Judges

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2008 Judges' Profiles

Jodi Krangle

Toronto-based Jodi Krangle is the creator and proprietress of The Muse's Muse songwriting website, featuring a free monthly e-newsletter and numerous resources for songwriters. The site has won multiple awards and has garnered attention from major media sources such as Billboard magazine and The Wall Street Journal. The Muse's Muse also puts together an internet radio show called Radio Muse, featuring premier independent songwriters in a variety of musical styles. For the past 13 years, Jodi has been performing with her quirky folk band, Urban Tapestry, which has produced a tape and two CDs. For more on the band, go to www.urbantapestry.org. For more on Muse’s Muse, go to www.MusesMuse.com.

Bill Keith

Music is a round-the-clock business for Bill Keith. By night, he books and publicizes concerts and coordinates staff at the Trinity House Theatre, one of best small concert venues in the Detroit area. By day, he’s the station manager of WSDP, 88.1 FM, in Plymouth , MI. The station, which is owned and operated by the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, has been honored as Michigan's "High School Station of the Year" for four of the past eight years. Bill presently serves as the President of the Michigan Association of Educational Broadcasters, and is on the board of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. He’s been Station Manager at WSDP for 17 years.

John Bommarito

John Bommarito is the evening radio personality and host of the popular Sunday morning program “The Acoustic Brunch” on 107one FM in Ann Arbor, MI. He got his start in radio at WHFR-FM in Dearborn, where he served as Folk Music Director. His involvement in the music industry goes back to 1985, when he was hired as the first employee of a Detroit-area independent record store, Record Time. Exposure to a wide variety of music at the record store broadened his appreciation of all kinds of music, which continues to this day.

Steve Allen

Steve Allen has been a professional musician for 40 years, cutting his teeth in the gritty Michigan music scene of the '60s and '70s. He is currently playing bass with the likes of Harmonica Shah, Billy Davis, Sweet Claudette, James Harman, Luther Allison, and many other excellent musicians. He is an accomplished studio and live musician as well. He is currently the President of the Detroit Blues Society, founder of the Hot Blues and BBQ Festival in Oxford, Michigan, organizes the Detroit Blues Society Meetings and Jams, and organizes the annual Detroit Blues Challenge.