Search Genres: Americana Bluegrass Blues Broadway Celtic Children/Family Choral Classical Classics Commercial/Film Country Folk Gospel Holiday/Christmas Jazz Old Time Other Rock Singer-Songwriter Social Justice/Labor Western Swing World Music Instruments: Accordion Autoharp Banjo Bass Body Percussion Cello Dance Fiddle Guitar Hammered Dulcimer Mandolin Mountain Dulcimer Percussion Piano/Keyboard Ukulele Viola Violin Vocals Woodwinds Event Types: Bars/Clubs Camps Church/Worship Service Cocktail Hour Coffeehouse Community Events Corporate Events Festivals Fundraiser/Gala Funerals Hospital/Hospice House Concert Libraries Listening Room Nursing / Retirement Home Online Shows Political Events/Social Causes Recording Sessions Schools Soft-Seat Theater Weddings Hireable For: Background Vocalist Band/Ensemble Composing/Arranging Duo Educational Programs Live Sound Music Director/Conductor Private Music Lessons Producer Radio DJ Side Musician Social Justice/Labor Organizing Solo Artist Songwriting Studio Musician Studio Sound Tours In: Central Canada Central U.S. Eastern Canada Eastern U.S. Mexico/Central & South America Overseas/International Western Canada Western U.S. Identifies As: BIPOC LGBTQIA+ Sort by: A-ZDefaultMusicians Found: 28Filter Your Search:GenresAmericanaBluegrassBluesBroadwayCelticChildren/FamilyChoralClassicalClassicsCommercial/FilmCountryFolkGospelHoliday/ChristmasJazzOld TimeOtherRockSinger-SongwriterSocial Justice/LaborWestern SwingWorld MusicInstrumentsAccordionAutoharpBanjoBassBody PercussionBrassCelloDanceFiddleGuitarHammered DulcimerMandolinMountain DulcimerPercussionPiano/KeyboardUkuleleViolaViolinVocalsWoodwindsEvent TypesBars/ClubsCampsChurch/Worship ServiceCocktail HourCoffeehouseCommunity EventsCorporate EventsFestivalsFundraiser/GalaFuneralsHospital/HospiceHouse ConcertLibrariesListening RoomNursing / Retirement HomeOnline ShowsPolitical Events/Social CausesRecording SessionsSchoolsSoft-Seat TheaterWeddingsHireables ForBackground VocalistBand/EnsembleComposing/ArrangingDuoEducational ProgramsLive SoundMusic Director/ConductorPrivate Music LessonsProducerRadio DJSide MusicianSocial Justice/Labor OrganizingSolo ArtistSongwritingStudio MusicianStudio SoundVideo ProductionTours InCentral CanadaCentral U.S.Eastern CanadaEastern U.S.Mexico/Central & South AmericaOverseas/InternationalWestern CanadaWestern U.S.Sort by:All Categories Natalia Zukerman Musician, painter and educator Natalia Zukerman grew up in New York City, studied art at Oberlin, started her mural business Off The Wall in San Francisco, began her songwriting career in Boston, and now resides, writes, plays, teaches and paints in the Hudson Valley. Having released eight independent albums on Weasel Records and her own label Talisman Records, Zukerman has toured internationally as a solo performer since 2005. Her music can be heard on the soundtrack of several seasons of The L Word and ABC Family's Chasing Life. She also created the score for The Arch of Titus, an independent film created for Yeshiva University and a Harvard online course called Poetry in America. Alongside her touring career, Zukerman continues to paint private and public murals as well as illustrate children’s books, design and paint sets for plays in New York City and paint private portrait commissions. In February, 2017, Natalia became a Cultural Diplomat for the US Department of State, playing concerts and conducting workshops with her trio, The Northern Lights throughout Africa. Alongside band Raining Jane in 2022, Natalia co-lead workshops virtually with social action musicians in Zimbabwe. Raining Jane and Natalia were selected to lead workshops again through American Music Abroad some time in 2023/24. Natalia teaches private songwriting lessons and has taught at various programs and festivals throughout the US and in Canada. In May 2018, she was the artist in residence at the cell theatre in New York City where she developed her multimedia one woman show, The Women Who Rode Away. In March, 2020, Natalia co-produced an online music festival called Shut In & Sing which ran for 8 weeks and provided immediate financial relief to hundreds of independent musicians at the beginning of the lockdown. Zukerman is also a 200 hour certified yoga teacher and is the artistic director for the conscious global community, SoulCall Global.View Artist Tom Rawson Folksinger/Storyteller/SongleaderView Artist Valdy aka Paul-Valdemar Horsdal Travelling folksinger, still digging it after more than fifty years on the road,View Artist Carl Fichtenbaum Carl Jack (AKA Carl Fichtenbaum) is a singer-songwriter, who has been performing for more than 40 years, following a life-long passion of composing music, writing lyrics, and playing live shows. He uses music as an outlet to express thoughts, feelings and observation about the world. To him, love, humor, social activism and change are all intertwined. Because of this, he writes a variety of songs that are heartfelt, make you think, and challenge paradigms. He wants people to feel just a little bit better for having listened to his music. And if you sing along? Great! Because when we sing together, the world gets just a little bit