Jill Jack has dominated Detroit’s folk/rock scene for the past decade. A woman with a strong drive and ambition, Jill has a voice with a distinct timbre that sets her apart – each year and each album, her voice becomes more clearly defined as uniquely her own.

Songwriter Sessions was recorded over those two nights in the historic Hartland Music Hall in Hartland, Michigan – 15 previously unreleased songs in two concerts specifically crafted around the theme of songwriting. Each song was introduced with a story on where and how the song came about. “So many people would ask me how I came to write a certain song, or tell me that they remembered the story behind the writing of a song and that’s why they bought the record, that I thought it would be a good idea to just show that process. People are extremely curious about the songwriting process, and I thought having an audience share the experience a little through me telling the story behind each song, and then to perform it in pretty much its virginal state – like I said, it was a huge undertaking,” she laughs, “ but I thought, if I pulled it off, it’d be really good!”

Jill has worked relentlessly for years and has risen to the elite of Detroit's music scene, building a large and loyal fan base that literally stretches from coast to coast (with her website receiving thousands of hits each week). For this singer/songwriter, performing countless shows while balancing all the risks involved between her music career and raising her teenage daughter have really paid off. Jill has produced and released five critically-acclaimed albums (selling well over 15,000 copies), and has won 20 Detroit Music Awards for outstanding vocalist, songwriter, album, and artist across three different genres (Acoustic/Folk, Country, and Pop/Rock). Jill has garnered TEN nominations between the 2006 and 2007 DMA's.
 

Luke Brindley is arguably one of the most promising singer/songwriter to emerge from the Washington, DC area in years. With his new EP Five Songs, the New Jersey raised DC-based artist affirms his relevance among leading young singer/songwriters. The EP follows on the heels of his highly praised, self-titled record called “one of the best roots-rock records of the year” by The Washington Post.

Luke has released four critically acclaimed albums in the last five years, garnering praise from numerous national publications. Equally at home on the stage, The Washington Times says of his live performance “no song goes untouched by the energy an pure infectious joy of Luke’s performance…a mastery of pop songcraft and stagecraft.”

He won a 2008 Washington Area Music Association award for Best Contemporary Folk Album of the Year and was a finalist in the 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, the 2008 Paste / Cayamo singer/songwriter Contest, the 2008 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist, a 2007- 2008 Artist in Residence at the Strathmore Center, 2007 and 2008 Performing Songwriter Top 12 DIY, and more.

When asked about his influences he names artists from the classic singer/songwriter pantheon such as Dylan, Neil Young and Van Morrison, the straight-forward American songwriters like Springsteen, Townes Van Zandt and Paul Westerberg, the elegance of Nick Drake and early Bruce Cockburn, the rawness and simplicity of early American and guitar work of D’Gary, Michael Hedges and Ali Farka Toure and also authors and poets like Thomas Merton, Rilke, James Wright, and Rumi.

Luke is currently in the studio recording new material.