Musician Referral List |
Peter Ali (Bellingham, WA)
Peter Ali is a talented and self-taught Native flutist creating his music from the spirit within, so each performance is unique and special. Playing a variety of styles, he demonstrates the music of various plains and woodland tribes, as well as the traditional flute styles of Norway and Egypt. He shares their stories as well as stories of his rich ethnic heritage. His father from Morocco is Berber, and his mother from Mexico is of Native and Southern European ancestry. Listen to the sounds of an eagle, a running river, nature, and the spirit in the flute’s song. He can also present flute workshops and provide flutes for his students.
Contact Peter Ali at (206) 919-9769 or [email protected].
Website: www.peterali.net
Rod Anderson
Rod Anderson plays the guitar.
Contact Rod Anderson at (509) 747-2970.
Kelly Bogan
Kelly Bogan plays the piano, guitar, banjo, and dobro.
Contact Kelly Bogan at 744-9861.
Bridges Home
Bridges 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, stomp box, and resonator guitar.
Contact Tami and Dave Gunter at [email protected].
Website: www.bridgeshomemusic.com
Chris Brown
Chris Brown is a singer-songwriter who performs original, primarily folk music.
Contact Chris Brown at 951-0000.
Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun is a community created to bring Spokane together in participatory drum, dance, and music circles. Our goal is to give an outlet to those seeking to find their inner rhythms and to foster, explore, and grow that heartbeat within us all.
Contact Michael Taylor at (208) 596- 6001 or [email protected].
Carla Carnegie
Carla plays the fiddle, piano, and accordion.
Contact Carla Carnegie at (509) 592-7875.
Jan Clizer
Jan Clizer performs Scottish traditional fiddle music. She also offers slide lectures on Scotland’s culture, scenery, history, and more.
Contact Jan Clizer at (208) 771-2912 or [email protected].
Website: www.janclizerpainting.com
Bill Compher and Leslie Rousos
Bill and Leslie play mandolin and guitar duets from Bach to Brazil, Celtic, and originals.
Contact Leslie Rousos at (253) 381-6892 or [email protected].
Delta Preachers
Delta Preachers is an acoustic blues duo that plays old-style blues on guitar, harmonica, and vocals.
Contact Jeff Aker at 979-2181 or [email protected].
Ruby Devine
Ruby Devine plays guitar, banjo, and vocals. She performs Appalachian, Southern, early blues, Irish ballads, and modern folk.
Contact Ruby Devine at (509) 456-5985 or [email protected].
JJ Dion (Post Falls, ID)
JJ Dion is available for solo or backup work. He performs lead and harmony vocals, guitars, tenor banjo, ukulele, keyboard, and electric bass. JJ performs originals and cover tunes and has an extensive repertoire in many styles, including ragtime, country, folk, blues, bluegrass, rock, kids’, gospel, jazz, and ancient pop. He currently performs in area retirement homes and pre-schools.
Contact JJ Dion at (208) 262-1980 or [email protected].
Patt Duff
Patt Duff plays Celtic fiddle, old-time, bluegrass, and backup.
Contact Patt Duff at (509) 465-9988 for lessons.
Gary A. Edwards (Post Falls, ID)
Gary Edwards plays original folk, country, and western music.
Contact Gary Edwards at (208) 699-0848 or [email protected].
Website: edwardsmusicsite.com/bio
James Elvidge
James Elvidge is a professional drummer.
Contact James Elvidge at (509) 922-5256 or [email protected].
Janna Engell
Janna Engell is a harpist. She performs Celtic and classical harp with over a decade of performing experience.
Website: www.engellharp.com
Dante and Eros Faulk (Olympia, WA)
Dante and Eros Faulk have played music most of their lives, and both picked up a string instrument at three. Today, the teen brothers are multi-instrumentalists. In addition to cello and fiddle, they play guitar, bodhran (Irish drum), tenor banjo, cajon (box drum), shruti box, kick-drum, ukulele, mandolin, and sing on occasion.
Contact Dante and Eros at (360) 970-9203 or [email protected].
Website: danteanderos.com
Ken Glastre
Ken Glastre plays the guitar.
Contact Ken Glastre at (509) 922-8415.
