Having grown up in a musical family in Petaluma, California, Ben Morrison made a name for himself over the past 15 years as the frontman of Bay Area bluegrass band The Brothers Comatose. But for Rivertown Revival, Morrison is putting together a special band of musical friends including members of T Sisters, Lester & Dylan Chambers and more, to embody the old spirit of country and the contemporary soul of rock and roll to close out the Barn Stage on Saturday evening.

A Rivertown tradition in which members of The Crux plus John Courage back up a revolving cast of artists on our beautiful Barn Stage. This year features performances by, Tru Lyric, Maya McNeil, Spike Sikes, Simoné Mosely, Rafael Sarria Bustamante from La Gente SF, and Sierra Camille.

The Crux has appeared as a chain-rattling folk punk crew, an unhinged gospel service, a theatrical film-noir jazz combo, and more... This band is a true North Bay institution with a revolving cast of musicians assembled and coaxed into action by regional impresario Josh Windmiller. Ever-evolving and constantly pushing their own boundaries, The Crux explores the last remaining wild places through music and art.

John Courage is soulful vocals and vast sonic scapes set to the backdrop of a lockstep rhythm section.

Audio Angel is your favorite mixed tape, come to life! Since making Petaluma her home, Audio Angel has come together with 6 of the North Bay's best musicians to bring listeners something that may sound familiar but with a refreshing twist!

Andre Thierry plays soulful, uplifting dance music.

The Grain plays Petaluma guitar driven original jam rock and roll.

Introspective, soul centered hip hop.

Ismay is a Folk/Americana music project driven by California-based singer/songwriter Avery Hellman. Their debut album Songs Of Sonoma Mountain was released in 2020 and named one of the 10 best Albums in the Bay Area and garnered features in American Songwriter, No Depression, Sonoma Magazine, and more.

Van Goat play swing/punk.

King Dream is a Bay Area rock ‘n’ roll band helmed by Oakland native Jeremy Lyon, a lifelong songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who crafts dive bar anthems with heart, brains and soul.

Salsa Rosa Orquesta plays Salsa music!

Foxes In The HenHouse is five audacious women with stunning three-part harmonies and mad instrumental skills.

Hubbub Club is a Carnival marching band, family friendly and very loud. Music changes the world!

Our music is uplifting and motivating, captivating lyrics, r&b hip hop mix with a twist.

Roaring out of the fog-shrouded hills of Sonoma and drowning out the chatter, New Wave/Prog-Pop troubadours Pardon the Interruption (aka PTI) are taking their place — asserting their voice — in the storied musical conversation of the San Francisco Bay Area.

RAD and Campbell make folk, punk multilingual magic.

Led by the captivating presence of guitarist/vocalist Javi Jimenez, this band evokes an element of romanticism that makes you feel like you’re in a gypsy fever dream. Their original compositions possess an emotional charge, awakening dance moves you might not have conjured in years.

Kashia Stewarts Point Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Member Dance Group Leader and Group Rockman/Singer Joe Salinas, the Sonoma County Pomo Dancers he founded, in February 2007. The group, comprised mostly of young Native Pomo Youth ages 3 and up, meets weekly to practice at the Sonoma County Indian Health Project (SCIHP) in Santa Rosa along with some Parents that Dance with the Youth as well.

Joan Baez walks off Jefferson Airplane to meet Rodriguez at Neutral Milk Hotel for a Whiskey Ginger and some Alabama Shakes...

X Confidence plays synthesizer-based indie-pop-rock in a sumptuous, retro blend of 80s synth, 70s groove & today’s sensibilities…

Rivertown Skifflers play uptempo Americana Jug Ban Music!

Sonomacana is an original eclectic musical group collaboration between Kyle Martin (Vox, Bass), Lara Brown (Vox, Flute, Percussion, Ukulele), Dave McClean (Guitar) and Mario Aparicio (Vox, Drums).

like eucalyptus but instead of euca it’s echo.

echolyptus is a five piece group based in Santa Rosa, CA. The group consists of

Jaz Pa!ge on rhythm guitar and vocals, Jacob Rosales on bass, Eve C. on lead guitar, Steven Ruiz on acoustic guitar & vocals, and César ‘Crow’ Lopez on drums. Their first single release “u+me=infinity” was recorded in their garage studio w/ sound engineer & drummer of the band Crow Lopez. The song holds the moody qualities of dream pop & shoe gaze, genres that influence the band’s sound."

