Brian Ernst and his wife Katie tour full time with his music and their nonprofit, Journey4YOUth.  Brian has up to 15 instruments on stage and a looping pedal.  He uses open tuned and lap guitars with didgeridoo’s and other percussion instruments – creating upbeat acoustic, soul, roots music with a positive and uplifting lyrical message, inspired from their world travels over the last decade.  Journey4YOUth provides education sponsorship's and small micro loans to women, in a small Kenyan village where Brian and Katie volunteered in 2010.  Together they have been able to raise over $120,000 for various causes around the world.