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Aaron has been performing since he was 16. Working alongside several musicians throughout his career he has built a breadth of musical experiences from house concerts to festivals and concert halls. His passion for the music and the power it can have with groups of people is part of why he keeps bringing the music to audiences across the country. Aaron brings a polished fingerstyle and rhythm guitar playing to a warm tenor voice. His songwriting tells the stories of common folks bringing uncommon stories to life. Whether one of the more than 100 songs from rural communities across this country or songs of passion and purpose, Aaron delivers a performance that will move you. As an educator, Aaron began his teaching career in 1984 after he graduated from Friends University in Wichita, KS. Aaron intended to teach a couple of years at the elementary level then move to middle school and then high school and then land a career at the college. Well, part of that became a reality. Aaron taught 2 years at the elementary level and 2 years at the middle school level. The problem is that he stayed another 7 years, teaching middle school for 11 years! Some love middle school kids and Aaron is one of them. It was in 1995 when Aaron decided to pursue songwriting and touring more intentional. Now 32 years later he still loves working in the classroom drawing music and stories out of students. Aaron's work includes work with the itty-bitty one, birth through 6-year-olds through Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts. As a National Trainer, he loves getting these very young ones finding the music and rhythm inside themselves. Aaron is a Certified National Teaching Artist with Young Audiences in New York and a Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Early Learning through the Arts in Vienna Virginia. His current home in Wichita, Kansas keeps him connected with Arts Partners Wichita working with students K-12. The work of integrating the arts into science, math and language arts is a wonderful way to inspire kids to use the creative space in their heads to think about the world they live in. In early 2020 Aaron began thinking about how to leave some of the stories he was telling students about Bella and Choco, the two classroom therapy dogs that work with Aaron in the classroom. He came up with the concept of a children's book about the two adventurous dogs that visited the classroom with him as Therapy dogs. The first book, Being YOU-Neek, was written during the 2020 Pandemic. It became the first book in the series The Adventures of Bella and Choco. This book helps children learn about character traits and a variety of academic lessons. The second book is entitled, The Boat, and is about how all us belong on this great plant we call Mother Earth. The 3rd book will come out in the spring of 2022 and is an Alphabet book highlighting local businesses in Wichita Kansas where Aaron and illustrator Peter Mader live.

Toronto songwriter Abigail Lapell draws from roots, indie and punk traditions. Her new sophomore album, Hide Nor Hair, won the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year. Hailed as a folk/country artist to watch by NOW Toronto, she’s toured across North America and Europe, performing on vocals, piano, harmonica and finger style guitar.

Drummer / Percussionist. Session / Touring musician, workshop facilitator, accompanist.

I am a Toronto based musician and composer. I play mandolin and guitar, and play with an assortment of bands playing mostly bluegrass, new acoustic music, klezmer, jazz, country and rock.

I'm a drummer for such artists as Nelly Furtado, Blueman Group, Alessia Cara.. All artists that have very high profiles in the pop music industry.. I have been fortunate to be a sideman for the last 20 years and hope to continue another 20!!!

I'm a 12 year old Guitarist born and raised on the Jersey Shore. I've been playing the guitar since I was 8 and have been performing on stage since i was 9. I have an appreciation for all guitar styles but am drawn to acoustic, blues and rock the most. I'll be heading out on the National Tour of School of Rock The Musical in September 17'

Singer. Songwriter. Music Educator. Choir director.  I am especially passionate about music that gets ordinary people singing along.

I am a Celtic fiddler specializing in Cape Breton, Irish & Scottish music. I also play some Balkan music as well.

Alana is a Toronto-based fiddler specializing in combining Irish, Cape Breton and Scottish styles to create her own sound. She performs both solo and in a duo with her father, Leigh Cline.

Travelling singer/songwriter who has been writing and performing for over 10 years.

Left/labor singer-songwriter

I am a vocalist, songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and performer in a bilingual art-folk duo called Moonfruits. I play guitar, banjo, piano and some percussion.

I am a classically trained violinist. I play in orchestras and chamber ensembles, genres from classical to pop to electro-acoustic. I also play in a folk duo, October Gold, and an indie band, The Franklin Electric. I also sing back-up vocals.

Performing as duo or larger band for events and concerts in Florida, Ontario and Quebec

I am a musician from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, now living in Montreal, Quebec. I play traditional Cape Breton Fiddle music on both fiddle and piano. I also stepdance, the dance of my culture. Recently I have started doing some singing as well, but I am mainly an instrumental act. I travel often to the United States to work, and also do a bit of work in the United Kingdom and other parts of Canada...and wherever else the music takes me. I teach about my style of music through online lessons, and at some fiddle/music camps. I also do a lot of composing and play a lot of my original music. My last album (5th solo album) was 100% original material.

I play traditional music of the Southeastern United States, in the form of Blues, Country dance music, classic Ragtime, 'golden age' Old Time material, religious songs out of many traditions, playparties, a few recitations and some talking pieces.

I am a touring and performing musician.

I am a nationally touring storyteller/singer/songwriter.

Musician from Toronto, mainly in roots/folk/bluegrass styles; plays guitar, banjo, fiddle; vocalist; composer

I am a bass player, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. I have experience producing, recording, and arranging other artist's work as well as writing and performing my own music. I primarily earn my living touring as a support player in other artists' projects.

