6/28 Mike Vial (wsg Lyal Strickland)
Mike Vial, with special guest Lyal Strickland (from Arkansas!), will play a joyful and reflective set of original pop folks songs. Vial, known for his guitar styles on stage (and ranting stories!), will take the stage at the North Star Lounge's wonderful listening room for the first time.
Ann Arbor based singer-songwriter Mike Vial has been living two passions: teaching and touring songwriter. With his wife’s encouragement, Vial took a hiatus from teaching in 2011 to embrace music and writing career: He played 1000+ gigs across the country and Canada, released four records, wrote a book of poetry–all independently. He was a CT Folk Finalist in 2016, a Blue Owl Award Winner in Michigan in 2015 and a feature in American Songwriter Magazine in 2014.
Lyal Strickland is an Americana singer-songwriter, whose music is as authentic as the Ozark hills from which it hails. With a background deeply embedded in the rural landscapes of Missouri, his lyrics resonate with the experiences of small-town life, weaving tales of struggle, resilience, and the unyielding human spirit. Strickland’s songs are a reflection of his upbringing in a small town, where the values and hardships of rural life imbue every note and word.
DOORS AT 8:30 | CONCERT AT 9:00
All ticket sales final.
Mike Vial, with special guest Lyal Strickland (from Arkansas!), will play a joyful and reflective set of original pop folks songs. Vial, known for his guitar styles on stage (and ranting stories!), will take the stage at the North Star Lounge's wonderful listening room for the first time.
Ann Arbor based singer-songwriter Mike Vial has been living two passions: teaching and touring songwriter. With his wife’s encouragement, Vial took a hiatus from teaching in 2011 to embrace music and writing career: He played 1000+ gigs across the country and Canada, released four records, wrote a book of poetry–all independently. He was a CT Folk Finalist in 2016, a Blue Owl Award Winner in Michigan in 2015 and a feature in American Songwriter Magazine in 2014.
Lyal Strickland is an Americana singer-songwriter, whose music is as authentic as the Ozark hills from which it hails. With a background deeply embedded in the rural landscapes of Missouri, his lyrics resonate with the experiences of small-town life, weaving tales of struggle, resilience, and the unyielding human spirit. Strickland’s songs are a reflection of his upbringing in a small town, where the values and hardships of rural life imbue every note and word.
DOORS AT 8:30 | CONCERT AT 9:00
All ticket sales final.
Mike Vial, with special guest Lyal Strickland (from Arkansas!), will play a joyful and reflective set of original pop folks songs. Vial, known for his guitar styles on stage (and ranting stories!), will take the stage at the North Star Lounge's wonderful listening room for the first time.
Ann Arbor based singer-songwriter Mike Vial has been living two passions: teaching and touring songwriter. With his wife’s encouragement, Vial took a hiatus from teaching in 2011 to embrace music and writing career: He played 1000+ gigs across the country and Canada, released four records, wrote a book of poetry–all independently. He was a CT Folk Finalist in 2016, a Blue Owl Award Winner in Michigan in 2015 and a feature in American Songwriter Magazine in 2014.
Lyal Strickland is an Americana singer-songwriter, whose music is as authentic as the Ozark hills from which it hails. With a background deeply embedded in the rural landscapes of Missouri, his lyrics resonate with the experiences of small-town life, weaving tales of struggle, resilience, and the unyielding human spirit. Strickland’s songs are a reflection of his upbringing in a small town, where the values and hardships of rural life imbue every note and word.
DOORS AT 8:30 | CONCERT AT 9:00
All ticket sales final.