The Simon Fink Band consists of Mark Sisson on bass guitar, Jeff Butcher on guitar, Ryan Mitchell on drums, and Simon Fink on vocals/guitar. The group came together in Dayton, Ohio, in 2024 and play original folk/rock/Americana music. They recently won the Americana/Folk/Bluegrass/Etc. category at Dayton Battle of the Bands. Simon Fink is a composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His music has been called “delicate, intriguing, shadowy, (and) suddenly new” (NPR); “refreshing” (The Kansas City Star); and “haunting and literate” (David Anderson, The Hank Williams Reader). His music has received honors from the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Academy of Arts and Letters, and the MacDowell Colony. For many years he led the folk/bluegrass band, Under the Big Oak Tree (Mudstomp Records) in the Kansas City area. His book/album (with visual artist Benjamin Parks) Lullabies Till Dawn, explores early fatherhood, music, and sleep deprivation and garnered awards from ArtsKC and Artist Inc. He has shared bills with artists such as Wayne Hancock, Charlie Crockett, and Lydia Loveless, and performed at festivals including Folk Alliance’s International Folk Fest, The Crossroads Music Festival (KC), and the Nebraska Folk and Roots Festival.