, rock, jazz, country and blues. Influences include Bruce Cockburn, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen and many others. | |
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Jeff Raught |
| http://www.jeffraught.com | |
MennoJazz, yeah that's it. It's the best way I can describe what I do, the way I play. I wasn't raised Mennonite, but I'm glad I'm part of the culture. So while I am also a church musician and help lead on Sunday morning. That jazz flavor can't help but creep in there. |
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JOEL KROEKER |
| http://www.joelkroeker.com/ | |
True North Records recording artist, Joel Kroeker, has just returned from Cambodia and Laos where he traveled as a guest musician studying water-related relief projects with Mennonite Central Committee (an international relief, development, and peace agency) before continuing on to India and Nepal. Joel is now touring across Canada to share these stories in song and to support his award-winning third album "Closer to the Flame" which has just won "Outstanding Album of the Year." Having performed over 500 shows internationally Joel has toured with the likes of Bruce Cockburn, Randy Bachman (of The Guess Who), Kevin Breit (of Norah Jones' band), Colin James, Sarah Harmer, Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing and The Wailin' Jennys. Joel has an MA in Ethnomusicology and has performed at every major folk festival in Canada including the Mission, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Edmonton and Stan Rogers Folk Fests. |
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king bonk |
| http://www.kingbonk.libsyn.com/ | |
A storyteller, King Bonk tells cool, surreal, spooky and scintillating stories and monologues while mesmerizing and hypnotic music plays. As singer/songwriter, Bonk runs the gamut from folk to punk to electronic -- check out his music at www.purevolume.com/kingbonk. In concert, he brings a scrappy, engaging, and foot-stomping performance as he performs folk-rocky originals and covers of his influences (Neil Young, The Band, The Who, The Minutemen). |
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Me & Martha |
| http://www.meandmartha.com/ | |
With on-stage presence second to none, Me & Martha bring together their passion for life and musical fervor to every performance and delight audiences everywhere. Their blended voices lift your spirit and fill your heart. Don DePoy and Martha Hills are members of America’s Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame and are on the Young Audiences of Virginia, the Virginia Art Commission, and efolkMusic rosters as traditional musicians. To bring the Valley's rich musical traditions to everyone, they have established the Shenandoah Valley Mountain Music Makers Trail & Heritage Centers. Don’s family settled in the Shenandoah Valley in the early 1740s. He is a 5th generation mountain music maker and can trace his musical roots back to the 1850s. He also holds a Ph.D. in American Music and Popular Culture and has over 15 years experience as a college professor. Martha, originally from Maine, is steeped in the rich New England music tradition. She is an early childhood educator and certified MusikGarten teacher with over 10 years of teaching experience. |