Markus James & Anne Harris A collaboration of two American Roots/Blues artists: Chicago based fiddler and singer-songwriter Anne Harris with Northern California based guitarist, singer-songwriter Markus James. Harris James is taking blues and folk music in a new direction. Markus James and Anne Harris performed at the Kitchener Blues Festival in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in 2019. They were also at the Handy Blues & BBQ festival in Henderson, KY and the Blues Bender in Las

If you love acoustic folk music, bluegrass and early string band music then you would really like The Down Hill Strugglers. They perform their song list from the songs that were created before bluegrass was originated;- BBM (before Bill Monroe). The Down Hill Strugglers mine their song list from early ’78 rpm records, with a mix of string band songs from folk, country and blues, i.e. the early Appalachian music. Here video of them at the Kentucky Hillbilly Days festival, and

Jug bands got their name from using instruments that were either homemade or household items such as a jug. They originated in the South in the 19th century in Louisville, KY, most were made up predominately of African-American musicians and were popular in their heyday from the 1890s to the Great Depression. THE STEEL CITY JUG SLAMMERS present the acoustic country blues roots music of 1920’s and 1930’s America. The early sounds of rural Deep South American music from the