Global Gumbo (Ponderay, ID)
The Global Gumbo plays traditional and original music from South America, North America, and the Middle East. Its members include Denis Zwang on flute, saxophone, clarinet, and pan pipes; Ali Thomas on the djembe; and Truck Mills on charango, oud, and Weisenborn lap slide guitar.
Contact Truck Mills at (208) 946-6956 or [email protected].
Website: www.truckmills.com
Ted Hensold
Ted Hensold plays the harmonica, guitar, and banjo.
Contact Ted Hensold at (509) 276-6549.
Rex James Bros (Athol, ID)
The Rex James Bros play original music on acoustic instruments they designed and constructed.
Contact David Powell at (208) 660-9632.
Dayan Kai
Dayan Kai performs blues, jazz, ballads, gospel, Americana, and folk-rock on keys, winds, strings, and skins.
Contact Dayan Kai at (831) 345-3312 or (509) 238-9433 or [email protected].
Website: www.dayankai.com
Steven King
Steven King is a solo guitarist or one-person dance band with vocals. His amplified archtop and fingerstyle guitar skills make his guitar sound like a trio. His repertoire is unmatched, with music from the 1920s to the present, including jazz, pop, folk, show tunes, ballroom dance songs, big band era, and classic country hits. Enter “Steven King fingerstyle guitar” in the YouTube search field to view Steven’s videos. Contact Steven for prices.
Contact Steven King at (509) 230-8950.
Website: www.kingofguitar.com
Hunter Koss (Spokane, WA)
Hunter Koss is a teenage solo harpist who performs Celtic and traditional folk music. She brings the musical strings of a Celtic lever harp to life. Hunter 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 Hunter Koss at (509) 325-7742 or [email protected].
Don Kush
Don Kush plays instrumental music performed on a solo guitar.
Contact Don Kush at (509) 928-0368 or [email protected].
Websites: www.donkush.com and mysite444.byethost32.com/?i=1
Last of the Gro Vonte (Hays, MT)
Last of the Gro Vonte is a Native flutist. He presents Montana Plains Indian flute music.
Contact Daryl Shortman at 496-4338 or [email protected].
Collins Loupe
Collins Loupe plays a contemporary fingerstyle guitar using percussive techniques and contemporary harmonies.
Contact Collins Loupe at 926-5014 or [email protected].
Arvid Lundin
Arvid Lundin plays the fiddle.
Contact Arvid Lundin at (509) 926-7357.
Sandra Mathews (Sandpoint, ID)
Sandra Mathews performs on the didgeridoo. She performs on the Australian folk instrument and presents workshops for children and adults on playing the didgeridoo. She provides instruments for student use at her workshops.
Contact Sandra Mathews at (208) 265-8229.
Todd Milne
Todd Milne plays electro-acoustic World Fusion music on electric bamboo flute, ukulele, Japanese Shakuhachi, Indian Bansuri, resonator guitar, and octave mandolin.
Contact Todd Milne at (509) 599-0907 or [email protected].
Website: www.MilneSounds.com
Truck Mills
Truck Mills blends blues and Americana with a strong World Music influence on various instruments and vocals. He plays the guitar, slide guitar, Turkish Saz, South American charango, and Arabic Oud. Truck is available for solo performances or as a duo with percussionist Chris Ervin. You may also contact Truck for performances by Carl Rey and the Blues Gators, and the Cryin’ Shame.
Contact Truck Mills at (208) 946-6956 or [email protected].
Website: www.truckmills.com
Karl "Bud" Moegling
Bud Moegling plays the traditional Flamenco guitar with Moorish roots and Neo-Spanish Flamenco influence.
Contact Bud Moegling at (509) 468-8262.
Michael Moon Bear
Michael is the hand drumming instructor at the MALIDOMA! World Drum & Dance Studio. As a professional percussionist and educator, Michael offers instruction on various traditional hand percussion, such as West African djembe and dunun, Egyptian doumbek, tar, 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 and facilitates public and private workshops.
Contact Michael Moon Bear at (509) 624-7573 or [email protected].
Website: www.malidoma.biz/
"Lonesome" Lyle Morse
Lyle Morse plays acoustic blues and American roots music on guitar with vocals and mouth harp.
