Gina Forsyth
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
Resonation Station
Krannert Uncorked gets the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival off to an early start with the feel-good traditional and pop songs of Resonation Station. Jordan Schilling, Jeremy Taylor, Collin Richey,
Donnybrook
Jay and Pat Landers (Donnybrook) have been deeply involved in performing traditional Irish/Celtic music since 1983, when they were founding members of “Drowsy Maggie,” one of the first Irish folk
Red Tail Ring
Red Tail Ring is the Americana roots duo of Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo. Whether rendering a traditional tune or one of their original compositions, the duo infuses each song
The Curses
If The Curses have souls, they are old ones. Their music is kinda like going to your favorite buffet Sunday afternoon with a bad hangover.
Deak Harp
Deak Harp started playing harmonica at age 12, when he heard a schoolmate playing blues on a harmonica. Deak listened to British blues untill his brother Bob told him about
Blind Boy Paxton with Brandon Bailey
CU Folk and Roots is proud to announce the return of Blind Boy Paxton, who wow’ed audiences at our 2011 festival. Amazingly, he’s not just the real deal, he may
Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra
The Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra comes to us from Bloomington, Illinois, where it grew out of old-time jam session that attracted a remarkable number of mandolin players. The Orchestra’s repertoire includes
Carl Sandburg: Music of the People, Voice of the People
Carl Sandburg dedicates his American Songbag to the “Unknown Singers”: the people who lived and died, having sung, but who are now unsung. They live on through the tradition they
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Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
Emerging as one of Canada’s most exciting young multi-genre roots band, the Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra’s faithful underground following has expanded to National awareness and saw them playing festivals across Canada