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2008 Three-Time Winner -Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Artist/Group -Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter -Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist |
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2007 Three-Time Winner |
Jill played at the 2007 Downtown Hoedown. You can see her in the intimate setting of our Sundquist pavilion. Jill, with her soulful voice, has won enough Detroit Music Awards for a lifetime. She continues to be a Michigan favorite at her live performances.
Her genre-jumping sound doesn't fit easily into any one format and keeps her free to write and sing what she wants, "I am a folk artist and I'm proud of that." Jill can do more than just a good folk song. She can sing a sweet ballad and rock the place out too.
Billy Brandt (electric guitar) has alt-country-Americana-rock roots that go deep. He's been a mainstay of exceptional local music. He also is a member of local band Grievous Angel.
Ron Pangborn (drums) is a successful composer and producer for TV's Backstage Pass and one of the best drummers on the Detroit scene. He's graced many national tours with his tasteful presence.
Nolan Mendenhall (bass guitar) has played with just about every Motown and R'n'B great, won Producer of the Year Awards (Detroit Music Awards) and zigzagged from folk to reggae to jazz and back.
Dale Grisa (keyboards) is one of those hot players everyone wants to work with! He has performed with the big names in Detroit and delivers every night..
Click here for Jill Jack's Web site.
June
13, 2008
Hardline Drive
Progressive Bluegrass band from Michigan that composes and performs original material. Each member has years of experience in traditional and newer forms of bluegrass music with a focused attention on producing original material.
Significant influences come from bands like Alison Krauss and Union Station, Lonesome River Band, Blue Highway, Mountain Heart and Cadillac Sky. The band also draws from various other styles of music, creating the sound that defines them.
Hardline Drive places a great deal of emphasis on solid timing and tight harmonies, which is the hallmark of the bluegrass the group believes people want to hear.
Toni Erskine (fiddle, vocals) graces Hardline Drive with her powerful lead vocals that resonate a bluesy feel that is second to none.
Greg Fuson (guitar) a phenomenal rhythm guitar player and helps drive the band with an incredible amount of energy and timing. He also plays a mean dobro on occasion.
Mollie Royce (upright bass) has an incredible sense of timing and drive. Her mother and father, both bluegrass musicians, had a significant influence on her musical development.
Danielle Smith (mandolin, vocals) has a strong and relentless chop on the mandolin lending a great deal of forward motion to the band. Her lead and harmony vocals add a bluesy, if not jazzy, feel to whatever she sings.
David Russell (banjo, vocals) provides solid banjo timing and snap for the band, and also sings baritone vocals behind Toni and Danielle. David has more than 30 years of experience in bluegrass music.
click here for more on Hardline Drive.
June
20, 2008
Jim Gill Family Concert
Jim bangs out energetic rhythms on his banjo while everyone sings, claps, jumps, dances and even sneezes along. The concert is filled with songs from Jim’s award-winning recordings for young children.
Although he is best known for his silly recordings and books for young children, Jim Gill is, by training, a child development specialist with 20 years of experience working with young children and families.
According to Jim, “During the best concerts, the children are watching and playing along with the adults in the audience as much as they are watching me....the children are most likely to remember the joy of their family play.”
What makes the concert so memorable is the interaction the children and adults experience together. It is truly a concert of play. . . simple in concept and rich in spirit. Jim Gill is the enthusiastic leader.
Presented in cooperation with the Farmington Community Library.
click here for more on Jim Gill.
June 27, 2008
Swing City Big Band
The Swing City Big Band is the newest flavor in
Detroit's music scene. This 18-piece performance band specializes in
dance music of all styles and is comprised of musicians from all
around the Detroit area.
Swing City Band Director James Blough invites you to enjoy every
moment of this hot new band's performances. Becoming more and more a
dancer's band; always a great sound for your listening enjoyment, too.
click here for more on Swing City Big Band.
July 4, 2008
no concert
July 11, 2008
Rockabilly Strangers
The band plays the great hits of rockabilly and songs by newer groups inspired by the rockabilly legends. You'll rock to the sounds of this local band comprised of veteran players.
What's Rockabilly? Think of '50s Rock & Roll with a country twist to it, then and add a dose of swing & bluegrass flavoring on top. It's an unmistakable sound that everyone likes.
Gene Vincent & Carl Perkins were both pioneers of rockabilly. Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley both started out playing in the rockabilly genre.
Chris "Strangeman" Smith - Guitar & Vocal
Shawn "the Pitman" Wood - Upright Bass
Chris "Swingman" Wietzke - Drums
click here for more on The Rockabilly Strangers.
July 18, 2008
no concert
Join the fun during Founders
Festival July 18-20
July 25, 2008
Farmington Community Band
Maestro Damien Crutcher returns for his fourth season as the FCB Concert Band's resident conductor and music director. Damien has a great variety of ideas to challenge the 75-piece concert band this year.
This band epitomizes the sound of summer. Picture yourself on the grass of Riley Park taking in the big sound as the band plays into the night under the Sundquist Pavilion.
click here for more on The Farmington Community Band.
August 1, 2008
The BackBeats
Using authentic instruments, clothing, and hairstyles, The BackBeats
transport their audiences on a Magical Mystery Tour of yesteryear, when
the whole world knew the four names of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
No one can deny the importance of recreating the music with
note-for-note accuracy, it's the presentation of the material - the
ability to keep the audiences dancing, clapping, and laughing - that has
always made this band stand out among the scores of tribute bands around
the world.
click here for more on The BackBeats.
August 8, 2008
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo is an Ann Arbor-based music collective that produces original music blended with Latin rhythms. Performing with up to nine members, the Hullabaloo experience is an upbeat, semi-chaotic and slightly cynical showcase of lyrical and musical expression.
This night promises to get you on your feet. Summer is for
lively, energetic music here in
Downtown Farmington. That's what you'll
get...a great mix of ska, '80s pop, reggae and Latin.
click here for more on Hullabaloo.
August 15, 2008
The Red Sea Pedestrians
The Red Sea Pedestrians are a one-of-a-kind, full-blown,
instrument-swapping fusion between tradition and the here-and-now. Take
in the high-energy neo-Klezmer, hypnotic laments - an exciting and
beautiful blend of cultures and eras.
The band is a melting-pot of five multi-instrumentalists and singer/songwriters. Their captivating live shows and ambitious new CD, “A Lesson In Cartography”, have been getting rave reviews and building an energetic buzz throughout Michigan’s independent acoustic-music community.
click here for more on The Red Sea Pedestrians.
August 22, 2008
The Lash
"By using the combinations of traditional Irish folk music, the Irish-rock influence of The Pogues and the recognizable melodies found in pop rock, The Lash is becoming one of the truest forms of alternative music around.” Lansing State Journal
Rooted in Celtic music, self-proclaimed purveyors of “Celtic Mayhem”, The Lash combines the fiddle, mandolin, banjo and even pedal steel guitar with bass and drums, and the result is a sound that is familiar exhilarating.
click here for more on The Lash.
August 29, 2008
Two Man Gentlemen Band
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