2011 Artists
2011 Artists
Look at all this amazing talent!
Pokey's creative mix of early jazz, string ragtime, country blues and western swing rings true…
Since she was 18, when she astounded the Celtic music world by winning the Senior…
Amasong: Champaign-Urbana’s Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus, is dedicated to the pursuit of choral excellence in an…
The Backsliders are a real Honky Tonk Country and Western band from Central Illinois. Founded…
Storyteller Elaine Bearden is a children's librarian at The Urbana Free Library. She tells personal…
Black Coffee Fridays is an acoustic music trio organically grown out of companionship, love for…
Here's something for Hot Club fans -- an acoustic jazz quartet inspired by the sounds…
Camille tells traditional multicultural folk tales, scary stories, original historical stories, and personal stories in…
John Cheeseman was raised with Scottish, English, Irish and American traditional music and has been…
The Deep Fried Pickles are a delectable musical treat. They pride themselves on making JUGaBilly…
Don’t Ask plays Klezmer music in the spirit of early Eastern Europe's village string bands,…
Channeling Jose Gonzales and Nick Drake, and inspired into being by the 2010 Folk and…
Kate Fritz grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area playing Scottish fiddle music with…
Nile Hawver is a twenty-four year old actor from Rhode Island. He picked up his…
Angie Heaton is a singer-songwriter from Urbana, IL. One great gal, four great chords!
Angie…
Donna Herula is, in order, a classic folk blues winger and guitarist, a UIUC grad,…
Taking their name from a road leading out of Urbana, these boys have blazed their…
The Hot Iron String Band is a four piece acoustic ensemble featuring Samuel Payne on…
With five albums to his credit, Illinois-based singer-songwriter Dan Hubbard has a dynamic, powerful voice…
The Kilborn Alley Blues Band does gritty Chicago blues and southern fried soul for all…
Rick Kubetz and Terry Bush both trace their musical roots to the coffee houses of…
Ashley Lewis has fronted her spirited bluegrass band, Ashton Gap, for nine years. Her musical…
The Mugdock Pipers were founded in the 1960s by Mr. Jim Lynch, Urbana, to promote…
Musical historian Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the…
Roger Netherton taught himself to fiddle at age 11, and at 12, he found his…
Northern Magnolia comes to you from the concrete canyons of Chicago, IL. The band, formed…
Ol' #7 plays all acoustic music from honky tonk, swing, folk, and bluegrass. You might…
Morgan Orion is a prolific, touring singer/songwriter and poet. His current band balances the soft…
The Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra comes to us from Bloomington, Illinois, where it grew out of…
Parkland College's Early Jazz Ensemble is a 10-12 piece Dixieland Band with a female vocalist.…
"A fabulous new country blues talent as impressive as Jerron Paxton is not just rare,…
PBS is a vocally rich, acoustically driven trio comprised of veteran musicians from Champaign-Urbana. PBS…
The Prairie Dogs have been a fixture of the Champaign-Urbana music scene for 15 years.…
Red Tail Ring is the musical brainchild of two old-time-minded Michiganders – Michael Beauchamp and…
Reverend Robert is a master of prewar blues. He has delved deep into the styles…
Storyteller Ben Rosenfield performs tales from his childhood in the hills of southern Ohio, as…
Kim Sheahan has been a central Illinois educator since 1991, incorporating oral traditions into her…
Hal Southern was born and raised in the Piedmont area of North Carolina and has…
"Mr. Stephens" has been entertaining the twelve-and-under set around C-U for years with his blend…
If you like to sing or play bluegrass, traditional, and old-timey gospel songs, AND you…
Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole are the keepers of the flame for traditional music that…
Tangotta, known in their other incarnation as Almost “A”, combines strong backgrounds in classical, contemporary…
This father (Tom) and son (Matt) duo have been playing around CU, in bars, parks…
"The Turnstones" is a trio that plays old style Irish music with some modern twists. …
Acclaimed for their instrumental prowess, onstage charm and soulful vocals, Vintage Wildflowers has developed an…
The Viper and his ukulele have wowed ‘em with four strings and the truth everywhere…