2:00pm-2:40pm: Jeff Arrigo
In three short years since moving to Champaign from his homeland area of the Ozark Mountains in Missouri, Jeff Arrigo has gained a steady legion of fans appreciative of his homespun stories and songcraft. Co-founder of the Champaign/Urbana Singer-Songwriter Collective, Jeff has also been instrumental in uniting many of the fantastic songwriters in the area, sharing music and friendship at monthly meetings at the Clark Bar. Jeff’s incredible songs touch on stories of family, social issues, and an occasional fictional-based story song.
2:45pm-3:25pm: A Metropolitan Guide
A Metropolitan Guide is the project of Peoria, Illinois-based singer/songwriter, Brian Davis. Over the past 4 years, Brian has developed into a fantastic songwriter of note, and has travelled throughout the country as the leader of the band Something With Trees. A Metropolitan Guide represents his first solo recordings, a style he categorizes as “nerdy folk-rock.”
3:30pm-4:10pm: Eva Hunter
Admirers say it’s the immediacy in her eyes, honesty of her voice, and her hauntingly poignant songs which make Eva Hunter a truly unique and powerful performer. They describe her as having the raw emotion of Janis Joplin, the growl of Melissa Etheridge, and yet the tenderness of K.D. Lang. Hunter fuses elements of country, folk, light jazz and orchestrated rock as her alluring voice glides from a… raspy whisper to a gospel-like boom. In fifteen years of touring, Eva has performed with many acclaimed artists, toured with popular Nashville band The Floating Men, and formed a live band of top artists from her hometown producing a total of five album releases.
4:15pm-5:00pm: Mike Reeb
Mike Reeb is a full-time touring musician from the Midwest. Throughout the country, he has opened for several notable musicians, including Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Pug, Sleeping at Last, Bill Mallonee, Denison Witmer, Jeremy Messersmith, Gabby Moreno, Elsinore, Kink Ador, Honey Trees, Derek Webb, Company of Thieves, and Jason Webley at venues like Schubas Tavern (Chicago), Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles), The Listening Room Cafe (Nashville), Rockwood Music Hall (New York City), Mike & Molly’s (Champaign, IL), Duffy’s Tavern (Lincoln, NE), Czar Bar (Kansas City), Lindbergs (Springfield, MO), The Frequency (Madison, WI), Rumba Cafe (Columbus, OH). In 2010, one of Mike’s original songs was also featured in the movie Janie Jones, starring Abigail Breslin.
Saturday, November 2nd, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Iron Post
Free