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Turning Tides Music Foundation

Turning Tides Music Foundation empowers youth through music education and performance opportunities, fostering creativity and community engagement while promoting cultural exchange and appreciation for diverse musical traditions.

For more than five decades, Bryan Bowers has been to the autoharp what Earl Scruggs was to the five-string banjo. He presents instrumental virtuosity combined with warmth, eloquence, expression, and professionalism. From his rather unglamorous beginning as a street singer, Bryan has become a major artist on the traditional music circuit. He has redefined the autoharp and is also well known as a singer-songwriter with a dynamic and outgoing personality as well as an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd.

Bryan Bowers

D-Squared weaves a tonal fabric of poignant lyrics, earth-rooted melodies and stark, hypnotic rhythms. When Deb&rsquo;s beguilingly voice meets Don&rsquo;s dark baritone the effect can be mesmerizing. We are natural storytellers and attending a show is akin to joining a gathering of friends around the kitchen table. The blending of harp and guitar in delicate counterpoint, and the use of other traditional folk instruments (accordions, banjo, concertina, and mandola) leads the listener through a lyrical landscape that bears witness to darkness and danger, but offers redemption and hope in return.

D-Squared in Concert

Turning Tides Music Festival features: Carsie Blanton Band, Crys Matthews, Seffarine, Alice DiMicele with Andy Casad, Llorona, Larry Pattis, Singing Heart, ecstatic dance, more. A multicultural, community-building participatory event featuring 2026 recipient, &nbsp;International Folk Music Artist of the Year (Carsie Blanton) and 2025 recipient, International Folk Music Artist of the Year (Crys Mathews). Food vendors, crafts, beautiful setting, much more&hellip;

Turning Tides Music Festival 2026

Sprig of That is a tabla, fiddle, cello, and guitar quartet playing a hearty Midwest-raised and globally inspired acoustic stew. Pushed by producer Jayme Stone, the band stakes new sonic terrain for itself on Foragers, their upcoming full-length featuring guest appearances by Sierra Hull, Olov Johansson (V&auml;sen), Simon Chrisman, Rohith Jayaraman, and Wes Corbett (who produced their 2023 release bloom). Formed in Minneapolis, MN in 2018, the group has played legendary venues from Portland&rsquo;s Old Church Minneapolis&rsquo; Cedar Cultural Center and NYC&rsquo;s Rockwood Music Hall; warmed up stages for artists like Chris Eldridge/Kristen Andriessen, the Andrew Marlin String Band, and Charlie Parr; performed at festivals like Pickathon and Blue Ox; and collaborated with organizations like Carnegie Hall and Minnesota Public Radio to give educational workshops across the country.

Sprig of That

Please bring a chair or blanket for comfort! Alice Howe &amp; Freebo have undeniable chemistry. Rock bass legend Freebo weaves his fretless stylings into Alice&rsquo;s soulful, impeccably-tuned vocals for a harmony-driven performance showcasing two uniquely compelling songwriters. Clive Carroll&rsquo;s unique tone, versatility, and unmistakeable voice as a composer, have seen him become one of the world&rsquo;s premier acoustic guitar players and &ldquo;&hellip;arguably the most accomplished fingerstylist in the world today&hellip;&rdquo; (Total Guitar Magazine).

Folk Hill: Alice Howe and Freebo with Clive Carroll

The Playdate Trio: Marla Fibish, Rebecca Richman, and Lewis Santer The Playdate Trio weaves together mandolin, fiddle, and bouzouki into something greater than the sum of its parts&mdash;locked-in, interwoven, and full of joyful mischief. Marla&rsquo;s mandolin and mandola, Rebecca&rsquo;s fiddle and concertina, and Lewis&rsquo;s artful bouzouki and guitar, create a sound built on deep listening and shared musical intuition. Rooted in Irish traditional music, they also bring life to original tunes from Marla and their tunesmith friends, along with threads from other traditional styles. All three are accomplished musicians in their own right. Marla has cultivated a thriving community of mandolin students. Rebecca draws on her music studies at Mills College and years of teaching experience. Lewis is a master luthier who has been building and repairing acoustic instruments since 1986, and has played in traditional Irish bands for decades.