Contact Lyle Morse at (509) 868-3388 or [email protected].
Website: lylemorse.com
Heidi Muller and Bob Webb (Joseph, OR)
Heidi is an award-winning songwriter whose song “Good Road” has been heard weekly as the theme of Northwest Public Radio’s Inland Folk Show since 1989. She has taught and performed with Appalachian dulcimer and guitar for over 30 years. She has recorded eight CDs, including three with her partner Bob Webb on guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, and electric cello.
Contact Heidi Muller at (304) 382-9422 or [email protected].
Website: www.heidimuller.com
Jonathan Nicholson
Jonathan Nicholson, an instrumental guitarist, plays a unique and soothing blend of New Age and World music.
Contact Jonathan Nicholson at (509) 979-1726.
Website: www.jonathannicholson.com/
Carlton Oakes
Carlton Oakes is a solo guitarist who performs classical, flamenco, jazz, contemporary, Hawaiian Slack Key, and original music. He has three CDs available on iTunes and CD Baby. Carlton performs internationally and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Contact Carlton Oakes at 456-2157 or [email protected].
Website: carltonoakesmusic.com
Don Opsal
Don Opsal plays the acoustic guitar and performs Celtic and alternative tunings.
Contact Don Opsal at (509) 951-7938.
Robby Parker
Robby Parker plays Middle Eastern music from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Turkey using the oud, an ancient instrument dating back thousands of years. He is also available to teach oud and Middle Eastern drumming.
Contact Robby Parker at 466-6382.
Linda Parman
Linda Parman plays the guitar, keyboard, and vocals.
Contact Linda Parman at (509) 456-8205.
Tim Platt (Rathdrum, ID)
Tim Platt is a solo guitarist.
Contact Tim Platt at (208) 660-3374.
Dario Ré
Dario Ré is a singer-songwriter who writes in English and French and plays the guitar, ukulele, auxiliary percussion, and synthesizer.
Contact Dario Ré at (509) 655-2044 or [email protected].
Website: www.dariore.com
Steve Riggan
Steve Riggan performs old-time Southern fiddle, Celtic fiddle, guitar, accordion, piano, Hawaiian steel, guitar, and ukulele music.
Contact Steve Riggan at (509) 893-8986 or [email protected].
Rising Tide
Rising Tide is an acoustic instrumental duet of Gary Burris and Jonathan Nicholson. They have performed all over the Northwest as individuals. Now, they have combined forces to create Rising Tide.
Contact Gary Burris at (509) 299-7266 or [email protected].
Lavinia Ross
Lavinia Ross plays acoustic folk, blues, and slide guitar.
Contact Lavinia Ross at (541) 367-8485 or [email protected].
Website: salmonbrookfarms.wordpress.com/music/lavinia-ross/
Steve Schennum (Spokane, WA)
Steve Schennum is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He plays songs you never hear on the radio, but you should.
Contact Steve Schennum at (509) 489-7941 or [email protected].
Website: www.schennum.com
John Paul Shields
John Paul Shields plays solo Peruvian guitar music, representing two years of musical culture and studies in Peru.
Contact John Paul Shields at 448-0663 or [email protected].
Website: www.johnpaulshields.com
Bill Siems
Bill Siems plays the guitar and mandolin.
Contact Bill Siems at (509) 747-2678 or [email protected].
Hannah Siglin
Hannah Siglin is a 12-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Contact Brooke Siglin at 443-6483 or [email protected].
Paul Ely Smith (Palouse, WA)
Paul Ely Smith plays African-American fretless gourd banjo music. He has been part of the Northwest music scene since the early 1980s 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.
Contact Paul Ely Smith at (509) 878 1701 or [email protected].
Brad Sondahl
Brad Sondahl plays the guitar, banjo, harmonica, and vocals. He performs blues, bluegrass, old-time, gospel, instrumental hymns, and original music.
Website: sondahl.com
Roger Sumner (Spokane Valley, WA)
Roger Sumner plays the doumbek and bodhran drummers. He performs and teaches.
Contact Roger Sumner at (509) 301-7153.