Quiet Time is the super-duo collaboration of longtime Bay Area vocalists Audio Angel (The JungleSF) and Dan Brennan (The Human Condition/Foolproof Four). Vocal duets float on a bed of acoustic guitar, clarinet and mandolin as original tunes mingle with intimate arrangements of familiar favorites. Get ready to get quiet!

Eki’Shola’s music is “Half-time electronic soul for the mind” - Resident Advisor. Featured in PBS, NPR Tiny Desk Contest, KQED and most recently selected Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick, Eki’Shola’s music transcends genre, as she seamlessly draws from jazz, electronica, and soul music to create a sonic landscape all her own. A vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and physician, Eki’Shola uses her music as a conduit for healing. Completing her virtual tour in 2021 for her fourth solo album and inspired by observing the need for amplifying the voices of underrepresented creatives, Eki’Shola was moved to create and launch Unmute Magazine, a digital publication by and mainly for BIPOC artists. ASCAP Plus winner and four-time NorBay Music awardee, she has shared the stage with Dr. Donald Byrd and Steve Turre and has opened for artists including Bebel Gilberto, DakhaBrakha, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Lucky Otis, and Kitaro and is currently working on her fifth solo album, かえる(Kaeru).

Hannah Jern-Miller is a guitar/harmonica player, singer, and artist from Petaluma, CA. She has been bringing her smooth blend of folk, blues, bluegrass, and vintage rock music to the world for over 15 years. Born into a musical family, singing came naturally, and she flourished in Petaluma's country setting. It was with her father’s old Yamaha guitar that she felt instant comfort, and was inspired to write songs and adapt cover tunes to her own style. Her soulful originals will leave you teary eyed and her fun, upbeat cover tunes will have you singing along and smiling.

"Led by Bay Area singer songwriter and Producer Sebastian Saint James the Highway Poets have an eclectic sound that lays somewhere between The Rolling Stones and The Black Keys. A modern mix of Rock, Folk and Indie Blues. They strive to push the barriers with honest lyrics, soul and an unforgettable one of a kind show." -The Best of The Bay

Indie musician and singer-songwriter Caitlin Jemma speaks for the multitudes on her celestial new disco-folk album, True Meaning, out September 17th on American Standard Time Records. Conjuring the soulfulness of Norah Jones, the melancholy of Joni Mitchell, and the lyric-bending bewitchment of Bonnie Raitt, Jemma takes listeners on an atmospheric journey from heartbreak to hope throughout the ten dynamic tracks which make up True Meaning—a vulnerable-yet-spirited release exploring the full emotional spectrum of being human, while posing an age-old philosophical question: “What is the true meaning of life?”

SoloRio is a new Americana'n rock stone soup collaboration band based in the North Bay Area, California. The band consists of C. Cameron and Brooks Anderson, Andy Tester, Andy 'Dru' Rodgers and Gary Kaye. Percussion (B. Anderson) and bass (Tester) conspire in a dynamic heartbeat while adding voice to the four-part harmonies this band is known for. Cameron's dobro phrasings, banjo patterns, and harp expressions bring tasty atmospheres and unexpected dimensions; while Rodger’s guitar, mando and cosmic ukulele resonates to pad and drive the sonic stories. Kaye's tasty peddle steel warmly molds and joyously dances throughout. Fronting SoloRio, Andy2 and Cameron each lead original works with strong harmonies. The band is known to be often joined by renowned local musicians for a spontaneous busk!

Joshua James Jackson is a singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist in Oakland, CA. Triple J has had just about every musical role, from trumpet in an orchestra to rock n roll guitarist, bluegrass bassist to live sampling Dr. Phil on a handheld tv in a funk band, and everything in between. Music has taken Triple J to every corner of the USA and across the globe— just like a good fried chicken recipe. Now he’s bringing his ace band to you.

The Lee Vandeveer Band brings a wide variety of musical and

artistic influences together to create a rockin' sound that blend’s elements of blues, psychedelic rock and elements of jazz into a powerful bundle that gets your body moving.

LVB's songs and lyrics invite the listener on a journey through biographical tales of joy, sorrow and defiance. A musical landscape that explores the tangle of love, longing and loss.

