The Creekside Ruffians--Steve Alpers, Paul Jones, and Keith Pille--comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable with their rude (the good kind of rude!), spirited country-inflected post-punk. They might come across as chill, mild-mannered guys, but the music is anything but. (creeksideruffians.com) Sidewalk Diamonds--Forged through friendship and a love of music, Sidewalk Diamonds play "Garage Americana," a…  Read More →

The New Havoline Supremes are a Twin Cities based band,  featuring the legendary Mary Cutrufello on guitar and vocals, and Dan Lowinger on guitar.  Formed in October of 2023, the band plays a mix of classic country and Mary’s original tunes, and features Greg Schutte (Ryan Bingham, Mickey Hart, Chasity Brown) on drums, and Erik…  Read More →

The Second Stringers consists of Lars-Erik Larson on drums, Nick Salisbury on bass, and Blair Krivanek on guitar. Between the three of them they have filled out the rhythm section for groups such as Dead Man Winter, Sonny Knight and the Lakers, Ryan Bingham, Brian Fallon, Sarah Morris, Mike Munson, Jack Klatt, and many others.…  Read More →

At just 17 years old, Cal Pflum is already proving that the soul of Americana doesn't belong to a specific generation—it belongs to anyone with a story to tell. Armed with only an acoustic guitar and a voice that carries the resonance of the greats who came before him, Cal is carving out a space…  Read More →

Mumblin’ Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators (MOO) are a string band from Minneapolis, MN. Purveyors of novelty, squeezed through a cheesecloth filter of eccentric entertainment, they reanimate the music of the early 20th century. Fiddle, clarinet, and saxophone weave their sound to the fringes of old-time, jazz, jug band, ragtime, and tin pan alley, while guitar and…  Read More →