Nikki Briar; SheliaMark Band

Nikki Briar's first country album, "A Soldier's Princess", clearly represents the heart of patriotism and the definition of country music. Each song is lyrically captivating and instrumentally unique. Briar's voice will leave you breathless.  Next Up:  Open Mic winners The SheilaMark Band, a Hammond organ driven, female fronted band will be performing Blues, Classic Rock, R & B and feel good music for the Hat.  The group consists of: Mark Hamza, a life long musician/organist who plays all the bass lines with his feet.  (No one does this anymore.) and Sheila Stratton, rekindles the music of the great woman Blues and Jazz artists, she is drawing from Etta James
and Koko Taylor among others, they will round out their sound with friends on guitar and drums.