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URL:https://www.betterkenmore.org/events/the-tenants-roots-music-trio-dust
 -bowl-faeries-mudhouse-duo/
SUMMARY:The Tenants / Roots Music Trio / Dust Bowl Faeries / Mudhouse Duo
DESCRIPTION:The Tenants\n\nRoots Music Trio \n\nRoots Music Trio is a Japan
 -based acoustic guitar group featuring award-winning fingerstyle artists S
 hohei Toyoda\, Koyo Morita\, and Hikaru Komatsu. Deeply inspired by legend
 ary guitar players such as Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel\, the trio blend
 s masterful fingerpicking with a shared love for blues\, jazz\, country\, 
 and swing.  Their performances combine virtuosic technique\, rich musicali
 ty\, and the joy of three distinct voices meeting in one sound. From soulf
 ul blues grooves to swinging rhythms and intricate guitar arrangements\, R
 oots Music Trio delivers a dynamic celebration of traditional roots music 
 with fresh energy.  This marks both their first performance together in Ak
 ron and their first visit to Rialto Theatre\, making this a special debut 
 you won’t want to miss!\n\nShohei Toyoda  (https://linktr.ee/shoheitoyod
 a6)\n\n-Residing in Kyoto Japan\, Shohei grew up in Dublin OH and studied 
 guitar at Berklee College of Music.  He has won multiple awards (champion 
 at 2011 Kentucky's Home of the Legends International Thumbpicking contest\
 , Winner of 2012 Japan's National Fingerstyle Guitar Contest and 3rd place
  at 2013 International Fingerstyle Contest) and this music is heavily infl
 uenced by the fingerpicking greats like Tommy Emmanuel\, Jerry Reed and Ch
 et Atkins.  \n\nKoyo Morita  (https://linktr.ee/koyomorita)\n\n-Having mor
 e than 60K followers throughout his social media platforms\, Koyo is the J
 apanese winner of the "Player Plus Studio Sessions Contest" hosted by Fend
 er. His country guitar instructional book published in 2025 was ranked num
 ber 1 on Amazon's guitar book category. His new album "One Story" released
  in Nov of 2025 has gotten many positive feedbacks from guitar players all
  over the world.\n\nHikaru Komatsu (https://lit.link/HikaruKomatsu)\nJapan
 ese fingerstyle guitarist born in 1992. He began playing guitar in junior 
 high and later studied composition at university\, earning a music teachin
 g license. In 2015\, a year of busking in Sydney\, Australia helped shape 
 his solo acoustic style. Inspired by country blues\, he draws influence fr
 om artists like Tokio Uchida and Chet Atkins. He placed 3rd at the 2017 In
 diana State Fingerstyle Guitar Festival and won the 2018 Morris Fingerpick
 ing Contest East Japan Regional Competition.\n\nDust Bowl Faeries \n\nDust
  Bowl Faeries perform a faerie-tale of dark cabaret and freak-folk music\,
  infused\n\nwith a dose of witchcraft and a dusting of woodland magic. Hai
 ling from the NY Hudson Valley\, the band plays original songs inspired by
  tango\, flamenco\, Klezmer\, Balkan and Romani swing music. Singing saw\,
  accordion\,  guitars and percussion combine to create the Dust Bowl Faeri
 es otherworldly sound. \n\nThe Faeries ensemble has released several album
 s including Magic & Mayhem (2024) featuring Melora Creager of Rasputina on
  cello\, Carnival Dust (2023) featuring harpist Mikaela Davis\, and a debu
 t album featuring Tommy Stinson of The Replacements/Guns N' Roses. \n\nA c
 arnival of beguiling delights\, ready to whirl you around the dancefloor o
 f your mind - Audiofemme\n\nWebsite: www.dustbowlfaeries.com\n\nYouTube: h
 ttps://youtu.be/vY1HPdNvJ7E?si=UBxn84byczBG7SRZ\n\nIG: https://www.instagr
 am.com/dustbowlfaeries/\n\nFB: https://youtu.be/vY1HPdNvJ7E?si=UBxn84byczB
 G7SRZ\n\nBandCamp: https://rydercooley.bandcamp.com/\nSpotify: https://ope
 n.spotify.com/artist/3sCvPYNcxQrSrkPX4FCYxh\n\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.
 com/@dustbowlfaeries\n\nMudhouse Duo\n\n"Rick & Becky from the band Mudhou
 se Gang”\n\nGet to the show early for Dinner and Drinks in The Rialto Li
 ving Room - Opening at 5:00pm!\n\nDoors:  7:00pm / Showtime:  7:30pm \n\nA
 ge Requirement: There is a $5 surcharge for anyone under the age of 21 to 
 be paid at the door. \n\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/167703309001017
 0/
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