Purchase tickets at the MMA Museum Store, phone at 231-720-2580, and on-line at muskegonartmuseum.org. Doors open at 6:30. Beer and wine will be available at a cash bar prior to the concert and at intermission.

Kieran Kane has been referred to as "the godfather of Americana music." His seminal work in The O'Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist, collaborator, and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, and many more), Kieran is a musician's musician: his playing is always understated, always groove-oriented, and always serving the song.

Rayna Gellert is a gifted songwriter who grew up in a musical family and turned to Appalachian old-time music at a young age. She became a prodigious fiddler and led a new revival of American stringband music through her work with the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. An in-demand collaborator, Gellert has toured and recorded with artists such as Scott Miller, Abigail Washburn, Toubab Krewe, and Robyn Hitchcock.

Kane and Gellert met at San Francisco's celebrated Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which led to co-writing songs for Kane’s recent album, Unguarded Moments (Dead Reckoning).They joined forces again for Gellert’s 2017 release, Workin's Too Hard (StorySound Records). Their first duo album, The Ledges, was released in February on Dead Reckoning Records. They share musical kindred-spiritedness in their restrained and roots-oriented approach to both songs and arrangements.

Support for this project is provided by Art Bridges.