Performer History
In progress list of Fiddle performers dating back to 1975
Updated August, 2024
Adrienne Torf and Voices of Revolution
Aging Children
Agranoff, Mike
Aladair Fraser and Natalie Hass
Alasdair Fraser
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas - In Concert
Alastair Moock
Alberta Adams- Detroit's Queen of the Blues
Alistair Anderson
Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves
Almlof, Kalle & Jonny Soling
Amythyst Kiah
An Dro and Heartland Klezmorim
Anderson & Brown
Andy Cohen
Andy Cohen and Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton
Andy Cohen and The Hot Shots
Andy Irvine
Ann and Phil Case, Cathy Barton and Dave Para: Old-Time Music Duets
Ann Hills wsg Matt Watroba
Ann Rabson
Ann Reed
Anne Hills
Anne Hills and David Roth
Anne Hills and Michael Smith
Annie Capps and Band of Badass Women
Aoife Clancy
April Verch
April Verch and Cody Walters
Archie Fisher
Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers
Armstrong, Howard
Art Thieme
Artisan
Asaran Earth Trio
Avery, Rick & Judy
Ball, Patrick
Banish Misfortune
Barachois
Barbara Bailey Hutchinson
Barry O'Neill
Beats Settin' Home
Beats Sittin' Home
Beaucoup Blue (Hall and Morgan opened)
Bellamy, Peter
Benford, Mac
Bensusan, Pierre
Berch, Doug
Bernstein, Ira, with Evo and Jemmy Bluestein
Berryman, Lou & Peter
Berryman.Lou & Peter
Big Bad Gina
Biledes, Sofia
Bill and Livia Vanaver
Bill Spence and Fenning's All Stars
Bill Staines
Billy Strings
Billy Strings and Don Julin
Birds of Chicago
Blackthorn
Blake, Norman
Block, Rory
Bloom, Ken
Blue Flame String Band
Bluegills
Bob Bence
Bob Bovee and Gail Heil
Bob Bovee and Pop Wagner
Bob Franke
Bob White
Bohola
Bok, Gordon
Bok, Gordon, Ed Trickett and Anne Muir
Bok, Gordon, Trickett and Muir
Bone Tones
Booth, L. J.
Bourne & McCloud
Bovee, Bob & Gail Heil
Bowers, Bryan
Boys of the Lough
Bradley, Hank & Kathy Whitesides
Breathe Owl Breathe
Brian Peters
Brooks Williams
Brown, Greg
Brown, Rolly
Bruce Molsky
Bryan Bowers
Burke, Kevin & Michael O'Domhnaill
Burns Sisters
Burns, Laura & Roger Rosen
Bursen, Howie
Butch Ross/Doug Berch
Calan
Calhoun, Andrew
Campeau, Fred
Cantrell, Al & Emily
Cantrells
Carawan, Guy & Evan
Carla Sciaky
Carlin, Bob
Carnahan, Danny & Robin Petrie
Carter, Dave & Tracy Grammer
Carthy, Martin
Caryl P Weiss
Casey Neill Trio
Cassie and Maggie, from Nova Scotia
Catfish Keith
Cathie Ryan
Cathy Fink & Marcie Marxer
Cathy Fink and Duck Donald
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Catkin (Kitty Donohoe, Neil Woodward, Wanda Degen)
Cavour, Ernesto
Cedric Watson and Corey Harris – True Blues
Celtic Offspring
Celtic Supper, Irish Songs and Stories
Charlie King and Karen Brandow
Chenille Sisters
Cheryl Wheeler
Chicago Ceildih
Chicago Klezmer Ensemble
Chris Proctor
Christine Lavin
Christine Lavin and Don White
Christmas Luv- Lansing Unionized Vaudville Spectacle
Chuck Brodsky
Chulrua
Cindy Mangsen
Claudia Schmidt
Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers
Claudia Schmidt with Dean McGraw
Cobb Brothers
Cohen, Andy
Cohen, Andy and Jim Brewer
Cohen, Andy and Joe LaRose
Community Music School
Connie Dover
Connie Kaldor
Connie Kaldor and Garnet Rogers
Cooney, Michael
Cooper, Nelson Early
Cooper,Phil & Margaret Nelson
Copper Family
Cordelia's Dad
Corky Siegel and Randy Sabien
Cormier, Steve
Corn Potato String Band
Counterpoint
Craig, Jim
Crane, Joan
Crary, Dan
Cris Williamson
Cristl-Johnston, Margaret
Critten Hollow String Band
Crossland, Dave
Crys Matthews
Cucanandy
Cunningham & McKeown
Cunningham, Johnny
Curtis, Catie
D2 (Don Charles and Deb Gerstner)
Dakota Sid (opener for Bok, Trickett and Muir)
Dala
Dale Miller
Damn Tall Buildings
Dan Chouinard
Dan Geller and Casey Morell
Danu
Dar Williams
Dave Boutette and Kristi Lynn Davis
Dave Massengill
David & Roselyn
David Francey
David Francey and his Band
David Francey, Canadian singer/ song writer, w/ Mark Westberg
David Lindley
David Mallet
David Roth
Davincis Notebook
Davis, Guy
De Danaan
Deacon Earl with the Congregation and Rev. Robert Jones
Debbie McClatchy
Debby McClatchy
Debra Cowan and John Roberts
DeDanann
Deede Palazzola
Deidre McCalla
Dekalb Stringband
DelGrosso, Rich & Maureen
Dennis Stroughmatt and L'sprit Creole
Dennis Stroughmatt et l'Esprit Creole
Derek Smith stars as Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys
Derek Smith- Hank Williams Revue
Dervish
Detour
Diana Jones
Dick Siegel and the Brandos
Dick Siegel with special opener, Edward Groves Band
Different Shoes
Dirk Powell and Riley Baugus
Dodson, Anne
Don Julin
Don Julin Quartet
Donohoe, Kitty
Donohoe, Kitty and Party of Three
Donohue, Pat
Doug Berch, Wanda Degan
Dr. Joe
Dr. Ysaye Barnwell
Drew Nelson
Duck Baker
Dulcimer Fest: Dan Landrum (hammered) and Stephen Seifert (mountain)
DULCIMER FESTIVAL - Second Annual : 11 workshops, 2 mini-concerts, one jam
Dvorak, Mark
East Lansing Dulcimer Festival: Maddie MacNeil, Wanda Degen, Doug Berch
Eclectricity
Ed Trickett
Eddie from Ohio
Elden Kelly
Elden Kelly and Carolyn Koebel
Elden Kelly and Jason Dennie
Elderly Unplugged
Elizabeth LaPrelle
Ellis Paul
Ember Swift and Wishing Chair - Twin Bill
Emma's Revolution
Epstein, Freyda & Atta Boys
Eric Nagler and Mark Rust
Erin Zindle and The Ragbirds
Evie Ladin and Keith Terry
Falbel, Rita
Ferron
Feufollet
Finest Kind
Fink, Cathy
Fink, Cathy – with Magpie
Fink, Cathy and Marcie Marxer
Finvarra's Wren
First Occasional Folk Festival
Flower, Mary
Folk Night at Singing Fest – Liz Carrol and House of Hammill,
Footloose
Four Shillings Short
Frank Youngman
Frank Youngman and Seth Bernard
Frank Youngman with Mark Schrock
Franke, Bob
Fred Eaglesmith
Fred Holstein
Frontier Ruckus
Full Cord
Gabriel Yacoub
Gamble Rogers
Gemini
Gemini (children's concert)
Gifford, Paul, Bill White, Mike Birst & Bob Fleck
Gilbert, Vance
Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwartz
Girlyman
Goacher, John (& Rosy)
