Hamell on Trial + Ruth Theodore + Detroit Hamell

Hamell on Trial is the musical alias of folk punk hero Ed Hamell.

A one-man explosion, he is loud-as-war one minute, stepping off the microphone to
whisper to an enthralled audience the next. Hamell’s unique and dynamic performance
style is informed by politics, passion, intelligence and an irreverent sense of humor.

Armed with a battered 1937 Gibson acoustic guitar that he amplifies mightily and
strums like a machine gun, a politically astute mind that can’t stop moving, and a mouth
that can be profane one minute and profound the next, Hamell sets his sights on the
new America. He shoots straight with his audience, whether unraveling topical issues
or sharing confessional tales from his own past.