better.View Artist Kray Van Kirk Folk singers often try to one-up each other with obscure details and pastimes. No slouch in that regard, Kray Van Kirk, who will be playing our house concert series on Friday, May 19th, has not one but two obscure distinctions. First, he holds a Ph.D. in fisheries population dynamics modeling. If that’s not obscure enough, he does a spot-on impression of Japan's nineteenth century blind swordsman, Zatoichi.View Artist Casey Neill Singer songwriter and band leader. Side electric guitar player in rock bands, and back up for traditional Celtic acts. Touring throughout the USA.View Artist Donna Nestler View Artist Debra Cowan “Stunning” is the word often used to describe Debra Cowan's vocals. She performs unaccompanied or with guitar, interpreting a wide range of traditional and contemporary songs. She is a full-time performer who bridges the old and new with a refreshing stage presence and has released six recordings, all having earned praise on both sides of the Atlantic. She tours in the United Kingdom and in North America and can often be seen on stage with her good friend, singer and musician John Roberts. Debra is a proud member of American Federation of Musicians Local 1000 and endorses Harvey Leach guitars. View Artist Susan Lewis As a member of the women's trio Belles of Hoboken in the early 80s (with Janet Stecher and Marcie Boyd), Susan performed throughout the New York City area and recorded numerous songs for the "Fast Folk" musician's cooperative monthly musical "magazine." When she moved to Seattle, Susan was a founding member of the quartet Shays' Rebellion, along with fellow Local 1000 member John O’Connor (as well as Tim Hall and Janet Stecher). Their 'songs of social movements past and present' were shared with audiences across the United States and Canada. Their album "Daniel Shays' Highway" was released on Flying Fish Records (FF427) in 1987. View Artist Deidre McCalla Deidre McCalla doesn’t merely take the stage – she owns it.Deidre – a Black woman, mother, lesbian, feminist – has long been in the forefront of Black musicians rewiring perception of how Black folk do folk. Deidre McCalla’s 2022 release, ENDLESS GRACE, her fifth independent album, is the bold statement of an artist confidently claiming her place in the world and relentlessly affirming the power and diversity of the human spirit.View Artist Chris Vallillo Roots based singer songwriter/folk musician.View Artist Ken Giles Ken Giles teaches violin/viola at D.C. Youth Orchestra Program and in private lessons. He also sings with the D.C. Labor Chorus. Longtime peace and civil rights activist, Ken was a member of the topical song group "Bright Morning Star" and played for peace demonstrations, environmental activists, and human rights groups. Ken teaches his students all kinds of music, including classical, folk, blues, labor songs, and civil rights songs.View Artist Tom Neilson View Artist John McCutcheon For fifty years John McCutcheon has been a stalwart of the American folk music scene, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, storyteller, author, activist, union man. He was introduced to folk music as an 11-year-old watching the March on Washington on television. The wedding of art and activism captured him then and he’s spent the many years since exploring that union. View Artist Bennet Zurofsky View Artist Kim Harris View Artist Tom Chapin “One of the great personalities in contemporary folk music.” - New York TimesView Artist Orit Shimoni A prolific and highly acclaimed singer-songwriter, Orit spent eleven years living on the road full-time, touring internationally. She has released eleven albums which have received rave reviews and international radio play. A multi-genre passionate singer, whose dedication to the craft and ability to connect to diverse audiences have won many hearts over. Orit's Jewish and Israeli background informs much of her work, in particular a passion for humanitarianism and peace advocacy. You can also hear her harmonies on several recordings by other artists.View Artist Windborne “A quartet the likes of which I haven’t seen since... Coope, Boyes and Simpson, the Watersons, or The Voice Squad. Just absolutely phenomenal!” -BBC Traveling FolkView Artist Liv Cazzola [Tragedy Ann | The Lifers] Liv Cazzola is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, educator, and avid collaborator. Though based in Guelph Ontario, Liv is typically seen performing in Tragedy Ann or The Lifers, in North America and Europe. She sings to seek understanding, question the current, relish in the goodness, and create necessary change. View Artist Eve Goldberg Imagine a kitchen party where Mother Maybelle Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Mississippi John Hurt, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and Patsy Cline show up, and you begin to get a sense of what it feels like inside songwriter Eve Goldberg's head. Eve has performed her trademark mixture of folk, blues, country, bluegrass, old time, and jazz in venues ranging from small house concerts to the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington DC since 1990. View Artist 1 2 Next »