Austin, TX based duo The Ghost Wolves met in 2011 backstage at a local music festival and have been an inseparable force ever since. To Carley & Jonny rock n’ roll is an intangible spirit — an expression of absolute creative freedom, not a binding genre. Their stage show is wild, energetic and infectious. Bombastic guitar riffs, wild lyrical tales, explosive sing-alongs, scratchy acoustic cuts and slow-burning muddy grooves are delivered with glee. The songs stick in your head like a recurring dream.

Their second full length album, “TEXA$ PLATINUM” was released in April of 2017 by Berlin based rock & roll label Hound Gawd! Records.

Tom “Soda” Gardocki spent years playing guitar in SoCal rockers Wax (go rewatch the credits of Mallrats; the band plays right after its pals Weezer) but more recently he’s devoted himself to more rustic purposes.

Either performing with his Large Band, his “Million Piece Band,” or solo with his 12-string banjo (like on the The South Congress Session bootleg, recently released by Hillgrass Bluebilly Records), Soda’s twangy voice hints ever-so-slightly at his punk past.

At the crossroads of American roots music, TURCHI blends slide-guitar boogie and kudzu-fuzz with storytelling and folk narrative. Emerging from a collage of influences including Mississippi Fred McDowell, RL Burnside, Randy Newman, Kenny Brown, and the North Mississippi Allstars, TURCHI embodies the scenes, sounds, and stories of the American landscape.

The band’s debut album “Road Ends in Water,” was released in March 2012 on Devil Down Records, and was compared to the early work of the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan terms of songwriting, vocals, energy, and spirit, as well as with the White Stripes, Drive-By Truckers, and Black Keys. The album was celebrated internationally as a prime example of raw North Mississippi boogie in a refreshed and modernized form. TURCHI finished tracking their second full-length album at Ardent Studios in December 2012, and recorded a live album in Lafayette, Louisiana during their November tour, making for two upcoming 2013 releases.

Music is supposed to be fun, exciting, thought provoking and daring. On every live performance, The Shams Band makes sure that their audience leaves each concert with a personal feeling of satisfaction. Drawing from their Wilco, Rolling Stones, Kinks, and Muddy Waters influences, singer/songwriters Biggins/Gulyas create distinct, personal songs. Once united with the full group, the songs come to life, tell stories, and send audiences singing all the way home.

The Shams Band features music trapezing the line between blues, country, and pop music. They have opened for national acts Drive-By Truckers, Dawes, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.

The Shams Band is the epitome of a “do-it-yourself” group. They get every audience excited and dancing from their catchy hooks and rock ‘n roll atmosphere. It’s whiskey-driven. It’s a party. It’s rock ‘n roll with a banjo.

“Opening for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros… was really nothing more than a catalyst of public recognition for one of the best musical acts currently based in Chicago” – [Lost In Concert]

“Mix things up with this Chicago band’s sweet blend of bluegrass, Americana and little bit of country that will probably get your toe a-tapping, much to your surprise. Any true Midwesterner will appreciate the group’s unpretentious, slight drawl, and talk of drinkin’ beer on the cheap and loves lost.” [5 Bands To See at Do-Divison Street Fest]

Andrew Ellis is an Americana artist from Toledo, OH (born in Webster, TX). He cut his teeth, as a teenager, playing blues (Delta, slide, hill country). In his twenties he was the frontman for Poe Ditch a psychedelic blues band with electric violin. After playing at the Black Swamp Arts fest together. Andrew persued an acoustic project with Lucky Lemont (upright bass). Incorperating roots of country, bluegrass, soul, reggae, and, of course blues. They have created a style that could easily fit with Ray LaMontagne, Avett Brothers, Justin Townes Earle, Old Crow, Devil makes three, as well as Elmore James, Black Keys, or Muddy Waters. Andrew’s honest and soulful voice allows his to adapt to any style and make it his own. Andrew and Lucky will be releasing a full length album in January.