Sonoma County’s folk trio is made up of Anita Bear Sandwina, Megan McLaughlin, and Tom Kuhn. Anita and Megan, both award-winning songwriters, met behind the microphone singing backups at a friend’s show and discovered their sister- like harmony blend. The Musers have produced three CDs of original songs in the four years they have been together. Their “Free Range Folk” includes Irish, Appalachian, Roots, Swing, Gospel, and Americana. Each musical dish is served up with laughter, dancing feet, and verve.

“I want to bring something new and fresh to the genre of Hip-Hop.”

Born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA, has come a long way from making music with friends while attending Analy High School. He found refuge in writing lyrics while battling his depression and anxiety and was able to grow as a musician helping others who battle with the same disease. His passion and love for music stems from what he grew up listening to during his childhood: The Temptations, Notorious B.I.G., and Frank Sinatra to name a few. As his view of Hip-Hop transformed, Tru Lyric began working with musicians from across the county to infuse Jazz, Gospel, Rock, Blues, and even Salsa into his music.

In 2020 Tru Lyric began working on a new sound for his most recent EP, “Black Kids Like Emo”, an alternative album with a Hip-Hop fusion. This project was largely inspired by his high school experiences. Written through the eyes of his high school self, the EP talks about bullies, lost love, struggling to fit in, and most importantly self love and acceptance. Sprinkled throughout the EP is plenty of humor and references taking you back to 2010. “Black Kids Like Emo” was released digitally in June 2021. Tru has kept his foot on the gas since then releasing a variety of singles this year that greatly highlight his versatility as a recording artist!

“Swinging Soul” is the best term Royal Jelly Jive can find in describing their unique and intoxicating sound. Led by dynamic front-woman Jaleh, this sultry sextet rocks into uncharted musical territories with their infectious blend of modern and throwback sensibilities. Armed with retro horns, heavy grooves, and catchy songs that are impossible to resist, RJJ can pair with your fancy cocktail at a smoky jazz club and shake up the funkiest dance party.

Born out of Funk and Happenstance at John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, Royal Jelly Jive has gone full-steam ahead in embracing music as their truest calling. From prominent festival stages all along the West Coast, East Coast and U.K., they continue to sweep crowds off their feet with a high energy live show that leaves crowds yelling for Mo’ JELLY! Tour highlights include sharing stages with The Roots, Michael Franti, Lake Street Dive, Thievery Corporation and Avett Brothers, as well prominent slots at festivals such as Napa Valley’s Bottlerock, Portland Waterfront Blues Fest and Outside Lands. The future is Jelly.

Sinaloan style band formed in Santa Rosa. Tamborazo Santo Domingo is dedicated to brighten hearts all over California.

When Beckylin's mom couldn't find a sitter and started taking her to the Rawhide (a gay country bar in SF), she never could have known that it would spawn a lifelong love of country music, but that it did.

Beckylin & Her Druthers are a wig country band out of the Bay Area recreating the glamour, fun, and sincerity of early 70’s TV country music.

Beckylin & Her Druther's ever-expanding catalog of original music focuses on what Beckylin jokingly calls her "origin story," and on her mother, the original Cocaine Cowgirl. Their full repertoire of classic country spans the late 40’s through early 80’s.

Beckylin is the Glittering Queen of the Honky Tonk Scene. She is also known as Rebecca Lin Coseboom.

“Rebecca Coseboom – a female front woman with an incredible voice – proves she has enough swagger and sway to keep things interesting without ever being overstated”– CMJ

“Rebecca Coseboom’s voice flutters around your head like a silky scarf” -The Stranger, Seattle

“Rebecca Coseboom sounds pretty damn good regardless of the genre” - Obscure Sound

“Rebecca Coseboom sings with a rarefied, alluring intimacy” - The Today Show

Sean Hayes is a Bay Area singer-songwriter who makes music to dance to or cry to, or maybe both at the same time. He was born in New York City, raised in North Carolina, and honed his earliest musical chops in a band playing Irish and old-time tunes — but his unique style of deeply felt, R&B-inflected folk really matured during his two decades singing and playing in cafes, bars, and night clubs of San Francisco.

His tones are smoky, soulful, and timeless, encapsulating the old spirit of country and the contemporary soul of rock and roll. Northern California native Ben Morrison has been compared to Kris Kristofferson, a male counterpoint to Amy Winehouse, and chunky, spicy peanut butter.

Late for the Train is a modern string band that feels both fresh and familiar. Drawing heavily from bluegrass and old-time, the San Francisco-based 4-piece weaves elements of folk, funk, and jamgrass into powerful and articulate arrangements of original and traditional music.