I am a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in guitar, drums, and synthesizers. I play guitar in Basia Bulat's band and with her have toured in Western Europe and the east coast of the USA. I also record experimental pop music in a fully analog home-studio.

Ann Zimmerman sings her native prairie into universal language and works magic from songs of life on the windy plains. Her confident Kansas style, compelling stage presence and award-winning songs have taken her across the continent singing a hundred gigs a year. Ann sings for and with children, families and adults. She tells stories and paints pictures with her guitar, her piano or just her voice. She regularly leads songwriting workshops for elementary and middle school students. On occasion, she performs spoken word pieces, plays autoharp and gathers a band. At presenters' requests, her shows may focus on particular topics - food, gardens, weather, nature, rural life, human conflict, etc. - or historical periods or events - American Revolutionary War, pioneer life, historic Kansas.

One of America's premiere song leaders and co-creator of the songbooks Rise Up Singing and Rise Again, Annie is also an accomplished performer and jazz vocalist. She carries with her a suitcase of incredible song knowledge and a repertoire that includes over 2400 songs from many genres, including Americana, contemporary folk, ballads, gospel, country and jazz.  Annie is a master song interpreter, accompanying herself on guitar and banjo. She loves to collaborate with other artists. Her folk recording, Mountain Side, features Annie's stunning vocals along with haunting harmonies by the talented voices of Tracy Grammer, Katryna and Nerissa Nields and Mary Witt of the O-Tones.

I am primarily an Irish fiddle player and violin maker based in Providence, RI. These days, I sing a lot of English, Sea, and American songs. Or anything that catches my ear. In addition, I play English concertina, tin whistle, and do percussive dance.

Arthur performs with The Celtic Rathskallions, a children's musical theatre, Moore & McGregor, ( recording 'Dream With Me' ) a duo with my wife, Wendy, and McGregor and Lindsay with Graham Lindsay along with solo shows with a mix of my songs and others. I ran the Ottawa Folklore Centre for 34 years, and I'm currently the Canadian Vice-president of Local 1000. I've played and worked in folk music all my life...so far!

small Multi Percussion, Guitar, Flute and Poetry

Multi-instrumentalist Ben Deschamps plays regularly with Celtic artist Heather Dale, and also tours internationally as a side musician for other folk and blues acts. Ben's long recording career includes producing and/or engineering over 40 albums, and running live sound for performances. Ben Deschamps and Heather Dale have played 1500+ shows across 3 continents. Together they run the musician-friendly OnlineConcertThing.com music platform. Ben has been a proud Local 1000 member since 2011.

I sing English pub songs and ballads, American folk songs, shanties, and some Irish and Scottish songs. I occasionally write songs and parodies often having to do with biology, science and nature. I sing both a cappella and accompanied on a variety of string and free reed instruments. I also play traditional Irish dance music. Armand Aromin and I host Irish tune session and pub sings in Rhode Island and elsewhere in New England. We also perform as a duo called The Vox Hunters at festivals, concert venues, coffeeshops, house concerts and smaller venues mainly in New England and we are fond of participatory, social folk singing. I teach private lessons on anglo concertina. Armand and I are also enthusiastic researchers and interpreters of folk songs, broadside ballads, etc. We are currently working on a project concerning the traditional music of Rhode Island.

Beth Cahill is a musical raconteuse with quirky tales to tell. She has found her own, true voice – it can be intimate, explosive, soothing or even forlorn. Her style rises from the broad roots of a cultural tree that spreads its leafy branches high above her Illinois Celtic-ness. It leans casually up against an Americana-esque array of blues, jazz and other traditional influences to come to gracefully rest alongside the river that flows past her Québec home. While she calls Wakefield, Quebec home she tours extensively across North America, both solo and with The Malvinas. She is currently the Secretary Treasurer of Local 1000.

Bill Garrett is a musician, producer and occasional songwriter. Involved in folk music for decades, he has performed internationally, recorded several albums both solo, and with partner Sue Lothrop and has produced some 65 albums for other artists. Until its sale in 2021 He was a partner in Borealis Records. He has sat on the boards of Folk Alliance International, the Canadian Folk Music Awards and  Folk Music Canada. He is a proud recipient of Folk Music Ontario’s Estelle Klein Award with whom he had the privilege of working on the Mariposa Folk Festival.  Prior to Borealis he worked for several years as a music and program producer at CBC Radio. He currently stays busy in the studio producing other artists including James Keelaghan, Mamas Broke, Shelley Posen and The Durham County Poets. When not producing others he performs and records with his wife Sue Lothrop.

Singer, songwriter performing primarily for children and families. Perform and teach as artist in residence at schools, libraries, community centers and at private parties. Song leading at rallies and other political events, often with Occupella, a crew of singer/songleaders/songwiriters.  Occasionally perform for adults, leftist events, usually unpaid. Play with women's samba group, Sistah Boom.  I'm 73 years old and semi-retired from paid work at this point.

Violinist - classically trained. Perform with various classical groups but also recording as soloist /sideman for a variety of styles from jazz to folk based and educational ensembles.While I often perform in my local area I have also been involved in tours throughout Canada and the U.S. I often am involved in recording in other centres such as Toronto (this past Oct. 2016) and will be involved in recording next Sept. in Vancouver as part of a larger tour.

