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Artists
- Cheryl Prashker is a Philadelphia-based percussionist extraordinaire, member of The Strangelings and frequent accompanist for other artists.
- Denise Romas is a performer whose beautiful voice and guitar accompaniment bring a special sound to well-known songs and to her own well-written and often poignant originals.
- Eve Goldberg is a rootsy Toronto-based singer-songwriter with a clear, expressive, watercolor voice.
- Fred Gillen Jr. Prolific Hudson Valley, New York-based singer-songwriter, member of Hope Machine, and past president of Tribes Hill
- Glen Roethel is a New York singer/songwriter/guitarist with a penchant for positive and intentional songwriting.
- Jaime Michaels is a contemporary folksinger-songwriter based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and a three-time finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Contest.
- James Lee Stanley is a gifted, California-based singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist and consummate entertainer.
- Jeff Talmadge is a Texas-bred, Georgia-based, Americana singer-songwriter, whose story songs are filled with lyrical imagery & nicely complemented by his finger-picking guitar style.
- Jenee Halstead is a talented Americana style singer-songwriter with a beautiful alto voice.
- Joe Iadanza Born of Italian immigrants and union activists, Joe Iadanza knows about the passionate struggle of the American dream. Recalling Stevens, Cohen, and Springsteen, Iadanza’s music is rooted in classic folk: honest and raw, revealing a gifted scene-painter
- K.C. Clifford is an engaging Oklahoma City-based singer-songwriter who has been a two-time Kerrville New Folk finalist and Woody Guthrie Award winner.
- Karyn Oliver is a soulful singer-songwriter & past president of the Baltimore Songwriters Association, whose music — ballads & rockers — reflects the eclectic mix that she was exposed to while growing up.
- Lara Herscovitch is an award-winning Connecticut-based singer-songwriter, whose music blends acoustic/folk, pop and world styles.
- Marc Douglas Berardo is a gifted contemporary folk troubadour and guitarist, who makes his home in Rhode Island but tours more widely.
- Patti DeRosa is a Boston area acoustic folk singer-songwriter-guitarist, whose music is fused with rhythm & spice.
- Paul Helou is an award-winning singer-songwriter and interactive musical storyteller for children and adults.
- Pesky J. Nixon is a spirited, Massachusett-based band, whose original music melds and explores Americana, traditional and urban folk influences.
- Phil Minissale “Long Island Blues Boy” impresses with his fingerstyle guitar playing
- Randall Williams is a conservatory-trained singer-songwriter, fingerstyle guitarist & guitar teacher who is partial to the use of partial capos in standard & alternate tunings.
- Toby Walker is an award-winning acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, as well as a singer & songwriter, who is steeped in the blues and draws inspiration from traditional and contemporary music.
- Twilight Hotel is a young Winnipeg, Alberta-based duo whose sound combines rootsy blues and European accordion-infused cabaret.
- Victoria Vox is an engaging and spirited singer-songwriter, ukelele player and guitarist with a unique acoustic pop sound that defies easy categorization.
- Walt Sargent is a Long Island, NY-based singer-songwriter.
Blogroll
- Datamusicata James Lee Stanley, a professional musician, recording artist & performer, created this free resource to provide tips, hints and useful information for anyone interested in following their muse.
- Ron Olesko's Folk Music Notebook Thoughts and news of the folk music scene, a NY-NJ area concerts, festivals and events guide, and ramblings from the host of WFDU-FM’s long-running folk radio show, “Traditions…” and also, “The Session.”
- Songwriting Scene is a blog for songwriters about songwriting by Sharon Goldman, a New York-based singer-songwriter and member of Sweet Bitters, a female folk-pop duo.
Folk Music Organizations
- Beach Cities Folk Music Club gets together to sing and jam on the third Thursday of each month at a private home in Manhattan Beach, California.
- Blissfest Music Organization is a Michigan-based nonprofit organization that aims to preserve & promote cultural heritage & diversity with a focus on folk & roots music and dance. Sponsors an annual festival, concert & dance series, an open acoustic jam, etc.
- Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA) is a membership organization open to all nonprofit folk and acoustic music coffeehouses in and around Boston, Massachusetts’ I-495 circle. Listings and links appear on its website, along with a combined coffeehouse calendar.
- Broward Folk Club promotes folk & acoustic music and provides a community for people who share a love for it. The nonprofit organization presents open mics, open house song swaps, an annual picnic and the Florida Folk Festival.
