The godfather of soulful Motown music headlines at a festival named for a beloved California folksinger, when Smokey Robinson stars in June at the Kate Wolf Music Festival in Laytonville. The 20th annual festival held in honor of Wolf, who died in 1986 at age 44 of leukemia, will run [...]
Jazz singer and songwriter Madeleine Peyroux will perform at the 18th annual Kate Wolf Music Festival, to be held June 28-30 at the Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville. The three-day event will host nearly 50 music acts, including The Paul Thorn Band, known for mixing rock and blues, as [...]
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