Gregory Rawlins

alt-folk

As folk as any alternative musician and as alternative as any folk artist, Gregory Rawlins is tougher to pin down then a feral cat. His inventive compositions, homegrown honesty and austere command of language translate to what one coined as, "alternatively-bestial truckstop folk."

"The songs of Gregory Rawlins combine engaging storytelling with sharply focused visual imagery, drawing the listener into a shared world of intensely-held emotions. Performed with an eclectic ingenuity and an unconventional approach to instruments, a live show by Gregory Rawlins is not to be missed."
- Greg Harness, RootsWorld Magazine (Sep 09, 2015)

Website:

http://www.reverbnation.com/gregoryrawlins

Dan Raphael

Poet

Since moving to Portland in 1977, Dan Raphael has been active in the poetry community as poet, performer, editor, and reading arranger. Impulse & Warp: The Selected 20th Century Poems(Wordcraft of Oregon, 2010) includes work from his first 13 collections. Books of new poems include The State I'm In (nine muses, 2012), Breath Test (nine muses, 2007), and Showing Light a Good Time(Jazz Police, 2001). Children of the Blue, a CD of performances with jazz saxophonist Rich Halley and drummer Carson Halley, was released in February. Dan has given over 250 performances, in places like Wordstock, Bumbershoot, Powell's Books, Eastern Oregon University, Portland Jazz Festival, and 60 other Portland venues. After editing NRG magazine for 17 years, he published 26 Books-26 chapbooks of 26 pages from 26 Oregon and Washington poets. He organized a reading series at downtown Borders for 13 years, the market day reading series in St Johns for 3, and once staged 'Poetland'-80 poets in 8 places reading over an 8 hour span.