Gordon Bok
Gordon Bok and Bob Zentz
Gordon, Dave & Kay
Gorka, John
Gorman-Jacobs, Judy
Gorman, Skip
Graham, Len & Cathal McConnell
Gray, Sara & Ellie Ellis & Paul Downes
Grey Larsen & Cindy Kallet
Griffith, Nanci
Grossman, Wendy
Guy Davis
Hall and Morgan
Hanneke Cassel
Hanshaw, Jan
Happy Days (Pete Humphries & J.P. Jenks)
Hardy, Jack
Harmonius Wail
Harris, Kim & Reggie
Hart, Alvin Youngblood
Harvey Reid and Joyce Anderson
Heartland Klezmorim
Heidi Swedberg and Daniel Ward – Mich Uke Extravaganza
Hennigan, Julie
Highwoods Stringband
Highwoods Stringband with the Green Grass Cloggers
Hills-Burda, Jan and Ann
ay Sing w Sally Potter and guests (Annual)
Holingsworth, Jeff & Andy Bogner
Holly Near w/ Emma's Revolution
Holly Near with John Bucchino and Emma's Revolution
Holstein, Fred
Honest D & the Steel Reserve
Hoolie
Hot Club of Cowtown
Hot Soup
Howie Bursen
Humphries, Pat
Humphries, Pat and Ann Reed
Ian Robb and JiiG
In Celebration of Pete Seeger: Ken Whiteley and Reggie Harris
Iowa Rose and Riff Raff
Irish Mayhem and Amythust Kiah
Jack Hardy
Jack Williams
Jack Williams w/ Pat Power opening
Jake Blount and his Band
Jake Blount, Nick Gareiss, Laurel Premo
Jake Shulman-ment and Laurel Premo
James Hill and Anne Janelle
James Keelaghan
James, Steve
Jamie Sue Seal and John Latini & Dave Boutette
Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne
Janis Ian
Jarlath Henderson
Jay Mankita/Jay Stielstra
Jay Round
Jay Stielstra
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
Jean Richie
Jen Sygit
Jen Sygit and Friends
Jeremy Kittel
Jeremy Kittle
Jez Lowe
JigJam
Jim Hall and Cindy Morgan
Jim Hurst & Missy Raines
Jim Ringer and Mary McCaslin
Jive at Five
JoAnna Cazden
Jody Stecher and Krishna Bhatt
Joe Crookson
Joe Hickerson
Joe Hickerson and Sally Potter lead a "Night of Singing"
Joe Jencks
Joe Jenks
Joel Mabus
John and Rosie Goacher
John and Rosy Goacher with Joe Vermilion
John Doyle
John Gorka
John Gorka/Susan Werner
John Latini and Jamie-Sue Seal
John Latini and Paul Miles, Twin Bill
John McCutcheon
John Mikelsavage
John Renbourn
John Roberts and Tony Barrand
Johnny Cuningham
johnsmith
Johnson & Wood
Johnson, Carol
Johnson, Prudence and Gary Rue
Jon Sundell
Jordan Hamilton
Josh White Jr.
Joshua Davis
Jude Johnson and Jason Avery
Judy Gorman-Jacobs
Just Friends
Kahn, Si
Kallet, Epstein, and Cicone
Kamalay, Ray & the Red Hot Peppers
Karen Casey
Karen Casey Trio
Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman…
Karin Loberg Code
Kate Peterson
Kathy Winter
Katie Dahl
Katie Stanley
Keane, Peter
Keelaghan, James
Keelaghan, James and Oscar Lopez
Ken Bloom
Ken Whitely
Kendra Ward
Kessler, Barbara
Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, Andre Brunet, Nicolas Quemener
Key, Steve
Killen, Lou
Kiltartan Road
Kim & Reggie Harris
Kim and Reggie Harris
Kitty Donohoe
Kitty Donohoe and Doug Berch
Kitty Donohoe and Friends
Kitty Donohoe with fiddler Nina O'Conner and Dessert!
