SCOTCH HOLLOW (Chicago, IL) – Scotch Hollow, an acoustic roots band, teams up down-home delta blues with good old-fashioned country twang and silky vocals. Just as the name implies, Scotch Hollow is as smooth as your favorite whiskey.
An explosion happened at Berklee College of Music when Mark and Carley met; they discovered a musical chemistry that they couldn’t walk away from. Mark’s hillbilly punk-rock ass grew up in the Appalachian mountains in central Pennsylvania’s; Carley grew up in Kansas City taking in the historic blues and jazz music. They briefly toured and made their home-base in Nashville when Mark came down with a devastating case of tendonitis. They relocated to Chicago while Mark recovered when alas, they could finally hit the road again!
IRA GRACE & THE BIBLE BELT PROPHETS (Des Moines, IA.) – In October of 2011, a band sprung from the cornfields and back roads of a small Iowa town. Ira Grace and the Bible Belt Prophets (consisting of Marc Bailey and Sara Williams) were formed. An up and coming acoustic duo, Ira Grace & the BBP is a band born of friendship and a mutual love of creating music. Having known each other since their early teens, Marc and Sara had no idea that by their twenties, they would be booking over 60 gigs and cutting an album in less than a year. From bars, to the Iowa State Fair, and eventually to their CD release at the Gaslamp in June of 2012, Marc and Sara feverishly sought out to make new music and share it with whoever would listen. Their soul-filled harmonies, poignant lyrics, and exquisite yet powerful balance of guitar picking is the foundation on which Marc and Sara deliver their original music. The on-stage energy created between them while performing is comfortable and contagious. From dark back alley bars, festivals, fairs, and private parties, Marc and Sara remain busy sharing their love of music in its most raw form.