Celebrating Rivertown's ten year anniversary with a variety show. Special guests will take the stage with songs, skits, and other surprises. Hosted by The Crux's Josh Windmiller.

LA GENTE SF was born in the eclectic San Francisco Bay Area and is led by Rafael Bustamante Sarria: singer-songwriter and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy's. LA GENTE SF has just released "Lotus Hotel" their first single and music video from their 5th studio album "Entre 2 Mundos." The album and series of music videos were recorded and filmed in San Francisco, Colombia, Spain, Mexico and Morocco. LA GENTE SF is currently on their 2022 world tour in support of this new international project.

MAITA's infectious melodies and deliberate lyricism breathe fresh air into early indie-rock and grunge moments of the 90's, creating a lush landscape that is at once familiar and unknown.

The Billie Holiday Project brings you back to the swinging Jazz clubs of the 1930's and 1940's.

Timothy O'Neil Band blends the sounds of energy ridden steam punk anthems with the soulful honesty of folk ballads.

Snaps for Sinners is a fiery blend of hot club swing and rockabilly shenanigans that leaves audiences gasping for breath.

Pistoleros Famosos is a norteño band, consisting of an accordion, bass guitar, bajo quinto, and drums.

Intuitive Compass combines the diverse talents of song writer and guitar pioneer, Jason Dea West, and old time circus freak and accordionist, Aurelia Anne Cohen. Purveyors of “Original Western Folk Music”, they offer a timeless sound, which evokes a musical America of the past without ever sounding dated.

Among the western hills of Sonoma County, Burnside ignited from the collision of funky bass line groves, slick beats from a beekeeping yogi, and a motley repertoire of original songs that tell the journey from city streets to country roads, yearnings for a better world..

Bloomfield Bluegrass Band is an all-Sonoma County group of seasoned performers dedicated to playing the traditional bluegrass repertoire.

Gentlemen Soldiers are a North Bay quartet performing a traditional Irish style with a punk rock ethos, pop-sensibility, harmony and soulful musicality.

Miss Moonshine is Sonoma County's Foot-Stompin' Folk Band, distilling delectably eclectic Americana.

Born in Graton, California in 2007, the The Hubbub Club includes over twenty volunteer musicians and second-line dancers who make music together in a funky, fun fashion to promote, uplift, and support our local communities.

James K has played to happy audiences of kids and their parents all over Sonoma County for years and we’re happy to once again have him at Rivertown Revival this year.

La Agencia's music is traditional norteño. We have a versatile repertoire that includes modern and classic songs. 

T-Luke & The Tight Suits is a Bay Area Blues, Zydeco, and New Orleans style party and dance band. Raised in Louisiana music and heritage, T-Luke brings a fun new vibe to his cultural roots

The Crux is a mad scientist’s music laboratory, where songs are presented as theatrical experiments with an odd and beautiful intensity... Lullabies to drink your morning coffee to. Gospel songs for the faithless. Pirate shanties for people who get seasick. Swing music for the graceless.

Eki Shola creates a space for you through a fusion of electronica and funktified non-traditional jazz chops with a twist of soulful semi-ambient vibes: reflect, chill and let go!

John Courage is electric rock n roll deep fried in the traditions of country and blues, with a nod to the past and tones from the future.

The King Street Giants are Bay Area Trad Jazz & more. No Trumpet Required.

The Sally Haggard Band is a blend of folk, rock and blues. Performing songs ranging from heart felt ballads to upbeat dance worthy tunes. 

Sharkmouth is a funky jazz punk trio from Sonoma County with an appetite for the open road and an acute ability to hang hard. At RR this year they’ll be accompanied by an ace horn section, and it’ll be a rare and radical experience.

Celtic with a kick! Greenhouse’s sound melds the time-honored traditional music of Ireland and the British Isles with innovative, contemporary arrangements and a World Beat sensibility.

A whimsical display of magic from a by gone age featuring sword swallowing, illusions, belly dancing and other flights of fancy!

The Orchid Killers are original folk and country, and traditional old-time Americana rooted in Sonoma County.

French Oak gives a fresh spin on French and American Swing Era Classics; melding genres from Jazz Manouche and French Musette, to New Orleans Swing and Traditional Global Folk. 