Kornog
Kreitlow, Marienne & Dennis Pearne
Kretzner, Leo
Krist, Jan
La Bottine Souriante
Lady of the Lake
Lady of the Lake and Mustard's Retreat
Lady of the Lake and Second Opinion
Lady of the Lake, 40th Anniversary
Laing, Robin
Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle
Larry Hanks
Larson, Grey & Erin Schrader
Lash
Laskin, Grit
Laura Bates and Brandon Foote (MIDMEAC Benefit)
Laura Cortese
Laura Fuentes
Laura Fuentes y Calicanto
Laura Love
Lavin, Christine
Le Vent Du Nord
Lee Murdock
Leftwich and Higginbotham and Ritchey
Leftwich, Brad & Dan Gellert
Leo Kretzner
Levy, Bertram
Levy, Bertram and Claude Ginsburg
Lewis, Bernice
Lil' Rev
Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys
Lisa Null and Bill Shute
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lissa Schneckenburger and The Heatons
Liverpool Judies
Liz Carrol & John Doyle
Liz Carroll and Jake Charron
Liz Carroll, Nic Gareiss and Allison de Groot
Liz Carroll, with Jake Charron and Nic Gareiss
Local folks Benefit for Red Cross
Lone Pinon
Lonesome & Blue (Pooh Stevenson)
Lonesome & Blue (Pooh Stevenson) – LakeTown Buskers
Lonesome Ace Stringband
Lost World String Band
Lou & Peter Berryman
Lou and Peter Berryman
Lou Killen
Low Lily
Low Lily and Lissa Schneckenburger
Mabsant
MacArthur, Margaret
Mackintosh, Iain
Mad Agnes
Mad Pudding
Madcat & Kane
Madcat Midnight Blues Journey
Madcat Ruth
Madden Roth, Pat
Madden-Roth, Pat & Andy Farmer
Magpie
Maguire, Charlie
Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen
Malinky
Mando Boys (with Peter Ostrushko)
Mangsen, Cindy & Steve Gillette
Margaret Christl
Margaret MacArthur
Maritime Songs - Debra Cowan and Lee Murdock
Mark Dvorak
Mark Dvorak- singing night
Mark Dvorak- Spring Night of Singing
Mark Dvorak, Pete Seeger 100th birthday Celebration
Mark Ross
Marra, Jan
Mary Anne Rivers and Donna Lee Wilson
Mary Flower
Mary McCaslin
Matt and Shannon Heaton
Matt Brown and Old Sledge. Twin Bill.
Matt Watroba
Matt Watroba and Anne Hills (moved and changed)
Matt Watroba and Claudia Schmidt
Matt Watroba and Robert Jones
Matter and Ghost (Woodward and Graziano)
Mattew Byrne
May Erlewine
May Erlewine and Seth Bernard
May Erlewine, Rachael Davis & Stella (Jo Serrapere, Diana Ladio, Laura Ann Bates and Jen Sygit)
McClatchy, Debby
McCutcheon, John
McGann, Eileen and David Knutson
McGinley, Danny
McKenna, Joe, Antionette & Ciaran
McLeod, Kate
Men at Words- Archie Fisher, James Keelaghan, Jez Lowe
Metamora
Michael Cooney
Michael Smith
Michigan Duos: Siusan O'Rourke and Zig Zeitler; Jan Krist and Jim Bizer
Michigan Fiddlers
Michigan Songwriters I
Michigan Songwriters II
Mike & Amy Finders
Mike Agranoff
Miko Marks
Miller, Cathy
Miller, Ed
Mini Folk Festival
Missy Raines and the New Hip
Mitchell, Chuck
Moira Smiley leads Community Sing
Mollie O'Brien & Jive at Five
Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore
Moloney, Mick
Moloney, Mick, Robbie O’Connell, and Jimmy Keane
Molsky, Bruce
Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Moore, Dave
Moore, Jem & Ariane Lydon
Morrisey, Bill
Mother Jones in Heaven – performed by Vivan Nesbitt
