2008 line-up: Paul Burch, Jon Langford, John Sinclair, Patrick Elkins, Martin Bandyke (Ann Arbor's 107one, and 101.9 WDET), Almus Magnus, Sean Rogers, Holly Mae, Michael Lipson.
Featured Special Guest, Jon Langford (of the Mekons) Chicago, IL
Legendary poet and activist John Sinclair who has inspired millions, including John Lennon and Yoko One, will perform at YSF '08. Wikipedia article about John Sinclair.
WEMU's Jeremy Baldwin interview with Paul Burch. Listen
Thank you for your submissions to perform in the 2008 Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival's Local Showcase. We are glad to know so many folks are interested in playing and hope to see you all. At this time, submissions are no longer being accepted because the response was so popular. Since this year we only have 5 local performance slots, we are looking to connect with other artists we meet at the fest for next years showcase and if a lot of folks come out this year, we may expand the number of performers for 2009. Thank you for your submissions!
Ypsilanti District Library Presents YSF’08's Friend Space (Top 34)
Ypsilanti District Library Presents YSF’08 has 256 friends.
Definately looking fwd to your song fest this weekend and also some events on sunday (see below).
This Sunday (Oct. 19th) at the Corner Brewery in Ypsi Hullabaloo is playing a benefit for Growing Hope Starts after the Bike Ypsi Fall Ride So 4ish-6 or 7ish $1-20 Suggested Donation
Growing Hope is a great local non-profit helping people improve their lives and communities through gardening. Growing Hope works on food security issues, hosts the Tuesday Farmers Market in Ypsi, teaches gardening and nutrition in local schools, helps start community gardens (25+ so far) and lots of other cool stuff. www. growinghope. net
Bike Ypsi is a local bike group They host a Sunday Ride and advocate for safe cycling on are roads. They have rides every Sunday leaving from Rec. Park at 1pm. The fall ride also leaves from Rec. Park on Congress at but leave a little before one so get there by 1230...and wear your helmet. www. bike. ypsi. org
Hullabaloo is a local band Hullabaloo has horns for heads and bass and drums for bums Hullabaloo is 92.37% danceable so be ready to shake something. www. myspace. com/hullabaloo
Thank you for taking a listen to my music. Glad you liked what you heard!
I hope you'll stop by www. davidshelbymusic. com to hear a sampling of all the tracks from my debut CD, I Came to Play. I look forward to hearing what you think.
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cool fest please check out our new record, "Find Me A Drink Home. six of the songs are on our page where the record is also available for purchase. the LP will be available soon also. thank you
To my new friends in Ypsilanti! Thanks for befriending me! Please stay in touch and let me know what's new -- I'll enjoy hearing from you :-) In the meantime, I'll leave you with my favorite quotation: "We are the sum of all the moments of our lives—all that is ours is in them: we cannot escape or conceal it." - Thomas Wolfe