I primarily a singer-songwriter, and perform with my partner Liv Cazzola as Tragedy Ann. In addition to this work, I am a side player (electric guitar) in The Lifers, as well as manager/booker for James Gordon. I occasionally do session work as a guitarist.

Sing, play, teach folk music from Turkey and Eastern Europe. Also folk music from other traditions. Some original material. Have worked in theatre, radio.

Guitar, mandolin and bodhran. Vocals. Band Leader of Poor Angus

Play bass ,write,arrange music

CAROLANN SOLEBELLO is a performing songwriter born and bred in New York City. Best known to folk audiences as a founding member of Americana trio Red Molly, she now tours both solo and with modern folk quartet No Fuss and Feathers. Carolann’s smooth, compelling voice and warm acoustic guitar style surely nod to rural folk traditions, yet her decidedly urban sense of rhythm and sophisticated vocal phrasing bend those traditional forms into more contemporary shapes. She is a proud member of the Jack Hardy Songwriters’ Exchange and has won numerous songwriting awards. Carolann released her fifth solo album, Shiver, in February 2018.

I am a singer songwriter. I've have 15 nationally released albums on Rounder Records and Available Light Records. I've toured throughout the USA, India, Europe and other countries. I also work as a visiting artist in educational settings as well as teach workshops on songwriting as a spiritual practice and vocation. I just released my 17th album "A Permeable Life" and published my first book of poetry and essays.

Singer songwriter and band leader. Side electric guitar player in rock bands, and back up for traditional Celtic acts. Touring throughout the USA.

Accordionist with BeauSoleil

I am the cantor at Oseh Shalom synagogue in Laurel, MD. In my day job I am a full-time union representative for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO. My wife Marilyn and I host the Soup and Song Productions house concert series, which has a collective bargaining agreement with Local 1000.

Singer/songwriter, some typing, no shorthand. Accompany self on guitar, others on harmonica. Active in Local 1000 from Day One. Happily living off the pension.

Guitar, Bass, Vocals, production and engineering.

Traditional - Singer of songs with a strong historic base.  Composed long ago, by those whose names may be long since forgotten, but whose ideas are still relevant today. 

Singer-songwriter
Community Choir and Group Singing Facilitator
Voice Movement Therapy practitioner
Circle-Sing facilitator

Roots based singer songwriter/folk musician.

Chuck is a hubert humphrey democrat sensitive new age guy. He started singing in Detroit folk clubs and saloons back in the 1960’s. In Toronto, on his first out of town gig, he met a bony blonde Canadian songwriter named Joni Anderson. They married, and as a duo Chuck and Joni Mitchell played the coffeehouse circuit and gin rummy until she was 48,760 points and 50 home made songs ahead, and then they divorced.

I am a folk musician who plays upright bass and banjo

I have been performing as a bass player/singer in Canada for the past 20 years or so. Mostly in the Toronto area and summer festivals in Ontario.

I am a singer songwriter first. I also play lap steel in various groups as well as i session work for other artists.

Traditional and contemporary folksinger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer

I am a singer-songwriter performing in the indie-folk genre. I play as a solo act, as a duo and with a band.

Balladeer / Songwriter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and touring the U.S. and abroad full-time.
In addition to being a touring solo act, Daniel is a member of the 1960s folk trio The Limeliters and the group remains active.
Former Western Regional Representative for Local 1000.

alto saxophone with Duo Pizzicato. Italian songs and tunes

I have worked with Sara Bareilles, Katharine McPhee, Bebe Winans, Warren Haynes, Ashanti, and Broadway hits like Hamilton and Waitress. So contact me now and let's make your music shine!

Songwriter, lead and harmony vocals, guitar, booking, publicity, web

Dan is half of the duo Dan & Faith, an acoustic, singer/songwriter/storyteller duo from New Hampshire. Dan plays guitar, harmonica and banjo. Faith plays acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, dulcimer and ukulele. Their songs tell the stories of people and places, real and imagined. 

Folk musician: kids/family music, adult folk.
Folk DJ, founder of Godfrey Daniels coffeehouse.

Dave McCann is a roots based Singer-songwriter based in Alberta Canada.
With the Calgary based Ten Toed Frogs Dave released 3 legendary recordings “Woodland Tea”, “Country Medicine” and “Shoot The Horse”. In 2009 Dave McCann and the Firehearts was formed with a trip to Nashville to record with Americana guitar icon and producer Will Kimbrough (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider). The resulting work “Dixiebluebird” was a benchmark recording that captured further acclaim for Dave McCann and The Firehearts. Dave is currently touring on the strength of his fifth full length release "Circle of Light", Built with Leeroy Stagger at the Rebeltone Ranch. Dave now makes his home in Southern Alberta about an hour North of Montana's Glacier National Park.

David Borough appears with the band, Radio Rail.  Radio Rail has performed at The Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering, The Songs for the Transcontinental Railroad Concerts, The California State Railroad Museum, The Cold Springs Tavern, and The Old Town Sacramento Gold Rush Days Festival. As well as venues from Cisco's Creekside in San Luis Obispo, to The Urban Village Farmers Markets in the San Francisco Bay Area...

Solo singer-songwriter and performer based out of Central Minnesota. ASCAP affiliation, Recording Academy member, Folk Alliance International (FAI) member, Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) member, Minnesota Music Coalition member and endorsed by Shubb Capos.

