Offering a new twist on traditional folk, country blues and all things Americana, with some originals weaved in, Half Baked Goods combines fine picking with sweet harmonies, making memorable sounds to linger on. Together, Jay Voss, Randy Burgess, and Lizabeth MacDonald delight in live music making, bringing listeners to a new sensory experience.

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Birdy is a Chicago-based acoustic quartet featuring outstanding vocals and harmony, creative musical arrangements, impressive covers, and fine originals. With an eclectic repertoire that draws from both traditional and contemporary influences, Birdy has quickly established itself on the Chicago music scene and beyond, and is a regular performer throughout the Chicagoland area.

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Chris Walz first got interested in the guitar as a teenager through the music of the early Country Blues players like Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Willie McTell. He plays and teaches this style to this day. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1987 and moving to Chicago in 1988, Chris worked as an actor and musician with the Goodman, Court, Shakespeare Rep, About Face and other theatres in Chicago. In 1990 Chris toured nationally as Woody in “Woody Guthrie's American Song”, later playing the role at both the Northlight and Briar Street theatres. In 1996 he joined the teaching staff at the Old Town School of Folk Music and has been there ever since. Always interested in Bluegrass, he developed his flatpicking and in 1997 Chris began a three and a half year touring stint with the Special Consensus Bluegrass Band and is on two of their recordings; Our Little Town and the 25th Anniversary Album. When not performing solo, Chris is a full time member of Weavermania, The Mark Dvorak Trio and Long Journery Home with Keith Baumann. Chris now divides his time between teaching at OTS and performing. 

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Playing a unique blend of folk, pop, bluegrass and country styles, The Greenleaf Band is fast building a fan base in Chicago.Since forming in early 2010, the band, made up of Paul Larson, Arielle Luckmann and Amberlee Sheehan, has played at such local venues as Uncommon Ground, Goose Island, Sylvie’s, Gallery Caberet and the Grafton. The Greenleaf Band plays original music, with an occasional cover tune.

With Larson and Sheehan trading off on guitar and mandolin, and Luckmann playing fiddle, the band offers distinctive three-part harmonies and music that is fun, engaging and energetic.

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Pickin' Bubs are a Chicago acoustic trio whose sound is rooted in traditional music, from country blues, to gospel, to old time and folk ballads and carried on in the originals penned by them and the songwriters they enjoy. They focus on vocal and instrumental arrangements on the guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo.

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The Chicago Tribune calls him "Masterful," while SING OUT! Magazine says, "Dvorak shines!" WFMT radio has named him "Chicago's very own troubadour." Mark Dvorak's songbook ranges across the American heartland. HIs show is funny, passionate, intimate and unforgettable. Don't miss this rare appearance.

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Birdy is a Chicago-based acoustic quartet featuring outstanding vocals and harmony, creative musical arrangements, impressive covers, and fine originals. With an eclectic repertoire that draws from both traditional and contemporary influences, Birdy has quickly established itself on the Chicago music scene and beyond, and is a regular performer throughout the Chicagoland area.

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Matt Brown is a nationally recognized performer and teacher of old-time music on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar, and was featured on the cover of the Spring 2010 issue of Fiddler Magazine. Colby Maddox is the 2006 winner of the Rocky Grass mandolin competition in Lyons, Colorado and he is also responsible for all of the catchy mandolin parts on the soundtrack of the PBS documentary The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance, narrated by Garrison Keillor. Both Matt and Colby teach at the Old Town School of Folk Music.

Mr. Mayor and the Highballers performing raucous and high-energy versions of folk and blues songs of the 30s and 40s, as well as original tunes and more modern numbers with a jug band twist. They've hooted, hollered, and delivered "old time music at jug band prices" at venues all over Chicago including The Empty Bottle, Reggie's Rock Club, and The Old Town School of Folk Music.

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