Jacob Jolliff was born into a musical family in Newberg, OR. His dad started him on the mandolin at age seven and required him to practice ten minutes a day. But after six months of practicing this minimal amount, something clicked, and almost overnight he started putting in several hours of intense practice daily. And this hasn’t really changed in the last 20 years. Now in 2023, the mandolinist’s main focus is The Jacob Jolliff Band, which is regarded as one of the most cutting-edge progressive bluegrass groups on the scene today. This ensemble is a group of virtuosic pickers that play Jacob’s original instrumentals, as well as showcase his singing. They tour nationally in the US and have also travelled to Scotland and Australia to perform. The group has released two albums, “Instrumentals Vol. 1” in 2018 and “The Jacob Jolliff Band” in 2022.
It was one of the greatest moments in the history of show business. At 1:20 PM on February 7th, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper Flight #101 carrying four British musicians landed at New York’s Idlewild Airport. Within 48 hours, The Beatles were performing on the Ed Sullivan Show capturing 73 million viewers. Beatlemania Again relives the music, the magic and the mania of The Beatles live on stage. The show chronologically traces The Beatles career from their debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, through their psychedelic era and the release of the mind blowing Sgt. Pepper album, to their final live concert on the rooftop of Apple Records in 1969. Beatlemania Again takes audiences on a musical journey back in time, featuring over 30 of The Beatles greatest hits performed live on stage, including three stunning costume changes. To add to the authenticity, Beatlemania Again uses the same musical instruments that the Beatles used in the 1960s, such as Rickenbacker, Hofner, Gretsch and Gibson guitars, Vox amplifiers, and Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl drums. Beatlemania
From her home base in Boston, Lori McKenna has carved out an enviable niche for herself as one of Nashville's most in-demand songwriters, all while maintaining a prolific and remarkably consistent career as a solo artist.
Hailed as “one of America’s most intriguing, creative, and idiosyncratic voices” by American Songwriter, Jewell built her career the old fashioned way, touring relentlessly with the kind of undeniable live show that converts the uninitiated into instant acolytes. Over the course of nearly two decades on the road, the Idaho native has crisscrossed the US, Europe, and Australia countless times, playing an endless series of headline and festival dates in addition to sharing bills with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Loretta Lynn, Mavis Staples, Wanda Jackson, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, and The Blind Boys of Alabama. Rolling Stone lauded Jewell’s “clever writing,” while NPR declared that she has a “sweet and clear voice with a killer instinct lurking beneath the shiny surface,” and The Washington Post mused that “if Neko Case, Madeleine Peyroux and Billie Holiday had a baby girl who grew up to front a rockabilly band, she’d probably sound a lot like Eilen Jewell.”