Featuring: Tatiana Riabokin, the haunting Ukrainian singer and bandura player (the national instrument of Ukraine) with singer Nataly Nowytski, troubadour Larry Long with cellist Jacqueline Ultan, John Munson of the New Standards, clever singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks with cellist Michelle Kinney, singer-songwriters Fendrick and Peck, poets Hawona Sullivan-Janzen, Thomas R. Smith, Dougie Padilla, Jim Lenfestey, Robert Bly in absentia, poet-musician Tim Frantzich.
Join Larry Long’s American Roots Revue at the Dakota for two shows on November 12th for the release of their CD American Roots Revue Live at the Dakota.
The band features Robert Robinson (Pavarotti of Gospel), Claudia Schmidt (Masterful Weaver of Story & Song), Tonia Hughes (Powerhouse of Soul), and Larry Long with an all-star band led by Michael Bland (former Prince and Current Soul Asylum Drummer) and Billy Steele (Keyboardist for the Legendary Steele Family and Sounds of Blackness). The Roots band includes the virtuosity of Joe Savage on dobro and pedal steel, and first-time performances by Jeff Bailey (Acoustic & Electric Bassist for Joey McIntyre, Andres Prado, Minnesota Orchestra), world percussionist Marc Anderson, and new sensation Geoff LeCrone on lead guitar.