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April 23-25, 2027
Joseph McSpadden has been a roots music enthusiast since the late 60s. His love for folk, blues, and country rock led him to start writing for www.theflamestillburns.com. In 2014 he was selected by No Depression for the launch of the ND Live feature, and for two years reported on live music from the famed Birchmere […]
The country American group, Maybe April, formed during the summer of 2012 at a music industry camp in Nashville, Tennessee. The two members, Katy Dubois, from Arkansas, and Alaina Stacey, from Illinois, met at the camp and realized how well they complemented each other musically. The pair began creating country folk music, blending their voices […]
Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández is an historian, university professor, author and public speaker, whose fields of expertise include Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino / Hispanic culture and society. Currently, he teaches at the University of Central Florida and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Council for History Education. His books include: Revolutionary […]
Tara Lynn Masih is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and winner of a Julia Ward Howe Award, a 2018 Florida Book Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award, and multiple Foreword Book of the Year Awards. She is the author of the acclaimed novel My Real Name Is Hanna and editor of The Rose Metal Press […]
Born and raised in New Jersey, Bob Malone was classically trained on the piano, and later earned his degree in jazz. Since then he has refined his sound to be a unique combination of rock, blues, and New Orleans R&B. Bob has had a very successful solo career, playing the keyboard around the world for […]
Nate Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago. A well-accomplished poet, his first book, The Wild Hundreds, received the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. He has also released his own rap album, Grown. He starred in the award-winning documentary, Louder Than a Bomb, about Chicago high schoolers preparing for the world’s largest youth slam. He […]
They’re back! Local Forecast has officially returned to the north Florida music scene, and while the times have changed, the groove and fun that they produce hasn’t. From throwback disco to new age rap, the band does everything people say can’t be done! Returning to ring is the familiar cast: Aaron Taylor, Michael Murray, Mason […]
Kimberly Lojewski’s story collection, Worm Fiddling Nocturne in the Key of a Broken Heart, was a Florida Book Awards gold medalist. She is a native Floridian with an MA in English from Florida Gulf Coast University and an MFA in in fiction from University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Poets and Writers Program. Her stories have been […]
Eric Litwin is a song singing, guitar strumming, # 1 New York Times Best Selling author who brings early literacy and music together. He is the original author of the Pete the Cat series as well as the author of The Nuts and Groovy Joe. Eric’s books have sold over 12.5 million copies, been translated […]
Kim Frances Lee is a native Floridian and author of Animal March, Lost In the Okefenokee Swamp, and Beach Treasure, A Rhyming, Riddling Scavenger Hunt. She resides near the Capitol of Florida where farfetched stories occur regularly. Kim has been writing about Florida and the ecosystems connected with the state since her college days at […]