Playdate Trio

Come fall in love with Odesa, Ukraine, the Pearl of the Black Sea! Kommuna Lux brings you the heritage music of their beloved hometown. Klezmer, Balkan, and Urban Chanson, with a dash of Ukrainian Folk and powered by rocket fuel, Kommuna Lux impacts the crowd with a nostalgic, high-energy Big Band sound from the bygone days of speakeasies and rum runners. When Volodymyr Gitin raises that clarinet to his lips, he becomes the only man in the room&mdash;you can&rsquo;t help but utterly fall into his virtuoso arms. &ldquo;Heavyweight Champion&rdquo; Oleg Vasianovich holds his accordion like it&rsquo;s light as a feather, while he develops the foundation of each melody. Layers of complexity are added by the bold, bright trumpet of Andrei Okhramovich and the sassy, playful trombone of Yaroslav Besh. Viktor Kirilov never stops dancing as he plays his acoustic guitar, and you never know when Sergei Poltorak will pause on the percussion to punk the rest of the band with a sly prank. At center stage is sultry powerhouse Bagrat Tsurkan, whose hot buttered voice and nonstop energy compel everyone to the dance floor.&nbsp;

Kommuna Lux from Ukraine

Multi-instrumentalist Tristan Clarridge is a 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion and a pioneering cellist, synthesizing traditional folk influences with rhythmic vocabulary from jazz, rock and pop music, and leading a revolution among adventurous young cellists throughout the country. He has toured the world with bluegrass/nu-folk sensation Crooked Still and Darol Anger&rsquo;s Republic of Strings, as well as Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky and Cape Breton fiddle phenomenon Natalie MacMaster. Hammer dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman brings a whole new approach to an instrument that has previously been thought to have limited range and technique. His inventive virtuosic touch and sophisticated rhythmic sensibilities are redefining the instrument and earning the attention of musicians from all over the world. Together, they weave a tapestry of sound all their own, drawing on roots in bluegrass, Celtic, jazz and old-time traditions. While today&rsquo;s new breed often produces an amalgamation of sounds and styles based on a distant view. They were raised embedded in these traditions&hellip; raised to mold, meld, shape them and carry them forward, leaving their own indelible marks in the process. With Tristan&rsquo;s grounding cello wrapped around Simon&rsquo;s ethereal dulcimer, they have created a never-before-heard sound in American music. No tricks. No pyrotechnics. Instrumental voices, united in their musical exploration.

Simon Crisman and Tristan Clarridge

Shanna&nbsp;in a Dress was pronounced the winner of the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriting Contest and will be performing with a full band at the 2023 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest. In 2020 alone,&nbsp;Shanna&nbsp;was a winner in the Kerrville New Folk competition, winner of the Great River Folk Fest Song Competition, a finalist at Songwriter Serenade, and a Grassy Hill Emerging Artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.&nbsp;During the summer of 2021,&nbsp;Shanna&nbsp;bicycled from Seattle to Boston while music-touring on her epic &quot;Tour de Dress,&quot; playing over 60 shows from coast to coast and partnering up with the global non-profit Pangaea World Foundation.&nbsp;In May 2022, her debut record &quot;Robot&quot; was released after a wildly successful crowdfunded campaign years earlier. She was the winner She has most recently been seen gracing the stages of Kerrville Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Black Bear Americana Fest, Great River Folk Fest, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Tom Prasada-Rao called her &quot;Kerrville&#39;s fastest rising star&quot; and she&#39;s certainly delightfully unique and is one to watch in the future.

Shanna in a Dress

With over 17 combined Canadian Folk Music, East Coast Music, and Music Nova Scotia awards and nominations, the JUNO-Nominated powerhouse duo, Cassie and Maggie, emerge as an unstoppable force on the global folk stage. Unleashing a magnetic energy, they seamlessly weave their deep Celtic heritage with contemporary influences. Committed to not just preserving but also propelling Nova Scotia&#39;s folk traditions into new realms, Cassie and Maggie bring an exhilarating energy that is both timeless and irresistibly modern. Their eagerly anticipated 5th studio album, &quot;Gold and Coal,&quot; poised to solidify their status as folk music trailblazers. &quot;Be it their foot percussion accompanying driving Nova Scotian sets, their perfect blend of sibling harmonies, added to a stunning interplay on various instruments, a musical evening spent with Cassie and Maggie is a great night, altogether... [Their latest album] the Willow Collection has sold over 9000 copies worldwide and showcases not only their musical ability, but the depth and variety of their musicianship.&quot;&quot; &ndash; Irish Music Magazine.&nbsp; &quot;Cassie and Maggie are an unbelievably gifted duo... the train is just gathering steam and leaving the station on these new stars. It is going to be a glorious journey, and it is already well-begun.&quot; &ndash; Live Ireland Radio, Dublin, IR

