TAVERN SONGS transforms the incredible basement stage of Caledonia's Family Tavern into a listening room where world class songwriters can connect with world class listeners.

WES COLLINS (Chapel Hill, NC) is an award-winning songwriter that more than makes up for lost time with songs so dense with ideas that a first listen only scratches the surface. Come for a haunting melody and some intricate fingerpicking and stay for the wit and deep literary intelligence. There is always more to find in a Wes Collins song. ( https://wescollins.com )

ANNIE BACON (Ann Arbor, MI) is a writer and songwriter that merges a literary writing style and folk-rock Americana sound to create rich and emotionally complex music. She has also composed a Folk Opera, written a forthcoming novel on themes of motherhood & war, and is currently workshopping an original full-length musical with collaborator Kyle Rasche (Chain of Lakes) called The Keeper. ( https://www.anniebacon.me )

KYLE RASCHE (Alto, MI) is an award-winning songwriter and aspiring playwright. He has released folk songs as Chain of Lakes for over a decade and recently branched out into new worlds with The Real Humdingers ("kids music for parents") and The Keeper (a full-length musical written with collaborator Annie Bacon.) (https://www.chainoflakessongs.com )