Kenton James (Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska/Cheyenne River) is a musician based out of Flandreau, SD. He started garage rock band the Lilacs in 2004 with his brother Keldon James. In 2012 he formed Sons of Sans Arc with brother Keldon and his wife Elisabetta Giomo-James (Montebelluna, Italy). From 2012-2019 Sons of Sans Arc toured the upper Midwest and in 2018 toured Italy behind their 2017 EP Vital Signs. Sons of Sans Arc are currently on hiatus. In the Fall of 2019 Kenton released an album Isanti under the name Isanti and would follow up with Songs from Plum Tree Lane (2020) and Isanti II (2021). Isanti was intended to be a studio project only however, in November of 2021 Kenton was joined by drummer Jacob Vande Vegte, guitarist Cain Rotert (Turtle Mountain), and bassist Kamp Kirsch to start playing live shows with Isanti. Currently, Isanti is recording a 4th studio album due out in September 2022.

Kenton is also a baker of Napoli style pizzas and does sales on weekends. He hopes to hit the pow wow trail with his pizzas soon!

IG:
Isanti: https://www.instagram.com/isanti_band/
Sons of Sans Arc: https://www.instagram.com/sons_of_sans_arc/