Sarana VerLin

In 1979, after a feature article about women in rock appeared in the Detroit News, she decided to front her own band called Natasha which won an award for Best New Talent.

In 2010 she won Detroit Music Awards Outstanding Folk Act as a duo with Billy Brandt and received several other nominations in various categories.

Her music has been heard worldwide from Australia to Japan and her song "Knock On Wood" was featured on Taxi Talk video in 2010.

She is credited with playing the part of a renaissance fiddler in All's Faire in Love[4] and also appeared in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story[5] where she was a journalist photographer.

Arriving back in the US in June to begin the heavy summer touring season, she performed solo, as a duo with Billy Brandt, or with full band lineup (Brandt on guitar/mandolin/vocals, John Holk on bass/vocals, Drew Howard on dobro/mandolin, Chris Degnore on guitar, and Todd Glass on drums.)

In 2011, VerLin returned to England with Billy Brandt and added Stroud, Crediton and Exmouth to Exeter May dates.