Leo Coffeehouse/Queen City Balladeers
Details
MAY 4, 2025
PERFORMANCES 6:40 - 9:00 PM
1ST SET MIKE BOERSCHIG
Mike has roamed to festivals and pubs to find songs and stories to lift people up. He performs them in his own unique style. The rhymes and the rhythms will make you smile.
2ND SET CHARLIE MOSBROOK www.charliemosbrook.com
Few people have been as central to Cleveland’s music. His turf is acoustic singer/songwriter/folk music. He has performed for 30 years, releasing albums, collaborating with and encouraging other artists, and hosting open mic nights. He’s an artist teacher with Roots of American Music and president of FARM and Folknet. Through countless charities and events that advocate for human rights and environmental action, Charlie uses his music as a vehicle for a better world.
3RD SET BUTCH ROSS
Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. No genre is off-limits, nor is there a limit to what Ross has envisioned for this specific instrument. It is his groundbreaking and iconoclastic approach that caused ukulele-virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro to comment, "Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like."
BEFORE THE LEO
3:00 PM 1ST SUNDAY RISE UP SINGING
Tell all your friends and bring the kids! Everyone picks songs from Rise Up Singing and Rise Again song books which are available to purchase or to use in the circle. The incredible Al Wauligman will lead us on the piano.
4:15 PM Back to Basics workshop
For anyone who wants to refine their technique, and share their experience with others. Newcomers are encouraged to come. Easy chords and transitions…. plus easy tempo and strumming are the focus of this group.
5:15 PM Patriots and Protesters led by CHARLIE MOSBROOK
Let’s unite and heal our communities through song! Protest songs point to injustice and challenge us to make things better. Patriotic songs celebrate the best in our communities and draw us together. Like Woody Guthrie, Charlie uses his music to make a better world through programs that advocate for human rights and environmental action.
5:15 PM Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.