J. Plank (Jeff Plankenhorn) is a BC-based, internationally touring singer-songwriter and master of the lap steel guitar. Known for soulful vocals, dynamic stagecraft, and a sound that bridges roots, blues, and folk, he has spent decades captivating audiences across North America, Europe, and Japan. Plank is a highly respected musician recognized for his skill as a slide guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist, gaining acclaim both as a solo artist and as a sought-after session player. His style blends blues, folk, and roots into a sound that’s uniquely his own. In 2025, he released The Bend, a stripped-down solo acoustic album recorded on the Texas coast, showcasing just his voice, lap steel, acoustic guitar, and piano. Later this year he will follow it with a high-energy roots rock album recorded in the Netherlands with the band The Southern Aces — a project that blends live-off-the-floor energy with wizardly guitar playing, innovative songwriting, and, most of all, deep groove. Plank’s career includes collaborations with a wide range of artists, headline festival slots, and multiple Austin Music Award nominations for Musician of the Year, Best Guitarist, and a win for Best Misc. Instrument for “The Plank,” a hybrid lap steel guitar he designed himself. For him, music is about bringing people together — whether biker or drag queen, listener or dancer — to share in the joy and connection that only a great song can deliver.. 

In the greatest duos, the dynamic between individuals generates a sound all its own. Voices and visions co-mingle completely, alchemizing into a union that transcends “complementary” or “contrasting.” Think Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. While musician, producer and engineer Johnny Sangster and Pineola’s Leslie Braly are both established artists in their own right, the music they make as Braly Sangster owes everything to their chemistry. The twelve songs of Permanent Wave touch on many styles, yet Braly Sangster always sound - and feel - simpatico throughout this set of original duets.