Singer-songwriter and folk musician specializing in traditional music of US, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, and songs of the sea.

PLAY GUITAR,WRITE,SING

Very occasional traveling musician. Music producer.

I am a freelance bass guitarist.

“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. 

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.

I'm an Internationally touring performing songwriter. I began my larger touring career in 2006 when I signed with the ASGARD Agency in the UK and Proper Records also in the UK. I have six original albums out with Proper Records and my current album is a song cycle based on stories of refugees and asylum seekers. I mostly perform solo in concert venues.

Musician/Producer/Instructor - primary Instruments Dobro and Guitar
secondary Instruments mandolin, steel guitars, keys
composer/songwriter
side guy and front guy
available for remote session work

Elise Witt’s concerts of Global, Local & Homemade Songs™ and her Impromptu Glorious Chorus™ workshops create and connect singing communities around the globe. Her songs are available for choruses and choirs through the Elise Witt Choral Series and for solo and community singing in All Singing: The Elise Witt Songbook, as well as on 12 CDs.
She currently serves as Director of Music Programs at the Global Village Project, a special purpose middle school for teenage refugee girls in Decatur GA, where she uses singing to help students learn English, share their cultures, gain self confidence, and learn to navigate their new world.

Elizabeth Curry is as committed to playing the upright bass as she is to meditation, human connection, anti-colonialism and creating gourmet meals in the back of the tour van. Not only is Elizabeth tasteful and skilled in her playing, she brings a vitality and energy to her performances that leave audiences with a thrumming in their solar plexus. Elizabeth’s talent is grounded in more than a decade of touring experience, six years of work with the Regina Symphony Orchestra, a Bachelors of Music and a Masters of Interactive Media and Performance. Her dedication to this path was formed in a household that danced to Pyotr Tchaikovsky, raised fists with Buffy Sainte-Marie, and was moved by Leonard Cohen. Elizabeth’s reverence for each musician she accompanies – from Saskatchewan chanteuse Belle Plaine to Toronto’s rabble-rouser Annabelle Chvostek – is evident in the attentiveness she gives to each song and in her capacity to support each show uniquely. Elizabeth is the sidekick that every superhero wants.

Mountain Dulcimer Aficionado and Folk Music Educator

Erin McKeown is a musician, writer, and producer known internationally for her prolific disregard of stylistic boundaries. Her brash and clever electric guitar playing is something to see. Her singing voice is truly unique —clear, cool, and collected. Over the last 20 years, she has performed around the world, released 11 full length albums, and written for film, television, and theater, all the while refining her distinctive and challenging mix of American musical forms.

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. 

Faith Nolan singer/songwriter, plays guitar, harp, banjo, ukelele- songs focus on social justice , kids music, LGBTQI- Enviornment-anti racism, anti-capitalism-ani-sexism, anti-homophobia- pro peace , love and joy Heritage - Black-Mi'kmaq-Irish , born in Nova Scotia -have recorded 16 CD's, original many world languages used in lyrics and lots of blues folk jazz, reggae

Songwriter, lead and harmony vocals, multiple instruments

"...gravel in my boot ain't nuthin'."

your thoughts are prayers

I am a banjo player that primarily plays traditional old time and bluegrass. I have studied at the Humber College School of Music and have recorded and toured, nationally and internationally, with such groups as Oh My Darling, Foggy Hogtown Boys and Ken Whiteley. I perform a mix of traditional music as well as some of my own compositions.

Tall, skinny, play 12-string guitar, fiddle, Irish flute (not all at once) Sing historic, humorous, and humorous historic songs. I work with Julia Lane, singer, folklorist and harper extraordinaire. We tour Cape Breton to Cape Canaveral; West Virginia to Kosovo.

Performing Songwriter. Plays finger-style acoustic guitar in standard and DADGAD tunings, open D Lap slide, Fender fretted and fretless bass.

Bassist, Acoustic/upright, electric, fretless player. Also guitar. 40+ years experience. Member of some established groups in the Baltimore-Washington DC area. Also substitute as hired and where needed. Play many styles, jazz, big band, rock, country, bluegrass. Good reader. Also occasionally teach bass - by referral, not with any studio or as a main source of income. Referred by Local 1000 member Joe Uehlein of The Uliners, one group that I perform with.

Drummer & Sound Engineer

I am an Appalachian oldtime music songwriter and oldtime square dance and contra dance caller, I also work with children in folk dance and early childhood music and movement.

Heather Dale’s original Celtic music explores world legends and history. She finds contemporary themes within old material, and fuses folk traditions with blues, jazz, and world music influences. Often compared to Loreena McKennitt and Sarah McLachlan, Dale’s rich vocals are paired with more than a dozen folk instruments in live performances with multi-instrumentalist Ben Deschamps. In her 25+ year career, she's released 18 studio albums, 5 live albums, 3 songbooks and a full-length musical theatre work based on the King Arthur legend titled “Queens of Avalon.” She and Ben have played 1500+ shows across 3 continents, and together they run the musician-friendly OnlineConcertThing.com music platform. Heather & Ben have been proud Local 1000 members since 2011. 

Performing as Duo or larger band for events and concerts in Florida, Ontario and Quebec

A long standing member of The Woods Tea Co. Howard is a musician, audio engineer, video editor, graphic artist and web designer.

