Jon Shain & FJ Ventre

A North Carolinian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Jon Shain has built a deep catalog of work that combines folk, Piedmont blues, bluegrass, ragtime, and other American roots traditions with his own original sensibilities. After getting his start in Big Boy Henry's band, Shain founded the Flyin' Mice, a folk-rock combo from Chapel Hill who, along with their spinoff band, WAKE, recorded several albums and toured heavily throughout the 1990s. He made his solo debut in 1999 with Brand New Lifetime, establishing the invigorating and sometimes eclectic mix of roots styles that w...