BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

The Jane Gang consists of Tom O’Hara on guitar and vocals, Todd James Larson on drums and vocals, and newly added member Tom Cawcutt on keys and vocals and me, Jane Aleckson on bass and vocals. Tom O and I have been doing this gig together for approximately 10 years now.. We play a variety of music from rock to funk to jazz. Bring your dancing shoes (huge dance floor).

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

We’re thrilled to have Janie and the Spokes here at the farm this year for a “Farmhouse Party.”

Janie and The Spokes is an alt rock band founded by Jane and Peter Aas.  They have played for 15 years in various configurations with many talented musician friends.  Writer and lead vocalist Jane Aas is on guitar, Pete Aas on electric guitar, Garth Anderson (also a songwriter) on drums, Jordan Ash on bass.  The last 3 years have been the most productive creating new upbeat originals as a result of meeting Garth and Jordan.  Janie and The Spokes music has layers of jams and harmonies. They released their first CD of original music in  spring,  2023  entitled ‘Dead Eye Rust’.  When available, Joe Anderson and Mark Wiita join the band on saxophone and piano to add an extra special touch to the music.

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

The Jane Gang consists of Tom O’Hara on guitar and vocals, Todd James Larson on drums and vocals, and newly added member Tom Cawcutt on keys and vocals and me, Jane Aleckson on bass and vocals. Tom O and I have been doing this gig together for approximately 10 years now.. We play a variety of music from rock to funk to jazz. Bring your dancing shoes (huge dance floor).

Tom Cawcutt Trio will perform from 6PM to 8PM

TOM CAWCUTT, SR. Tom grew up in Superior Wisconsin and now lives In Wrenshall Minnesota with his wife Robin. He retired in 2013, after working for 39 years as a millwright/maintenance tech, at the Potlatch/Sappl paper mill, in Cloquet MN. Tom started playing piano at the early age of three, began formal lessons at the age o f five, and quickly advanced. Tom had over nine years of classical piano training. His biggest regret Is declining an opportunity to attend Julliard School of Music in New York. To this day he sometimes wonders, "what if" Tom has a natural ear for music. He enjoys writing, arranging, and playing, as well as performing. Cawcutt has won several talent contests and awards playing the piano, as well as singing. Some of Tom’s original works include the soundtrack for the DVD -Superior Hiking Trail, as well as writing and performing the original theme song for Bentleyville, a Christmas theme park, in Duluth Minnesota. Tom’s love for music is realized by his audiences while watching him perform live or, just listening t o him on one o f his five CDs available. Tom has played keyboards with several bands, including, TSR, Fantasia, Milk Bone, and Circuit Breakers. He currently plays with the Maxi Childs Trio, Jane Gang, and Tom Cawcutt Trio (with Todd James Larson & Jane Aleckson), as well as solo performances. Tom’s musical abilities stay fresh by performing at concerts, as well as singing and playing at community events, UMD Men’s Hockey games, as well as many weddings and funerals. He can be seen and heard at some of the local venues in the Duluth/Superior area, as well as, Carlton County. Tom has also participated for many years in the Christmas By the Lake CD, a annual fund raiser for the Bluebird Foundation non-profit organization, which . provides scholarship opportunities for students involved in the arts. Tom can be contacted at KeyofC@juno.com

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

Eldri Snow is a Duluth based singer/songwriter whose influences include Gillian Welch, Nancy Griffith and John Prine. Last summer she hosted the Eldri Snow Variety Show at Earth Rider Brewery’s festival grounds and performed at the Great Northern Squash Festival in Chaffey, Wis. Joining her on stage are guitar player Misisipi Mike Wolf, drummer Shanna Willie and purported special guests. Eldri has invited her friends for an opening act: Sara Wieland and Emily Robertson.

Prudence Johnson’s long and happy career as a singer, writer, and teacher has landed her on the musical theatre stage, in two feature films, (A River Runs Through It, A Prairie Home Companion) on national radio, (several long stints on A Prairie Home Companion) and on concert stages across North America and occasionally Europe (Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, Gorky Park and an old mosque in Israel being the most memorable.) She has released more than a dozen recordings, including albums dedicated to the music of the Gershwins, Hoagy Carmichael, Greg Brown, and a collection of international lullabies. Prudence finds pleasure in working with young people, serving as a music director at SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development since ’96 and teaching private lessons. Since taking up the tenor ukulele, she has found great riches in the folk music of her roots, and in the work of some of the more profound songwriters of her generation. One such project, in collaboration with the New Standards, is devoted to the music of Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits & Leonard Cohen.

