The Band
The Musers “Free Range Folk” brings sister-like harmonies and award winning songs to audiences all over the West Coast. Their foot stomping, high energy performances of original bluegrass, swing, blues, Appalachian, Irish, and sassy cover tunes are unique and diverse. A broad range of musical styles and diverse instrumentation sets them apart from other bands
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Megan McLaughlin
Vocals, song writing machine, and master of DAGGAD tuning, Event Planner, maker of merry, manifester exstrordinaire, perveyor of jokes and booking expert.
Megan McLaughlin is an innovative guitar player, singer, and songwriter. She has a powerful, clear voice, and sings like the love child of Joni Mitchell and David Crosby. Megan plays guitars in standard, DADGAD, and CGDGCD tunings. Megan studied voice, composition, and theory, busked on the streets of Paris, and then studied guitar with Nina Gerber when love brought her to California in the 90’s. She produced three CDs between 1995 and 2010. Since retiring from teaching Kindergarten in 2017, she has turned her attention to mandolin, writing lots of songs, and Ashtanga Yoga.
Tom Kuhn
Stand up Bass, vocals , keeper of all things organizational, holder of Groove, and making sure we get there on time.
Tom’s musical journey began with the trumpet and baritone. Years later, he picked up the guitar to accompany himself while singing. This led him to attend Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and California Coast Music Camp where he was exposed to a wide variety of acoustic styles. After a brief foray into percussion, an influential teacher recommended he try the bass. The first time he played stand-up with a full ensemble, he never looked back. He borrowed an instrument and started bass lessons the following week! Tom has performed on bass in bluegrass, swing, country, folk, and other styles. He also loves funk and other groove-based music and raises the average height of The Musers to 5’7’'.
Anita Bear Sandwina
Instrumental swiss army knife of the band, vocals, song writer and band spirit animal and chaplin
"Wanna be in a Band?" Anita approached Megan back in 2017 on facebook and Tom after a Joe Craven show. Gratefully thye both said yes!
Anita began her musical adventures playing viola in Iowa. She spent days lying in the center of her mother's baroque quartet and cut her teeth on the sounds of Vivaldi's 4 seasons. Inspired by the likes of Greg Brown, who regularly played the Old Mill in her hometown, she picked up the guitar at 14. Poetry solved her teenage dilemmas. This grew into a songwriting practice. The ensemble and harmony have always been her loves in music. Many bands later, including Spark & Whisper Anita has found her forever band.