The 2011 Music Stage Line-up at Francisco's Farm
Sigoggled - 10am Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
comprised of Bill & Leslie Penn and Paul Andis & Diane Simmons. Bill & Leslie are local favorites who own and operate the Historic Midway Museum Store. At the store you'll find a number of wonderful books, gift items, and souvenirs. Bill and Leslie often entertain their customers as they shop. Bill plays a mean fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. Leslie plays the flute and other wind instruments. They're wonderful musicians.
Paul & Diane, husband and wife, are Frankfort-area musicians who are long-time members of the local band, The Mink Run Consort. Both singers, Paul plays guitar, Irish bouzouki, penny whistles, and keyboard; Diane plays the bodhran, an Irish frame drum, and various other percussion instruments.
Lexington Saxophone Trio - 11am Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Enjoy the ambiance - saxophone tunes floating on the breeze.......Charlie Kahn teaches social studies at Woodford County Middle School, Wendy Latunik is a hospice physician in Eastern Kentucky, and Lee Patrick teaches music at Transylvania University. All are members of the Central Kentucky Concert Band, and we welcome them back to Francisco's Farm!
Caribbean Blue - noon Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Traditional island songs and summer fun! Featuring Collin Berner, best steel drum player on this latitude; James Dean Braunm, Midway native on bass, Jim Corcoran, Associate Professor of Music at The University of the Cumberlands on drums, and troubadour Ben Brown, veteran of diverse beaches and rum drinks.
Heath Eric - 1pm Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
It simply doesn't get any more real and authentic than Heath Eric. His life experiences could make up twenty lifetimes. Heath shares his soulful voice, steeped in truth, and earthly acoustic grooves, to create his own unique and original, homegrown blend of Authentic Americana and Acoustic Soul Music......listen
Water - 2pm Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Lexington-Water’s goal is to make music they love while incorporating cultural education. Armed only with their instruments and voices, they strive to meld different genres of sound to create a landscape that is attractive to our multi-ethnic surroundings. Their wide range of styles includes Latin, Jazz, African, Blues, and R&B with the addition of spoken word to their original songs. Much like water; “Water” the ensemble, has the ability to fill whatever void you may have.
Reel World String Band - 3pm Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Monumentally influenced by traditional and old-time music with a touch of country, swing, blues, and jazz, Reel World's soulful songwriting and instrumental virtuosity make for American roots music with a rare fire and authenticity. With Sue Massek on banjo, Bev Futrell on guitar and harmonica, Karen Jones on fiddle, Elise Melrood on piano, and Sharon Ruble on bass, the band brings together classic fiddling, bluegrass harmonies, and a keen eye for lyrical detail. ......listen
Keltricity - 4pm Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Keltricity reunites some of Louisville's best known Celtic musicians and joins them with some of the newest musicians on the scene. In early 2009, Henry Austin (guitar and vocals), Laurel Fuson (accordion), Valerie Young (keyboard and vocals), Joe Burch (mandolin) and Pam Bischoff (vocals, pennywhistle, percussion) formed as Keltricity. All had been in bands of various musical genres but decided to steer the course of Keltricity to be more inclusive of the Celtic music world. Together you're presented with fresh musical perspectives of traditional music from Ireland, Cape Breton, Scotland and French Canada as well as versions of newer music from the Celtic world....listen
JenRose - 5pm Saturday on the Tasting Barn Stage
“Jenrose's music is a nearly impossible and completely irresistible combination of courage and vulnerability. Her lyrics often strike at hard truths, while her voice lays them gently at your feet for you to consider. Here is a gifted songwriter offering up her heart. Take it.” - Stacy Yelton, Program Director and Adult Rock Host at WUKY-FM
..........listen
Carla
Van Hoose - noon Saturday in the Gazebo
Carla
Van Hoose is deep in the "Americana" movement of today. Her
repertoire dips into many shades of American music. Folk,
blues, bluegrass and a little old rock and roll for spice
are stirred up and delivered to you through her soothing vocals.
She started singing before she went to school and was encouraged
by performances in church choirs, high school concert choirs
and special events. She is one of the original members of
SisterSound, a Lexington based women's chorus. In the First
Presbyterian Church Choir, she has worked with Marlon Hurst,
Dr Everett McCorvey, and Dr. Gary Anderson, along with opera
singers from University of Kentucky, Transylvania University
and members of the American Spiritual Ensemble.