In recent years, her greatest focus has been on creating multi-media works for concert and theater stages that blend performance with her interests in history and literature. A play about a little-known collaborator of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in Berlin between the wars, first produced in 2003, is being rewritten under a new title, and she and pianist Dan Chouinard have just completed a state-wide tour of their new music/history show Millers, Miners & Moonshiners: Minnesota in the 1920s. Their previous collaborations include The Golden Age of Radio, Tiptoe Through the 60s: Songs and Stories from a Revolutionary Decade, and Another Song About Paris. In 2011, she created and produced the touring show and CD A Girl Named Vincent, featuring the poetry of Edna St Vincent Millay set to music by four MN composers.

Yazmin is an accomplished pianist, vocalist, dancer, teacher, and award-winning singer-songwriter and painter. She has performed both as a solo artist and with a diverse range of bands, theaters, and shows since the age of 8. Weaving between modalities in whatever way serves her radically authentic voice, Yazmin creates to inspire, open, connect, and embrace joy.

In her teens, Yazmin discovered a passion for Cuban music and dance, performing in and leading several bands from 2006 onward, including her current group, the bilingual folk/rock Latin-fusion Beat Zero. She began studying with master Latin music educator Rebeca Mauleón-Santana in 2006. She went on to study piano, composition and voice under a full scholarship at McNally Smith College of Music. In 2016 she lived in Cuba and continued her music studies with Alexis Bosch as well as afro-Cuban dance at the highly esteemed Instituto Superior de Arte. Yazmin has toured nationally, recorded three albums and appeared on countless other recordings as a pianist, vocalist, or accordionist. Since she was 5 years old she’s been a regular performer in concerts and theatrical productions at the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua. She has opened for artists such as Nanci Griffith and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and been a guest on Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? radio program. The raw emotion of her songs is transmitted through her powerful stage presence, evocative lyrics, and full-hearted storytelling.

Yazmin teaches piano, composition, voice, and popular Latin dances. She composes music for television, film, and commercials, and owns and operates her personal music label and publishing company. In 2019, she founded Nautilus Exchange to lead dance-, art-, and music-focused tours of Cuba. In her art, Yazmin works primarily in acrylics, pastels, and charcoal.

Jane Aleckson currently is the bassist/vocalist/leader of The Jane Gang quartet which is a variety band in the Twin Ports area consisting of Tom O’Hara, Todd James Larson, and Tom Cawcutt.

While in the the Twin Cities area, the Jane Gang was a 10-piece horn band for 10 years.  In the recent past, Jane was the bassist for the Big Top Chatauqua house band "Blue Canvas Orchestra" performing regularly at the big tent in Bayfield and on the road with "Tent Show Radio" hosted my Michael Perry.  Jane also played with the prestigious Women Who Cook!. WWC! performed in the Soviet Union in 1988 as part of a peace tour and documentary which aired on Public Television. WWC! concert venues included O’Shaunessy Auditorium, the Guthrie, the State Theatre, the Orpheum, Northrup, Ordway, and opening for the Target Center.  Jane still plays with Prudence Johnson on occasion and has a duo with her daughter Inga Weis called “Lioness.” She also plays with Donny Buck Rockabilly Revue, and the Tom Cawcutt Trio. In the past she played with legendary performers Gene Pitney, Tony Sandler and many others, Jane can be heard on commercial ads as singer/bassist and many original artists' CDs. In 2004/2006 Jane recorded and performed original tunes with with Jim Ouska who recently passed.  Their music can be found on itunes: “Jim & Jane” and “A Pocket Full of Tunes.”

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

Thrilled to have Shane Nelson take the stage for a Farmhouse Concert 2023.

Shane Nelson is a singer, songwriter, musician, and producer who has been following his artistic instincts to create since he was a child. Nelson started performing at school and community events when he was 8 years old. In his teens, Nelson built the band, “Crescent Moon”. Along with his band, Shane has earned recognition as one of the Northland’s top local musical acts by winning several battle of the bands competitions, being voted the Northland’s best live musical act by local radio stations, and through live performances throughout the Midwest. Nelson’s band has performed alongside nationally recognized acts such as Survivor, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Confederate Railroad.

As a solo artist, Shane has been featured on PBS television, has won several singer/songwriter contests, and earned the title of Northland Idol through a local ABC Television affiliate which landed him in Nashville, TN. Although Nelson has won several awards and has received recognition for his musical abilities, he is not in it for the eminence. Music is a tool that Shane uses to communicate with others, and through his passion filled lyrics and soulful performances, he touches audiences and provides them with a unique and personal experience.