Dave has been touring, recording and performing for 30+ years. He's a former Executive Board Member of Local 1000 and current Solidarity Committee Chair.

I have been playing music for 15 years and have graduated from Humber College. I am a hardworking freelance musician.

Jamar Jones is a signed jazz piano artists to Patti LAbelle's recording label GPE Records.

Guitarist, composer, singer-songwriter Jim Scott has dedicated his music to the causes of ecology and peace. He's traveled the world as a performer and created 9 albums of original music. Jim has composed larger (classical?) pieces, primarily choral, as well as many songs for children.
A member of the Paul Winter Consort for years, Jim sang their anthem "Common Ground" and composed many for the group including collaborating on their celebrated "Missa Gaia/Earth Mass."
Jim created the "Earth and Spirit Songbook" an anthology of 110 songs of earth and peace by many contemporary composers.
His choral music and a guitar book "All Scales" are published by Hal Leonard.

I am a touring multi-instrumentalist concentrating on electric bass, upright bass and banjo.

I am a 5 string Scruggs style banjo player, and bluegrass guitar player.

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My first band was a trio (Whirligig) with Linda Gonzalez and Ben Robinson from Athens, Georgia in the nineties.
In 1994-1999 I performed with The Dilettantes (folk, jazz, old country, rock, Texas swing) in Baltimore, Maryland.
I was also a member of Dame's Rocket, a Baltimore based rock and roll band (retro rock, retro country, Texas swing, surf) from 1996-2006.
In 1999 I joined the folk trio, Hot Soup (with Sue Trainor, Christina Muir) and performed with them until 2003.
I joined the Baltimore City Pipe Band in 2006-2014, playing the highland bagpipes in parades, parties, weddings, funerals and other events.
It's been a fun, interesting and wild ride. 😉

I'm a singer and song writer in Seattle. I play acoustic guitar and perform mostly solo, although I do have many musician friend who I work with from time to time.

I am a singer, guitarist and songwriter. I have had my own band, Little Foot Long Foot, for over a decade, and I tour extensively with Serena Ryder as her guitarist and singer. I perform with many cover bands, including Tommy Youngsteen.

Singer/songwriter/fingerstyle Guitarist from the Canadian West Coast.

Performer/Recording Artist

I am a multi-instrumentalist, a solo artist and also perform in Ashley & Simpson

Joel Simpson has been a self-employed musician since 2001. Growing up in a musical family, Joel started playing guitar as well as singing/songwriting at a young age. His passion for music led him to earn a music business degree from Elmhurst University, and found Randomosity Records in Downers Grove, Illinois. He splits his time between private instruction, music production, and music performance.  Joel is proficient on voice and many string instruments. His production work focuses on folk and jazz. Joel has recorded with Lee Murdock, Ashley & Simpson, The Chancey Brothers and many more.

Singer-songwriter, producer, guitarist. Originally from NYC started in indie-bands relocated to LA in the early 1990's. Collaborated with artist such as Beck, Forest for the Trees, Jude, 1000 Clowns to name a few. Became a union rep at Local 47 in 2003 and have served in almost every position. Slowly getting back into writing songs and performing.

John hails from the Bronx, New York. His father Juan Acosta was a percussionist from Cuba who worked as a touring musician with Latin jazz greats such as Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. In California, John began his recording career working as a composer, guitarist, producer and engineer for artists on Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Geffen, BMG, Elektra and Capitol Records. John was a member of the group Forest for the Tree's which reached #18 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts, has collaborated with Beck, and landed a top ten hit in the UK working with the artist 1000 Clowns. John's work as a musician lead to his work with AFM Local 47, advocating for musicians rights. Currently John serves as President of AFM Local 47 and on the AFM International Executive Board.

Singer/songwriter, acoustic guitarist, accompanist for Vivian's one-woman play by Is Kahn "Mother Jones in Heaven.

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. 

I am a professional drummer with two university degrees: a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music from York University (2012) and a Masters in Music Performance from University of Toronto (2014).

Musician & Composer

Folk musician focused on early American music, old English songs, maritime music. Also an instrument maker of woodwinds that apply to these traditions - fifes, whistles, flutes.

I am a young female banjoist born in Québec of mixed Afro-Caribbean ancestry. I now reside in Toronto and spend significant time in West Virginia, where I ardently study balladry and traditional dance. As an original songwriter, I work to incorporate my perspective as one of the few people of colour in roots music into the complex racial history of the traditions themselves.

I am a vocalist, song-writer and performer in a bilingual art-folk duo called Moonfruits. I also play some kalimba, glockenspiel and percussion.

Kalya Ramu is a Toronto born Jazz and Blues vocalist. Ramu has a BA of music from Humber College, 12 years of performance experience with big bands, smaller ensembles, vocal groups, back up vocals, and recording experience. She can sing various genres including Swing, Jazz, Blues, R&B/Soul and Rock'n'Roll. Ramu is currently a member of a few local bands including The Bettys, The Nightbird Band, Angora, and Mermaid & the Bear.

singer/songwriter

Folk-oriented singer-songwriter performing in Canada, U.S., and Central America over the past 30 years. Recording artist with 7 albums released to date.

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.

I am an experienced songwriter, freelance sideman (basses, guitars, drums), instructor, performance coach, and host, working out of Eastern Canada. 20 years and 20 countries' worth of touring experience, much radio and television experience, multiple national tours as a solo artist. Your songs are safe with me. Your stories may become a song.

