Singer/Songwriter Brenn Hill doesn’t just sing about the American West, he reveals its heart to anyone who will take the time to listen. His most recent release, “Equine,” (2010) clearly defines what might be his most profound work to date, as well as a mirror of his growth as an artist over the last ten years. Its broad theme of horses, the cowboy’s working partner, is but a pathway into and through his own personal journey. No longer just the observer or narrator of our Western story, but its strongest interpreter, life’s trials and tribulations are also his raw material. Faith, trust and love are his guide.  

 

  Waddie Mitchell is a popular and respected cowboy poet and exponent of western heritage and Buckaroo traditions; a gifted performer and teacher of cowboy poetry and oral traditions; a veteran cowboy and rancher; and a skilled interpreter of the history and environment of the Great Basin from the perspective of the cowboy/rancher. Mitchell is a tradition bearer, an iconic figure who gives voice to the daily lives of cowboys. His narratives wash the listener with the sounds of the American West.  His words carry us to places of yearning: a simpler life, hard-working and free, removed from the fray and bluster of urban life.   He founded the National Cowboy Poetry Festival in Elko, Nevada in 1985.  He’s recorded with Warner Brothers and the Western Jubilee Recording Company. Mitchell has appeared on Johnny Carson, as well as a National Geographic video.  He has performed at the 2002 Olympics, and the Super Bowl game.  For more information on Waddie visit his website at www.waddiemitchell.com