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Marc
& Dede Alderman: Percussion Performances & Facilitated Drum
Circles
Take an interactive musical trip around the world.
This exciting percussion duo explains and performs Irish folk music,
West African drumming, ... |
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Carl
Behrend: Legends of the Great Lakes
Behrend is one of America’s best known and best
loved Great Lakes balladeer. Carl’s love for the Great Lakes
is portrayed in his original... |
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Seth
Bernard and Daisy May
Seth Bernard and Daisy May appear throughout Michigan
and the Midwest at major festivals and clubs (The Ark, Bliss Fest,
etc.). These well-... |
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Biakuye
Unity Ensemble
Among the Akan people of Ghana, West Africa, Biakuye
means unity. It is the spirit of unity that brings the African and
American members of... |
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Jim
Bizer
Award-winning songs and dynamic performance is the
signature of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Bizer. In a kaleidoscope
of musical styles... |
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Blackthorn
Blackthorn plays traditional contemporary Celtic music
of Ireland. Jigs and reels, ancient melodies, ballads, and songs
of contemporary Irish... |
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Blue
Stone Project
Blue Stone Project’s Native American–based
music/songs are inspirational and have a story to be conveyed. Recording
artists, flute makers... |
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Blue
Water Ramblers
After a combined 37 years as touring folk musicians, Blue Water
Ramblers continues to delight both young and old audiences with
their brand of... |
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Ralston
Bowles
Award-winning songwriter Ralston Bowles has captivated
audiences of all ages throughout the Midwest for over 25 years.
A former elementary... |
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Brazil
and Beyond
As the 2004 Detroit Music Awards winner in the “Outstanding
World Recording” category, Brazil and Beyond plays Brazilian,
American pop... |
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Anne
& Rob Burns as A Reasonable Facsimile
“Anne & Rob Burns must be Michigan’s
best kept secret. Any group that loves to learn while laughing should
hire A Reasonable Facsimile.” Anne... |
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Cabin
Fever Band
In 2001, the Cabin Fever Band was voted by Northern
Michigan Express newspaper’s readers as the best bluegrass
and folk band in the North... |
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Pamela
Chappell
She’ll have you singing, laughing, and loving
every minute. Veteran performer/teacher, musical keynoter, artist-in-residence,
and guest... |
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Patty
Clark, Storyteller/Musician
Patty Clark is of Russian and Ottawa descent, and she uses
these influences in her repertoire of storytelling and music programs.
She is a singer, songwriter, mom, grandmother, a teacher with a
B.A. in Family Life |
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Kevin
Collins
Kevin Collins is a respected percussionist who shares his
love of African music through lively, participatory performances.
He brings with him an... |
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Kitty
Donohoe
Kitty Donohoe is a “songwriter, storyteller and
musician of rare skill” (Champlain Festival News).
A performer for over 30 years in the folk... |
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Drummunity!
Rhythmic Fun for Everyone
With her multicultural collection of percussion instruments,
Lori Fithian offers a unique, hands-on program for the whole family.
“Talk about a... |
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Dulcimer
Days with Wanda Degen & Pete Wittig
Wanda Degen & Pete Wittig combine dulcimers, autoharps,
guitar, harmonica, and vocal harmonies to present contemporary and
traditional... |
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Dunuya
Drum & Dance
Drum, dance, and sing your way through music from around
the world! “Dunuya” in Arabic means “all the world.”
The members of this ensemble... |
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Equinox
At the Celtic core of this exhilarating band are pipes, fiddle,
flute, whistles, bohran, concertina with complementing vocal harmonies.
Adding guitars... |
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Gemini
The Detroit News said, “If the Pied
Piper had been twins, odds are he would have been Gemini.”
San and Laz are a musical celebration for... |
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The
Gratitude Steel Band
Join in the fun as the band members introduce the music and
culture of the steel drums. The group will send audiences on a musical
adventure that... |
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HARPBEAT!
Harpbeat! is fun, educational, musical entertainment
for children and families. Harpist/vocalist and sometime percussionist,
Donna Novack... |
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Susan
Harrison’s PALamazoo Puppet & Music Productions
At PALamazoo they understand learning can be fun, and
they cook up a plethora of programming options. Susan’s energetic,
interactive concerts... |
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Dan
Hazlett
Award-winning songwriter Dan Hazlett has entranced
audiences of all ages throughout the Midwest for over 20 years.
His inspiring songwriting ... |
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Tom
Hodgson: Teaching Science & Natural History through Music
Tom offers four musical programs for specific audiences:
Music for Mother Earth for elementary schools and nature centers
incorporates MEAP... |
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Bill
Jamerson: Michigan History in Song
Bill takes his audience on a musical journey through
history with original songs and stories. He proves there’s
no reason why an educational... |
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Carol
Johnson: Music with a Message
Carol’s uplifting musical messages of love, self-esteem,
respect for earth and others, health of body and spirit, peace and
joy bring delight and... |
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Robert
Jones & Matt Watroba
It’s rare that two performers have both the knowledge
of American roots music and the ability to communicate it to a wide
variety of audiences... |
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T.