5 piece Acoustic/Electric All original material, Roots/SoulFolk inspired by various roots genres.

I, Kevin Neal, am a pedal steel guitarist and dobro player currently living in Toronto, Ontario. 

Drummer and percussionist, also live sound technician and engineer

Multi-genre singer and writer. I sing, and strum, and talk.

I write and perform with Red Tail Ring, a roots americana duo. We perform primarily in the midwest and northeast, and occasionally tour overseas.

I am a guitarist who works in Folk, Celtic & Greek/Turkish genres having been part of the 1960s -70s folk scene both as a player and as a presenter (Mariposa Folk Festival among others) as well as performing and recording in Greece & Turkey since the 1970s. I presently work with my fiddler daughter Alana Cline and we perform Cape Breton, Scottish and Irish traditional tunes from the 1700s onwards as well as modern traditional style material. We also  specialize in performances and workshops comparing different Celtic fiddle musical traditions.

I'm an independent solo singer-songwriter who plays mainly keys. I recently became a full-time professional musician and have a tour in the States planned for the summer of 2016. I play as several personas depending on the gig - rock, geek, faerie - but always as Leslie Hudson, and play all kinds of venues from conventions to house concerts, bars, churches, gaming & comic book stores. I've recorded 7 solo albums (plus one with my former band) with 2 more planned for 2016.

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. 

The Local 1000 of the American Federation of Musicians union.

“...one of New England’s clearest and most distinctive folk voices, with unusually piercing lyrical insight...” - Hartford Courant

I'm a singer-songwriter both in the general of parody and secular.

I am a professional international touring folksinger and recording artist best known for beautiful interpretations of folk songs from trad to contemporary. My second album Jewels and Harmony was the #1 album, Artist and Song on the Folk DJ chart for 2013 and #3 for 2013. My most recent album Facets of Folk, was the #1 Album, #1 artist, and #1 song for January 2019, #5 album for February 2019. # 8 album for March 2019 and also hit #5 on the NACC chart the week of Feb 12, 2019. I'm a member of a number of professional music organizations including the Philadelphia Folksong Society musicians Co-op, I've volunteered for a number of music and arts organizations, provided administrative support for and mentored other artists, run showcases rooms at conferences and spent 15 months beginning October 2017 working as a volunteer on an ad-hoc team to first save, then refine, correct and verify the Folk DJ chart prior to Folk Alliance assuming responsibility in February 2019. I am also a professional jewelry designer.

I am 67 years old, a singer of traditional English and North American songs and ballads. I traveled and recorded from 1982 to 2010 with folk guitarist Phil Cooper in the Cooper & Nelson folk duo; the Cooper, Nelson & Early folk trio; and The More The Merrier Christmas band. (I still travel in November and December with Phil, Susan Urban, and Kate Early as the Bittersweet Christmas Band.) I am also a songwriter. Two of my songs, "Let Peace Prevail" and "Call Down a Blessing" have been recorded by other bands; two more, "Middle Age Love" and "Ain't Gonna Hate My Neighbor" were included in Oasis radio samplers. I am a past Board President of the Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM), and the author of the open source document "On Your Own Nickel: How to Record Without Going Broke", which started as the notes for a workshop Phil and I presented at FARM and at two international Folk Alliance conferences.

I am a singer-songwriter who has been actively touring Western Canada for 5 years. Prior to my most recent release, I attended several conference and showcase opportunities (Folk Alliance International 2016, 2017, 2019; AmericanaFest 2015, 2018; BreakOut West 2017, 2018) to promote and engage local and international industry for the release. After releasing my sophomore album, "Driving In The Dark", international interest and touring opportunities continue to present themselves. I play 1-2 local shows in my home city of Calgary per year, if any and focus the entirety of my live show strategy around touring new markets, specifically targeting the UK and USA Americana scenes as this is where my music has been charting based off of radio play demographics. With recent bookings at the Philadelphia Folk Fest, several tour dates with Sarah Shook and other US plays, we are hunting for a US agent to continue touring and making an impact across borders.

I play and arrange music of all kinds.

Have played in various genres (Folk, Blues, Rock, etc) Primarily in Colorado and California. Often as lead singer. Currently doing primarily finger style guitar.

Marni plays primarily flute and saxophone for primarily contra and English Country dancing. Robert plays primarily clarinets and recorders for renaissance events and English Country dances. Marni tours primarily with Contra Sutra, and has one recording with Reverie, Violet, featuring two of her compositions. Together we are The Windies.

play bass, play guitar, sing, write songs

Web music authority All Music Guide calls him "...an artist to be reckoned with." A seasoned recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, eternal idealist and compassionate peace loving realist, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY based Matt Turk is a veteran performer who has engaged audiences around the world, both as a rocking bandleader and an acoustic folk troubadour. He has shared the stage with Pete Seeger and opened for Judy Collins, The Doobie Brothers, Fiona Apple, The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Keller Williams, David Bromberg, Ellis Marsalis, Del McCoury and more. He has performed throughout the U.S.A., Europe, Israel and the Caribbean, appearing at festivals and venues including Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, the Gathering of the Vibes, Atlanta's Music Midtown, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Beacon Theatre and Brooklyn Bowl.

Touring folk music performer specializing in community singing and song leading. I also do a variety of educational programs--as a solo and with the amazing Robert Jones.

