Wordstock Festival of Words 2013

Bio: | Jana is a singer-songwriter, composer and performer.  Her collaborations include: a Broadway run and 5 years touring with devised theater troupe Squonk Opera; touring her solo project while making a reality TV show; and newer projects with Mic Crenshaw, Hand2Mouth Theater Company, and the members of the Tuesday Project.   | | Jana recently had the opportunity to write the score for a theatrical adaptation of Usula K... Read More →

Bio: | Born on the Southside of Chicago, and raised both there and in Minneapolis, Mic Crenshaw is a world class MC and poet now emerging on the national - and international stage. | | As a youth, Mic was embroiled in the violent streets of Minneapolis, leading groups to physically confront white supremacist gangs that were dominating local parks and venues around the growing hardcore music scene of the mid to late... Read More →

Bio: | I am a songwriter and musician who has made many records and played many shows since the early '80s with bands including The Young Fresh Fellows, The Minus 5, R.E.M., The Baseball Project, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Tired Pony, Tuatara, etc. etc. | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCaughey | http://www.universaltrendsetter.org/ | www.youngfreshfellows.net | http://thebaseballproject.net... Read More →

Bio: | Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Vlautin started playing guitar and writing songs as a teenager and quickly became immersed in music. It was a Paul Kelly song, based on Raymond Carver’s Too Much Water So Close to Home that inspired him to start writing stories. Vlautin has published three novels, THE MOTEL LIFE (2007) and NORTHLINE (2008) and LEAN ON PETE (2010). | | Vlautin founded the band Richmond Fontaine in 1994... Read More →