Moynihan, Johnny
MSU Russian Chorus
Mulvey, Peter
Murdock, Lee
Music of the Roaring Twenties
Mustard's Retreat
Mystic Shake
Nagler, Eric & Marty
Natalia Zukerman's “The Woman Who Rode Away”
National Recovery Act
Nedra Johnson
Neilds, Nerisa & Katrina
Nelson, Talitha
Nervous But Excited
New Moon Swing Band
Nobody's Darlin'
Norman Blake
O'Brien, Mollie
O'Hara, Kathy & Diana Laffey
O'Neill, Barry
Occasional Folk Festival
OCEAN – a Celtic Quartet
Old Blind Dogs
Olsen, Kristina
Ornstein, Lisa
Ossian
Ostroushko, Peter & Dean Magraw
Paddy Keenan
Paddy's Racket
Paley, Tom
Party of Three
Pat Donohue
Pat Humphries
Pat Madde
Pat Madden
Patty Larkin
Paul & Win Grace
Paxton, Tom
Peacemeal
Peggy Seeger
Perlman,Ken
Peter “Madcat” Ruth and C.A.R.Ma
Peter Bellamy
Peter Bellamy with Lisa Null and Bill Shute
Peter Mulvey
Peter Ostroshko & Arkadiy Yushin
Peter Ostroshko & Pat Donohue
Peter Yarrow
Phil Ochs Night
Phil Ochs Review
Phil Ochs Song Night, Reggie Harris, Tom Prasado-Rao, Pat Victor
Phillips, Bruce "Utah"
Pierre Bensusan
Pilger, Robin
Potato Moon
Potstill Band
Precious Memories, performed by Sue Massek
Pretty Shaky String Band
Proctor, Chris
Psaltry
Pub Domain
Pure Heart String Band
Rachael Davis
Raines, Missy and Jim Hurst
Raisin Pickers
Ralston Bowles
Ralston Bowles and Miguel Cabanas
Rani Arbo & Brooks Williams
Rare Air (Na Caberfeidh)
Ray Bonneville
Ray Kamalay and his Red Hot Peppers
Ray Kamalay and Kitty Donohoe
Rayna Gellert and Susie Goehring
Reasonable Facsimile
Red Cedar Songwriting Festival
Red Clay Ramblers
Red Mules
Red Tail Ring
Redpath, Jean
Reed, Ann
Reed, Preston
Reel World String Band
Reggie Harris
Reginald Robinson
Reid, Harvey
Reik, Rowane
Resident's Night
Rev Robert B Jones
Reverend Robert B Jones and Sister Bernice Jones
Rey, Del & the Blues Gators
Rhythm Billies
Rhythm Rats
Rich and Maureen Delgrosso
Richie and Rosie – Richie Sternes, Rosie Newton
Rick Avery and Judy Greenhill
Ringer, Jim & Mary McCaslin
Ritchie, Jean
Robert Jones and Josh White Jr.
Roberts, John & Tony Barrand
Robin and Linda Williams
Robin Laing
Robin Lee Berry
Roche, Suzzy
Rogers, Garnet
Rogers, Sally
Rogers, Stan
Rosenbaum, Art
Roth, David
Rothfield & Carr
Round, Jay
Roustabout Stringband
Roy Book Binder & David Jacob-Strain
Royal Garden Trio
Ruby John and John Warstler
Rucker, Sparky
Rucker, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
Ruffians
Run Boy Run
RUNA
Rusby, Kate
Ruskin Rick
Ruth & Max Bloomquist and Luke Winslow-King
Ruth, Peter "Madcat" & Shari Kane
Ryan Holladay
Sagan, Bruce and Rumpetroll
Salamander Crossing
Salamone, Frank & Jim Steigmeyer
Saletan, Tony
Sally Rogers
Sam Gleaves
Sam Robbins
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Sato, Shinabo
Savory, Tanya
Schmidt, Claudia
Sciaky, Carla
Scott Ainslie
Scott Cook
Second Opinion
Seeger, Peggy
Seth Bernard
Seth Bernard and Daisy Mae
Shari Kane and Dave Steele
Shaw, Lynn & Liz Shaw
Sheila KayAdams
Shelia Landis Trio
Shindell, Richard
Shout Sister Shout
Showman and Coole
Si Kahn
Siegel, Dick
Sileas
Silverman, Barbara
Simon Mayor & Hillary James
Sister Wilene
