Dust off your boots and gather around for some true and original modern honky tonk music. An all-star cast of master musicians backs these two soul singers of country music, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms. These two are known to roots music fans across the globe for their soulful harmonies, driving dance tunes, classic original songs, and commitment to the raw truth of rural American music. They live in the San Juan Islands of Washington, though until recently, home was Portland, OR.

They are foundational to the exceptional old-time and country music scene in the Pacific NW with the Caleb Klauder Reeb Willms Country Band and their membership in the Foghorn Stringband, of which Caleb was a founding member. Charismatic performers, they bring their unique set of talents to the stage with an eye towards good times and an ear towards the deepest songs and tunes.

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The Sullivan Sisters have dazzled audiences since childhood with their unique blend of sister harmonies and fast bluegrass picking. Born and raised in North Carolina, Soraya and Luciya Sullivan developed their love for American Folk and Bluegrass music at a young age, when they began guitar and banjo lessons at ages eight and six.

Now teens living in the Chicago area, The Sullivan Sisters have been featured at local venues such as Park West (with the Henhouse Prowlers), Evanston SPACE, the Square Roots Festival, the Chicago Bluegrass Legends concert series, and the Banjo After Dark series, in addition to national venues including the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, IBMA’s Bluegrass Live Festival, and Cedar Point Amusement Park as a band in residence.

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Tanasi, from Asheville, NC, is a “world grass” trio, refracting global sounds through their Appalachian lens.

Tanasi crafts a rich, world-inspired mountain sound, blending the soulful echoes of roots artists from across the globe. As National Endowment for the Arts 2025 USArtists International Grant Recipients, Tanasi is honored to have been chosen to continue fostering cross-cultural creative collaboration, celebrating music’s power to unite, transcend cultures and borders, and reveal the shared rhythms of our humanity.

Tanasi features the tight, sister-like harmonies of MerleFest-winning songwriter Anya Hinkle and Mary Lucey (Biscuit Burners, Uncle Earl), along with the inimitable dobro musings of Billy Cardine, recognized worldwide for his distinctive voice on all things slide, of whom Jerry Douglas has said, “I couldn’t have picked a better example of where the Dobro is now or what the possibilities are with the instrument.”

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For nearly two decades, Willie Watson has made modern folk music rooted in older traditions. He’s a folksinger in the classic sense: a singer, storyteller, and traveller, with a catalog of songs that bridge the gap between the past and present. On Folksinger Vol. 2, he acts as a modern interpreter of older songs, passing along his own version of the music that came long before him.

Southern gospel. Railroad songs. Delta blues. Irish fiddle tunes. Appalachian music. Folksinger Vol. 2 makes room for it all. Produced by David Rawlings, the album carries on a rich tradition in folk music: the sharing and swapping of old songs. Long ago, the 11 compositions that appear on Folksinger Vol. 2 were popularized by artists like Leadbelly, Reverend Gary Davis, Furry Lewis, and Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The songs don’t actually belong to those artists, though. They don’t belong to anyone. Instead, they’re part of the folk canon, passed from generation to generation by singers like Watson.

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