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Musicians/ |
| As a public service to those seeking musicians in the Inland Northwest, the Spokane Folklore Society maintains a Performers Referral List. | |
Peter Ali (Bellingham, WA A talented and self-taught Native flutist creating his music from spirit within so each performance is unique and special. Playing a variety of styles he will demonstrate the music of various plains and woodland tribes, as well as traditional flute styles of Norway and Egypt. He shares their stories as well as stories of his rich ethnic heritage. His father form Morocco is Berber and his mother from Mexico is of Native and southern European ancestry. Listen to the sounds of eagle, running river, nature and the spirit in the flute’s song - He will also present flute workshops – flutes provided Contact: peter331@gmail.com (206) 919-9769 Rod Anderson Guitar backup (509) 747-2970 Kelly Bogan - 744-9861 piano, guitar, banjo, and dobro Bridges HomeBridges HomeBridges Home is Tami and Dave Gunter - dual lead vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and purveyors of tasty Folk, Americana, Celtic, Singer-Songwriter, Roots and Indie music.Their music sparkles with richly textured vocal harmonies, accompanied by guitar, tenor ukulele, clawhammer-style banjo, octave mandolin, Celtic harp, Irish whistle, bodhran, stompbox and resonator guitar.www.bridgeshomemusic. Chris Brown - singer/songwriter Mostly folk - mostly original -951-0000 Children of the Sun Carla Carnegie
Jan Clizer - Scottish
traditional fiddle music
Bill Compher and Leslie Rousos Mandolin and guitar duets from Bach to Brazil, Celtic and originals - Contact: leslierous9hs@gmail.com 253-381-6892 Delta
Preachers - acoustic blues duo – old style blues -
guitar, harmonica, vocals Ruby Devine
JJ Dion- Available for solo
or back-up work. Lead & harmony vocals,
Patt Duff - Fiddle Celtic, old time, bluegrass, back-up.
Lessons. 509 465-9988 Gary A. Edwards (Post Falls, Id) - original folk, country and western 208-699-0848 gedward@roadrunner.com http://edwardsmusicsite.com/bio James Elvidge
Janna Engell, harpist ~ www.engellharp.com Dante and Eros Faulk (Olympia, WA) Ken Glastre
Global Gumbo (Ponderay,ID) Traditionaland original music from South America, North American and the middle (208) 946-6956 www.truckmills.com Ted Hensold
Rex James Bros (Athol, ID)
Dayan Kai Steven's amplified archtop with his fingerstyle guitar skills makes his guitar sound like a trio. His repertoire is unmatched, with music from the 1920's to present, including jazz, pop, folk, show tunes, ballroom dance songs, big band era, & classic country hits. Steven's price is $100/hour, with a discount for weekday afternoon retirement community shows at $75/hour. Youtube clips: enter "steven king fingerstyle guitar" in search field. phone (509)230-8950 website www.kingofguitar.com Hunter Koss (Spokane, WA) a teenage solo harpist who performs Celtic and traditional folk music. She brings the musical strings of a Celtic lever harp to life. She favors Celtic, folk and traditional tunes. Hunter’s original compositions and musical ideas are inspired by deep connections with family, friends, life experiences and the natural beauty of the Inland Northwest she calls home. Contact: harpist@potc.net 509 325-7742 Don Kush
Last of the Gro Vonte (Daryl Shortman) - Native flutist from Hays, MT. presents Montana Plains Indian flute music - 496-4338 sacredstone@aim.com Collins Loupe - contemporary finger
style guitar – percussive techniques and
contemporary harmonies 926-5014 cabjkeep@msn.com Arvid Lundin
Sandra Mathews (Sandpoint, Idaho)
