Here’s the lineup for this year:

May 1 – Sol Peligro, Retrograde Revolution, La Noche Oskura
May 8 – Rick Estrin and The Nightcats, The Fortunate Few
May 15 – Warp 11, The Kimberly Trip, I Scream on Sundae
May 22 – Two Sheds, Agent Ribbons, Silver Darling, Buildings Breeding

May 29 – Pets, New Humans, Dusty Brown
June 5 – Bucho, Righteous Movement, Happy Mayfield
June 12 – Shakedown, The Kinetics, Sincro
June 19 – Middle Class Rut, Lite Brite, Consider The Thief
June 26 – Mumbo Gumbo, TBD
July 3 – TBD, Radio Orangevale, Trainwreck Revival
July 10 – Kate Gaffney, Boulevard Park, West of Next, Christopher Fairman & The Stilts
July 17 – The Snobs, The No Goodniks, Phantom Jets, The Cockfight Kings
July 24 – Baby Grand, Ricky Berger, Pop Lollys, Dog Party
July 31 – Brodys, Goodness Gracious, The Broken Poet
August 7 – Rowdy Kate, Hellbound Glory, Flounder

See you there!!

We saw the five nominees in the folk/acoustic category perform:

Justin Farren (he was great! Really hot on his acoustic guitar and very strong vocals, The songs were quirky, even odd,  but they were hella catchy and very entertaining)

Be Brave Bold Robot (interesting folk-pop-rock, they reminded me a bit of the Barenaked Ladies. They were good, above average, but a bit strange. In a pretty good way though)

Christopher Fairman (he was not folk, more rock. There was not much to grab me lyrically or musically, mostly just a couple chords extended into a song with no real hooks to speak of. The good news: the Daisy Spot guy played guitar and he can play that thing!)

Coolfield (heartfelt folk but kind of low-key. In all fairness, I should note that they were missing one of the two members due to illness)

Chelsea Wolfe (she has a great Fiona Apple style voice but her songs are more folky. They were good, intricate enought to hold our interest. Overall she was pretty good and should have performed more than four songs)

The awards will be given out at the Sammies show next month at the Crest Theater.