Formed in 2015, the Rivertown Skifflers are a jug band in the wild North American folk tradition of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, the Even Dozen Jug Band, and Stringband. We play mostly uptempo, happy music featuring washboard, kazoo, fiddle, banjo, guitar, stumps fiddle, and ukulele. Perfect for dancing, toe-tapping, and guaranteed to elicit smiles and occasional chuckles.

Big Kitty is a cross-section of song styles and life expressing the absurdity and beauty of existence with a particular love of oral traditions. Appalachia, Hawaii, a Britain of the imagination, France, Latin America, India. Baritone vocal, poetry, pop.

Retired Arann Harris and the Fabricators is a rusty, broken tractor starting for the first time in 20 years.

The Easy Leaves are very top of the Country heap here in San Francisco, headlining and filling big rooms. But more to the point, they write, record, and perform incredible songs.

Cahoots is well known throughout the North Bay for their own blend of “Sonomacana” — bluesy, grassy, folky and danceable Sonoma County roots music.

Rainbow Girls is a collaborative of songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, vocalists, and California natives who've spent the last 5 years touring Europe and the US as a rock n' roll band, but who've recently returned to their folkier roots by embarking on a house concert tour across America. This new trio version of the band (Erin Chapin, Caitlin Gowdey, & Vanessa May) highlights their rich harmonies, ageless songwriting, and soulful, bluesy sound at its rawest form.

Through richly lyrical, naturally inspired originals cushioned by a bed of old mountain tunes and a dash of stomping rock and roll, One Grass Two Grass delivers high energy, hard driving, fun loving, old-timey, new-timey, good-timey, rocking California string band music.

Eight Dice Cloth is a swing band playing everything from New Orleans jazz, early blues, and hot jazz. Getting people to dance is what we love to do!                                                                   

Barrio Manouche is an SF-based international septet performing a repertoire of original compositions that will take you on a magical journey through swing, gypsy soul, avant garde, and hot jazz.

With her acoustic and electric guitar and electric autoharp, Ashley Allred crafts lush, haunting siren songs that radiate from amongst the dreamiest Santa Rosa frequencies.

Kickin up a cocktail of folky-punky-bluesy swing, this raggedy crew of streetwise fashionistas is ready to serve up some poppin' grooves for your booty-shaking while their lyrical ponderings leave the head & heart aching! With a mobile musical menagerie of two to ten players and a set list spanning from Americana & European folk styles to progressive jazz and elevated hip hop, Buck-Thrifty acknowledges no limits in perusing the evolution of folk fusion.

Ismay is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the American West. With an ear for an old-time aesthetic and artistry of indie folk, Ismay’s blends inventive songwriting, ethereal vocals, and dynamic fingerpicking.

The Mountain & The Moon was formed during the spring of 2015 when bassist Noah Laniakea and banjoist Casey Holmberg met at UCLA. Both musicians shared a love for bluegrass and old-time music, and as they rehearsed and performed together they began to explore a larger musical space around that idiom. " What has emerged is a form of classically informed roots music – a blend of the string arrangements on Nico’s Chelsea Girl and the banjo playing of Béla Fleck, perhaps..." Freshgrass- 2016

Transcendent folk from multi-instrumentalists Anita Sandwina & Velvy Appleton, as Spark & Whisper, who are pursuing transcendence—guiding and transporting the audience out of the mundane, into moments of higher consciousness and connection, and to an acknowledgement of our common humanity, our connected spirit.

Oddjob Ensemble is a consortium of multi-instrumentalists and specialists with powerful ancient melodies and sounds that twist the ear into a delicious musical pretzel, they touch upon many different cultural influences and find unusual but fascinating combinations of traditional styles, jazz and progressive music, exotic tonalities and of course, shenanigans.

The Butterdishes are Carrie Owens and Rose Martini: two ukulele playing, buttery-voiced singers with sass and moxie! The Butterdishes play a variety of hits, originals, and jams that are sure to melt your hearts.

"Misisipi" Mike Wolf is a Country/Folk singer songwriter based in San Francisco. His songs can be described as humorous, sentimental, melodic and danceable, qualities picked up from his childhood in the musical gumbo of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

We invite you to marvel at the natural world and understand the human journey through music, dance and poetry. The Butterfly Ship includes a musical band, a dance and theatrical troupe, a children’s ensemble, and aerial artists.

The band Los Rítmicos has been in existence for 45 years, and its endurance has to do with being family members. They make their audiences dance with their contagious lively Latin music.