I am an Electric and Acoustic Bassist from NYC who has performed all over the world on some of the biggest iconic stages including MSG and Royal Albert Hall. I have been recording in NYC for 20+ years on Grammy winning and Platinum albums. I am also a SiriusXM on air personality as well as a house performer at the famed Upright Citizens Brigade theatre in NYC.

I write and perform with Red Tail Ring, a roots americana duo. We perform primarily in the midwest and northeast, and occasionally tour overseas.

Mainly solo multi-instrumentalist and singer, playing American folk and roots music (blues, old-time, Cajun, swing, soul).

Traditional Irish Musician and Balladeer

I'm an internationally touring singer, songwriter, guitarist and mural painter.
I play solo and as a side player with other touring songwriters: Susan Werner, Janis Ian, Willy Porter, Glen Phillips and others.

Drummer

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.

Singer-songwriter, lap slide guitarist, improviser, music educator.

PETER ALSOP is a nationally known singer/songwriter, lecturer and humorist from California. He has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and he is a Certified Experiential Therapist. His songs are used by thousands of parents, doctors, educators and other human service professionals to help families discuss sensitive issues such as sexual abuse, disabilities, loss and grief, codependency, self-worth, chemical dependency and family violence. Peter has worked as the Director of the Harbor Schools Residential Treatment Center for emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine, and taught elementary school in the South Bronx ghetto. He’s lectured and performed at more than 400 colleges and universities and been on the faculty of many prestigious national conferences with such notable professionals as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Benjamin Spock and Buckminster Fuller. He’s traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central America, and Europe presenting and performing at conferences, festivals, rallies, and concerts.
As a writer, producer and actor, he’s done a feature film, musical comedy, directed and edited music videos, and has completed twenty albums, four songbooks and six dvds. His children's albums consistently win "Best Children's Album" of the year awards from Parent's Choice or the National Association of Independent Record Distributors. His songs are included on anthologies, in filmstrips, dvd's, movies and television programs. Peter now lives with his wife, actress/director Ellen Geer in Topanga, California. For more information, check out his website at www.peteralsop.com

PETER ALSOP is a nationally known singer/songwriter, lecturer and humorist from California. He has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and he is a Certified Experiential Therapist. His songs are used by thousands of parents, doctors, educators and other human service professionals to help families discuss sensitive issues such as sexual abuse, disabilities, loss and grief, codependency, self-worth, chemical dependency and family violence. Peter has worked as the Director of the Harbor Schools Residential Treatment Center for emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine, and taught elementary school in the South Bronx ghetto. He’s lectured and performed at more than 400 colleges and universities and been on the faculty of many prestigious national conferences with such notable professionals as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Benjamin Spock and Buckminster Fuller. He’s traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central America, and Europe presenting and performing at conferences, festivals, rallies, and concerts.
As a writer, producer and actor, he’s done a feature film, musical comedy, directed and edited music videos, and has completed twenty albums, four songbooks and six dvds. His children's albums consistently win "Best Children's Album" of the year awards from Parent's Choice or the National Association of Independent Record Distributors. His songs are included on anthologies, in filmstrips, dvd's, movies and television programs. Peter now lives with his wife, actress/director Ellen Geer in Topanga, California. For more information, check out his website at www.peteralsop.com

I am a touring musical theater guitarist who has played many Broadway National Tours!

Part of the duo Kim and Reggie Harris. We do music, storytelling and activism with schools, art centers, and festivals around the world.

Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocal, basic Piano-Keys (if zero on-the-fly sight reading is needed). Great for last minute work, best if reference recording available. Can be music director to assemble backing group for performance, film, tv, or recording. Can consult for tv, film, to ensure actors can credibly portray musicians. Willing to travel if travel cost covered from Seattle, WA.

Hello. When I was a kid being a songwriter seemed like a cool thing to do. Now, 500 songs later the world has really changed, but there's a lot about the music that's still the same.

For over ten years, Robb Johannes fronted the Toronto/Vancouver rock band Paint (www.paintband.com). Over the course of four albums, two feature films, and over 300 performances from Pacific to Atlantic, Paint came to be referred to as “Picture perfect” (102.1 The Edge), “Best live act in the city” (Musica Mas), “One of the top acts of the year” (The Toronto Star), and “Intelligent people making incredible music” (The Examiner), bedazzling audiences with their multisensory stage show while delivering insightful social commentary through their music, art, and relationship with its dedicated fanbase; “rockstars with a sincere change-the-world-with-heart attitude… the next U2?” (Midnight Matinee). Robb is currently expanding the use of his 3 1/2-octave countertenor voice, composition, songwriting, and multi-media skills into a new project that is.... a question of when.

bass player

30 years+ as a health care provider.
currently doing home care

Sing and play a wide variety of folk musics. Americana, Old Tyme, Country, Celtic, Anglo, Blues, bluegrass, square and contra dance, historic music, civil war, colonial, Irish.

I play clarinets, recorders, and other wind instruments.

Kalon Hart is a singer-songwriter performing spiritual and positive indie Americana.

I am a freelance side player as well as a solo performer, and songwriter. Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, Viola, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion.

Solo singer-songwriter-satirist who plays guitar and dulcimer; also half of the acoustic duo Andina & Rich.