- California Traditional Music Society Keeping folk music alive for the next generation
- Charlotte Folk Society is dedicated to promoting the ongoing enjoyment & presentation of traditional & contemporary folk music, dance, crafts & lore in the Carolinas Piedmont.
- Delaware Friends of Folk is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the cause of folk music and folk musicians. It stages coffeehouse, concerts, and monthly pick-ins where people gather to play music together, as well as an annual Delmarva Folk Festival.
- Folk Alliance Region-West (FAR-West) is a regional chapter of the North American Folk Music & Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) & seeks to strengthen the ecology for folk music & build stronger artists, presenters & venues through education, showcases & networking.
Folk Music Society of Huntington Folk Music Society of Huntington is a Long Island (New York) volunteer-based, nonprofit concert presenter that sponsors two monthly concert series (open mics precede most concerts) and a folk jam.- Folk Music Society of Midland (Michigan), an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society, helps keep traditional folk music alive through promotion and education; providing a forum for musicians, dancers and storytellers; and sponsoring concerts, workshops and festivals.
- Folklore Society of Greater Washington is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization that seeks to further the understanding, investigation, appreciation and performance of the traditional folk music and folklore of the American people.
- Friends of Florida Folk Hosted by an organization that has been promoting the folk arts in Florida for 25 years, this site includes calendars of folk & acoustic concerts, festivals & events throughout the state + folk & acoustic radio listings.
- Golden Link Folk Singing Society Rochester, NY-based nonprofit organization sponsors concerts, workshops, an annual weekend folk festival, free weekly Tuesday night sing-arounds, a lending library of recordings & books, and more.
- Heritage Folk Music is a nonprofit group created to collect, preserve, document, display and interpret regional and historic folk music, folklore and oral history of New York’s Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley.
Hudson Valley Folk Guild Hudson Valley Folk Guild, a nonprofit organization based in New York’s Hudson Valley, provides opportunities for members to develop performance skills and promotes folk music through various events and publications.- Madison Folk Music Society fosters traditional & contemporary folk music in the Madison, Wisconsin area through its sponsorship of concerts & a bi-annual festival, as well as education programs in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin.
- New England Folk Festival Association is a nonprofit educational & cultural organization that sponsors an annual New England Folk Festival; weekly contra dances in Concord, MA; an annual New England Dance Legacy Weekend in Durham, NH; a grants program, etc.
- New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.) runs concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers — all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors.
- Old Songs, Inc. Centered in the New York State Capital Region, this nonprofit organization is dedicated to keeping traditional music and dance alive through the presentation of festivals, concerts, dances and educational programs.
- PineCone , the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music is a private, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1984 to honor the traditional music heriatage that makes North Carolina unique and sponsor concert series in the Triangle area.
- Plank Road Folk Music Society is a Downers Grove, IL-based nonprofit organization that sponsors & promotes open mics, sing-arounds, bluegrass jams, old-time dance parties and an all-volunteer string band.
- Princeton Folk Music Society has encouraged the growth of folk music in central New Jersey for 40 years through its sponsorship of monthly house sings at the homes of members and a monthly concert series featuring visiting folksingers and songwriters.
- Richmond Folk Music Society presents a monthly series of traditional folk music concerts in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere in Virginia’s capital city.
- San Diego North County Bluegrass & Folk Club sponsors First Tuesday Music Nights in Escondido, two campouts annually, and promotes & occasionally produces concerts around San Diego County, Calfornia.
- Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club , now in its 31st year, meets the first Saturday of each month at a synagogue in Santa Monica, California for a sing-along/hoot/jam.
- Southeastern Bluegrass Association holds monthly jams and meetings at five locations in Geogria & Tennessee and posts other bluegrass events & festivals in the southeast on its Web site, along with online forums.
- Walla Walla Friends of Acoustic Music in Washington State supports and promotes acoustic music in many forms and hosts community dances, concerts, coffeehouses and sing-alongs.
- Xtreme Folk Scene is a Greater Delaware Valley area music organization dedicated to the promotion, dissemination and presentation of folk music, with a determined emphasis on that which is original, daring and extreme (exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected).
Musicians Organizations
- Houston Association of Acoustic Musicians is a not-for-profit community of acoustic musicians and those who support acoustic music in the Greater Houston, Texas Area.
- Shoreline Acoustic Music Society is a New London, Connecticut-based organization that promotes the performance & appreciation of acoustic music by offering musicians and enthusiasts information on venues, concerts, workshops, open mics and jam sessions..
- The Long Island Fingerstyle Guitar Club provides a forum for fingerstyle guitarists of all levels to network, swap and play songs, and learn more about the acoustic guitar during monthly meetings/workshops.
