The BriarPickers are a violin/mandolin duet consisting of mandolinist Brian Ray and fiddler Paul Kienitz, melding traditional Appalachian folk melodies with classical chamber music sensibilities. This conversational paradigm is the thread woven through the coupling of old-time ‘rustic’ properties with the intrinsic chamber music approach; being that of constructed or made in a plain and […]
BEN DE LA COUR has lived a different kind of life. After growing up in Brooklyn, he set out to see the world as an amateur boxer, janitor, bartender and agricultural worker living in Havana, Paris, Los Angeles, London and New Orleans before settling in Nashville. His travels have taken him to some strange and sometimes […]
Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– done informally, not from the stage, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers, songwriters, musicians and music appreciators! Traditional Round Robin protocol applies – everyone is part of the circle and has an opportunity to: play, pass or request a song from someone in particular […]
In his own words: I am a song writer, singer and guitarist who’s been around the block more than a time or two or three. I grew up in the folk tradition (Paxton, Dylan, Ochs, Seeger, Prine, Goodman) and played and sang for my own enjoyment as often as I could. Over the past 20 […]
