ABOUT THE EVENT

Jalan Crossland is an "endemic Wyoming treasure" -(Rita Basom, Wyoming Arts Coucil). He is nationally acclaimed by audiences, critics, and his musical peers as being a premier guitarist, banjo player, singer-songwriter, and engaging showman. Along with dozens of regional contest awards, his extraordinary guitar playing earned National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship honors, the State Flatpick Championship title of his home state, and in recognition of his contribution to the arts in Wyoming, he was the first musician bestowed with the Governor's Arts Award. Magazines as far-ranging as the New York Times and No Depression have run features on him, and Paste Magazine called him one of Wyoming's top performers. He's been invited as the opening act on two national tours with Texas songwriting legend Robert Earl Keen, and has shared stages with Taj Mahal, Steve Earl, John Hartford, Earl Scruggs, and countless other top Americana acts. Jalan has released 9 albums of primarily his own songs, and performs throughout the U.S.


"Onstage, dressed in what might be called 'cowboy carny' with denim, buckle boots, and a bowler hat, he is a bundle of loose-limbed energy, a lovable bad boy who alternates love songs with knockdown banjo tunes about towns known for nothing more than 'hard luck, bad blood, bullsh**, and beer'." - (Michael Segell, New York Times). Jalan performs full-time as a soloist, though his multi-tasking approach which simultaneously combines singing, harmonica, fingerstyle guitar, or banjo, and foot percussion, occupies the sonic space of a small band. "More than a great picker, Crossland's performances feature graceful delivery and genuine character." - (Planet Jackson Hole). “Listen close, all of that sound is coming from one guitar.” - (Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue). “I love it when he plays the banjo. It reminds me of those bears at Disneyland.” - (Innominate Old Lady)