Wild Earp
Wild Earp takes you on a road trip across Americana, taking his time along those country roads and learning some bad habits in the city. His songs are of a man who’s spent too much time alone in the forest, the prairie, the mountains, the desert, and the barroom. With a respectful nod to the old masters and a defiant scoff at the the purists, Earp croons his country tunes, mixing those pensive trail songs with jumping rockabilly, spirited bluegrass, and ventures into the dark corners of folk. His lyrics thread traditional tales of heartache, sinful living, and celebration seamlessly with social commentary and absurdism. There wit, wisdom, woe and a wild streak that keeps you guessing.
He’s backed by The Free for Alls, a talented and fun-loving cast of characters who give life and depth the the music. Their hootin’, hollerin’ enthusiasm is matched by their good taste and broad talents, and they leave nothing off the table. They ain’t too hard on the eyes, either.
babe-aLon 5
Comprised of the superbly talented Kasey Foster, Kiley B. Moore and Tara Smith - a Babe-alon 5 show is equal parts hilarious, aurally pleasurable, punny, confusing, nostalgic, awe-inspiring, and awkwardly raunchy. You may have caught members of this cheeky threesome in other musical formations such as This Must Be the Band, DjNoDj, Grood, Big Syn, Wild Earp and the Free for Alls, and Old Timey... to name but a few - but consider that oeuvre hopelessly incomplete until Babe-alon has tickled all 5 of your senses with their Sweet Sweet Siren Songs… and probably their Smelly Feet!
Michelle Billingsley
Michelle is an alt-country honky tonk angel based in Chicago, an Emmylou that went through the looking glass. Her debut album, Not the Marrying Kind, made with producer/engineer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Josh Ritter, Iron & Wine), is out now on Western Myth Records.
“Biting & enigmatic. …the knock ‘em dead bravado of Nancy Sinatra and the blunt storytelling knack of Neko Case. — Glide Magazine
“An important new voice has arrived.” — Country Music People Magazine, July 2020
“Biting wit...all in a tongue-in-cheek gently honky-tonkin’ spirit. — Americana UK