Just like a real folk festival, but without all the sweaty people and the overpriced vegetarian food.
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Just like a real folk festival, but without all the sweaty people and the overpriced vegetarian food. |
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Singer/SongwritersThey do what they do. Some are folk, some country, some hard to classify. They sing, they write, and you'll hear them all on Festival Radio. Hugh Blumenfeld: Literate, funny singer/songwriter from Connecticut. Also maintains great folk music links site, Balladtree.com Billy Bragg: British folk/pop icon, heavily into politicized folk music. Recently worked with Wilco to set unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to music. Chuck Brodsky: Best singer/songwriter about baseball, ever. Writes some pretty good songs about other topics, too. Kate Campbell: Southern singer/songwriter who writes powerful songs about being from the South. Great live performer. Guy Clark: Long-established Texas singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn: Canadian national treasure who ought to be a star everywhere after 20+ albums of remarkable guitar playing and songs of beauty and conscience. Bob Dylan: Can't say anything about Bob that hasn't already been said better than I can say it Vance Gilbert: Excellent performer, singer, and songwriter. He's hilarious. See him live if he comes near your neighborhood. John Gorka: He's from New Jersey. It's like Ohio, but even more so. Imagine that!. Seriously, one of the best singer/songwriters performing today. Greg Greenway: Energetic, socailly conscious Boston-based performer Patty Griffin: Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter. Mark Heard: One of the best songwriters I've ever heard. Put out several great albums that were mostly ignored during his lifetime. Poetic genius. Kate Jacobs: Hoboken-based singer/songwriter who has led a remarkable life and has three albums of remarkable songs. Lucy Kaplansky: NYC singer/songwriter who's day job was as a psychologist before gong back to music fulltime. With Dar Williams and Richard Shindell, formed group Cry, Cry, Cry. Jan Krist: Humorous, engaging, indie singer/songwriter from Detroit. Bill Mallonee: Former lead singer and songwriter for the Vigilantes of Love, now a solo artist Eleanor McEvoy: One of Ireland's favorite singer/songwriter's. Deserves to be as star in the States. Lori McKenna: Boston area singer/songwriter James McMurtry: Yeah, he's Larry McMurtry's son. So what? He's a keen observer who writes wry, dry, witty songs about life in Texas (and elsewhere). Lynn Miles: Canadian singer/songwriter. One of my favorites. Try Unravel. Bill Morrissey: New England singer/songwriter with a distinctive voice and a sharp wit. Pierce Pettis: Singer/songwriter from Alabama and huge Mark Heard fan who has been recording a Mark Heard song on each of his recent albums. Has had a song covered by Garth Brooks. Ellis Paul: Boston area singer/songwriter. Very engaging performer--see him live. Alice Peacock: Chicago-based singer/songwriter, now on a major label. Eddi Reader: Former singer for Fairground Attraction, has put out several really fine solo albums since. Gorgeous voice. Amy Rigby: Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter, now in Nashville. Richard Shindell: One of the best singer/songwriters recording today. Todd Snider: Portland native, and one of the funniest singer/songwriters working today. On John Prine's OhBoy label. Greg Trooper: Nashville-based singer/songwriter. Has had songs recorded by Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Billy Bragg and others. Susan Werner: Killer torch singer/pianist doubling as a singer/songwriter. See her live. Cheryl Wheeler: One of the funniest people on the planet. See her live. Brooks Williams: One of the best guitarists on the planet. Plus he sings and writes songs. Victoria Williams: Quirky, occasionally sublime, always entertaining. Adrienne Young: Her debut album, Plow to the End of the Row, successfully blends a wide variety of contemporary and traditional folk stylings |
