State Department and under their own nonprofit, Bluegrass Ambassadors - incorporating music from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and more into their already robust repertoire of unique traditional American music. The Prowlers have now been to more than 25 countries across the globe, working with the U.S. Founded over 15 years ago in Chicago, IL with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, this quartet now finds themselves at the intersection of performance, diplomacy and education. THE HENHOUSE PROWLERS are bluegrass ambassadors. He will be performing material from his new album ‘Lean In’. Based in Goshen, Indiana, Yoder’s played the dulcimer for decades (check out the raves here) and even won America’s National Hammered Dulcimer Championship in 2010. His hammered dulcimer cover of Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” became one of the most-watched Facebook Live posts in 2016 when the song received more than 101 million views from music fans around the world. TED YODER is a master of the hammered dulcimer and FaceBook viral sensation. WoodSongs Kid: Dylan James "Boogie Boy" Shaw is an award winning twelve-year-old blues pianist from Dallas Texas. Her new album ‘Bright Lights, Long Drives’ finds the poetry in the everyday and in life’s little miracles. in the next, she lays her soul bare for the world to hear. In one moment, she joyfully leads the audience in a dance party. There’s an honesty and energy to Nora Jane’s stage presence a vulnerability that is part and parcel of great artistry. Born in Virginia, raised in New Jersey and living now in Nashville, Strutters has built her career on these kinds of songs.
NORA JANE STRUTHERS has written "some of the most quietly powerful narratives within the new wave of Americana artists," says Ann Powers of NPR Music. Partridge is currently putting the finishing touches on a new album he is recording with Nashville guitarist/producer Shawn Byrne. Partridge draws listeners in with a combination of southern gothic storytelling and a dark humor reminiscent of the late Townes Van Zandt – delivered in a gravelly tone that conjures up images of Tom Waits in his barstool warming days. Upon his return to the states, he turned his attention to being a singer/songwriter & creator of folk art paintings. This troubadour grew up in Alabama, moved to a rural enclave of Kentucky, and served with the Air Force in Qatar in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. ABE PARTRIDGE sounds older than his chronological age, and there’s a very good reason for that – he’s packed a lot of living into his 37 years.
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