Traveling northbound from Elizabethtown Kentucky, the Honkytonk Wranglers will grace our stage with their Western Swing and 1940s influenced honkytonk ballads. In March, the band added a fiddler, the very talented and classically-trained Natalie Tomlinson. They are recording some great new songs and will be releasing their newest record soon, an EP titled “Cincinnati Shuffle” on the Swelltune label. 

A legendary live wire born and raised in West Virginia, Ryan Cain’s rockabilly roots run deep. He has made a name for himself for his multi-instrumentalism, energetic stage shows, and ability to find great players (occasionally from the middle of nowhere). Known as an encyclopedia of American roots music, Cain is a talented musical archivist as well, unearthing obscure recordings from the distant past.

Vaden Landers distinctive style of country music is danceable - fused with jazz and old time music from the 1930s. He emanates vintage sound. Vaden hopped trains as a youth, crisscrossing the country, and he selects many of his songs in the same fashion, sampling from America’s songbook. 

Our show EmCee is Slim Forsythe - a true Pennsylvania treasure. Slim was born into a musical family and his father actually played with a local Pittsburgh country music radio personality (and friend of Doc Williams) Slim Bryant, whom he borrowed his name from. Slim has a long history in the Pittsburgh music scene, and has a bona fide reverence for country music. Slim has released several records that will be for sale at the show.