Tony Furtado

Tony Furtado took up the banjo at age 12. At age 19, he entered himself in the banjo playing competition at the venerable bluegrass festival in Winfield, Kansas (Walnut Valley Festival) and won the Grand National Championship. Hailed as a banjo prodigy, he got his first record deal in 1992 and has been making music and releasing records ever since. As he was cementing his reputation as banjoist extraordinaire, Furtado was also developing himself into an equally virtuosic slide guitarist. And now, with his latest release, Thirteen (Funzalo Records, 2007), this restless artist makes an exponential leap into the wide-open spaces of mythopoetic America, a terrain inhabited by such personal heroes as Cooder, the Band, Creedence, Petty and Waits. No two ways about it - this heartfelt, multileveled work completes Tony Furtado's ascent from the folk circuit to the big leagues.

Izabella brings psychedelic-soul and rock music, layers of interwoven musical magic, and a true desire to take you higher. The key to the highway can often be found on the dance floor. There is little more we are bringing your way...the music can take us there! The Izabella boys have vowed to “Check Into Fresh” in 2008, taking their soulful dance party on the road fulltime. The band made big strides in 2007, its first year of operation. After over 80 gigs from March to December, exceptional performances at Bobolink Music Festival and Las Tortugas Dance of the Dead, and sit-ins with members of Railroad Earth and Scott Law, this band secured a strong foundation throughout the West Coast. In January of 2008, the band released their second studio creation "In The West", and began to tour fulltime and nationwide. The first release, "Dream When You Sleep," was recently picked up for distribution in Japan by Grey Dog's Records.

Spoonshine

Spoonshine has been creating and refining their handcrafted original
music for nearly ten years to the delight of club and festival audiences
up and down the west coast. Inspired by Northwest nature, history and culture together with American and World music traditions, they dazzle music-lovers with their energy, virtuosity and artful compositions.

Their brand of Americana, along with a globe-spanning eclectic mix of original music is unclassifiable within conventional genres. Vocal harmonies, mandolin, guitar, keys, woodwind, fiddle, stand-up bass and assorted percussion combine to make-up this quartet’s sound.

Equal Eyes

Born in the spring of '06 in Boise, Idaho Equaleyes is a power trio McCall and Boise. Blending elements of rock, funk, reggae, and blues, the band cut their first album that spring and began touring the pacific northwest, quickly gaining a reputation for their high energy shows and extensive touring schedule.

Equaleyes reaches far beyond any single genre of music and is sure to appeal to any age group, at any venue, any time.

Reverend Slanky

An eight piece funk, soul and afro-beat project out of Missoula, Montana that will keep you dancing until the cows come home.
Those who know the band certainly have felt their hyper-percussive beats reverberate through their feet in the last couple of years on the floor of the Top Hat, the Other Side, the Badlander and every outdoor venue where they have injected a litany of funk and soul, R&B and Afro-Cuban beats - Al Green to Stevie Wonder to Beck. “We’re all trained musicians, all jazz musicians,” said founding member Cody Hollow, lead singer and percussionist, who regularly brings a small warehouse-full of instruments to the shows. “It’s music that’s fun to listen to, but also fun to dance to. I think we branch out to different audiences. All the older people in town dig it because it’s music they grew up with and the young people love it because it’s retro.” Montana PBR band of the year!

Jim Tilden Brown

A grateful blues harp blowin guitar rippin foot stompin psychedelic jam oriented surf rock boogie solo western Americana songwriting bluesman. A blend of originals and remakes done his way, reminiscent of Johnny Cash meets the Grateful Dead meets John lee Hooker meets Dick Dale meets Pink Floyd with the groove of J.J. Cale. Jim is constantly searching a unique musical journey and a new jam. Jim is an award winning and 10 year nominee for best solo act in the inland northwest and has been doing his thang for 16 years. Jim has performed in all the western states. Bars, nightclubs, parties, festivals, weddings, coffee houses, farmers markets, pubs, colleges, back alleys and street corners in most western US cities. Armed with only a guitar, harmonica, and his left boot tappin out the beat and groove (no drum machine here).... Jim is a powerful solo act that can turn a musical performance into a complete soul searching transportational blues / boogie experience.