Grassroots Concerts

Grassroots Concerts celebrates its 300th concert with the return of singer-songwriter James Keelaghan called "Canada's finest songwriter" by American music critic and historian Dave Marsh. James' latest release, History: The First 25 Years, is a retrospective covering his literate, layered songbook. View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your…

Haley Bonar recorded her first album as a teenager and in the last decade has released eight more recordings to critical acclaim and mounting success.  She refers to her musical career as a "happy accident." View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

The songbook of guitarist-songwriter Gurf Morlix pithily relates the human condition with lyrics that don't waste a syllable and instrumentation without a spare note. After decades of providing exemplary instrumental and production work for the likes of Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, and Mary Gauthier, Morlix has gone solo. "Morlix's music mines the seam where roadhouse…

Award-winning singer-songwriters James Keelaghan and Jez Low, from Canada and England, will join forces on the Grassroots stage. Don't miss this rare collaboration of great tunesmiths and old friends: Together they'll make magic. Keelaghan is "Canada's finest songwriter." - Dave Marsh. Lowe is "the best singer-songwriter to come out of the UK for a long…

Pushing Chain plays "folky-tonk" music featuring Boyd Blomberg on guitar and Adam Moe on fiddle. The duo's strong songwriting, tight vocal harmonies, and gonzo approach have been winning fans across the Midwest and beyond. "The duo's vibe is infectious enough to be investigated by the CDC; anyone who doesn't grin during the set must be…

Hailing from the song-rich soil of Minneapolis, Brianna Lane is a gifted singer-songwriter who plays both guitar and banjo in true Americana form. She crafts songs that are clear-eyed and pure with gritty, unflinching emotional honesty. Lane is "...a great writer, a soul singer of the first order, and an accomplished guitarist." - Jim Walsh,…

Led by wife and husband Kim and Quillan Roe, Roe Family Singers marries old-time sounds from barn dances, fiddle pulls, and county fairs with the rock and roll passion of youth. Every performance raises a ruckus, and Kim's award-winning clogging just adds to the show. "Roe Family Singers are the new wave of old-time." -…

Lula Wiles is Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland, and Mali Obomsawin. Their new release What Will We Do on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings places the group squarely in line with some of its deepest influences, from the protest anthems of Woody Guthrie to the trailblazing songs of Elizabeth Cotten and Hazel Dickens. "The chemistry they bring to the stage…

Hailed by everyone from Dave Van Ronk to Doc Watson, Dakota Dave Hull's guitar style spans a wide musical geography to create an infectious, uniquely personal blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing, and vintage pop. "One of the best guitarists in the world." - Dave Van Ronk Grassroots Concerts is celebrating 30 years…

Sara Thomsen grew up near Duluth, surrounded by a community and family that loved to sing, infusing her life with music. With a voice rich as the best Midwest soil, Thomsen "picks up the torch carried by balladeers of decades past: Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, and Peter, Paul, and Mary." -…