Gypsy Store Troubadours – Rock/Country/Americana – Oklahoma Video
At the crossroads where country, pop, rock and Americana meet, you will find the Gypsy Store Troubadours. With a sound and style as unique as the small Oklahoma town that they hail from, GST blurs the lines and provides a fresh approach to songwriting.
Hudson & Clark – Folk – Willimasburg, VA Video
Hudson & Clark is a dynamic, multi-instrumental duo specializing in Old-Time/Americana music.
The pair harmoniously combine their shared love of music and history into entertaining and educational programs for all ages.
Jahnel Daliya – Folk – Stafford, VA Video
Jahnel Daliya brings a unique blend of soul, folk and rock with catchy melodies and relatable lyrics. She makes it her purpose to inspire the spirit through her songwriting all while keeping true to the human experience.
Madison Warner – American – Chesapeake, VA
Pete & the Stray Dogs – Americana/Folk/Country – NYC Video
Frontman and songwriter Pete Lanctot leads his amorphous cast of Stray Dogs with avant garde fiddler, Ginger Dolden. Pete + The Stray Dogs takes form as an acoustic duo, as an electric five piece, and everything in between. Lanctot’s narrative songwriting has been likened to artists such as The Carter Family, Townes Van Zandt and “a backwoods Nick Cave,” and is firmly rooted in blues, folk, country, and experimental music, offering pinhole views into the lives of characters that range from real to mythological.
Sid Kingsley – Americana/Rock – Richmond, VA Video
Sid Kingsley is a modest man. He doesn’t think of himself as any more than simply a journeyman musician. After a few false starts, he came to the realization that making music was all he ever wanted to do, and while he doesn’t trumpet his skill and ability, it’s obvious at the outset that the man is easily one of the most talented artists making his bow in recent memory.
Tornado Bait – Alternative/Americana – Hampton, VA
Woody Woodworth & the Piners – Americana/Country – Richmond, VA Video
Zander Michigan – Americana/Singer-Songwriter – Detroit, MI Video
Zander Michigan is a singer/songwriter from Detroit, MI. He plays the guitar, the harmonica, and sometimes even plays the fool. His howling vocals, heavy strum, and cheeky lyrics make him an iconic musician in an age of futuristic banter.