Small Potatoes members Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso, who are also husband and wife, describe themselves as electro-manics. Their music, ranging from Celtic to cowboy, has roots in country, blues, swing, and Irish music and features a variety of instruments like guitars, flutes, mandolins, bodhrans, and tin whistles. “They don’t sound like anybody else.  I like that.  They lay out a blanket, and every song is a picnic,” said Warren Nelson, a Wisconsin public radio broadcaster.

“It’s exciting music—-so exciting, I’ll pay to see them,” Dave Humphreys, manager of the Two Way Street Coffeehouse in Chicago told the Chicago Tribune. “Their music is diverse. Their show is well-paced and has depth and humor. But first and foremost, they are excellent musicians.”

Small Potatoes has toured clubs and coffeehouses throughout the U.S. regularly since 1993 and has made regular appearances at a number of popular folk festivals, such as Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas and the Kerryville Folk Festival in Kerryville, Texas. They present to their audiences a rare blend of instrumental and vocal talents, skilled guitar play, and award-winning song-writing.

In past performances, the group has shared the stage with well-known artists like Tom Paxton, Greg Brown, Michael Smith, Steve Gillette, David Wilcox, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Cheryl Wheeler, and Trout Fishing in America.