Presenters and Presenting Organizations
- Acoustic Alley brings an array of music events to Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Foothills area — with music ranging from singer-songwriter to bluegrass, Americana, country, light rock, instrumental & just about anything with a slightly eclectic orientation.
- Acoustic Long Island The #1 acoustic music podcast on iTunes features talented artists from LI and beyond recorded during performances before a live audience each Wednesday night at the historic Deepwells Mansion in St. James, New York.
- Acoustic Renaissance Concerts is a monthly folk, roots and Americana music series in Hinsdale, Illinois that features local and touring artists.
- Aten Place concerts are nonprofit productions held in a barn in northern Michigan, providing a fun and relaxing evening for friends who enjoy live music performances.
- Borderline Folk Music Club is a Rockland County, NY-based nonprofit group devoted to the presentation of all types of American folk music.
- Broward Folk Club promotes folk & acoustic music and provides a community for people who share a love for it. The nonprofit organization presents open mics, open house song swaps, an annual picnic and the Florida Folk Festival.
- budgiedome.org wandering minstrels adopted
- Cafe Veritas is a Rochester, NY-based nonprofit organization that presents monthly concerts, Sept. – May, featuring emerging and veteran regional and nationally touring singer-songwriters.
- Circle of Friends Coffeehouse , described as “the quintessential New England coffeehouse” by Kristina Olsen, presents concerts once or twice a month at the First Universalist Society meetinghouse in Franklin. Mass.
- Common Ground is the producer of two monthly coffeehouse music series in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, located in the state’s lower Hudson Valley.
- Court House Concerts Enjoy performers like Red Molly and We’re About 9 up close & personal in this friendly, intimate setting on Long Island’s south shore.
- Dawsonconcerts House Concerts , held in a Silver Spring, Maryland home, feature local & touring artists, followed by open song circles.
- Delaware Friends of Folk is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the cause of folk music and folk musicians. It stages coffeehouse, concerts, and monthly pick-ins where people gather to play music together, as well as an annual Delmarva Folk Festival.
- East Hartford Community Cultural Center Operated by the East Hartford Parks & Recreation Department, this Connecticut venue’s concert calendar is peppered with bluegrass and Celtic artists, among others.
- First Acoustics is a new concert series organized by the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, New York.
- Folk Music Society of Huntington Folk Music Society of Huntington is a Long Island (New York) volunteer-based, nonprofit concert presenter that sponsors two monthly concert series (open mics precede most concerts) and a folk jam.
- Folk Music Society of Midland (Michigan), an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society, helps keep traditional folk music alive through promotion and education; providing a forum for musicians, dancers and storytellers; and sponsoring concerts, workshops and festivals.
- Golden Link Folk Singing Society Rochester, NY-based nonprofit organization sponsors concerts, workshops, an annual weekend folk festival, free weekly Tuesday night sing-arounds, a lending library of recordings & books, and more.
- Hudson Valley Folk Guild Hudson Valley Folk Guild, a nonprofit organization based in New York’s Hudson Valley, provides opportunities for members to develop performance skills and promotes folk music through various events and publications.
- Last Licks Cafe A monthly coffeehouse series at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington (New York)
- Listen Live Music is a Zionsville, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organization that hosts community open mics and concerts featuring nationally touring artists.
- Madison Folk Music Society fosters traditional & contemporary folk music in the Madison, Wisconsin area through its sponsorship of concerts & a bi-annual festival, as well as education programs in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin.
- Me & Thee Coffeehouse Hailed by writer Scott Alarik as “folk music’s living room,” this all-volunteer, nonprofit organization hosts an acoustic music series most Friday nights during the fall, winter and spring at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead (Massachusetts)
- Meeting Grace house concerts in San Diego, California, feature local and touring folk acts.
- New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.) runs concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers — all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors.
- Notlob Acoustic Music Series presents local & touring roots, Americana, newgrass, traditional & contemporary folk artists in unique & unusual settings in the Boston, Mass. area. The Fall 2007 series takes place at Jamaica Plain’s historic Loring-Greenough House.
- Off Square Music is a Woodstock, IL-based nonprofit group that promotes folk & acoustic music through twice-monthly open mics, several concerts a year, and organizing the musical components of the Woodstock Farmers Market & various area festivals.
- Ojai Concert Series is dedicated to bringing high-quality Celtic, folk and roots musicians to perform in Ojai, California.
- Old Songs, Inc. Centered in the New York State Capital Region, this nonprofit organization is dedicated to keeping traditional music and dance alive through the presentation of festivals, concerts, dances and educational programs.
