King Dude

In the organizer's words:

At a time when American folk music has lost touch with its bloody roots, King Dude seeks to illuminate the darkness with sex, death, love, madness and Lucifer's light. Since 2006, his devotional rock 'n' roll has been both the medium and the message; his throaty baritone and devilish songwriting are the tools he uses to ignite the fiery spirit of revelation in all who meet him.

Thanks to several releases, a string of high-profile festival appearances and a relentless touring schedule - often alongside bands like Ghost and Earth - the silver-tongued singer/songwriter has found an ever-growing global audience with whom to share his prophetic vision of hope and redemption: a willing congregation whose raised voices and stomping feet reliably turn his shows into Luciferian Tent Revivals.

King Dude is a blue-eyed Mephistopheles with an acoustic guitar; he dresses like Johnny Cash and sings like he's queued up in front of Robert Johnson at the crossroads. His voice can switch from haunting and vulnerable to thunderous, almost biblical fury in one breath, blending the sacred with the profane with pomp, circumstance and pursed lips. Drawing inspiration from country, blues, Americana and British folk (and a background in heavy metal), King Dude's raw, hypnotic anthems channel the past while looking straight ahead to a revelatory future.