John Sylte
John Sylte plays old-time music on the fiddle, banjo, harmonica, Irish fiddle, concertina, and harmonica.
Contact John Sylte at (208) 687-6699 or [email protected].
There She Goes (Vancouver, WA)
Christi Mangner and Amy Wells form this alternative folk duo with intoxicating lyrics and scintillating harmonies. Their Texas-born voices are sassy and calming, sexy and clever.
Contact Amy Wells at (360) 241-3923.
Website: www.thereshegoesmusic.com
Don Thomsen
Don Thomsen plays the fiddle, mandolin, recorder, harmonica, lap steel, and tenor banjo.
Contact Don Thomsen at (509) 534-3150.
Two Grey Cats
The Two Grey Cats is a music duo featuring Don Brumfield on acoustic guitar and ukulele and Doug Roberts on acoustic bass guitar, with two-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.
Contact the group at [email protected].
Website: www.twogreycats.com
Ernie Verdugo
Ernie Verdugo performs traditional and improvisational Spanish and Flamenco guitar music.
Contact Ernie Verdugo at (509) 216 0646 or [email protected].
Geralyn West
Geralyn West plays the Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Contact Geralyn West at (509) 255-9926 or [email protected].
Joe Winters (Kennewick, WA)
Joe Winters plays original folk, country, and contemporary acoustic guitar music. Joe plays six-string and twelve-string guitars and has released four CDs of original guitar compositions. CDs are for sale on iTunes and through PayPal. Joe’s music is excellent for small venues.
Contact Joe at (509) 582-6847 or [email protected].
Website: www.joewinters.net
Yang Xu
Yang Xu plays the guzheng, a traditional Chinese zither.
Contact Yang Xu at (509) 499-5726 or [email protected].
Gary Yeoman
Gary Yeoman performs traditional and original blues and swing music on the guitar and vocals.
Contact Gary Yeoman at (509) 723-1722 (home) or (214) 208-1263 (cell).
Website: www.myspace.com/VooDooChurchBlues
If you would like us to add you to our referral list or you would like to modify your listing, please email [email protected] or call the Fall Folk Festival message phone at (509) 828-3683.
Peter Ali is a talented and self-taught Native flutist creating his music from the spirit within, so each performance is unique and special. Playing a variety of styles, he demonstrates the music of various plains and woodland tribes, as well as the traditional flute styles of Norway and Egypt. He shares their stories as well as stories of his rich ethnic heritage. His father from Morocco is Berber, and his mother from Mexico is of Native and Southern European ancestry. Listen to the sounds of an eagle, a running river, nature, and the spirit in the flute’s song. He can also present flute workshops and provide flutes for his students.
Contact Peter Ali at (206) 919-9769 or [email protected].
Website: www.peterali.net
Rod Anderson
Rod Anderson plays the guitar.
Contact Rod Anderson at (509) 747-2970.
Kelly Bogan
Kelly Bogan plays the piano, guitar, banjo, and dobro.
Contact Kelly Bogan at 744-9861.
Bridges Home
Bridges 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, stomp box, and resonator guitar.
Contact Tami and Dave Gunter at [email protected].
Website: www.bridgeshomemusic.com
Chris Brown
Chris Brown is a singer-songwriter who performs original, primarily folk music.
Contact Chris Brown at 951-0000.
Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun is a community created to bring Spokane together in participatory drum, dance, and music circles. Our goal is to give an outlet to those seeking to find their inner rhythms and to foster, explore, and grow that heartbeat within us all.
Contact Michael Taylor at (208) 596- 6001 or [email protected].
Carla Carnegie
Carla plays the fiddle, piano, and accordion.
Contact Carla Carnegie at (509) 592-7875.
Jan Clizer
Jan Clizer performs Scottish traditional fiddle music. She also offers slide lectures on Scotland’s culture, scenery, history, and more.
Contact Jan Clizer at (208) 771-2912 or [email protected].
Website: www.janclizerpainting.com
Bill Compher and Leslie Rousos
Bill and Leslie play mandolin and guitar duets from Bach to Brazil, Celtic, and originals.
Contact Leslie Rousos at (253) 381-6892 or [email protected].
