Joe Stamm Band

Joe Stamm has a way of making seemingly minor moments feel as expansive and full as the Illinois River that runs through his central Illinois homeland. As Joe continues building a life in that same river valley, new stories continue revealing themselves to him. In the sound of the crickets on a summer night. In the smell of bonfire smoke on a mild winter day. In the taste of a cold garage beer.

After more than a decade of writing, performing, and touring, Stamm has honed his storytelling ability to such fine detail, you’d think he was there when you were getting up to no good in your hometown. Or at your dinner table when you got the bad news. Or on your porch when you got the good news. His salt-of-the-earth writing style, coupled with a voice that urges you to feel deeply…well, that’s what honest music is all about.

“With uncommonly great songwriting, and a serious rock n’ roll attitude…Joe Stamm Band casts a wide net of appeal that captures most anyone with any sense of taste who falls within earshot.” - Trigger Coroneos for SavingCountryMusic.com

Expect a unique mix of rootsy rock and rugged country from all of Joe Stamm Band’s work — a sound they’ve coined Black Dirt Country Rock. This genre-bending sound flexes even further in the band’s newest full-length album Little Crosses. Produced by Al Torrence, a member of Charles Wesley Godwin’s right-hand band The Allegheny High, Little Crosses brings together the best parts of Midwest and Appalachian music.

Josh Meloy says Little Crosses is “like watching a movie.” Read Connolly, of Zach Bryan’s touring retinue, simply states, “This is American music.”

With gold-record know-how, Torrence “applaud[s] JSB endlessly for taking risks, and letting the songs steer them in the direction where the music takes them.”

But no matter what artistic turn they take, JSB has stayed true to what their dedicated fans have come to love from them: distinct imagery, high energy, big builds, and a voice that cuts straight through.

Joe Stamm Band is rounded out by longtime members, Bruce Moser on bass, Dave Glover on guitar (and occasional keys), and Tim Kramp on drums, all born, raised and still residing in central Illinois (except for most of the time…when they’re in a Ford Transit van).

NEW release: Little Crosses (full-length studio album, 2025)

Find Joe Stamm Band on Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you listen to music.

The Matt Poss Band has packed a lifetime's worth of memories into the past two decades. Whether playing music at the countless fairs, festivals and rodeos, or at ski resorts, or at after-bar Outlaw MC barn parties, or at smoky pubs in Ireland, or riding around Afghanistan from show to show in a Chinook helicopter, MPB always brings the spirit and good times with them. Their high octane and high energy brand of country-rock can make a 10,000 seat Festival feel as intimate as your favorite dive bar, and can make your favorite dive bar rock like a 10,000 seat arena.

"I think we are a country band that rocks, or maybe we are a rock band that knows how to two-step, or maybe we are just an American band. These songs are my honky tonk roots because of where I come from. We've evolved into this big mishmash of American music, and I'm really proud of that. We play biker bars, rodeos, and festivals. We've opened for Willie Nelson and Jamey Johnson, and we've also opened for Kid Rock and Jackyll. You can put us with anybody and we will hold our own."

MPB's musical odyssey has led them through nine studio albums, fourteen countries, four continents, four USO Tour and nearly every state in the Union.

MPB consists of: Singer-songwriter Matt Poss on lead vocals and guitars. On keys, vocals, and guitar, is singer-songwriter Jeremy Adam. On bass is songwriter and guitarist, Sam Roan. And on drums is Rob Rennier, who has been jamming with Matt since 2004.

Honky Tonk music isn’t dead. It’s just been hiding out in the Midwest with The Matt Poss Band.