"Banjo" Mike Evans

Banjo Mike is a storyteller. All he needs is his banjo, his voice, and usually a street corner or a tavern somewhere.

Karen Kidder

Karen Kidder performs in musicals, cabarets, and rock shows and around Jackson.

Victor McDermott says if you're serious about music, you'll treat it as a job.

"I'm the rhythm guy," says Jonny Baird, bass player. "The lower end feels good."

Letters from Dead Rappers isn't just a hip hop collective, says Seymour Black - it's something much bigger.

Rachel Buchanan found her outlet through a microphone.

Steve Berkemeier is a lone traveler, a singer-songwriter who travels all over Jackson.

Like a garden in a rain shower, Lisa Cryderman is watered by the energy she gets from performing.

Percussionist Darrin Voris is a whirlwind of influences.

For Clyde McKaney, principal viola player for the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, all that touchy-feely stuff is bunk.

Church music and the organ - it's one and the same for Jackie Livesay, organist at Jackson’s First United Methodist Church for 16 years.

For Parker Horsch, it's as simple as one drum - one beat.

"I was a super shy kid," says guitarist Nicky Thurston. "Music allowed me to connect with people."

If it’s possible to be an accidental musician, Jaime Lawrence of Harmony Garden Music Therapy is one.