Banjo Workshop with Frank Lee
Join Freight Hoppers’ banjo player Frank Lee for an overview of old-time banjo technique. Beginner to advanced players welcome!
Old-time Jam with Claudia and Gary Kaufman
Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned local musicians. The old-time jam is ably hosted
Old Time Players
Duo Christine and Paul Breen make up the Old Time Players . Christine plays the old time five-string banjo and has been playing clawhammer style for several years. She is
The Young and the Fretless
The Young and the Fretless plays old-time mountain music on the prairie–a mix of Appalachian Mountain and Midwestern tunes and songs. Its members are Lyle Konigsberg (fiddle), Tom Bassett (fretless
Interpreting and Arranging Old Songs with Red Tail Ring
Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo, of Red Tail Ring – the Michigan-based old/new-time duo, will discuss, and demonstrate through song, approaches to playing old ballads and tunes that honor the
Continue readingInterpreting and Arranging Old Songs with Red Tail Ring
Red Tail Ring
Red Tail Ring is the Americana roots duo of Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo. Whether rendering a traditional tune or one of their original compositions, the duo infuses each song
Blind Boy Paxton with Brandon Bailey
CU Folk and Roots is proud to announce the return of Blind Boy Paxton, who wow’ed audiences at our 2011 festival. Amazingly, he’s not just the real deal, he may
The Freight Hoppers
We are happy to have the Freight Hoppers, one of old-time’s most powerful and dynamic bands playing at this year’s festival. The lineup for the festival is Heidi Clare on
John Lilly
John Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer from Charleston, West Virginia, specializing in Americana, country roots, and traditional folk music.