{"id":2363,"date":"2017-05-06T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honesdalerootsandrhythm.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2017-05-06T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T16:30:59","slug":"first-main-stage-acts-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honesdalerootsandrhythm.com\/?p=2363","title":{"rendered":"First-up Main Stage Acts for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Honesdale, May 6, 2017)\u2026A well-known Blues musician, a trio of ladies\u2014\u201cmasters of three-part harmony\u201d\u2014and a spirited rock band will take the stage at the 12th<\/sup> annual Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got three fantastic acts lined up and we\u2019re poised to announce the headliner,\u201d says Randy Kohrs, music committee chairperson. \u201cBruce Katz and his band will kick it off around 1:30pm in Honesdale\u2019s Central Park, and the talent on stage won\u2019t stop until nine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruce Katz (pictured above ) is a four-time nominee for the Blues Music Award and was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame in 2013.\u00a0 Fellow musician Greg Allman called Katz \u201ca heavy\u201d who can play \u201cjazz, blues, Bach, anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The free music and arts festival will showcase Katz, followed by Thomas Wynn and the Believers. \u00a0This group of five men and a woman personifies rugged uplifting rock, sprinkled with southern soul R&B, according to the Chicago entertainment website Metromix. \u201cThey deliver soulful, gritty tunes, some as sweet as honeysuckle and others ferociously jagged, reminiscent of Levon Helm and Neil Young\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Next up:\u00a0 No Good Sister, three women from the Philadelphia area who started singing together in 2012. Not long after, they won an open mic competition at World Cafe Live at The Queen in Wilmington, DE, which ultimately led them to being named the Standout Performer of 2013. This spring they released their first full-length studio album, You Can Love Me.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Good Sister belies their name\u2014they\u2019re really good<\/em>,\u201d laughs Kohrs, adding, \u201call these bands will lead up to the final headlining act, which we will announce soon. Stay tuned!\u201d<\/p>\n

Honesdale Roots & Rhythm officially opens at 10:30am along Main Street with local bands and then moves to Central Park, where attendees can enjoy arts, crafts, games and food. This non-profit event is totally free of charge, put on entirely by volunteers and supported by sponsors, donors and grants.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s family friendly and really entertaining,\u201d says this year\u2019s Festival Chair Jamie Stunkard. \u201cCome join us on June 17th<\/sup>!\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out more, visit honesdalerootsandrhythm.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Thomas Wynn & The Believers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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No Good Sister<\/p>\n

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