Maker Faire

BRAINY TUNES: Smarter Songs for Smarter Kids   Ira Marlowe
I loved performing last year on the Human Powered Stage! I write and perform fun, challenging songs for kids 4-10, and use puppets and props to bring the songs alive onstage, while encouraging participation from kids and parents alike. Songs emphasize adventure, cooperation and creativity.

McPuzo and Trotsky   McPuzo & Trotsky
Heinrich McPuzo (Stroh violin) and Sid Trotsky (bantar) are purveyors of satirical songs from the Roaring Twenties, such as "Warren G. Harding Is A Horse's Ass", and "You Wouldn't Know She Was Irish". Interspersed shall be fabulations of mankind's bright technological future, including "The Lurch Head-on Collider" and "Mansect!".

Shovelman   Isaac Frankle
I play a guitar that's made out of an antique SHOVEL. (Dig it!) I loop, drum on the shovel body, play the strings with a slide, and sing through a bullhorn. (Folktronica!) My friend and I worked together to build it and make it sing. I even played it for my friends' wedding aboard the Neverwas Haul (Victorian spaceship) at Maker Faire last year!

The Slow Poisoner   The Slow Poisoner
The Slow Poisoner is a one-man-surrealistic-rock-and-roll-band, playing strange songs of the weeping willows and curing all manner of ailments with his patented miracle tonic.

5 Cent Coffee & the Junkstock Allstars   5 Cent Coffee
We are dedicated to the idea that everyone can make music. Whether you play a plastic bucket or a thousand dollar guitar, expressing yourself through sound is what it's all about. The Junkstock Allstars play orginal and traditional standards played in the old American tradition and employing found, homemade or dirt cheap instruments whenever possible. Music is everywhere, go out and grab it!

Mr. December   Mr. December
We are an ukelele/upright bass duo, involving singing, harmonizing, rapping, being handsome, creating ill mouth beats, and playing rag-timey bluegrass. we call it folk-stomp.

Shovelman   Isaac Frankle
I play a guitar that's made out of an antique SHOVEL. (Dig it!) I loop, drum on the shovel body, play the strings with a slide, and sing through a bullhorn. (Folktronica!) My friend and I worked together to build it and make it sing. I even played it for my friends' wedding aboard the Neverwas Haul (Victorian spaceship) at Maker Faire last year!

Vagabondage   Vagabondage
Vagabondage is a musical duo from a past that never happened – one full of the hard roads and dark roots of Americana. Featuring the barking mad vocals of John Flaw and the whiskey crooning of Emchy, Vagabondage will usher you into a realm of accordion, guitar, kazoo, and hindsight prophecies.

Art Lessing and the Flower Vato   Art Lessing and the Flower Vato
We are a band that uses a bunch of home made instruments. We have both invented and traditional instuments, but we like to use mostly DIY things when we're performing.

jesse morris and the man cougars   joe dean
country music played by strange folks.

the Way-To-Go-Joes   Josef Szuecs
A musical trio that plays jazz, blues, and what-have-you.

Mr. December   Mr. December
We are an ukelele/upright bass duo, involving singing, harmonizing, rapping, being handsome, creating ill mouth beats, and playing rag-timey bluegrass. we call it folk-stomp.

The James Moseley Band   James Moseley
The James Moseley Band fronted by lead vocalist and guitarist James Moseley has been wowing audiences in the Bay Area for over ten years at a wide range of music venues, festivals and special events. Their continually growing fan base, one of the most loyal in the Bay Area, is no doubt due to their high energy live performances that get everyone up and dancing with tunes by Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and many more. The James Moseley Band showcases the very best in Motown, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Funk and Reggae.