Dean Johnson, Devin Champlin, Elise Poirier

Dean JohnsonSpotifyFor more than ten years, Dean Johnson’s rustic tenor and simply strummed acoustic guitar have been perking up ears around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Dean has gradually built a devoted fan base--strictly through live performances--singing existential cowboy waltzes, ballads about wishing one could find a way out of heaven, honest confessionals, and other heartbreakers from a unique perspective. His first album 'Nothing for Me, Please' is out now on Mama Bird Recording Co.Devin ChamplinSpotifyWhy does Devin Champlin so badly want to be emptied? To ditch his brain and keep his head? The man who can kickflip an over-easy without breaking the yolk. The guy who puts a fiddle in his elbow and a guitar on his chin. The dude that can catch and release a whale from a park bench. The one that stares off places. Emptied? Yes, emptied. But only to be fulfilled anew. You see, that's the Champlin way. Willing, and wanting, to change. To turn your outsides to your insides and be filled with something else. Marbles. Smoke. And someone like that never gets bored. Someone like that remains filled with a wonder most of us lost with our baby teeth. Someone like that...is the Champ.