Geoff Berner and Jason Webley

Vancouver singer/songwriter/accordion player Geoff Berner has garnered critical acclaim and a cult following for his sharp songwriting and cabaret performance style. Berner's latest album, "The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride," continues his mission to “drag klezmer music into the bars kicking and screaming.” The album brings together the past and present, combining punk attitude with traditional Jewish wedding music.

Jason Webley is foot-stomping, tomato-loving accordionist from Seattle. His combination of folk, gypsy, and punk is most often compared to Tom Waits or Vladimir Vysotsky but also draws from Leonard Cohen, Shel Silverstein, Bob Dylan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave and the Dead Kennedys.

Some of Webley's most famous songs are the apocalyptic "Dance While the Sky Crashes Down" (which appears on his album Against the Night), and his most common show finale, "The Drinking Song" (which appears on Counterpoint). He recently released a pair of "collaborative singles" -- one with Seattle poet Jay Thompson and another with Michigan songwriter Andru Bemis.