532 01/17/2012 Robby Hecht won Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition in 2008 and Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest in 2010—along the way garnering comparisons to early James Taylor, Paul Simon, and Amos Lee.

533 01/17/2012 Denny Tilton Trio NJ native performing for his devoted fans for over two decades, heartwarming and thought provoking songs touch the heart and speak to all ages, with 3 CDs; has opened for Dave Mason, Roger McGuinn, John Sebastian, David Bromberg, Chris Hillman, The Moody Blues, John Hartford, The Strawbs, Christopher Cross, Aztec Two-Step and more.

534 02/02/2012 Michael Prysock singer-songwriter-fourth generation musician deeply affected by life in rural Arkansas, and through his music, he tells achingly true tales of the influences of his family and the brotherhood of friends that helped raise him; a spirited one-man-band, providing vocals, guitar & harmonica to a raw soundtrack of small-town life.

535 02/02/2012 Mark D. Conklin singer/songwriter from New Jersey who describes himself “Like Springsteen…only funnier…but not NEARLY as cool!” His music is truly American, blending his background in classic rock and blues with the craft of Nashville songwriting

536 03/14/2012 Beau Borrero At an early age, Beau was exposed to all kinds of music and theatre. His grandparents performed in musicals on Broadway in the 1930′s, and his mother is an actress and folksinger. Beau’s mother was by far his biggest musical influence, and things have come full circle, as he and his mother now hit the road … Read More

537 03/14/2012 Karen Kamenetsky has been singing other people’s songs for decades, but only recently began writing her own. In 2010 she fulfilled a long-time desire to create a tribute to her sister’s life with a song. That song opened the floodgates and Karen has been writing haunting melodies and lyrics of action and inspiration ever since.

538 03/21/2012 RUNA vocalist, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia, Dublin-born guitarist, Fionán de Barra, and Cheryl Prashker of Canada on percussion; repertoire of both highly energetic and graceful, acoustic melodies, along with their fusion of music from Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Canada, and the United States gives its arrangements of traditional songs and tunes a fresh sound.

539 03/21/2012 Chuck Schaeffer (originally from Whitehouse Station, NJ), grew up listening to obscure one-hit wonders, country tunes, Jimmy Buffett and folk music on the jukebox at his grandparent’s bar; has opened for Sonny Landreth, Dr. Ralph Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys, David Allan Coe, Jim Bianco, Coyote Run and Lisa Bouchelle.

540 04/24/2012 Honor Finnegan the Susan Boyle of quirky indie folk, only hotter. Her songs are humorous then heartbreaking with melodies that soar. Based in New York City, she has been making a splash in the northeastern regional folk scene with her original songs and ukulele playing combining elements of musical theatre, comedy, traditional folk, and poetry

541 04/24/2012 Strike the Bell Stuart Markus & Judith Zweiman, Artists in Residence at the Long Island Maritime Museum, perform traditional maritime music of North America & the British Isles