Billy
& Lauren Hill - 4pm Saturday in the Gazebo
Billy
(Government Cheese, Moral Chain of Custody) and Lauren (Barbie
Syndrome, Sha Sha Boom) do a Post-Punk-Folk-Americana thing,
go figure. Billy's not so successful rock'n'roll experience
is humorously documented in the underground classic Cheese
Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band You've
Never Heard Of.........listen
The Chung Yen Twins - 10am Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
are J.D. Wright and David Cubine are the Chung Yen Twins, an acoustic (mostly) duo creating and performing instrumentals, covers, and acoustic arrangements of our favorite music, as well as originals. A pallete of rock, blues, jazz, funk, folk and soul........listen
Jeff Watson - 11am Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
A regional singer/songwriter who never disappoints, Jeff mixes his original work with wonderful covers from Bruce Springsteen to Mazzy Star.
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Jon Hagee - noon Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Combine a love for traditional folk music with a strong interest in colonial American life & culture and you get a guy that dresses funny and plays and sings Irish pub songs and Scottish / English ballads popular in the 1780's. Since the mid-90's, Jonathan has spent several weekends a year at local history events as a volunteer "living historian". He also sings at historical events & music festivals. In 2007, he decided to combine his love for music with his interest in history. Since that time, he has performed several times & recorded a live "demo" CD.....listen
Margaret Lyle Gravitt - 1pm Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Have you ever heard a voice that took you into the song and made you feel every emotion and nuance of the piece? If you have not, then perhaps you have not experienced a performance by Margaret Lyle Gravitt.
Margaret started her career, as many other southern artists have, singing in church. Her grandmother taught her to love the melodies and words of early American hymns, including the tradition of shape note singing. As a young woman she worked extensively in the Thoroughbred industry and traveled throughout the British Isles. There she found older versions of the songs she had known all her life and began studying and collecting songs from Irish and Scottish singers.
Her clear alto voice is as hauntingly beautiful as the ballads she sings. She draws an audience into the heart of heritage and tradition. She weaves the tapestry of the old and the new and reminds us that whatever is remembered lives.....listen
Mitch Barrett - 2pm Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Founder and lead-singer of the former Zoe Speaks Band, Mitch Barrett is one of Kentucky’s most talented contemporary singer-songwriters. Remaining true to his traditional roots his original work has created a contemporary understanding that reaches beyond his Appalachian heritage to the music that today is being called “Americana”.
His Berea, Kentucky home has always been his songwriting Mecca and an unbroken source of harmony and muse. His songwriting talents have been recognized in the past few years with him winning the Merlefest “Chris Austin Songwriting Competition” twice, the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Competition and in 2006 taking first place (out of over 900 entries) at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado.
Mitch has played festivals and concert halls from coast to coast, and has shared the bill with notables: Arlo Guthrie, John Prine, Richie Havens, Tom Paxton, Dar Williams, Dave Mallett & Doc Watson.....listen
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Keith
Hubbard - 3pm Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
Keith
began performing at the Freewheelin' Tavern in Lexington in
1972. Since then, he's been starved in Nashville, stirred-up
in Boston, seasoned in New Orleans and smoked in the Ozarks.
He has toured extensively with rockabilly pioneer Sleepy Labeef,
NRBQ co-founder Steve Ferguson, and Rock and Roll Hall of
Famer's, the Impressions. Upon returning to Ky to teach literature
at Morehead State, Keith frequently served as a sideman for
jazz fixture Duke Madison and led the R&B quintet Annie &
The Hubcats, named after his notorious funk quartet popular
throughout Arkansas in the early 80's. Keith is currently
recording original music and is the author of Reenacting Our
Birth, available from Kentucky's Larkspur Press.
Stirfry Musette - 4pm Sunday on the Tasting Barn Stage
The band Stirfry Musette (formerly Hay and Ellis Stirfry) has an eclectic style which flies from gypsy to Latin to Celtic and jazz and includes original compositions and musettes with an upbeat and dynamic spirit! Jeff Ellis’s lightening-fingered guitar playing melds with Joanna Hay’s expressive violin and mandolin and Ben Griffith’s jubilant accordion and upright bass, while Bill May’s drums add the back beat and accents. Sometimes Jordon Ellis adds his unique flavor on percussion. This group will surprise and delight its audiences with its varied repertoire. This band brings joy to its performances, which are filled with laughter!. ......... listen
Kyle Meadows - 11am Sunday in the Gazebo
Born in North Carolina and raised on military bases in the Philippines, Florida and South Carolina, Kyle Meadows has played instruments most of his life, starting with the piano at age five. After working as a scientist, wallpaper dealer, potter, teacher and more, he realized he enjoyed playing music more than anything else and has been doing so full time for over fifteen years. Kyle plays mostly traditional Celtic and American music but can include some modern tunes as well, so the selections can range from eighteenth century Irish music to the Beatles. He have several recordings, most recently Hammered Dulcimer Solos, a collection of peaceful instrumental tunes, both traditional and modern.....listen
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