Bobby Jo Valentine
Bobby Jo Valentine
Bobby Jo Valentine is an explorative, hopeful, spiritual, queer artist who strives to make music and poetry that is good medicine for everyone.
His songs have “meaningful lyrics and catchy melodies along the lines of Bruce Hornsby and Cat Stevens” - Stephen Schwartz (writer: Wicked and Godspell.)
Bobby has won multiple songwriting awards, including Song of the Year twice at the West Coast Songwriter’s Association. He’s also given a Tedx Talk, played 1000 shows around the country, sold 75,000 copies of his CDs. He believes in the soft and steady power of everyday good to heal our world.
His new poetry book "Your True Name" is a collection of 112 stories, poems, and lyrics around coming home to yourself. His latest album “Familiar Places” explores the struggle to belong and be loved in our confusing modern world.
When he isn’t touring, Bobby lives in Portland, OR with his husband Tim and their puppy, Bucky.
Barrie Dempsey
Barrie Dempsey is an award winning musician whose genre wears many different hats. He is a songwriter who spins stories about morality and love. His music carries a Folk/Roots feel, akin to writers like John Prine, J.J. Cale and Jackson Browne to name a few. Barrie is originally from New Jersey & went a long time without pursuing his music, doing mostly fine art. He started writing again in 2008 and has released 4 CD's, "Barrie Dempsey”, "Line In The Sand”, “When We Were Young” and “Kiss Me For Christmas”. He is working his current CD Better Days.
Brian Huston
Brian Huston has been based in Portland since 1995. He’s a filmmaker by trade, and a singer songwriter on the side. He’s played around town in the duo of Wadhams & Huston, with Bill Wadhams of the 80’s band Animotion. In the last couple of years he has released two EP’s and an Album of original music, which were produced and recorded by Portland musician Jim Walker of 515 Studios. Brian’s music has a laid back folk rock vibe, with influences that include Neil Finn and James Taylor. He’s venturing out now as a solo artist, and enjoys performing and sharing his music.
Josh X Gittelman
Host Josh X Gittelman plays guitar and sings a mix of covers and originals, including Blues, Country, Folk, Rock, and the occasional pop song. His songwriting influences include, among others, Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, John Prine, Neil Young, and the Beatles.