666 04/20/2017 Donie Carroll & friends world renowned traditional folk singer & entertainer with musical roots in Ireland & America; based in NYC, has shared the stage with many legends of traditional folk music,performing with multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Donahue (toured for 5 years with The Chieftains) and fiddler Patrick Mangan (just back in NY from a world tour with Riverdance) .

640 04/06/2016 Chrissi Poland “This sonorous singer-drummer (& pianist) rips through contemporary blues numbers with sheer ferocity, and her stages are only expanding; she recently opened tours for Lady Gaga and Scissor Sisters. Her “Songs From the Concrete” (Danben) continues to gather traction, and small wonder; Don Henley never had this much joie de vivre.”

641 04/06/2016 Sam Edelston is on a quest to bring dulcimers into widespread public awareness. In the process, has gained a reputation as one of the most innovative mountain dulcimer players around, and his music has been heard in over 190 countries. His repertoire ranges from rock to opera, and from bossa nova to bluegrass, along with folk music and … Read More

642 05/18/2016 Katherine Rondeau “Don’t miss Katherine’s silky voice and beautiful guitar. Be warned, she will mesmerize you.” Princeton Folk Music Society; a broad range of folk influences ~ from Jean Ritchie and Mary Travers to Patty Griffin and Lucinda Williams. Katherine’s got a style all her own, with a honey-warm voice evoking Mary’s depth and power and Lucinda’s heart-tugging … Read More

643 05/18/2016 Rare Spirits this band serves up high-proof Roots music with verve, humor and aplomb. Sweet harmonies, rollicking rhythms and an electric stage presence combine to sing songs of drinking, cheating, lying, stealing, shucking, jiving, killing, dying… and the occasional haunting. Their specialties include rip-roaring original music and an ever-evolving set of music relating to Prohibition, presented with historical … Read More

644 06/08/2016 Mindy Schmitt brings heart and spirit into her songwriting, soft and sweet one minute, with punching guitar rhythms and vocals the next. Her folk-rock style hints of influences such as Melissa Ferrick and the Indigo Girls, yet with a distinctive sound all her own. From her pop-punk roots of the early 90’s when she started to play music, … Read More

645 06/08/2016 Reggie Harris & Pat Wictor Reggie is an accomplished writer and singer whose vast knowledge of the songs of human & civil rights has made him one of the top song-leaders in the tradition. Pat burst on the acoustic music scene as an innovative slide guitarist known for fresh interpretations of trad. & contemp. songs, acclaimed singer-songwriter and … Read More

646 07/20/2016 Hank Stone has been writing songs for over forty years, but only started bringing them out to audiences in 2001. He quickly made a name for himself in the Long Island, New York music scene, has since recorded two CDs of his original tunes, and is now performing often, as a solo act and also with his band. … Read More

647 07/20/2016 Laurie Riley best known worldwide as a harpist, having toured and taught for over 20 years. Her music career began, however, as a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, dulcimer, banjo, bodhran; founded The Folk Project in 1971, toured w/ Frostwater in 70s. Taking up the harp in 1981, she toured for 10 years in duet and another 10 as a … Read More

648 08/18/2016 Bob Cannon Raised in Charlottesville, VA, and Wilmington, DE, he has played from Maine to Florida with a stint in Nashville. He’s also pursued his career writing about music for magazines like Entertainment Weekly and Performing Songwriter. Now he has released his debut album, Unbreakable Heart, an incisive, witty collection about love, dreams, expectations, the working life—and the … Read More