Cassie and Maggie

Ken Waldman has drawn on his 30 years in Alaska to produce poems, stories, and fiddle tunes that combine into a performance uniquely his. A former college professor, Waldman has had published six full-length poetry collections, a memoir, a children&rsquo;s book, and has released nine CDs that mix old-time Appalachian-style string-band music with original poetry. Since 1995 he&rsquo;s toured full-time, performing at some of the nation&rsquo;s leading universities, festivals, arts centers, and clubs. His most recent books are the memoir, Are You Famous? which chronicles Waldman&rsquo;s adventures on tour throughout the United States, and D is for Dog Team (Nomadic Press, 2009), a sequence of Alaska-set acrostic poems for young readers. Nashville Scene has called the memoir, &ldquo;a travel guide for aspiring free spirits.&rdquo; The University of Alaska Press, which distributes the children&rsquo;s book, says D is for Dog Team is destined to &ldquo;be a fireside treasure for the whole family.&rdquo;

Ken Waldman: The Alaskan Fiddle Poet

A dynamic four-piece of fiddle, flute, guitar and percussion, Gnoss tackle energetic tune sets and driving folk song with a &lsquo;maturity of ability many of a greater age will envy&rsquo; (The Living Tradition). Following high praise for their 2018 EP Brother Wind, Gnoss released their much-anticipated debut album, Drawn from Deep Water, to further critical acclaim in 2019 &ndash; leading to numerous festival appearances throughout Europe and the UK. The band were also guest musical directors of the Orkney Folk Festival&rsquo;s celebrated &lsquo;Gathering&rsquo; project in 2018, as well as its sellout reprise in Glasgow&rsquo;s Old Fruitmarket during Celtic Connections 2019. With their international touring fueling a rapidly expanding fanbase, all eyes are on this exciting young Scottish quartet as they stride forth from the pack. &ldquo;Sweeping melodies, accomplished musicianship, and a fine ear for tunes.&rdquo; &ndash; Songlines &ldquo;Impeccable, exemplary playing and interplay.&rdquo; &ndash; Folk Radio UK

Gnoss

Jim Page is an American singer and songwriter living in Seattle, Washington. He&rsquo;s made 24 full length albums, been on a dozen compilations, done numberless tours, and written hundreds of songs. Some of them have been covered by Christy Moore, Dick Gaughan, Roy Bailey, The Doobie Brothers, and Michael Hedges. He&rsquo;s toured with Dick Gaughan, Planxty, Leftover Salmon, and Rob Wasserman. He&rsquo;s shared the stage with Bonnie Raitt, Donal Lunny, Barry Melton, Robert Hunter, and Bj&ouml;rn Afzelius. He sings of politics and romance, adventure and comedy, tragedy, history, and meditations on life, death and the absurd. His improvisations are legendary, and if there&rsquo;s anything to talk about that he hasn&rsquo;t sung about it&rsquo;s just that he was too busy singing about something else. Jim was born in the lower Bay Area of California, growing into the great renaissance of the 1960s, when all the arts were mixed together, the music, the theater, the poetry and politics. His home turf was the same place that gave birth to such bands as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. The border between the folk song and the rock band was blurred in those days and you can still hear it in his music, in his choice of subject matter, use of imagery, rhythm and phrasing.

Jim Page

Midnight Jasmine is Damian Lester, Ellen Curry, and Tim Chinnock. Sprouted in the sands of Joshua Tree, California, the trio brings their no-frills authenticity to tunes that embody complexity within simplicity. Their sound is something like a cross-pollination of early Gregory Alan Isakov and an acoustic version of Low. With spacious rhythms that carry an effortless groove, and three voices that seem to come from one, their songs reflect the trio&rsquo;s connection with nature, exploring themes of awakening to love and the inner human experience.

Midnight Jasmine

Niki Leeman, longtime favorite at Texas&rsquo; annual Kerrville Folk Festival, recently moved to Eugene, OR. With a reputation for thought-provoking lyrical poetry, Niki&rsquo;s songs capture the heart and soul, and remain long after a first listen. His friends on his recordings include Keith Greeninger, Ellis Paul, Caroline Aiken, Louise Taylor and Gina Forsyth. See Niki&rsquo;s live videos on his YouTube channel. You can also find his music at https://nikileeman.bandcamp.com/

Niki Leeman

Turning Tides Music Foundation advances the arts by cultivating multicultural acoustic music, supporting musicians, and creating inclusive community events. We bring people together through public performances, festivals, dances, workshops, retreats, and collaborative programs that celebrate artistic expression and build cultural connection.

