The New York state native, who now calls Montana home, grew up with the blues and says he’d sing Howling Wolf songs into his ball cap while playing left field as a kid in Little League. His specialty is connecting with his audiences and he does it well. Easy-going, friendly, a great storyteller and a fine musician, Russ’s songs take ...

Something downright mystical is happening on Colorado’s Front Range. The very roots of traditional acoustic music seem to sprout from the dirt, shaking their dust into the winds of change, to be breathed in and become the soul of musicians who craft their songs here. Such is the music of Wood Belly, a musical collective of Chris Weist (mandolin), Tom ...

As the world loudly closed down in the Spring of 2020, John Calvin Abney’s new journey quietly opened up. As his lease came to an end in May of that year, he made the decision to sell many of his things, pack up his car and sojourn west, taking up temporary residence in the rooms and garage apartments of a ...

STURTZ’S MUSIC STANDS OUT FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE, SOOTHING INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL HARMONIES. The acoustic quartet – Andrew Sturtz , Jim Herlihy , Courtlyn Carpenter , and Will Kuepper – falls somewhere at the intersection of folk and soul, with lead singer Andrew Sturtz’s melodic vocals soaring over the lower string instrumentals. Sturtz is based in Boulder, CO, making appearances at ...

Alice Peacock is an American folk singer and has recorded five independent albums and an album released by Aware/Columbia Records (2002). A native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, she lived in Chicago, Illinois where she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at U.S. Cellular Field during the 2005 playoff run of the Chicago White Sox and on April 4, 2006, at their World Series ring ceremony. She now calls Cincinnati, Ohio home. Several of ...