Americana
Featured Acts
Americana
The Midnight Purchase
The Midnight Purchase features a cast of some of the city's hardest-working musicians from local staples such as J.R. and the Strangers, Sons of Sconnie, Whiskey & The Devil, and Soulfoot Mombits. Together, they create honest, approachable music about foolishness, loss, love, introspection and t...
TANGLED LINES
Entering their seventh year of writing original music together, what sets Tangled Lines furthest apart from other acts is their instrumental and vocal approach. The Welsh/British influences of lead singer James Davies, make peace with traditional American sounds without overpowering them. The r...
Mississippi Leg Hounds
The Mississippi Leg Hounds are a variety band, made up of Colin Loman (guitar/vocals), Andy Blochowiak (drums/backing vocals), Conway Powell (bass), and occasional horn players. We play a wide variety of styles, genres, and eras of music. What I like to call a musical journey, from Tem...
Whiskeybelles
“The WhiskeyBelles is not your typical Milwaukee band. Not even taking into account the band’s entirely female populace, the outfit expertly toes the line of talented original act and more than capable cover band. Its upbeat and experienced melding of country, folk and Americana proves a welcome res...
Matthew Davies
The Milbillies
WAMI nominated New Artist of the Year (2020), The MilBillies are a 5-piece string band that trades vocals like a fifth of bourbon and solos like a bull on a rope, slinging high-energy bluegrass stripped
raw with Americana grit.
Weston Mueller
Americana/Folk rock solo artist out of Milwaukee, WI that has put their own twist on acoustic music. Stories of love and personal struggle are presented playfully and performed sincerely by singer-songwriter, Weston Mueller.
Ben Harold
Ben Harold is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist who combines rock, folk, and soul elements to create a unique yet familiar sound that draws people into his soulfully sung and well-crafted music. He is known for putting on shows that are filled with energy, passion an...
Christopher Gold
Christopher Gold is a Kentucky-born songwriter living in Wisconsin. Together with his band The New Old Things he has written and recorded folk songs, country songs, rock & roll songs, and everything in between citing a love for songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine,...
Willy Porter
Willy Porter - Contemporary American Rock Musician
Take it Easy: A Tribute to the Eagles
In honor of one of the best country rock bands of all time, Take It Easy performs hit after chart topping hit from the vast catalog of music created by the Eagles. From their debut Witchy Woman to their climactic #1 Hotel California, Take It Easy covers the bases. Touching on the solo careers of eac...
Jon Hintz
Jon Hintz has always had a love and connection to music. He has spent his musical journey as a solo artist, with duos, and full bands since the late 1990’s. Pulling from many different musical influences along the way including rock, blues, country, psychedelia, reggae, folk, and bluegrass, he conti...
Orlando Peña
Orlando Peña is a Milwaukee-based singer and songwriter for the award-winning, americana/soul folk band, The Midnight Purchase. He makes use of a commanding vocal ability to recount tales from his years in the High Sierra mountains of Nevada, to the low, vast plains of rural Illinois and countless p...
Sammy Llanas
Sam Llanas (formerly of the BoDeans) is an iconic American singer, acoustic guitarist, and songwriter best known for his unique and distinctively soulful voice. Sam’s fiery vocals fueled many of his former band’s finest songs including their biggest hit “Closer To Free.” It was Llanas’ voice that su...
Zach Pietrini
Zach Pietrini’s Midwestern, indie americana songwriting aesthetic is the sonic embodiment of a well-worn denim jacket. At the forefront of the Americana resurgence, Pietrini—lead vocalist and guitarist for his namesake band—takes an everyman’s approach to the genre with a knack for honest storytelli...
Po' Boys
Trapper Schoepp
In 2019, Trapper Schoepp published a song with Bob Dylan called “On, Wisconsin” - making him the youngest musician to share a co-writing credit with the Nobel Prize Winner. The song led to a #1 trending article in Rolling Stone and 100+ tour dates worldwide.
The Wisconsin songwriter has released 5 al...
Thieves of Hearts
The pairing of Chrissy Dzioba Clobes with Mike Clobes. With a diverse musical background they are stealing the hearts of many. Thieves of Hearts brings you a story of love and passion through music. Just as love comes in many forms so does their music!
The Robert Austin Project
The Robert Austin Project is a group playing selections of americana, acoustic rock, and progressive country favorite, with a touch of tequila. We are currently a 4-piece band featuring a mix of guitars, violin/mandolin, drums, bass, keyboards & vocal harmonies.