Skye
Skylark
Small Potatoes
Small, Fred
Small, Judy
Smith Sisters
Smith, Michael
Smither, Chris
Solas
Somberg, Marty & Friends
Sons of the Never Wrong
Sorrells, Rosalie
Sounds an Echo – Sara Pajunen and Rachael Kilgour
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
Special Consensus
Spring Night of Singing with John Krumm
Spring Sing with Ann Reed
Stacey Earle
Staines, Bill
Stan Rogers
Starlight Six
Starr, Orrin
Stecher, Jody & Kate Brislin
Stella! / The Lesser Halves
Stephen Fearing
Steppin in It
Steppin' In It
Steve Cormier
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
Steve James and Del Ray
Steve Wade
Stevens, Dean
Stielstra, Jay
Still on the Hill
Stocktons Wing
Strangers in the Night- The Band's of Elderly Instruments
Suicra
Sukay
Sultans of String
Susan Werner
Suzy Bogguss
Sweet Water Warblers
Sweetapple – Roxanne and Dan Kedding
Sweetcorn
Tall Poppy String Band and Northern Resonance
Tamarack
Tanglefoot
Tannahill Weavers
Tannist
Tarrier, Dick
Taylor, Marcia
Teada
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin
The Alt
The April Verch Band
The Bills
The Bob Lucas Trio
The Chenille Sisters
The Cornlickers
The Crane Wives
The Dangling Participles
The Don Julin Trio
The Duhks
The Fabulous Heftones and Friends
The Fitzgeralds
The Gordons
The
ay Sing
The Jeff and Vida Band
The Joe Hill Road Show
the Maken and Spain Brothers
The Mammals
The Matchsellers and Red Tail Ring, Old time Duos
The McKassons
The National Recovery Act
The Outside Track
The Ragbirds
The Ragbirds, Black Jake, The Carnies
The Red Sea Pedestrians
The Roustabout Stringband
The Seamus Egan Project
The Springtails
The Springtails – CD release
The Steel Wheels
The Steel Wheels, with Trent Wagler
The Teflons
The Tia Imani Project
The Times They Are a Changin'- Celebrating Bob Dylan
The Yellow Room Gang
Thieme, Art
Tim Eriksen
Tim Eriksen & Trio de Pumpkintown
Tim Grimm
Tim Grimm and Ben Bedford
Tim O'Brien & Darryl Scott
Tim Thompson with Siusan O'Rourke & Zig Zeitler
Tish Hinojosa
Tom Chapin
Tom Paxton- Mid Winter Singing Fest
Tracy Grammer
Tracy Schwarz
Trapezoid
Tret Fure
Tribute to Twang
Tribute to Utah Phillips - Mark Dvorak and Ed Trickett
Trickett, Ed
Trischke, Tony
Tuft, Harry
Tuin
Turner, Steve
Twentieth Anniversary Concert
U Utah Phillips
Ujstilus
Ukes and Steel with The Wilson's & Co
Uncle Bonsai
Unger, Jay & Molly Mason
Unger, Larry
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips and Rosalie Sorrels
Vanavere, Bill & Livia Drapkir
Vance Gilbert
Vega, Susan
Vicki Genfan
Vida
Violet Bell
Vishten
Voco
Voices of Winter (Hills, Herdman, Mangson)
Volo Bogtrotters
Voss, Jane & Hoyle Osborne
Wade Mainer
Wagner, Pop
Wallace, Len
Watersons & Martin Carthy
Watroba, Matt & Niel Woodward & Weisenberg
We're Not Dead Yet
Wheeler, Cheryl
Whit Hill & the Postcards
Whit Hill, Annie and Rod Caps
White, Josh Jr.
Who Hit John?
Wild Asparagus
Wilkinson, Jeff
Williams, Brooks
Williams, Robin & Linda
Wilson Brothers and Elden Kelly
Wilson Thicket
Windborne
Wolf, Kate
Woody Guthrie songs night
Wrigley Sisters
Wydam-Reed, Martin
Zoe Mulford
Zoe Speaks