548 08/14/2012 The Folk Goddesses Martha Trachtenberg, founding member – Buffalo Gals, has worked in Nashville, sung for TV commercials & member Return to the Dream. Judith Zweiman, part of early NYC folk scene & recorded numerous times for Fast Folk Musical Magazine (now Smithsonian-Fast Folk), also featured Fast Folk Revues at the Bottom Line in NYC: half duo, Strike … Read More

549 09/05/2012 Carolyn Messina singer-songwriter with a very unusual bio and a Certificate in Youth Ministry.

550 09/05/2012 Elaine Romanelli songs meld poetic lyrics and soaring singing with wry humor, and a hint of Celtic lilt. Her album Real Deal is being spun on folk, college, and public radio stations, including Wisconsin Public Radio, WMUD 89.3 in Vermont, and WFUV in New York City. Her prior EP Better By Far sold out twice on CD Baby, … Read More

551 09/27/2012 April Verch doesn’t just perform music, she exudes it. The internationally renowned Canadian fiddler, singer, songwriter and stepdancer has a passion for performing and her goal is to touch the lives of those who are listening at any given moment

552 09/27/2012 Buzz Turner plays contemporary acoustic fingerstyle guitar. No words, just music. fusing traditional western European structure with American musical idioms. Blues, jazz and rock merge with Celtic, Latin and world influences to produce compositions that alternate between soft, delicate fingerstyle passages and up-tempo displays of virtuosity. Rec’d a first place award from the International Acoustic Music Awards

553 10/24/2012 Rachel Marie recently wrapped up her first cross-country tour, successfully traveling and playing from Pennsylvania to California and back. Having performed regularly at a number of venues in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey and having released her debut album in the Fall of 2010, she is embarking on the beginning of a promising career.

554 10/24/2012 AcquAria Michela Musolino, singer of Sicilian Roots Music with her friend from Sicily, percussionist Vincenzo Castellana, have an acoustic group which performs traditional and contemporary Sicilian folk music, using traditional instruments.

555 11/26/2012 East River String Band Drawing from the vast spectrum of traditional American country blues music create some of the most authentic sounding renditions of songs from the 1920’s and early 30’s. Their love and deep reverence for this music shines through in every song. Founded in 2006 the New York City based duo have released four albums and … Read More

556 11/26/2012 Nikolay Kolev Gadulka virtuoso from Karavelovo, Bulgaria. After graduating from High School, he performed with the Sliven Ensemble for 3 years. In 1984, he started a wedding band “Rozova Dolina”, one of the most sought-after groups in Thrace. In 1992, he founded “Balkanski Glasove”-singing group which took 1st place at Varna Festival in 1994 & 1995; accomplished composer … Read More

557 12/11/2012 The Whiskey Spitters The Fabulous Jalopy Theatre’s own house band is a collection of musicians, luthiers, basement dwellers & Red Hook residents playing blues, rags & jugband numbers; Songs of boozing, bootlegging & illicit gardening. Jackson Lynch (Guitar & Fiddle), Geoff Wiley (Upright Bass & Banjo-Uke), Luis Betancourt (Guitar & Mandolin), Ernie Vega (Mandolin, Harmonica, Guitar & Tenor … Read More