Labor Day Weekend 2026
|Highlonesome Music Festival
Shoeshine Blue
Wichita-based Shoeshine Blue delivers a grounded, "soulful folk" sound that blends lo-fi blues with a touch of literary folk-punk. Led by singer-songwriter Michael Apinyakul, this project creates an artistically deep experivocals and the lush, soulful arrangements of her latest work, It All Goes Up.
Time & Location
Labor Day Weekend 2026
Highlonesome Music Festival, 10005 UU 545, Chadwick, MO 65629, USA
About the event
Shoeshine Blue is the Wichita-based musical project of singer-songwriter Michael Apinyakul, widely characterized as "soulful folk for soulful folks". The project’s distinct style blends lo-fi, literary, blues, and folk elements with "a little fuzz" and a touch of folk-punk. Shoeshine Blue has a strong connection to the Missouri Ozarks, having performed at the Highlonesome Music Festival at Dockley Ranch in Chadwick, MO. Appearing alongside various regional musicians, Apinyakul delivers a sound that is as deeply soulful as it is artistically grounded.