Frank Fairfield
California-based fiddle, guitar, and banjo player, and ardent 78 collector Frank Fairfield has made his living as a musician, often found playing on the streets of Los Angeles.
Simon Stokes
In 1972, Stokes released The Incredible Simon Stokes & The Black Whip Thrill Band on Spindizzy Records. The album was a psychedelic hard rock record in the vein of Captain Beefhart and Roky Erikson. Reportedly the first banned LP in the United States (the cover featured S&M scenes showing women being whipped), the controversy created a cult following for the musician, especially among biker groups.
Boy Scout Jamboree (Spindrift acoustic)
Spindrift is embarking on a Acoustic Folk Version called “Boy Scout Jamboree,” performing old timey cowboy songs in the likes of Tex Ritter, Johnny Bond, Sons of the Pioneers, Johnny Western, Leadbelly, The Louvin Bros. & other traditional western classics complete with acoustic guitars, 3-part harmonies, pedal steel, and autoharp.
Triple Chicken Foot
The Foot has honed their chops and focused in on playing Old Time music rooted in tradition. Spending time with veteran players around Los Angeles and the country, they have soaked up knowledge and techniques handed down through the years.
Vaud & The Villains
Vaud & The Villains is an 18-20 piece 1930s, New Orleans themed stage musical show. It began as an homage to family legend, Vaud Comeaux, who was a revivalist charlatan turned preacher in Louisiana in the 1930s.
Amanda Jo Williams & Horse Thieves & Olentangy John
By special request, Amanda Jo Williams, Horse Thieves, and Olentangy John will perform as a murder ballads supergroup.
Driftwood Singers
The duo of Kris Hutson and Pearl Charles play a simpler kind of folk that one might’ve heard on the southern front porches of 1930’s America. Kris, in suspenders and all, rotates between guitar, banjo and mandolin while harmonizing along with Pearl, dressed in garb fit for hanging sheets out to dry in Appalachia, who strums her autoharp.
Emily Lacy & Henry Wolfe
Emily liked Henry so much at our festival this summer, she had him sing in a shipwreck at Machine Project last month. Henry liked Emily so much at the shipwreck, he wanted to sing with her if we were seeking a murder ballads mash-up. Emily Lacy & Henry Wolfe will do a song together. Emily will also perform a song with friend Julia Holter.
Julia Holter
Julia Holter’s homemade recordings and scored compositions consist of instrumental sounds and sung text, as much brand new as they are borrowed from work anywhere (Burma, Paris, Saturn) and anytime (Middle Ages, ancient Greece, the future).
RT N’ The 44′s
Using instruments crafted from tin, 2×4′s and salvaged parts, MS Webb and RT Valine began the DIY band RT N’ The 44′s in 2007 in an attempt to make listenable music from junk.