- Our Times Coffeehouse is a joint project of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island and the LI Progressive Coalition that presents concerts by regional & national touring artists on the third Friday of the month (Sept.-May).
- PineCone , the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music is a private, nonprofit membership organization founded in 1984 to honor the traditional music heriatage that makes North Carolina unique and sponsor concert series in the Triangle area.
- Plank Road Folk Music Society is a Downers Grove, IL-based nonprofit organization that sponsors & promotes open mics, sing-arounds, bluegrass jams, old-time dance parties and an all-volunteer string band.
- Princeton Folk Music Society has encouraged the growth of folk music in central New Jersey for 40 years through its sponsorship of monthly house sings at the homes of members and a monthly concert series featuring visiting folksingers and songwriters.
- Richmond Folk Music Society presents a monthly series of traditional folk music concerts in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere in Virginia’s capital city.
- Russ & Julie's House Concerts Russ & Julie invite guests to enjoy live acoustic music, fellowship, food & fun in their Oak Park, California home, NW of LA, & provide a wealth of information about house concerts & links to others across the U.S. on their website.
- San Diego North County Bluegrass & Folk Club sponsors First Tuesday Music Nights in Escondido, two campouts annually, and promotes & occasionally produces concerts around San Diego County, Calfornia.
- Shady Grove Coffeehouse is a nonprofit concert series hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Community Church in Glen Allen, Virginia, a northwest suburb of Richmond, that presents acoustic, traditionally-based music in a family-friendly, smoke-&-alcohol-free environment.
- St. Clair Productions is an Ashland, Oregon-based nonprofit presenter of family-friendly, traditional and contemporary folk music concerts.
- Steeple Coffeehouse is a non-profit, all-volunteer concert series at Plgrim Church in Southborough, Massachusetts.
- The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor , a program of the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture & one of New York City’s oldest folk venues presents live acoustic roots music most Friday nights from mid-September through June.
- Uptown Coffeehouse is a volunteer-run, Bronx NY-based organization that sponsors monthly cshows, October-June, featuring traditional & contemporary folk musicians & singer-songwriters.
- Urban Campfires is a monthly acoustic house concert series in San Antonio, Texas, featuring singer-songwriters from around the country.
- Walla Walla Friends of Acoustic Music in Washington State supports and promotes acoustic music in many forms and hosts community dances, concerts, coffeehouses and sing-alongs.
- Xtreme Folk Scene is a Greater Delaware Valley area music organization dedicated to the promotion, dissemination and presentation of folk music, with a determined emphasis on that which is original, daring and extreme (exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected).
Regional Calendars
- Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond provides monthly listings of contemporary and traditional folk performances in NYC, its suburbs, upstate New York and New Jersey, along with artist interviews and profiles.
- AcousticMusic.net is dedicated to acoustic music in Southern California and beyond.
- AcousticOhio.com includes venue and calendar listings primarily for the Cleveland, Akron and Canton areas in northeastern Ohio.
- Arizona Irish Music Society website contains a wealth of information about Irish music in Arizona — including weekly news & notes, calendar listings & a directory of venues — plus an Irish/Celtic festival directory & lots of links.
- AZ Open Mic covers the open mic scene in the Phoenix metroplitan area — including a calendar, a list of venues with open mics, performer profiles, photo galleries, and songwriter tips and information.
- Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA) is a membership organization open to all nonprofit folk and acoustic music coffeehouses in and around Boston, Massachusetts’ I-495 circle. Listings and links appear on its website, along with a combined coffeehouse calendar.
FolkJam.org Folkjam.org provides information on acoustic, roots, bluegrass, Irish & fiddle jams across the U.S. that is organized in maps and calendars with entries contributed and maintained by musicians from local communities who come together to play.- Folknotes is the monthly publication of The Sounding Board, Inc. Besides providing a monthly schedule for the West Hartford, CT coffeehouse, the site includes extensive listings of concerts, jam sessions, festivals & special events in CT, MA & RI.
- Friends of Florida Folk Hosted by an organization that has been promoting the folk arts in Florida for 25 years, this site includes calendars of folk & acoustic concerts, festivals & events throughout the state + folk & acoustic radio listings.
- JerseyMic.com provides listings and reviews of open mics in New Jersey, along with ocassional interviews and other articles.
- MichiganFolkLive provides comprehensive, current information on the state’s live roots music scene — including a calendar, folk festival & radio listings, and links to venues & artists.
