Ginny Mac (of Brave Combo) 8 pm
A native Texan, Ginny Mac has been performing as a professional singer/songwriter/musician since her teen years. She has traveled the country, bringing her own unique blend of country, Western swing, hot jazz and Americana music to cities coast to coast and everywhere in between. Ginny is also a member of two-time Grammy Award winners, Brave Combo. She is joined by her brother, Glenn Mclaughlin. A young accomplished musician in his own right, Glenn fronts his own jazz combos throughout Fort Worth. He studied guitar in the prestigious University of North Texas Jazz Studies program.

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Bonner Black 8 pm (Nashville) Bonner Black began her life on the stage at 4 years old when she took her first ballet class. For the next 10 years of her life she devoted 6 days a week to ballet training and was accepted into the American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, won a scholarship to train for a summer with the Alabama Ballet, studied a summer with the Eglevsky Ballet in New York City when she was 10 years old, and performed countless roles in many popular ballets. She had always enjoyed singing along to the radio and writing music, but when she began to learn guitar at 13 she learned something new about herself. She loved music. "I would sit in my room for hours and just write songs and sing. As soon as I got home from ballet classes, I would go up and play guitar", Says Bonner. A week before her 14th birthday, she convinced her parents to take her to Nashville to visit vocal coach, Jamie Wigginton. When he discovered her songwriting abilities, he sent her to NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association). Bonner joined NSAI and began missing ballet classes to attend songwriting workshops, more vocal lessons, and meetings. Bart Herbison, the director of NSAI, took her under his wing and at 15 she resigned from her Senior Company position at The Academy Of Classic Arts and began working on her music full time. She now has written hundreds of songs, released an album, continues to co-write with hit songwriters, and plays all over Nashville including the famous Bluebird Cafe. She now lives in Nashville and is chasing her dream.

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Michael Castro (Nashville) 9 pm My name is Michael Castro, I'm a singer/songwriter originally from Dallas, TX. I was featured on American Idol season 8. I am the younger brother of American Idol finalist Jason Castro (who placed 4th on season 7). My last two records, "My Way" and "Fly Away", debuted at #5 and #10 respectively on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts.

My music has been featured on:
Jane By Design - ABC Family
The Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
Craigslist Joe - Warner Bros. Pictures (Documentary)

twitter.com/mcastromusic
facebook.com/mcastromusic
youtube.com/themichaelcastro

Charlie Gore  (Austin) 8 pm Singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas trying to make it in this crazy game of life. You can download my new EP, "Walking The Blue Line" on iTunes today! Follow me: http://www.twitter.com/cgoremusic
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/cpg8188 LIVE ALBUM FREE DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?6gu9g2j7qpqfh

Aaron Long  (Nashville) 9 pm "I feel alive when you hold me/I feel alive when you let me go/I can feel it my chest/I can feel it in my soul"  No matter how hard I try to hide it, music is the one thing that makes me feel like I matter to the world, to myself and to those around me. Feeling alive is no small task, but something we do everyday and take for granted. I hope my music conveys to you the joy of feeling alive. 

Nathan Bonnes (Corpus Christi) 8 pm Nathan Bonnes is a singer-songwriter from Corpus Christ, Texas. He seeks to connect with people through music, and writes music that aims to think about the life we've been given.

Sam Mason 9 pmIf Ryan Adams and Neil Young had a baby child, he would be it. I am a Texas bred singer-songwriter/musician pioneering my way through the Texas music scene, drawing from alt-country, folk and pop influences. I began playing various instruments at a young age but it wasn't until college that I viewed songwriting as an option and began developing this craft.

Currently recording my debut album at AudioStyles Studio with Taylor Tatsch. It will be released Summer 2013! Stay tuned for more info.

I am also in the Pleasantry Lane Studio (Dallas, Tx) with producer Salim Nourallah recording an album of 5 original Christmas tunes co-written by myself and Matt Jones - www.facebook.com/thesongbirdjones

I am currently playing shows in and around DFW as well as with The Songbird Jones.
Standards Gazette 8 pm In 1957 a man from Wimberly Texas had a vision. He envisioned that there would one day be a small band from somewhere in Texas who would realize his dream of musical virtuosity, lyrical genius, and technological splendor... It took over fifty five years for Standards Gazette to be born of North Texas red dirt clay and realize his vision...

Amanda Mora

Born in the Texas hill country with a rich musical heritage on both sides of her family, music is definitely in the blood for Amanda Mora. Her self-produced debut album, The Ribbon, explores an impressive range of influences with a lyrical and musical sensibility that ignites the imagination and assumes the listener's intelligence. The tracks are popping with a colorful mix of acoustic textures, masterfully performed by some of Austin’s finest musicians and topped off with the clever and poignant words of a young songwriter with and old soul.

Since the release of her debut, Amanda has toured extensively through the US and Europe, been featured on radio stations from Martha’s Vineyard to Los Angles, was selected as a finalist in the 2009 Mountain Stage New Folk Contest, and has shared the stage with many of her musical heroes, including Alejandro Escovedo and Eliza Gilkyson.

In 2010/2011, Amanda Mora helped spearhead a visionary, zero emissions, bicycle/music tour across 6,000 miles and 12 countries of Western Europe. She worked as tour organizer, public relations agent, and performed as one of five headlining bands of the tour at some of Europe's largest festivals as well as self organized, grassroots community events. The tour was collectively known as The Pleasant Revolution and featured an audience-driven bicycle powered PA system, a “Live! on Bike” sound system for mobile amplified and FM-broadcast performance.

Amanda Mora is currently back in Texas, completing her second studio record, set to be released in October 2012.

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Mason Reed

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Jonathan Armstead 8 pm Armstead is a singer/songwriter currently living in Dallas, Texas. Growing up with a passion for music but also a genuine love for comedy, Armstead tries out a little of both in his own unique musical way.

Host: Josh Goode This Monday Night series @ Opening Bell Coffee has 2-3 artists playing. Audience discussions and questions are welcomed! 7:30-9:30pm/All ages...$5 suggested donation **if you have questions or would like to play, email us  w/the subject line MONDAY ROUND Click here for a sample of our series! 

OPEN MIC 7-10  pm Sign up @ 6:45pm
Host: Steve Jackson
Musicians play in rotation based on sign up times, sets are generally 15 minutes depending on how many are on the list. Mainly Acoustic & Keyboards (please have your instruments tuned prior to your set) anything more requires approval prior to sign up. Please feel free to email Steve with questions We prefer musicians with ORIGINAL material but will allow some covers throughout the night. Always a fun night with some incredible talent. An Opening Bell tradition since July 2005

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Nick Flora (Nashville) 8 pm

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Brant Croucher 8 pm

Clay McClinton 8 pm 

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Runaway Home 8 pm A new-sounding Bluegrass/Americana/Country/Folk original group. Located just outside of Nashville, the group performs at festivals, clubs, wineries, The Bluebird Café, the World-Famous Station Inn and many other venues. In fact, Mark Elliott and Gary Culley won the Kerrville New Folk Award in Kerrville, TX. Mark also continues to tour the UK extensively. The group recently opened for Radney Foster at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA and performed again at the prestigious Pensacola Songwriters Festival.

If you remember the McCarter Sisters from Sevierville, TN, they had several top ten hits, and since then, Lisa McCarter formed a new band, Runaway Home. Lisa toured with Brooks & Dunn, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, as well as many others. Runaway Home combines excellent vocals, three-part harmony and has instrumental abilities second-to-none. In fact, their sound is second-to-none.