All Ages

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Over a decade, Tyler Daniel Bean grew from a person and a guitar into a community of twenty or so friends from around the US. Eleven releases and 350 odd shows later, they have primarily paused to focus on Willow’s Bagels. But the core of the music remains: it’s recognizing that functioning in the face of fear is striving to be human; it’s finding a way to say “I want to live,” even recognizing the relentlessness of it all.

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Jack M. Senff (“sen-eff”) is a Northern Michigan singer-songwriter, performer, and leader of the so-called Heartland Mission. He trades in a literary, pop-based vernacular informed by a love of old folk rock, country, church, 90’s adult alternative, and a youth spent in the living rooms & basements of the late-00s “do it yourself” punk movement. He is a founding member of pioneering screamo acts Merchant Ships and William Bonney, as well as the bands Knola, Midwest Pen Pals, North Folk, and Boy Rex.

Known for his genuine approach and honest lyrics, Senff is a proud son of the Skeletal Lightning family. Together they have released five albums: 2019’s intimate Good To Know You, 2020’s more vibrant EP These Northwood Blues, 2022’s rollicking Low Spirit, and the return to center of 2024’s Feeling & Devotion and it’s follow up, 2026’s Grace & Sorrow.