Lucas Powell is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician born and based in mid-Michigan. Inspired by artists like Noah Gundersen, Phoebe Bridgers, Joshua James, and Sufjan Stevens, Lucas uses autobiographical storytelling to invite the audience to collectively sing, celebrate, grieve, and introspect.
Powell released his debut full-length album Michigan in August 2021. The 12 track record features folk rock tunes with diverse instrumentation and thematically wrestle with the relationship between adolescence, death, and the divine. Recording and production for Michigan was done completely remote, with drum contribution from Taylor Greenshields (Fundamental Sound Company) and engineering from Dan Zasadny (Eureka Records).
Michigan was preceded by two singles: Firmament (released June 2021), which was featured on Audiotree Presents’ MichSongs playlist, and The Chippewa River (released July 2021).
In 2021, Powell played numerous live performances across Michigan and Wisconsin and was featured in Old Main Record’s “BareBones” virtual music festival. Whether performing solo or a backing band, Powell delivers a performance that is both dynamic and engaging.
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Political Lizard, started by Caleb Waldvogel and Jenna Olson first entered the music scene in May, 2018. Beginning to write and perform music at local venues soon created quite a buzz in Grand Rapids and beyond. In the summer of 2018, after only four months of being together, Political Lizard joined The Accidentals on a tour of Northern Michigan.
In Fall of 2018 John Bomer (multi-instrumentalist) and Miles Ferguson (drummer) joined the band, transitioning the sound from acoustic folk to indie/ folk rock. In February 2019, Political Lizard released their debut album "Joy the Dog" (available for streaming everywhere).
Political Lizard continues to tour, growing their fanbase and sharing the sounds of passion, sadness, and more.
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Grace Theisen is a Kalamazoo-based independent Blues/Americana artist. Grace’s love for music started in her childhood living room, harmonizing to folk and blues songs with her family. Inspired by a variety of artists from bluegrass/folk singers like Patty Griffin and Alison Krauss to 1950’s & 60’s Beatles and The Supremes to the King of Blues, B.B. King.
She graduated from Hope College with double major in Psychology and Women’s Studies. As her love for musical composition evolved throughout her college career, she realized singing and songwriting were having a far greater impact on her life than she anticipated.
From 2012-2018, Grace co-founded and ran a nonprofit called Songs Against Slavery. They worked to fight sex trafficking in the United States by raising money and awareness through benefit concerts and musician partnerships. They ran 28 benefit concerts in eight states and raised over $375,000 to aid in the fight against sex trafficking.
Grace lived in Nashville, TN from 2015-2018 to run SAS full-time. In that time she opened for Emmylou Harris, played the infamous Bluebird Cafe, participated in songwriter rounds at The Listening Room and opened for Matthew Perryman Jones at The Nashville City Winery.
Grace just released her first two singles of her new EP, Dance With The Shadows. This record was produced by Jake Rye of the Social Recording Company who is also the producer for fellow Michigan artists: Michigander, Brother Elsey, Leland Blue, Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions. It is a mix of Blues, Pop, and Americana. She recently won Cari Cole’s Best New Artist of 2021 and was recently named “Artist To Watch” by Local Spins media outlet in January of 2022.