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guitar, bass, duo harmonicas, strong lyrics Contact: julie_gwyn@bellsouth.net. 843-810-3505. 2 Guys & a Guitar (Chris Blair and Tom Miller) light acoustic
rock, jazz and blues
Carlos Alden
Jamalalimusic.gmail.com www.myspace.com/jamalmusic Tom Armstrong (Seattle, WA) singer/songwriter, composer, songsmith teacher performs folkrock, jazz and fingerstyle guitar (206) 618-5085 or armstrongt31@msn.com Barbars Coast - acoustic duo featuring Bob Gallagher and Laura Mathisen - Americana harmonies Contact: Bob Gallagher 325-1914 www.4000holes.com James Ball
Amy Bleu (Portland, OR) - sings folk songs about the politics of the core of The Blue Ribbon Tea Company but they are often accompanied in performances by talented fellow musicians. Contemporary folk and blues music grounded in the American roots tradition. Contact Bill or Kathy Kostelec at blueribbontea@msn.com, 509-363-0144, or www.theblueribbonteacompany.com Tommy “Kamaka ‘O Pono” Borges is a native from the island of Kaua’i, Hawaii, and comes from a background of family musicians; dating back to the 1800’s. Sharing wonderful and gentle Hawaiian Island melodies and the Spirit of Aloha. Contact: Phone: [509] 209-7500 Email: kamakaopono@gmail.com
Both Wild (Portland, OR)
Cheryl Branz
- folk/pop, armed with an acoustic guitar and an engaging
personality, Cheryl performs her original music throughout out the
Pacific Northwest with her skillful vocals, honest lyrics
and silly chit chat between songs. Cheryl’s entertaining
performances continue to draw new fans Bridges Home Chris Brown - singer/songwriter Mostly folk - mostly original -951-0000 Kevin Brown (Chattaroy, WA) -
Americana – original songs
www.brownknows.com Buffalo Wilson - southern old-time fiddle and banjo music
Gary
Burris - Gary has been performing acoustic instrumental
music around Spokane since 2003. He has 2 CD releases –
The Cool Beyond and his first international release, TJ Casey is a singer/songwriter and entertainer who is passionate about preserving our heritage, and sees young people as a crucial link. His special skills as an educator and communicator spark students to discover innate talents and ignite their imaginations. He then teaches them to link into the age-old chain of cowboy poetry as a form of artistic and historic expression. Cowboy Enterprises Inc. P O Box 31676 Billings, MT 59101 406-245-0734 tjcasey@tjcasey.net Choreteur
- Choir performing songs of the American west including traditional
“cowboy” music and fiddle accompaniment . Directed by Janet Gorman 276-2605 Kerry Christensen
(Leavenworth, WA)
Hank Cramer (Winthrop,
WA)
John Crafton (Newman Lake, WA) -
sailindog@hotmail.com
330-802-1462
Nancy Davis
Acoustic Duo with Guitar, Mandolin, Viola, Vocals Original Music & Eclectic Folk contact Janet at jdoutback@msn.com Jenny Edgren - presents The
Kids Hour – songs for kids of all ages Fiddlin' Red Simpson and Patti O'Farrell have been performing Old Time, American Folk Music and orginal songs by Patti for the last 24 years. They have played before many audiences including at folk festivals, fairs, contra dances, weddings, coffee houses, reunions and private parties. Red plays the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and sings while Patti sings and plays guitar or dobro Contact Red (509) 675-4785 Frank Delaney
Ruby Devine
Ron Doyen
Jerin
Falkner (Seattle, Wa) - - a songwriter with sass and
class. Jerin lights up the stage withher warm vocals and hot guitar playing -
509-710-6231 James Funke
Jani Gilbert - folk/rock singer songwriter 327-1576 Glastre & Haines
Ron
Greene (Coeur d’Alene, Id) - Acoustic pop with
soul – a regional artist whose songs Wylie Gustafson
Kasia Haroldsen - Polish singer/songwriter performs original compositions and Polish traditional songs. 893-9514 John Herrmann (Missoula MT)
Steve and Shelly Hines (Stanfield, OR) singer and songwriters of folk and cowpoke songs with harmonies. Contact: 541-449-3937 sshines@oregontrail.net Pete Holm - original, contemporary and traditional folk music – 484-7064 alseapete@hotmail.com Thomas Hubbard (Seattle, WA) - Taoist Folkslinger: spinning true-enough tales of living, loving and walking the other side into inspirational poetry through the magic of traditional song Thomas@peregrinedruid.com 206-329-4524 www.peregrinedruid.com Sara Jackson-Holman (Bend, Or) - singer/songwriter – pop 591-728-4066 Sara.jackson.h@gmail.com www.myspace.com/sarajacksonholman Heidi Jantz - Singer/songwriter Heidi Jantz recently released her debut album : Entries on an unlined page. – stories of everyday life through poetic songwriting Contact 509 879-7440 www.heidijantz.com Janet Johnson Performing Songwriter Dayan Kai
Holladay & Siems
Humphrey & Hartman
Heidi Jantz - Singer/songwriter
Heidi Jantz recently released her debut album : Entries on
an unlined page. – stories of everyday life through poetic
songwriting Brad Keeler VINTAGE BLUES, FOLK, JAZZ, AND ORIGINALS on guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica. 509-448-1235 flatpic6@aol.com www.myspace.com/bradkeeler Bill & Laurie Klein (Deer Park, Wa) spirited tunes, stories and songs from bluegrass, folk, Appalachian, Celtic and old-time traditions bill51@wildblue.net 509-276-9199 Mark Kreilkamp
Kelly LaGrutta
Steve LaPointe - Civil war era folk music
Silvia Lazo Tamara Lewis (Seattle) - a mix of contemporary songs that blend folk, country and blues. Tamara delivers her poetic lyrics and pure sound in a way that can be best for described as passionate folk. Contact 206-328-4799 Tom Lewis (Salmo, B.C.)
