An 'old soul' rock band from Jacksonville, Fortune Child is leading the next generation back to where musical legends originated. Following in the footsteps of Led Zeppelin, Alice in Chains, and The Black Crowes, this four-piece band is composed of Christian Powers (vocals and drums), Buddy Crump (lead guitar), and Jon Ward (bass). 

Represented by Kevin Elson (Journey, Mr. Big, Europe, and Lynyrd Skynyrd) Fortune Child's album, Closer to the Sun, debuted in March 2022, with more to come.

Bill Wharton, AKA "Sauce Boss," offers a uniquely original performance. His music gets the audience moving, his act keeps them smiling, and his home-made gumbo feeds them.

As a musician, Bill writes original songs, including the Albert Castiglia hit, "Let the Big Dog Eat," and performs on stage as a one-man band. Bill sits at a drum set, playing a 1933 National Steel Guitar, belting out songs punctuated by a gravelly voice, joyful whoops, and shredding guitar riffs.

New to Florida, Greg Johnson honed his musical skills while working as an engineer in Michigan, playing gigs and private events on the weekends. This singer/songwriter and guitarist also plays keyboards, harmonica, drums, mandolin, and bass and prepares backing tracks to go with many of his songs, creating a full sound that's perfect for entertaining folks in a bar or on the deck. 

From Jacksonville and popular at numerous venues in Northeast Florida, Smokestack is comprised of accomplished musicians who have strong backgrounds in several genres: jazz, blues, reggae, bluegrass, and country. Each member of Smokestack has performed with a number of different groups and worked with various musical projects.

We were very sorry to hear that Kathryn Belle Long, songwriter, singer, and the "Belle" of Belle and the Band, passed away in May of 2023. We send our sympathy and caring to Kathryn's family and to her musician friends. 

Originally from New England, Bob traveled throughout his career, eventually settling in St. Augustine. He's played guitar since high school, concentrating even then on two genres: Americana and Irish music. He enjoys listening to many different artists and feels that his music is most influenced by singer/songwriters including Woody Guthrie, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Bob Zentz, and Tom Paxton, while listening to the Dubliners led to his interest in Irish music.

Florida-born Lauren Heintz has won the South Florida Folk Festival Song Contest twice. As a singer, songwriter, and skillful guitarist, she's a triple threat. Though her father was a country music guitarist, Lauren didn't show an interest in the guitar until encouraged by one of her other relatives, who wanted her to play in his country band. However, Lauren's burgeoning music career was put on hold while she spent eight years in the Air Force, followed by college and then fifteen as a software engineer.

"What the heck is Frankie Jay and the Chicken Parade?" one might ask. It's a curious group of like-minded musicians with a particular sense of humor and humanity. Frank Julian, AKA Frankie Jay, leads the parade, followed closely by Curtis Wayne Schaper on bass, Pasco Paul Belmore on dobro, and Ron Townsend on percussion. At any performance, other musicians may march along with the parade, always in time and frequently providing harmony.

Sugarfoot is the endearing name for a mother/son duo, Elaine and Sam Mahon.

Elaine Mahon, born in Gainesville, literally reached for the stars twice: first, when she earned her Ph.D. in extragalactic astronomy, and later when she left that career to write and perform her music. In fact her most recent and third album, released in 2017, is titled Reach for the Stars. Like her previous albums, the songs in this more recent one focus on life and love, but also offers hope from an astrological perspective.

Artist, musician, songwriter — Michael Reno Harrell added storyteller to his impressive resume a couple or more decades ago. As he has said, I got "paid to sing and draw pictures. Then … I discovered that there were people who made a living telling stories and I decided to jump in feet first."