Delta Preachers
Delta Preachers is an acoustic blues duo that plays old-style blues on guitar, harmonica, and vocals.
Contact Jeff Aker at 979-2181 or [email protected].
Ruby Devine
Ruby Devine plays guitar, banjo, and vocals. She performs Appalachian, Southern, early blues, Irish ballads, and modern folk.
Contact Ruby Devine at (509) 456-5985 or [email protected].
JJ Dion (Post Falls, ID)
JJ Dion is available for solo or backup work. He performs lead and harmony vocals, guitars, tenor banjo, ukulele, keyboard, and electric bass. JJ performs originals and cover tunes and has an extensive repertoire in many styles, including ragtime, country, folk, blues, bluegrass, rock, kids’, gospel, jazz, and ancient pop. He currently performs in area retirement homes and pre-schools.
Contact JJ Dion at (208) 262-1980 or [email protected].
Patt Duff
Patt Duff plays Celtic fiddle, old-time, bluegrass, and backup.
Contact Patt Duff at (509) 465-9988 for lessons.
Gary A. Edwards (Post Falls, ID)
Gary Edwards plays original folk, country, and western music.
Contact Gary Edwards at (208) 699-0848 or [email protected].
Website: edwardsmusicsite.com/bio
James Elvidge
James Elvidge is a professional drummer.
Contact James Elvidge at (509) 922-5256 or [email protected].
Janna Engell
Janna Engell is a harpist. She performs Celtic and classical harp with over a decade of performing experience.
Website: www.engellharp.com
Dante and Eros Faulk (Olympia, WA)
Dante and Eros Faulk have played music most of their lives, and both picked up a string instrument at three. Today, the teen brothers are multi-instrumentalists. In addition to cello and fiddle, they play guitar, bodhran (Irish drum), tenor banjo, cajon (box drum), shruti box, kick-drum, ukulele, mandolin, and sing on occasion.
Contact Dante and Eros at (360) 970-9203 or [email protected].
Website: danteanderos.com
Ken Glastre
Ken Glastre plays the guitar.
Contact Ken Glastre at (509) 922-8415.
Global Gumbo (Ponderay, ID)
The Global Gumbo plays traditional and original music from South America, North America, and the Middle East. Its members include Denis Zwang on flute, saxophone, clarinet, and pan pipes; Ali Thomas on the djembe; and Truck Mills on charango, oud, and Weisenborn lap slide guitar.
Contact Truck Mills at (208) 946-6956 or [email protected].
Website: www.truckmills.com
Ted Hensold
Ted Hensold plays the harmonica, guitar, and banjo.
Contact Ted Hensold at (509) 276-6549.
Rex James Bros (Athol, ID)
The Rex James Bros play original music on acoustic instruments they designed and constructed.
Contact David Powell at (208) 660-9632.
Dayan Kai
Dayan Kai performs blues, jazz, ballads, gospel, Americana, and folk-rock on keys, winds, strings, and skins.
Contact Dayan Kai at (831) 345-3312 or (509) 238-9433 or [email protected].
Website: www.dayankai.com
Steven King
Steven King is a solo guitarist or one-person dance band with vocals. His amplified archtop and fingerstyle guitar skills make his guitar sound like a trio. His repertoire is unmatched, with music from the 1920s to the present, including jazz, pop, folk, show tunes, ballroom dance songs, big band era, and classic country hits. Enter “Steven King fingerstyle guitar” in the YouTube search field to view Steven’s videos. Contact Steven for prices.
Contact Steven King at (509) 230-8950.
Website: www.kingofguitar.com
Hunter Koss (Spokane, WA)
Hunter Koss is a teenage solo harpist who performs Celtic and traditional folk music. She brings the musical strings of a Celtic lever harp to life. Hunter 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 Hunter Koss at (509) 325-7742 or [email protected].
Don Kush
Don Kush plays instrumental music performed on a solo guitar.
Contact Don Kush at (509) 928-0368 or [email protected].
Websites: www.donkush.com and mysite444.byethost32.com/?i=1
Last of the Gro Vonte (Hays, MT)
Last of the Gro Vonte is a Native flutist. He presents Montana Plains Indian flute music.
