Tippy Canoe

Originally from Baltimore and now based in sunny Oakland, songbird and solo uke-slinger/guitarist, Tippy Canoe (Michele Kappel-Stone), made the switch from a 5-piece drum kit with the garage-pop princesses The Kirby Grips (Sympathy For The Record Industry), to a 4-stringed ukulele in 2003. In 2009 she upped the string count and added guitarist to her resume. She’s on a mission to bring sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era by spreading her hook-laden pop-meets-roots music.

On her debut full-length album, “Parasols & Pekingese,” released in 2008 on Late Bloomers Works and recorded with her full band the Paddlemen, Tippy Canoe shows off her enchanting and dynamic sound. Her voice is a mixture of the 60's girl group sound and classic country with its own quirky nature shining through. Her songwriting highlights a variety of influences ranging from 20's and 30's acts like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden, to 50's and 60's performers like Brenda Lee and The Chiffons, and catchy post-punk bands like Squeeze and Blondie.

Tippy Canoe has shared the stage or completed coastal tours with artists including Martha Wainwright, Barbara Manning, Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys, Mad Tea Party, and others. San Francisco shows Tippy Canoe a lot of love; she was included in an exhibition on the ukulele at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, featured in the first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival, and aired on a segment of PBS’s Bay Area Arts program SPARK TV. Tippy Canoe also contributed original music to the animated children’s DVD “Music Time.”

You won’t want to miss Tippy Canoe as she continues to stomp the pavement and charm audiences with her solo act. 

The Juncos

Tiki King & The Idol Pleasures

Tiki King and the Idol Pleasures is made up of members of well known bands including the Nora Cruz Band, No Excuse, WAH!, 321, Mehitabel, monkeyboy, and others. brought together by a mutual love of whisky, exotica, ukuleles, and chinese food, their mission is a simple one. play music, drink whisky and eat chinese food. but not necessarily always in that order. So who does what? Well, Tiki King plays the Ukulele and sings between drinks, Turk plays lead Keyboards, and also Baritone Ukulele. Buy him a shot of Rum, He deserves it! Jeff, well he plays the string bass when he's not sneaking vodka from his ever present flask. Then there is Matthew. Matthew sits back behind the drums keeping everyone on time. There is a rumor that his floor tom conceals a mini bar, but you'll have to find out for yourself.

The Western Skylarks