With her sweet, wry, perspective on things, Annie puts herself – and a host of other subjects – on a laboratory slide, peers in close, and makes discoveries that ring satisfyingly true. A warm, earthy voice carries her rich and captivating melodies that are punctuated beautifully by the guitar work of husband, Rod Capps, who handles both electric and acoustic and the tenor banjo with equal rootsy grace. Married for 13 years, and making music together for many more, the Capps have a sound that reflects their deep and intuitive understanding of each other. They create “midwest urban folk” music that is both sophisticated and disarming - offering thoughtful, somber, tender and frisky songs that have at their core a warm, funky groove and a soulful glow.

Their latest CD is called In This Town.  The CD made it on a couple of pretty cool "best of" lists, including the Folk DJs' top songs (#38 out of 200), artists and albums of the year ; WVPE in Elkhart Indiana "The Back Porch Best Albums Of 2007", A3radio's Folk it! show honored us with Song, Artist and Album of the year and Maggie Ferguson of WXOU's Old Front Porch program gave us a "very honorable mention".

Annie is also a member of the Yellow Room Gang, a songwriting collective that features some of Michigan's finest songwriters.  She is also one of the founders of Songwriters Anonymous, a songwriting collective of over 40 Michigan based artists.

Joel Palmer been singing for as long as he can remember. His first paying gig [he was paid .25 cents by his brother], was for a performance of his "mean" imitation of Ricky Nelson singing "Hello, Mary Lou", while standing in the closet.

He was influenced by the popular troubadours of the day, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Jim Croce, & Dan Fogelberg. He then discovered the sounds of Leon Redbone, the country blues of Mississippi John Hurt and vintage jazz styles as well.

After years of performing solo, Joel joined forces with Jim Nichols to form the Blue Jays, a country blues duo. Jeff Royer joined the group on bass and sax and brought a jazz influence to the now trio.

At the same time he continued to hone his solo performance technique at various local venues and open mics around town. A regular at The Ark's Open Stage, Joel was selected as one of their "best of", and was featured at the annual Open Stage Showcase.

Joel and Jeff went on to create their own original blend of folk/blues with a touch of jazz in the duo Wanderin' Wheel.

A well respected picker, Joel is an active member of the Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society.  He's performed at Mama's Coffee House, The Trinity House, The Ark, Acoustic Avenue Coffeehouse, Live from the Living Room.