Contact Daryl Shortman at 496-4338 or [email protected].
Collins Loupe
Collins Loupe plays a contemporary fingerstyle guitar using percussive techniques and contemporary harmonies.
Contact Collins Loupe at 926-5014 or [email protected].
Arvid Lundin
Arvid Lundin plays the fiddle.
Contact Arvid Lundin at (509) 926-7357.
Sandra Mathews (Sandpoint, ID)
Sandra Mathews performs on the didgeridoo. She performs on the Australian folk instrument and presents workshops for children and adults on playing the didgeridoo. She provides instruments for student use at her workshops.
Contact Sandra Mathews at (208) 265-8229.
Todd Milne
Todd Milne plays electro-acoustic World Fusion music on electric bamboo flute, ukulele, Japanese Shakuhachi, Indian Bansuri, resonator guitar, and octave mandolin.
Contact Todd Milne at (509) 599-0907 or [email protected].
Website: www.MilneSounds.com
Truck Mills
Truck Mills blends blues and Americana with a strong World Music influence on various instruments and vocals. He plays the guitar, slide guitar, Turkish Saz, South American charango, and Arabic Oud. Truck is available for solo performances or as a duo with percussionist Chris Ervin. You may also contact Truck for performances by Carl Rey and the Blues Gators, and the Cryin’ Shame.
Contact Truck Mills at (208) 946-6956 or [email protected].
Website: www.truckmills.com
Karl "Bud" Moegling
Bud Moegling plays the traditional Flamenco guitar with Moorish roots and Neo-Spanish Flamenco influence.
Contact Bud Moegling at (509) 468-8262.
Michael Moon Bear
Michael is the hand drumming instructor at the MALIDOMA! World Drum & Dance Studio. As a professional percussionist and educator, Michael offers instruction on various traditional hand percussion, such as West African djembe and dunun, Egyptian doumbek, tar, 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 and facilitates public and private workshops.
Contact Michael Moon Bear at (509) 624-7573 or [email protected].
Website: www.malidoma.biz/
"Lonesome" Lyle Morse
Lyle Morse plays acoustic blues and American roots music on guitar with vocals and mouth harp.
Contact Lyle Morse at (509) 868-3388 or [email protected].
Website: lylemorse.com
Heidi Muller and Bob Webb (Joseph, OR)
Heidi is an award-winning songwriter whose song “Good Road” has been heard weekly as the theme of Northwest Public Radio’s Inland Folk Show since 1989. She has taught and performed with Appalachian dulcimer and guitar for over 30 years. She has recorded eight CDs, including three with her partner Bob Webb on guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, and electric cello.
Contact Heidi Muller at (304) 382-9422 or [email protected].
Website: www.heidimuller.com
Jonathan Nicholson
Jonathan Nicholson, an instrumental guitarist, plays a unique and soothing blend of New Age and World music.
Contact Jonathan Nicholson at (509) 979-1726.
Website: www.jonathannicholson.com/
Carlton Oakes
Carlton Oakes is a solo guitarist who performs classical, flamenco, jazz, contemporary, Hawaiian Slack Key, and original music. He has three CDs available on iTunes and CD Baby. Carlton performs internationally and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Contact Carlton Oakes at 456-2157 or [email protected].
Website: carltonoakesmusic.com
Don Opsal
Don Opsal plays the acoustic guitar and performs Celtic and alternative tunings.
Contact Don Opsal at (509) 951-7938.
Robby Parker
Robby Parker plays Middle Eastern music from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Turkey using the oud, an ancient instrument dating back thousands of years. He is also available to teach oud and Middle Eastern drumming.
Contact Robby Parker at 466-6382.
Linda Parman
Linda Parman plays the guitar, keyboard, and vocals.
Contact Linda Parman at (509) 456-8205.
Tim Platt (Rathdrum, ID)
Tim Platt is a solo guitarist.
Contact Tim Platt at (208) 660-3374.
Dario Ré
Dario Ré is a singer-songwriter who writes in English and French and plays the guitar, ukulele, auxiliary percussion, and synthesizer.
Contact Dario Ré at (509) 655-2044 or [email protected].
