Woody Guthrie, Walt Whitman, the Beatles, Shel Silverstien, Isiah Thomas, Irma Thomas, Barbara Lewis, Brenton Woods, Sam Cooke, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Breathe Owl Breathe, Hank Locklin, Jimmy Cliff, Sari Brown, Roy Orbison, Howlin' Wolf, the Wilson Brothers, Jr. Wells, Drew Howard, Mike Shimmin, Mike Lynch, Luke Winslow-King, Bob Dylan, Michael Hurley, Jimi Hendrix, Stovetop, Jimi Reed, Jen Sygit, the Rolling Stones, Dominic Suchyta, Bob Wills, Michael Anne, Ali Akbar Khan, Joshua Davis, Yo-Yo Ma, Darlene, Bikini Kill, Crass, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welsh, so many more and so many musicain friends of mine inspire us every day!
Seth Bernard and Daisy May
Michigan has, for some time now, been a deep resource for songwriters and roots musicians. Two favorites, Seth Bernard and Daisy May Erlewine, have been traveling and performing for most of their lives. What were great single acts are even stronger as a duo, and you can just feel the synergy as they perform throughout the country. Their playing is fun and heart-full, their songwriting is imaginative and insightful and they're here for you!
In 2006, they released their first duo album, recorded in the historical Calumet Theater, which features all original songs, and is backed by the Copper Country Quintet (Lansing's Own Dominic Suchyta on bass, Drew Howard, and Andrea Moreno-Beals).
Daisy May and Seth Bernard's Friend Space (Top 19)
Hey guys! It's been a long time. Just checking in to see how you're doing and to listen to Shine On again. I love that song! I hope that you've been making a lot of good music since we last saw you out in St. Paul. xoxo Emily and the sweetbacks
I hope everyone can come to my going-away show before I move to Vermont! I need you all there to help me create a Joyful Noise and a Big Love to vibrate all around us & send up to heaven.
Even more importantly, this is a benefit for an awesome organization called Re-Member, which is providing crucial humanitarian aid as well as engaging in healing cultural exchange with the Oglala Lakota people of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Pine Ridge is the second poorest county in the US and has the lowest life expectancy outside of Haiti in the western hemisphere. It is time to stop ignoring the horrible injustice our Lakota brothers and sisters have experienced and continue to experience today, and I hope you'll join us in doing all that we can to stand by them. Please click here to see a video about Re-Member's work on Pine Ridge.
You make wonderful music together. Can't wait to see you at Dunegrass! I wonder why I'm unable to add your song to my profile? I'd love to share it with anyone who happens to listen there.