K. Kelly One-Man Band
T. K. Kelly walks the fine line between traditional music
and disturbing the peace. He is a street performer who travels with
guitar, banjo, fiddle... |
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Jeremy
Kittel
U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Jeremy Kittel
plays traditional and original Celtic music with excursions into
jazz, bluegrass, and classical... |
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Mady
Kouyate & The Heat of Africa
Take a journey across the seas with this amazing Mandinka
Jazz band. This group lead by Djely Mady Kouyate features the Kora,
a 21-stringed... |
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Jan
Krist
Detroit born Jan Krist is a well-established veteran
of the acoustic music scene. Recognized by Billboard Magazine, Entertainment
Weekly... |
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Like
Water Drum & Dance
Arts education at its best! A wide array of West African
instruments, costumes, exciting dance choreographies, and songs
propel Like Water’s... |
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Little
Knowledge Show
Originating in the Straits area, Little Knowledge Show
brings the history of Michigan and the United States to life through
traditional music, humor... |
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Tiana
Marquez, Singer & Storyteller
An accomplished singer, writer, and storyteller, Ms. Marquez
performs a variety of songs often skillfully intermixed with her
stories. From the pain... |
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Matter
& Ghost
The matter of this duo’s show is a variety of
styles of traditional music and dance representing American culture
and the roots from which it has... |
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Mustard’s
Retreat
Mustard’s has been gaining accolades for over
three decades. They are highly respected not only as writers and
interpreters of traditional music... |
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Drew
Nelson
Drew Nelson’s songs are facile in poetry, tactile
in tone. They’re simple, direct expressions via mere melody
and a mittful of guitar chords. Such... |
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Tom
O’Brien
“From raucous fun to single voice rising gently in
the air, Tom continues to have this amazing ability to draw people
to his music. His singing brings... |
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Patricia
Pettinga
Tradition Magazine says, Patricia “doesn’t
just sing . . . she paints beautiful pictures that move, bend, capture,
delight, carry away the mind.” ... |
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River
Raisin Ragtime Revue
The group provides exciting music with an engaging,
thoroughly researched historical narrative. River Raisin Ragtime
Revue explores the development... |
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Peter
Madcat Ruth
Peter Madcat Ruth is a champion of the long standing
tradition of the one-man band. Madcat sings and plays harmonica,
guitar, high-hat, ukulele... |
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Saline
Fiddlers
The Saline Fiddlers (a.k.a. Fiddle Ensemble Inc.) are
America’s premier youth fiddling show band. They blend traditional
fiddle tunes with a... |
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Shepard’s
Folly
This group performs a variety of acoustic Celtic music,
including jigs, reels, strathspeys, and airs as well as love songs,
funny songs, and tragic... |
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Dick
Siegel
One of America’s great singer-songwriters, Dick
Siegel has been delighting audiences in this country and Canada
for more than two decades. Dick... |
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Song
of the Lakes
Together since 1983, Song of the Lakes has traveled
the blue highways of Michigan as ambassadors of the Great Lakes
and performed before... |
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Southpaw
Isle Steelband
Southpaw Isle performs one of the world’s most
amazing melodic-percussion traditions: the Caribbean steel pan.
As a steel pan ensemble... |
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Sunkwa:
A Cry for Life
Sunkwa (pronounced “Soon-kwa”), a Twi word
meaning “a cry for life” “... a new innovative
sound, exotic instruments and an energizing live show!”... |
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Ara
Topouzian & the Music of the Middle East
Ara Topouzian is an Armenian-American musician whose
proficiency on the kanun (Middle Eastern laptop harp with over 76
strings) has made him a... |
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Universal
Xpression
One band that is always in demand for events in Michigan
communities is Universal Xpression whose members have come together
from the... |
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Matt
Watroba
Many know him as the voice of folk music in Michigan for
his work in public radio. As producer and host of the Folks Like
Us program, Watroba has... |
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Josh
White, Jr.
There have been only four years when he was not a performer
and those were the first four. All his life, Josh has been performing
his brand of... |
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Lare
Williams & New Direction Bluegrass Band
Once in a while a musician will come along and one’s instincts
will reveal he has that certain something shared only by the very
best. Lare Williams... |
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Neil
Woodward, Michigan’s Troubadour
Michigan history and culture spring to life with Neil
Woodward’s acclaimed original songs, traditional ballads,
and dance tunes. Educational program... |