Turning Tides Music Foundation advances the arts by cultivating multicultural acoustic music, supporting musicians, and creating inclusive community events. We bring people together through public performances, festivals, dances, workshops, retreats, and collaborative programs that celebrate artistic expression and build cultural connection.

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Your gift keeps the music and dance floor alive. As an all‑volunteer 501(c)(3), Turning Tides Music Foundation relies on community support to host acoustic concerts and weekly ecstatic dance. Thank you for supporting inclusive, multicultural music and dance in our local community.

Your gift keeps the music and dance floor alive. As an all‑volunteer 501(c)(3), Turning Tides Music Foundation relies on community support to host acoustic concerts and weekly ecstatic dance.Thank you for supporting inclusive, multicultural music and dance in our local community.

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Test Event brings our community together through live acoustic music and free-form dance 🎶🕺. Your presence helps keep a welcoming, alcohol‑free space where people of all ages and backgrounds can move, listen, and connect. Turning Tides Music Foundation is an all‑volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit. When you register or donate, you support concert promotion, artist care backstage, weekly ecstatic dance, and the tools that help us share this music with our local community.

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Growing up, Joe Newberry and April Verch absorbed traditions of home and hearth &ndash; in his Missouri Ozarks and her Ottawa Valley of Canada. Although they are on the road much of the year, the two musicians are fond of saying that they are rarely homesick, because their music means they always have a bit of home with them wherever they go. Whether it is the power of two voices lifted in harmony, or the sound of traditional tunes calling people to get up and move, these two masters of tradition put on an unforgettable show. And, when their feet kick up the dust in perfect rhythm and those two voices become one, Newberry &amp; Verch help remind folks why this music existed in the first place.

Newberry and Verch

Portland, Oregon folk artist Jeffrey Martin has announced his first-ever live album, Alive July 25, 2025, which is set to release on February 20, 2026 via Fluff &amp; Gravy Records (Anna Tivel, Margo Cilker, Kassi Valazza). The album was recorded at Portland&rsquo;s The Showdown and presents an unabridged take of the night exactly as it unfolded &mdash; whatever mistakes may have occurred, whatever musical wanderings &mdash; in the hopes that the magic of the live show could be captured in an honest way. Of Alive July 25, 2025, Martin offers, &ldquo;The live show will always mean more to me than any studio recordings. Every night is different and will never exist again. The character of the room, the energy of the crowd, the moments between songs, wherever my mind and heart and voice are at &ndash; it all mixes together to create something new and ephemeral each night. I wanted to capture a single show, no edits, no reordering of songs, no compiling of takes from multiple shows. A record of a night in a documentary sense. I was so lucky to have Sam Weber join me on guitar. The best recordings are the ones where you forget you are recording, and Sam&rsquo;s brilliant playing made me forget entirely.&rdquo; Sam Weber is a musician known for his distinctive style that blends elements of folk, rock, and Americana. He is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who has gained recognition for his emotive vocals and intricate guitar playing. Weber&rsquo;s music often features thoughtful lyrics and a blend of contemporary and traditional musical influences, making him a unique figure in the indie music scene. His career is marked by a series of album releases, live performances, and collaborations with other artists. Weber&rsquo;s work has been appreciated for its craftsmanship and the emotional depth of his songwriting. As with many musicians in the indie genre, his music tends to evolve over time, reflecting personal experiences and artistic growth.

Jeffrey Martin and Sam Weber

Solas is lighting up stages across the globe as they celebrate three decades of pushing boundaries and honoring traditions in Irish music! Hailed by The Boston Globe as &ldquo;the finest Celtic ensemble this country has ever produced,&rdquo; and by The Wall Street Journal as &ldquo;an Irish traditional band bearing all the marks of greatness,&rdquo; Solas has captivated audiences since their formation in New York City in 1995. With twelve critically acclaimed albums and a reputation for dynamic live performances, Solas has set new standards for musicianship, repertoire, and intensity. Their unique blend of respect for Irish musical traditions with adventurous melodies and instrumentation has made them a cornerstone of the genre. On November 11th at McKenzie River Music, Solas describes and teaches song construction while performing an array of their repertoire unplugged in an intimate setting. &nbsp;founding Solas members Seamus Egan, Winifred Horan, and John Williams will be joined on stage by Alan Murray and renowned multi-instrumentalist/vocal polyglot, Moira Smiley! Audiences can look forward to an unforgettable musical journey as the band showcases their signature sound while continuing to innovate and inspire.

