Little bit of this and that...alot of folk!

A dynamic Americana duo from Kansas City, Mikal Shapiro and Chad Brothers deliver classic country and folk music alongside critically acclaimed originals. Strengthened by Shapiro’s lyricism and Brothers world-class flat picking, the couple showcases their craft with simple harmonies, guitar interplay and good chemistry.

Chad Brothers was raised in Winfield, Kansas, home of the International Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival. His approach to the guitar reflects a love for classic melodies, rock and roll and bluegrass flatpicking.

Mikal Shapiro is a Kansas City songwriter influenced by traditional folk, psych rock, lounge and old time spirituals. She has toured extensively across the United States and has recorded five critically acclaimed albums. Kansas City Star critic Tim Finn chose her new release “The Musical” to be one of his top five albums of 2015. A third generation storyteller, she draws inspiration from her travels, love life, and the state of the Union.

Never Records is a combination recording studio and record shop, setting up in locales throughout the world. The sole proprietor, interior decorator, and engineer is New York-based artist Ted Riederer. Inspired by his own redemptive education at a young age inside the walls of a local record store in Rockville, Maryland as well as the field recording projects of Alan Lomax, Riederer devised his unique community art installation in the early part of this century and has been replicating it with regional variations throughout the world since 2010.

Performers from a locale sign up for recording sessions ahead of time, with no auditions necessary. Riederer usually offers three hour sessions, during which he mixes on the fly and cuts vinyl right in front of the artist’s eyes once both are satisfied with a particular take. The recordings are free to the artist, the sessions are open to the public, and you can’t buy anything you see. Ted hasn’t lowered prices by cutting out the middleman. He is the middleman. He is not a vertical operation; he is an elliptical one, a constant feedback loop supplying its own demand. Still, everyone takes something home, even if it’s the barest speck of record shop camaraderie inadvertently inhaled.
-Ryan Sparks, New Orleans

Chris is a local Kansas City Missouri Guitarist, Musician, Songwriter , Band Leader and Teacher.. He's been performing and creating music since the Mid 90's.. Went to the Conservatory of Music at UMKC in in the 90's where he studied classical guitar, has been teaching guitar and music for about the same amount of time.. Currently works for Kansas City Young Audiences as a teaching artist there, Heading up and running the Garage Band Classes for kids.. Chris has recorded a couple of solo instrumental classical guitar original works Cd's and is currently in the local folk band Gullywasher, that features a lot of his own songs..

The Heartland Song Network is a 501C-3 non-profit corporation. Our vision is to create a sustainable music industry in the Heartland that supports our members’ artistic endeavors.

Home of the music of Chris Hudson and Gullywasher 
With Matt Cathlina and Sam Wright. 
Also lots of just old projects from many years

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