Tin Horse is a group that seem to be doing everything right – at least if you believe the critics. CLTV News said that they are, “on the verge of super stardom." In referencing the group’s song “Take It to the Bank,” indie-music.com said that it, ” opens with such a good old-fashioned Nashville vibe, I expected to hear Johnny Cash’s voice come out of the speakers."

If praise like that from the press isn’t enough, then consider this, the group has been sharing the stage with country greats for a while now. They’ve opened for Gretchen Wilson, Los Lonely Boys and Toby Keith and will be touring with Diamond Rio this summer. So, it’s a pretty special thing to consider that they’ll be playing the Rockford area at the Young At Heart Festival.

Their website describes them this way, “Tin Horse is the band your mama warned you about and the one your daddy snuck out to see. Fronted by three smokin’ women with fantastic vocals jamming on their red hot instruments (guitar, fiddle and keys) and a full band behind them, these gals set the stage on fire with their power packed southern rock.”


You might not expect a band like that to be from the Northern Illinois area, but they are. Well, technically only part of the group is from Chicago, but when they aren’t touring or recording it tends to be their base of operations. With their star rising as quickly as it is, though, and their CD due out in July (they’ve already released one DVD), you better see them while you can catch them at a show like this. Soon they’ll be headlining their own tours.

The lineup of Tin Horse is Andra (fiddle and vocals), Antje (guitar and vocals), Caroline (keyboards and vocals), Kevin (guitar), Francis (bass) and Kirk (drums). You can check them out on their “Horses Gone Wild” tour at the Young at Heart Festival on Sunday May 25th at 9 PM. You can get more information and check out some music and videos by visiting then on the web at