STREELIGHT CADENCE

The power trio of songwriters Jonathon Franklin, Ben Chai, and Clara Stegall have emerged as fresh faces in the world of folk rock, bringing frenetic energy and intimate storytelling reminiscent of their busking roots. From living rooms to club shows to 12-hour street-performing marathons, their music inspires and unites the foreign and familiar. With Jon’s fiddling captivating TikTok, Ben’s banjo picking driving melodies into progressive territory, and Clara’s silky vocals enrapturing audiences new and old, Streetlight Cadence delivers a kind of entertainment unprecedented and especially unexpected upon first glance. Winners of two Nā Hōkū (Hawaiian Grammy) Awards, the band continues to connect artist and audience through song and story, with plans to release a new record in 2023 as well as the second season of their Emmy-nominated television series, Will Play For Food.

Saturday, Sept. 2, 4:15pm • Island Thrift Stage

Miller Campbell

Blake Noble Band

“The term ‘percussive guitar’ isn’t really strong enough for what Blake Noble does. ... But since ‘attack guitar’ isn’t really a recognized genre and you’ve got to call it something, ‘percussive guitar’ will have to do. But this is not a guy doing a bit of strumming while keeping rhythm by hitting the guitar with his thumb. This is a guy playing his guitar like a drum-kit, and it sounds fantastic.” –Pat Muir, On Magazine

“...[H]e weaves funk, blues, and rock into songs, devouring influences for fuel. Blake plays the whole damn guitar too, bending notes until you’re sure a string will pop, tapping, hammering on, and bending the fretboard until you’re sure the neck will crack, and relentlessly drumming on the body of his guitar. Blake’s music has that good kind of unrefined, though, there is a subsistence—it surrounds you with sounds and knocks you down.” –Sean Jewell, The Stranger

Saturday, Sept. 2, 5pm

Peoples Bank Stage

Billboard-charting Americana artist, Miller Campbell, highlights her southern roots (Miller is part of the legendary Glen Campbell family) with a special new show. With praise from outlets like American Songwriter Magazine, she’s setting music alight, with notes that singe like embers flying up from Johnny Cash’s famed and fiery ring. Campbell has been named an American Songwriter “Daily Discovery” featured artist and a “Next Women of Country” by Women of Country, and she has garnered a Billboard “Heatseekers” award. She has a dedicated social media following of nearly 40,000 fans, is streaming in 19 countries, and has seen her Spotify numbers grow nearly 1000% since her latest record’s release. Miller is poised and determined to add her own hits to the traditional American canon; from festivals and rodeos to country bars and honkytonks, fans are giving themselves over to an act that writes from the heart and sings from the soul.

Saturday, Sept. 2, 5:45pm Island Thrift Stage