CALUMET — Real People Media’s Keweenaw Storytelling Center will record another installment of its Red Jacket Jamboree starting at 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 21, during Pasty Fest 2022. The show will feature Charlevoix, MI. native singer/songwriter Jetty Rae, and author T. Marie Bertineau, of Keweenaw Bay, and of course the Jamboree’s houseband, the Copper Cats.

Rae has been singing, touring, and recording since 2004. She released her first full-length album, “Blackberries,” in 2007; her first EP, “Nobody,” in November 2009; and a lullaby album, “La La Lu and the Lazy Moon,” in July 2011. Her album “Drowning in Grain” was released in February 2012 (peaking at #130 on the CMJ 200 charts), “Climbing Clouds” in August of 2013, followed by a Christmas album “More Than December” in November of 2014. 2015 saw Jetty’s first collaborative project under the moniker “Pen Pals” with the release of the album “Gold”. Her album, “Can’t Curse the Free,” which was produced by Grammy Award Winning producer Mitch Dane, was released in 2017, followed by another Pen Pals album “I Disappear” that same year. Jetty Rae’s second children’s album “Stardust” was released in 2018, and in 2019 she released both “Live Before You Die” (a Pen Pals album) and “We Share The Light” (her second Christmas album).

Rae shared the stage with Sarah McLachlan and Miranda Lambert at Lilith Fair in Detroit, where she was handpicked by Sarah McLachlan and Terry McBride as the featured local artist. You can also hear Jetty’s music in a number of TV commercials for brands such as Microsoft, PetCo, Truvia, Nabi Tablets, Ben & Jerry’s, Amazon.com, and more.

Author T. Marie Bertineau is a native of Upper Michigan and is a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of the L’Anse Reservation, migizi odoodeman.

In addition to her Carrot Ranch column, you’ll find Marie’s work online with Minnesota’s Carver County Arts Consortium; in Mino Miikana, a publication of the Native Justice Coalition and Waub Ajijaak Press; and in the annual journal U.P. Reader. Her debut memoir The Mason House (Lanternfish Press, 2020) was named a 2021 Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan and is a recipient of the Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature (Saginaw Valley State University). Married and the mother of two, she makes her home in Michigan’s Keweenaw.

Rebecca Glotfelty, executive director of Real People Media, described Red Jacket Jamboree as an old style radio variety show recorded in front of a studio audience at the RPM studio inside the Keweenaw Storytelling Center, located in the former Woolworth building on Fifth Street and is aired over Public Radio networks in Michigan.

“Interlochen Public Radio has broadcast the most,” she said. “They have broadcast the 20 shows that we have mastered.”

Interlochen Public Radio serves Grand Traverse, Petoskey, Ludington, Manistee and all of northwest Michigan.

The show share’s songs, stories, history and music from Michigan’s Copper Country and beyond.

The RJJ cast consists of professional performers and musicians who share these stories with the help of guest singer-songwriters, poets, authors, and other storytellers. Two themed hour-long episodes are recorded per show. Artists are selected to help share these specific narratives. Expect a family-friendly show featuring comedy, music and a whole lot of stories.

The Copper Cats, Glotfelty said is a professional jazz-based band, but performs across all genres. The Copper Cats is composed of: Jerry Younce, guitarist, who has performed Jazz, Rock, Top 40, and Country music in show bands and various musical groups during his 30+ year career as a musician.

Pianist Bill Carrothers, a native Minnesotan has lived in Ontonagon County’s Mass City for nearly 20 years. He is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who has been featured in top ten lists published by Jazz Magazine, Le Monde, and JAZZIZ Magazine; Bassist Harry South graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northern Michigan University with a B.A. in Music Education. He has successfully operated a private lesson studio and led the after-school strings program for 4th and 5th graders in the Marquette public schools. He is currently a music director for Negaunee Public Schools. He is an active member of Marquette’s orchestras and performs regularly with singer-songwriter Michael Waite and other musical ensembles. He has contributed to The Red Jacket Jamboree since October 2017. Jonathan Taylor, percussionist, is a composer, and improviser based in Detroit. An avid collaborator, he co-leads a number of projects, including the art rock quartet saajtak, electro-acoustic duo Says Things, and Teiku, which reimagines his family’s ancestral passover melodies in a Creative Music context.

The Red Jacket Jamboree is recorded in front of a live audience at the RPM studio theatre inside the Keweenaw Storytelling Center. The theatre seats 100 audience members. Their 16×30 foot stage can accommodate up to 10 performers.

Seating is on one level with a slight floor elevation to the stage.

The Keweenaw Storytelling Center also features a merchandise area, puppet theatre, and two visual exhibit areas. The center is under renovation. Plans include men and women’s ADA compliant public restrooms, commercial kitchen and soda fountain/cafe

The Red Jacket Jamboree and the Keweenaw Storytelling Center is operated by the nonprofit, Real People Media Inc. To find out more visit the website: www.realpeoplemedia.org.