Ukulele, Japanese Shakuhachi, Indian Bansuri, Resonator Guitar & Octave Mandolin producer@perimetersound.com - 509-599-0907 www.MilneSounds.com Truck Mills Blending Blues and Americana with a strong World Music influence on a variety of instruments and vocals. Guitar/Slide Guitar, Turkish Saz, South American Charango, Arabic Oud. Available for solo, or as a duo with percussionist Chris Ervin. Also may be contacted for "Carl Rey and the Blues Gators," and "Cryin' Shame." www.truckmills.com 208-946-6956 truck@truckmills.com Karl "Bud" Moegling
Hand Drumming (509) 624-7573 MoonBear@Malidoma.biz Michael is the drumming instructor at the MALIDOMA! World Drum & Dance Studio: http://www.malidoma.biz/ As a professional percussionist and educator, Michael offers instruction on a variety of traditional hand percussion: West African djembe and dunun, Egyptian doumbec, tar and deff, Afro-Cuban conga and clave. Michael is the author of “DRUM! Traditional Drum Rhythms That You Can Play Today”. He offers private and group lessons as well as facilitating public and private workshops. "Lonesome" Lyle Morse
Heidi Muller and Bob Webb (Joseph, OR) Jonathan Nicholson
Carlton Oakes Don Opsal - acoustic guitar –
Celtic and alternative tunings Robby Parker – middle eastern
music from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen & Turkey Linda Parman
Tim Platt (Rathdrum, ID) - solo guitarist (208) 660-3374
Dario Ré (509) 893-8986 sriggan@hotmail.com Old-time Southern fiddle, Celtic fiddle, guitar, accordion, piano, Hawaiian steel, guitar and ukulele. Rising Tide acoustic instrumental duet comprised of Gary Burris and Jonathan Nicholson. They have performed all over the Northwest and individuals and now have combined forces to create Rising Tide. Contact: gburrisguitar@gmail.com 509-299-7266 Lavinia Ross Acoustic folk, blues and slide guitar website: https://salmonbrookfarms. email: salmonbrook@earthlink.net phone: 541-367-8485 Steve Schennum John Paul Shields –solo Peruvian guitar music representing two years of musical culture and studies in Peru. 448-0663 jpshields3@hotmail.com www.johnpaulshields.com Bill Siems
Hannah Siglin 12- year old
singer – songwriter-guitarist.
African-American fretless gourd banjo music. He has been part of the Northwest music scene since the early 1980’s when he released his critically-acclaimed LPs on the Flying Fish label. His published research on early African -American banjo music led to the release of his recent CD, “American Akonting” 509 878 1701 paulelysmith@gmail.com Brad Sondahl
John
Sylte 208-687-6699 There She Goes (Vancouver, Wa)
Christi Mangner and Amy Wells form this alternative folk duo with
intoxicating lyrics and scintillating harmonies. Texas-born voices,
sassy & calming, sexy & clever
Don Thomsen
Two Grey Cats is a music duo featuring Don Brumfield on acoustic guitar
and ukulele and Doug Roberts on acoustic bass guitar, with 2-part vocal
harmony. They perform fun acoustic versions of classic rock, pop,
country, and traditional Americana music. Don and Doug are both
long-time professional
musicians, now retired, who enjoy playing great songs in a relaxed
acoustic duo setting. Ernie Verdugo Contact: 509-255-9926 Gmwest990@yahoo.com Joe Winters – Original acoustic guitar music of folk, country and contemporary style. Joe plays six string and twelve string guitar and has released four CD’s of original guitar compositions. Check out Joe’s website at www.joewinters.net. CD’s are for sale on ITunes and through Pay Pal. Joe’s music is excellent for small venues. Joe resides in Kennewick, WA and can be reached at joewinters8@msn.com or (509) 582-6847. Yang Xu plays the guzheng, a traditional Chinese zither Contact: Yangxu1@comcast.net (509) 499-5726 Gary Yeoman guitar and vocals, traditional and original blues, and swing music or on my cell...214 208 1263 http://www.myspace.com/VooDooChurchBlues If you would like to be added or modify your listing, please contact Sylvia Gobel at dancer@moxxee.com or call the SFS answerphone - (509) 828 3683 |