Mike Farris won the 2008 Americana Music Association's “New & Emerging Artist of the Year” award for his heartfelt mix of soul/r&b/gospel/rock. In 2010 Mike won the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Award for “Best Traditional Gospel Album of the Year” and in 2011 he 2011 was a featured performer at Rock And Roll Hall of Fame's 16th Annual American Music Masters Concert honoring Aretha Franklin. As described by Buddy Miller (Robert Plant's Band of Joy), "Mike Farris has enough heart, soul, and power to light up a city. He mixes up the elements and turns them into something new, beautiful, and uniquely his own."
Soul Suit is veteran musicians from metro DC who came together to form this new original funk/soul band. The music of Soul Suit draws upon the sounds of past soulsters with new songs set to the grooves of hope and reconciliation.