Website: www.dariore.com
Steve Riggan
Steve Riggan performs old-time Southern fiddle, Celtic fiddle, guitar, accordion, piano, Hawaiian steel, guitar, and ukulele music.
Contact Steve Riggan at (509) 893-8986 or [email protected].
Rising Tide
Rising Tide is an acoustic instrumental duet of Gary Burris and Jonathan Nicholson. They have performed all over the Northwest as individuals. Now, they have combined forces to create Rising Tide.
Contact Gary Burris at (509) 299-7266 or [email protected].
Lavinia Ross
Lavinia Ross plays acoustic folk, blues, and slide guitar.
Contact Lavinia Ross at (541) 367-8485 or [email protected].
Website: salmonbrookfarms.wordpress.com/music/lavinia-ross/
Steve Schennum (Spokane, WA)
Steve Schennum is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He plays songs you never hear on the radio, but you should.
Contact Steve Schennum at (509) 489-7941 or [email protected].
Website: www.schennum.com
John Paul Shields
John Paul Shields plays solo Peruvian guitar music, representing two years of musical culture and studies in Peru.
Contact John Paul Shields at 448-0663 or [email protected].
Website: www.johnpaulshields.com
Bill Siems
Bill Siems plays the guitar and mandolin.
Contact Bill Siems at (509) 747-2678 or [email protected].
Hannah Siglin
Hannah Siglin is a 12-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Contact Brooke Siglin at 443-6483 or [email protected].
Paul Ely Smith (Palouse, WA)
Paul Ely Smith plays African-American fretless gourd banjo music. He has been part of the Northwest music scene since the early 1980s 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.
Contact Paul Ely Smith at (509) 878 1701 or [email protected].
Brad Sondahl
Brad Sondahl plays the guitar, banjo, harmonica, and vocals. He performs blues, bluegrass, old-time, gospel, instrumental hymns, and original music.
Website: sondahl.com
Roger Sumner (Spokane Valley, WA)
Roger Sumner plays the doumbek and bodhran drummers. He performs and teaches.
Contact Roger Sumner at (509) 301-7153.
John Sylte
John Sylte plays old-time music on the fiddle, banjo, harmonica, Irish fiddle, concertina, and harmonica.
Contact John Sylte at (208) 687-6699 or [email protected].
There She Goes (Vancouver, WA)
Christi Mangner and Amy Wells form this alternative folk duo with intoxicating lyrics and scintillating harmonies. Their Texas-born voices are sassy and calming, sexy and clever.
Contact Amy Wells at (360) 241-3923.
Website: www.thereshegoesmusic.com
Don Thomsen
Don Thomsen plays the fiddle, mandolin, recorder, harmonica, lap steel, and tenor banjo.
Contact Don Thomsen at (509) 534-3150.
Two Grey Cats
The Two Grey Cats is a music duo featuring Don Brumfield on acoustic guitar and ukulele and Doug Roberts on acoustic bass guitar, with two-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.
Contact the group at [email protected].
Website: www.twogreycats.com
Ernie Verdugo
Ernie Verdugo performs traditional and improvisational Spanish and Flamenco guitar music.
Contact Ernie Verdugo at (509) 216 0646 or [email protected].
Geralyn West
Geralyn West plays the Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Contact Geralyn West at (509) 255-9926 or [email protected].
Joe Winters (Kennewick, WA)
Joe Winters plays original folk, country, and contemporary acoustic guitar music. Joe plays six-string and twelve-string guitars and has released four CDs of original guitar compositions. CDs are for sale on iTunes and through PayPal. Joe’s music is excellent for small venues.
Contact Joe at (509) 582-6847 or [email protected].
Website: www.joewinters.net
Yang Xu
Yang Xu plays the guzheng, a traditional Chinese zither.
Contact Yang Xu at (509) 499-5726 or [email protected].
Gary Yeoman
Gary Yeoman performs traditional and original blues and swing music on the guitar and vocals.
Contact Gary Yeoman at (509) 723-1722 (home) or (214) 208-1263 (cell).
Website: www.myspace.com/VooDooChurchBlues
If you would like us to add you to our referral list or you would like to modify your listing, please email [email protected] or call the Fall Folk Festival message phone at (509) 828-3683.
