2012 Festival: genre/style = singer-songwriter
Nightjar Promotions presents four wonderful original local singer-songwriters in conjunction with the C-U Folk & Roots Festival. In just six short months since moving to Champaign from Southwest Missouri, Justin
David Howie is no less than a legend in this town. A singer/songwriter/guitarist, he also covers a song catalog of astonishing range.
Kevin Elliott has maintained an uninterrupted love affair with the contemporary folk sound he first heard as a child in the 1960’s. This sound, which has ebbed and flowed in
Emily Otnes is an 18-year-old singer/songwriter from Urbana, Illinois. Her musical style is a mix of jazz, pop, and folk, created through the use of vocals, piano, guitar, ukulele, and
Robbie Fulks kicked off the very first CU Folk and Roots Festival in 2009 and we’re thrilled to have him back! Don’t miss his humor-laced alt-country uniqueness.
New Orleans-based Gina Forsyth is an award-winning singer/songwriter, who is known for her wizardry on fiddle and guitar. With an alto as unique as it is soulful, unpretentious songs that
Singer-songwriter Margaret M. O’Brien grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the Beverly neighborhood, and has lived in New Mexico, Oregon and California as well. She picked up
The Champaign/Urbana Singer/Songwriter’s collective has been meeting regularly for over a year and a half to support each other in their songwriting endeavors. Come join them at the Iron Post