Dirk Lind -
singer songwriter from Spokane. He has released two solo albums and has
had his work played in films and on
television
360-640-1817 music@dirklind.com www.myspace.com/curranlongmusic Collins Loupe - contemporary finger style guitar cabjkeep@msn.com 926-5014 Dan Maher
Brian MacLeod - Scottish and Irish traditional and contemporary
song
Marshall McLean -
singer/songwriter – Americana 406-781-9321
David K. McRae - folkabilly and crabgrass 328-4811, chadez4811@msn.com Laddie Ray Melvin
Todd Milne - healing peaceful
music performed on flutes from around the world )
Molly & Tenbrooks: "Lonesome" Lyle Morse
Olinda Duo - Brazilian traditions
Silvia Lazo (vocals) and Paul Grove (guitar) - Contact Silvia
The Parchmen
(Spangle, WA)
Leone Peterson
Colleen
Rice - plays pop and blues – just her and her guitar. http://raginggrannyspokane.tripod.com/ Lavinia Ross (Sweet Home, OR) )
performs folk and blues on the 6 and 12 string guitars including the
music of Kate Wolf. Contact 541-367-8485 http://www.home.earthlink.net/~redwine5/HOMEPAGE/index.html Rick Ross (Sweet Home, OR) - is
an accomplished blues and slide guitar players from Sweet Home, Or.
He performs with 6 and 12 string guitars. The Rounders (Winthrop, WA)
Matt Russell - singer/songwriter
folk - mattrussellmusic@hotmail.com
Sacred Harp Singing - Sacred Harp shapenote singing- a capella vigorous four part harmony. Investigate at fasola.org (huge website with music to see and hear) or just contact Greg Saue at grlesaue @yahoo.com and come sing. Steve Schennum
Sidhe
Mike Skalstad (Kennewick, WA)
- singer /songwriter acoustic guitar Folk/Indie genre
Steve Simmons
Contact tunesmithnw@gmail.com 496-5676 Sondahl and Hawkins
509-475-7644 Schn6935@hotmail.com Spokane Community Choir
String Creek – Brett and Janet
Dodd - 701-0293 brettd1@msn.com
Alan Surdez - is a singer songwriter playing original acoustic music, a blend of blues, jazz, country, folk and easy listening – Contact 509 482-7212 alsurdez@comcast.net Toasted Toads (Blanchard, ID) - Old-time hillbilly blues and ragtime duo featuring guitars, banjos and mandolin. Real American folk music Contact: George Bruner 208-263-3129 geobruner@aol.com John Twist - (Portland, OR) singer songwriter performs all original songs accompanied by 6 & 12 string guitars, banjo and mandolin forming a tasty musical stew that combines Celtic, Blues, Appalachian , Gypsy and Pop influences. 503-267-0156johntwist@earthlink.net www.johntwist.net Union Street - guitar vocal duet – performing original music on 12 string and 6 string guitars with harmonica Kevin Schibel 326-3966 unionstreetmusic@gmail.com Charlotte Vanderwolf
(Seattle, WA)
performing together for nearly 50 years, starting in 1959 at WSU. They sing traditional folk, singer-songwriter material and specialize in the music of Woody Guthrie. Check out the Wanderers website at www.thewanderersfolk.com <http://www.thewanderersfolk.com> and Carl's website at www.nas.com/~cubic/ <http://www.nas.com/~cubic/> Dick Warwick
John Watson -
singer/songwriter- originals 922-6588 jaw4416@live.com
Pullman native – whose songs expose his rural roots and explore the threads that Run through communities as they grow and change. He has 4 CD’s available www.wesweddell.com wes@wesweddell.com 206-794-4170 Wild Mountain Thyme (Bonners Ferry, ID)
Banjo Bill Wylie
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