Folk Bands and Artists
David Huckfelt
David Huckfelt is a singer / lyricist / activist and founding frontman of Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorites The Pines. With roots in the same Midwestern soil that produced legendary folk singers like John Prine and Greg Brown, Huckfelt has shared stages with artists from Prine, Mavis Staples & Emmylou Harris to Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Calexico, Trampled By Turtles. Receiving accolades from Mojo & Q Magazine, and praise from David Fricke (Rolling Stone), Huckfelt received the prestigious Artist-In-Residence award at Isle Royale National Park where he wrote the songs that would become his breakout solo debut “Stranger Angels”. A longtime advocate for Native American artists and activists, he has worked with American Indian Movement leader & poet John Trudell, Keith Secola, Quiltman, Winona LaDuke and novelist Louise Erdrich in the fight for social justice and protection for Mother Earth. In thousands of shows across the United States, Canada & overseas, Huckfelt’s grassroots following has grown from small-town opera houses, Midwestern barn concerts, and progressive benefit events to national tours and festival stages like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Edmonton and Calgary Folk Fests, and the legendary First Avenue club in his beloved Minneapolis home.