I'm a pianist and signer and I play folk and traditional music from Quebec with a band called ''Les Poules à Colin''.

Saskia Tomkins is a master musician on Violin/Fiddle, Viola, Cello and Nyckelharpa, who moved to Canada from England in 2007. She is classically trained with a folk background and a B.A.hons. in Music (Jazz). Saskia won All Britain Champion Irish Fiddler and in October 2022, was given an award for her services to Irish music in Canada by Comhaltus Canada.

Sharon Abreu (“Ah-BRAY’oo”)

Born in a storm on a wild Canadian lake, Red Moon Road came into its own on trails coast to coast. All credit goes to the chemistry & the magic that happens when the Winnipeg band’s two Daniels – jazz-trained Daniel Jordan & bilingual prog-rock vet Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner – strum up the strings (Mandolin Banjo & Guitar) to support twilight-voiced singer Sheena Rattai. From living rooms to folk fest stages, the personable trio has charmed fans from British Columbia to Nova Scotia with their lush & lively take on modern roots. Immaculate songwriting & gorgeous three part harmonies are highlights of RMR's live shows, peppered always with bright stage banter & masterfully told stories.

Born and raised in Oklahoma, I started learning guitar at age 12, and teaching and performing at age 16. The guitar has been a wonderful journey throughout my entire life, and I hope that it will never end.

Hi Folks,

Spoken word poetry, musical accompaniment

"Smile-inducing, toe-tapping, thought-provoking folkgrass" is how reviewers describe award-winning instrumentalist and songwriter Steve Eulberg's music. He weaves together age-old songs and tunes with new melodies and contemporary lyrics accompanied by dulcimers and more.

Tradition musician (old time banjo), singer/songwriter, activist and actor in Si Kahn musical play "Precious Memories" about the life of singer/songwriter labor activist Sarah Ogan Gunning.

Hi. I am Suren. I am a musician who plays the piano and mends broken hearts.

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. 

Suzanne and Jim - Maintaining the Americana Roots Tradition

Award winning fiddle player Tania Elizabeth has toured internationally and full-time since the age of 15, when she quit school, started her own record company, released two albums under her own name and set out across Canada, Australia and China.

I will be playing the Bass guitar in the School of Rock National Tour.

I am a singer/songwriter preforming in an americana/folk style. I have played throughout the country, tour twice a year, have 5 solo CDs as Tom Begich and one with poet Tim Mason as Bone Collectors. I also am a published poet. I write about the human condition (as we all really do) and am committed to public service and community. I'm also active in community development efforts around the country and work on delinquency and education issues. I play guitar and write my own music.

Bassist and vocalist comfortable in a wide variety of genres, especially folk, roots, jazz, classical, and rock. Writer and singer with The Barrel Boys, sideman for a number of other acts. Also a working audio engineer and cinematographer.

Singer-Songwriter, labor history proponent, current spokesperson for UMWA Fairness at Patriot fight.

“One of the great personalities in contemporary folk music.” - New York Times

Tom Kastle has been a singer and folk musician for decades, traveling the world, collecting and performing maritime songs and stories, and captaining sailing ships on the Great Lakes. These days, Tom lives in Madison and his passions are even more diverse and include a recording of original songs based mostly on traditional fiddle tunes, film projects like Francisco Torres’ Delight In the Mountain, with Richard Riehle and Tom Wopat, an opera role, and television where he hosted a short documentary that was nominated for an Emmy Award. Add in musical director and composer credits, and recent theatrical roles ranging from musicals to Shakespeare, playing a political pundit with the legendary Ed Asner in God Help Us! and a one man play based on the life of Joe Hill and you have an artist living a vivid life, indeed!

Folksinger/Storyteller/Songleader

Tret Fure began her career at the age of 16, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the Midwest. At 19, she moved to LA in hopes of obtaining a record deal. Within a year she was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis, touring with him and penning the single for his album "Mousetrap". She went on to record her own album “Tret Fure” in 1973, on MCA/UNI Records, with the late Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release, she opened for such bands as Yes, Poco, and the J Geils Band.

I'm an old time and folk musician from Southwest Virginia. My music is a consistent mix of regional and originals reflecting the culture and experience of living in Appalachia. I draw inspiration from well known regional artists such as The Carter Family and Dock Boggs and also from my family's experience involved with the coal mining industry. I perform as a solo artist, in a duo with Sam Gleaves, and with the Empty Bottle String Band. I also teach private lessons, as a adjunct professor at Mountain Empire Community College, and as an instructor at my local Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program. I also work as a square dance caller.

From bluegrass and jazz to rock & roll and old-time fiddle, Vi the Fiddler exudes energy, passion, humor, and musical mastery in every performance.

Singer/songwriter, performer, play guitar and banjo. Mostly folk styles, some pop.

Italian songs and tunes in small cafes
Bluegrass music in local venues

“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 Folk

Award nominated songwriter Zachary Lucky is unapologetically old-school country, armed with a husky, baritone voice - He carries himself like a younger Richard Buckner or a heartier Doug Paisley and often receives comparisons to songwriters such as Gordon Lightfoot and Kris Kristofferson. He sings of Canadian places and people as knowingly as he might Townes Van Zandt or the Rio Grande. His shows and songs are relatable on many levels, and conjure universal feelings that have passed through our collective timelines. Hailing from Saskatchewan Canada, but now based in Orillia, Ontario.