- NortheastFolk.org is a website dedicated to the local & regional indie music scene in & around Boston & the Northeast. It is intended as a resource for performers, vendors & service providers to exchange information & reach out to others.
- OpenMic.us is a free service for musicians that provides links to open mic listings for more than 40 cities and metropolitan areas across the U.S.
- Ron Olesko's Folk Music Notebook Thoughts and news of the folk music scene, a NY-NJ area concerts, festivals and events guide, and ramblings from the host of WFDU-FM’s long-running folk radio show, “Traditions…” and also, “The Session.”
- San Diego Troubadour is a free, monthly publication covering alt. country, Americana, roots, folk, blues, gospel, jazz and bluegrass music news. It also publishes and posts an extensive calendar of musical happenings in and around San Diego, California.
- Shoreline Acoustic Music Society is a New London, Connecticut-based organization that promotes the performance & appreciation of acoustic music by offering musicians and enthusiasts information on venues, concerts, workshops, open mics and jam sessions..
Resources for Artists
- Banjo Hangout contains banjo tablature in bluegrass & other styles, online lessons, a discussion forum, reviews, and lots of links.
- Datamusicata James Lee Stanley, a professional musician, recording artist & performer, created this free resource to provide tips, hints and useful information for anyone interested in following their muse.
- ezFolk.com – Free MP3 and video hosting for folk & acoustic musicians, plus hundreds of pages of tablature, tutorials, and more.
- Flatpicker Hangout is a free, community-driven resource for the flatpicker that features online forums, tablature, lessons, reviews, and lots of links.
- House Concerts and 21st Century Touring features articles and tips for artists and hosts from singer-songwriter Fran Snyder and concertsinyourhome.com.
- Michael Kornfeld provides public relations and strategic communications services and counsel for the folk, roots and singer-songwriter communities.
- NortheastFolk.org is a website dedicated to the local & regional indie music scene in & around Boston & the Northeast. It is intended as a resource for performers, vendors & service providers to exchange information & reach out to others.
- OpenMic.us is a free service for musicians that provides links to open mic listings for more than 40 cities and metropolitan areas across the U.S.
- S.B. MacDonald Custom Instruments handcrafted custom guitars, expert repair and restoration
- Songwriting Scene is a blog for songwriters about songwriting by Sharon Goldman, a New York-based singer-songwriter and member of Sweet Bitters, a female folk-pop duo.
Songwriters Groups
- Chicago Songwriters Collective is an organization promoting Chicago-area songwriters, lyricists and storytellers — amateur to professional.
- Connecticut Songwriters Association sponsors monthly programs, song critique sessions and workshops around the state and also produces songwriter showcases, benefit concerts and a series of compilation recordings.
- Dallas-Fort Worth NSAI Regional Workshop is a regional chapter of Nashville Songwriters Association International.
- Island Songwriters Showcase (ISS) Long Island (New York)’s largest songwriters association.
- Minnesota Association of Songwriters seeks to inspire, educate and strengthen the songwriting and performance skills of its members through seminars, workshops, criitique meetings, showcases and networking opportunities, while encouraging collaboration and exploration of the creative process
- Nebraska2Nashville , the Nebraska chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), hosts monthly meetings and day-long workshops for songwriters.
- NSAI Boone, NC Workshop provides training, encouragement & kinship among songwriters in the mountain country of North Carolina and sponsors monthly meetings & frequent member showcases.
- NY Singer/Songwriter Sessions is designed to provide aspiring singers and songwriters with opportunities to collaborate and perform at some of NYC’s best-known venues.
- Portland Songwriters Association provides educational and networking opportunities for its membership in Portland, Oregon & environs.
- Princeton Songwriters a New Jersey chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) currently co-coordinated by Arlon Bennett and John Sonntag.
- Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) encourages & fosters the art & craft of lyrical & musical composition; provides educational programs, critique sessions & performance opportunities; & supports collaboration within the RISA community.
- San Diego Songwriters Guild is a volunteer-run, nonprofit organization that provides networking opportunities & resources for songwriters, bands & musicians.
- Songsalive! is a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, supporting, educating and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide.
- The Northeast Ohio Songwriters Circle is a community of experienced and aspiring songwriters living on the North Coast of America who gather monthly to share their work.
- The Philadelphia Songwriters Project is a nonprofit organization that serves as a resource for local and regional songwriters — providing them with opportunities to showcase their music, improve their work and advance their careers.
- West Coast Songwriters , formerly the Northern California Songwriters Assn., sponsors 15+ events a month & aims to foster creativity, build community & provide opportunity for music career development through education & connection.
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