David S. Kruse, Elisabeth Pixley-Fink, & Birdfingers

-Elisabeth Pixley-Fink- Elisabeth Pixley-Fink is a Michigan-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Heartskin, her upcoming full-length album, was recorded on tape in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan, and mixed by Tim Carr (Perfume Genius, Hand Habits). Heartbreaking and heart-making, her blend of distinctive folk and bratty garage rock hits you in the chest with guts, trust and hunger. Raised by a musicologist and a math professor in Kalamazoo, she also has musical ties to Portland, OR and Mexico City, and loves tiny bouquets, buttondowns, and queer futurism. Listen: https://pixley-fink.com/music

-David S. Kruse- David S. Kruse is a storyteller employing folk-rock’s unique histories to present a compelling look at characters whose rural lives are built in equal measure from devastation and joy. With a slight country swing, his work rambles and sways in time with the uncommon grace of his bucolic surroundings. Absorbing the influence of artists like Neil Young and Gram Parsons, Kruse builds these fascinating atmospheres where quiet despair and unfiltered hope exist comfortably side by side. His work is warm and occasionally unsettling, building to the creation of a world where these individuals and the consequences of their actions can play out to their inevitable conclusions. Listen: https://davidskruse.bandcamp.com

-Birdfingers- Birdfingers is Bennett Young, an independent musician and music educator in Kalamazoo, MI. Young began recording original music as a teenager, and has been making music at home, on stage, and in the studio ever since. He frequently contributes as a multi-instrumentalist to other local artists, and teaches private lessons at his home studio, where he recently recorded the first full-length Birdfingers album in over ten years, to be released early 2023. Listen: https://birdfingers.bandcamp.com/