The Cochise County All-Stars (CCAS) started their musical journey nearly 15 years ago as a strictly honky tonk band playing the jukebox country hits that were popular when Route 66 was Main Street USA. Over the years a few natural additions and subtractions have led to a tighter, more refined group of seasoned professionals who perform songs they love - style or genre […]

Don Armstrong and Peter Dalton Ronstadt lead their “distillery" band of all-stars in a feel-good, invigorating evening that’s set to lighten the soul with original compositions and popular standards. Don Armstrong has been hailed as a “Tucson legend,” and “folk treasure". Originally influenced and inspired by the New York Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s, […]

Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin represent more than two decades of musical collaboration and performance. Their music is built on a deep respect for traditional music, from blues to bluegrass, mountain ballads, cowboy songs and just about anything under the current “Americana” category.  Chris is a versatile multi-instrumentalist; Peter is a National Flatpicking Guitar Champion. With […]

Freddy Parish grew up in Sonoma County, California, just down the road from where Jack London wrote "Valley of the Moon," named for the mythic translation of the Miwok "Sonoma." His Arkansas born father inspired a lifelong love of country music, from the poetry of John Prine, to the gentle love songs of Don Williams. […]

Bluegrasser guitarist Greg Morton has spent most of his life on a stage, starting in his mid-teens he and his identical twin brother could be found playing bluegrass festivals opening for big-name artists including John Hartford, Chet Atkins, Bill Monroe, Mark O’Connor and more. In his 20’s he signed on with USO tours to the […]

Heather Hardy and Dusty City Blues is the latest project for violinist Heather 'Lil' Mama Hardy. Intentionally aimed at revisiting the blues, her first musical love and the genre where Tucson first noticed her jaw-dropping talent. Dusty City Blues features her longtime partner from the days of the the Sam Taylor Band, the amazing Ed […]

NEW DATE for the ENDLESS BLUE CD Release June 16, 7:30 Hotel Congress Plaza All previously purchased tickets will be honored. Sweet Ghosts is the project of singer-songwriter Ryan Alfred and vocalist Katherine Byrnes. At once familiar and mysteriously unique, they combine “stunning, unpredictable harmonies” (Tucson Weekly) with a colorful instrumental palette where acoustic folk […]

Mark Insley has been a mainstay in Americana music for over 20 years with four critically acclaimed albums to his credit. He cut his teeth in the fertile Southern California music scene taking cues from Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He quickly became a favorite of producer Pete Anderson, who produced […]

Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Kevin Pakulis is a master musician and storyteller. Emerging in 2004 from Tucson’s deep pool of talented musicians, his edgy, guitar-driven compositions, delivered with plenty of raw energy, earned him national and international attention with his debut release of Yeah Yeah Yeah.  The revered journal of roots music, No Depression, put it most succinctly in […]