Solas

&ldquo;John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. 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John McCutcheon

&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to make a change,&rdquo; Robbie Fulks declares at the start of Now Then, his second album on Nashville&rsquo;s Compass Records. This statement is familiar to anyone who follows this critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter&rsquo;s career. Since emerging in the 1990s as a pioneer of today&rsquo;s Americana movement, Fulks has consistently explored different sounds, genres, and themes across 16 albums, performing on stages from the Grand Ole Opry and Late Night with Conan O&rsquo;Brien to the Hollywood Bowl and Jimmy Kimmel Live with Steve Martin, Alison Brown, and Tim O&rsquo;Brien.

Robbie Fulks

Amanda Pascali embodies the complexity of modern identity. Born to a mother from Cairo who grew up in France and an Italian father raised in Romania, she&#39;s a mixed-race, bilingual Gen Z troubadour perpetually caught between worlds. Quoting poet Ijeoma Umebinyuo, she says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m often &lsquo;too foreign for here, too foreign for home, and never enough for both.&rsquo;&rdquo; Rather than lamenting this displacement, Pascali has transformed it into her artistic superpower.

Amanda Pascali

Steve Poltz was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) but has lived most of his life in Southern California. He is a dual citizen &ndash; Canada/USA &ndash; but has often said that, &ldquo;should a hostage situation arise, I become conveniently Canadian. &rdquo;Over the course of his life he&rsquo;s met Elvis Presley (who hugged his sister for far too long), trick or treated at Liberace&rsquo;s house (each finger had a diamond ring), was Bob Hope&rsquo;s favourite altar boy (according to him), pissed off David Cassidy and can count some of the world&rsquo;s coolest people as fans. In 20 years since his full-length solo debut, One Left Shoe, Steve Poltz blessed the world&rsquo;s ears with thirteen solo records, spanning the acclaimed 2010 Dreamhouse and most recently, Shine On in 2019. NPR summed it up best, &ldquo;Critics and fans alike now regard Poltz as a talented and prolific songwriter.&rdquo; Evoking themes of &ldquo;hope, love, contemplation, celebration of Wednesday, pharmacists, and the fact that windows are not inanimate objects and they sometimes have conversations with each other,&rdquo; Shine On represents Steve at his most inspired and insightful. The opener and title track pairs a delicate vocal with lithely plucked acoustic strings as he urges everyone to, &ldquo;Shine on, shine on.&rdquo;

Steve Poltz

After 50 years of bold work, Holly Near is still one of the most consistent and well informed voices for change. Her work is loving, challenging, funny, thought-provoking, and remains rooted in the global community. As an outspoken singer and ambassador for peace, Holly brings a unique integration of world consciousness and self-evaluation, always growing and sharing experience humbly and boldly. Special guests will perform on Emma&rsquo;s Revolution&rsquo;s songs and, this year, Emma&rsquo;s Revolution will also perform on their guests&rsquo; songs. The concert is a fundraiser for the feature documentary being made by award-winning independent filmmaker, Tom Weidlinger, about the duo, their songs and their decades of work on the frontlines of peace and social justice movements.

Holly Near with Emma's Revolution

One of the most musically accomplished &amp; tasteful purveyors of traditional &amp; contemporary Irish music, the husband-wife duo of Tommy and Saundra O&rsquo;Sullivan own, run and book the famous O&rsquo;Sullivan&rsquo;s Courthouse Pub, smack in the middle of Dingle, Ireland, home to many of the island&rsquo;s best musicians. Prior to opening the esteemed establishment in 2011, Tommy was a full-time touring musician. As a member of Sliabh Notes he recorded three albums. He also toured for years with Irish piper Paddy Keenan with whom he recorded a duet album, The Long Grazing Acre. He has recorded two solo albums, Song Ablaze and Legacy. Tommy &amp; Saundra&rsquo;s paths crossed when she attended an annual traditional Irish music retreat in Midlothian, Texas, where Tommy was an Irish guest instructor on guitar and vocals. As they explored singing together, they discovered her alto harmonies to be a perfect match to his tenor vocals. The two married in Houston in 2010 and now live in Dingle, where their pub which has earned a reputation for world-class traditional Irish music. In 2015, National Geographic cited O&rsquo;Sullivan&rsquo;s Courthouse Pub as the go-to pub for traditional Irish music on Ireland&rsquo;s Wild Atlantic Way.

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