January 2 Colorado’s Bluegrass Honey Don’t, January 3 VTP presents jazz, funk, soul from The Cutmen, January 4 is Reno’s Actors Killed Lincoln and January 5: Austin’s Ben Ballinger.
 
Honey Don’t is the musical union of Bill Powers and Shelley Gray, a duo also well known as one-half of Paonia, Colorado’s old-time bluegrass band, Sweet Sunny South.

Their music may be delivered acoustic or electric and is based in the folk tradition with bluegrass and old-time at its deepest roots. Bill is a well respected, and award winning songwriter within and beyond the Colorado circuit and Shelley is a skilled bass player and vocalist. They’ve been making music together for well over a decade and like a fine wine or exceptional bourbon, the best of their qualities have naturally distilled into a truly unique vibe with a certain sound and feel that has developed into a trademark.  

Whether it’s a sweet love song, a tribute to veterans or a rocking boogie-woogie number, their music is always delivered in a comfortable casual way that pulls the listener in and has them hanging on every word.

Actors Killed Lincoln’s debut album, The Land is Unfamiliar, is a collection of songs gathered over three different band incarnations. The band’s music is a raw blend of acoustic folk melody and amplified rock energy. The album features frenzied violin and accordion harmonies by the Lyons brothers, Alan and Daniel, relentless rhythms from drummer Jenkins Robinson, dexterous cello and bass playing from Matthew Kaminski, and intricate horn and sax work from Zachary Rees. At once cacophonous and harmonious, the band swirls around singer and lyricist Kent Irwin’s songs like a drunken typhoon.
            
Fabrication by Ben Ballinger includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Ben Ballinger’s personal accounts of fight or flight are crafted with expression and welded to the sonic landscape. A native of The Dalles, Oregon, Ballinger left home at age 18, hitchhiking across the country on his way to New York City. As a songwriter for well over a decade now, this is Ballinger’s fourth studio release. No stranger to vices, lies and love, Fabrication houses stories you’ll want to hear again and again

 
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