Monica Taylor, Folk / Americana
Monica Taylor earned the nickname, The Cherokee Songbird, for her distinctive singing style, her Cherokee heritage and her home near the Cimarron River in Oklahoma. For more than three decades she has been writing songs from the heart and has recorded and performed with a litany of famed Red Dirt, country and bluegrass musicians including Jimmy LaFave, John Fullbright, Jared Tyler, Robin Macy, and the godfather of Red Dirt, Bob Childers.
Travis Fite, Reggae
A Cherokee citizen based in Tulsa, Travis has been a part of many music groups and ensembles. He has toured with funk-soul bands such as Phat Thumb, What It Is (San Francisco), Leon Russell, and several Tulsa-based R&B ensembles such as Full Flava Kings, Wayman Tisdale, Eldridge Jackson and Toni Estes. Travis can be seen in his current solo loop act Uncle Funkus as well as his two primary ensembles The Steve White band, and Rebel Soul Reggae Band. Other groups include his funk-fusion group What’s That and an acoustic ensemble with singer-Songwriter Jared Tyler (Tulsa) and his wife, the acclaimed singer-songwriter Monica Taylor (Perkins).