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

The Jane Gang consists of Tom O’Hara on guitar and vocals, Todd James Larson on drums and vocals, and newly added member Tom Cawcutt on keys and vocals and me, Jane Aleckson on bass and vocals. Tom O and I have been doing this gig together for approximately 10 years now.. We play a variety of music from rock to funk to jazz. Bring your dancing shoes (huge dance floor).

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

Who are the Fish Heads?

The Fish Heads regard their music as rockin'folk and 'grass, but they are definitely not mainstream bluegrass. You will find old rock standards from the Bee Gees and Aerosmith, to Steve Miller, AC DC and Johnny Cash. They have been influenced by bluegrass, rock, folk, blues and Texas swing, as well as pop unusuals like Elle King and Jessie J.These folks are not only fun to listen to, but they provide fun banter on a stage. Listening to Mike and Kim sing their sweet harmonies is a delight to the ears and watching how much they enjoy performing together is part of the whole Fish Heads experience.

The original Fish Heads are Mike Monson and Kim Curtis-Monson, a married musical duo that have been together for more than 25 years. This couple plays guitar, bass, mandolin and Mike does some fancy footwork on drum pedals. They also do most of the lead and harmony vocal work and will give you goosebumps with what they do. Joining them in the newest venture of the band has been Paul Jones on dobro , pedal steel guitar, 6 string guitar and 5 string banjo. Paul is a seasoned musician who has played with lots of the Nashville biggies. He is a multi-instrumentalist  and vocalist, who brings his own brand of music and that "old time country sound" to the band, as well as has a solo CD project out and is a man who shows up on  lots of studio projects of others.  Paul has been known to open shows doing a few solo numbers...he's amazing.  If he isn't stirring up your emotional dust with his pedal steel, he'll be getting his Oh Brother Where Art Thou on with his banjo and dobro. Whoever they have joining them on stage you are sure to find it to your liking...they go with the flow these fish. Many other great musicians have been a Fish Head, so you never knw WHO will show up.

Why Fish Heads.....the name? Well, that is simple. They all have a long history with fishing in their lives. Mike and Kim grew up fishing with their folks from a very young age. Some say, they learned to fish before they could walk. They love to fish by and on Lake Superior and travel during the summer fishing and have spent time playing music at places like Isle Royale and the Apostle Islands. They also spend time on the northern Minnesota rivers with the early steel head and fall salmon runs. Everyone involved enjoys eating the fish that Mike and Kim catch and smoke...... so there you have it, they just plain like to fish and eat fish...... .therefore, why not The Fish Heads?

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

The Jane Gang consists of Tom O’Hara on guitar and vocals, Todd James Larson on drums and vocals, and newly added member Tom Cawcutt on keys and vocals and me, Jane Aleckson on bass and vocals. Tom O and I have been doing this gig together for approximately 10 years now.. We play a variety of music from rock to funk to jazz. Bring your dancing shoes (huge dance floor).

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

We are so honored to have the Maxi Childs Trio for one of our “Farmhouse Concerts” this year. Maxi along with Steve Netzel and Tom Cawcutt will be forming jazz standards “plus.” You can hear this superb trio every Tuesday and Thursday 6-9PM at the Blackwater Lounge in Duluth MN on Superior St.

Shane Nelson will be sharing the stage with Maxi Childs Trio at this “Farmhouse Concert.”

Shane Nelson is a singer, songwriter, musician, and producer who has been following his artistic instincts to create since he was a child. Nelson started performing at school and community events when he was 8 years old. In his teens, Nelson built the band, “Crescent Moon”. Along with his band, Shane has earned recognition as one of the Northland’s top local musical acts by winning several battle of the bands competitions, being voted the Northland’s best live musical act by local radio stations, and through live performances throughout the Midwest. Nelson’s band has performed alongside nationally recognized acts such as Survivor, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Confederate Railroad.

As a solo artist, Shane has been featured on PBS television, has won several singer/songwriter contests, and earned the title of Northland Idol through a local ABC Television affiliate which landed him in Nashville, TN. Although Nelson has won several awards and has received recognition for his musical abilities, he is not in it for the eminence. Music is a tool that Shane uses to communicate with others, and through his passion filled lyrics and soulful performances, he touches audiences and provides them with a unique and personal experience.

BYOB (whatever you wish) as well as your picnic lunch/supper too! Soda pop will be available.

The Jane Gang consists of Tom O’Hara on guitar and vocals, Todd James Larson on drums and vocals, and newly added member Tom Cawcutt on keys and vocals and me, Jane Aleckson on bass and vocals. Tom O and I have been doing this gig together for approximately 10 years now.. We play a variety of music from rock to funk to jazz. Bring your dancing shoes (huge dance floor).