Ripton Community Coffee House

1. Richard Ruane2. Karen Krajacic3. Carol Reed4. Lopi Laroe

Le groupe montréalais Rosier – anciennement Les Poules à Colin – réclame et interprète les traditions romantiques du folk québécois. Ayant passé leurs années formatrices au coeur de riches traditions musicales du Québec, les membres de Rosier continuent d’explorer les alliages entre le folk québécois et un mélange de styles indie, jazz, pop, bluegrass et contemporain. Ils nous plongent dans leur univers grâce à des compositions originales, des arrangements sophistiqués, des progressions harmoniques surprenantes et bien sûr, des traditions réinventées. Rosier ajoute couleurs exubérantes aux tonalités familières du folk. Le résultat est une musique mature, contrôlée et remplie d’émotion qui est surprenamment rafraichissante et pertinente dans le monde changeant d’aujourd’hui.

paulasbell.com“Paul Asbell’s ‘Steel String Americana’ is a wonderful album! What I keep coming back to is how musical it is…. I’ve actually been a fan of Paul’s guitar playing for quite a few years- I think he’s one of the best-kept secrets in American music today!” David Bromberg , acoustic guitar legend“A genre-blurring, virtuosic waltz through the deep heritage of American folklore, where styles of Robert Johnson, Doc Watson and Dr. John rub elbows with those of Joe Pass and Bill Frisell.” Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT’s 1500 seat performing arts venue

1. Wellspring Foundation2. Dennis Edwards3. Kaomi Kingsley4. Jason Baker

Alive - Mark & WaltChris MaronBuzz Kuhns (poet laureate)Sam Kuhns

Katie Trautz (www.katietrautz.com) is a native Vermont fiddler who has toured nationally and internationally sharing traditional music and original folk songs."It's almost hard to believe that Vermont folk music heroine Katie Trautz and her musical partner Julia Wayne have been performing as a duo for 15 years. These two talented young women simply don't seem old enough for that. The sound that these longtime musical buddies have created on Sweet Is the Morning, their third album as Mayfly, is mature and solid. It showcases not only their deep roots in Vermont traditional fiddling, plaintive vocalizing and harmony singing but also their understanding and love of Southern folk music." - Robert Resnik, VPR, All the Traditions, Sevendays Magazine

"An acoustic blues master with a genuine feel for the classic works of such blues legends as Robert Johnson, Son House and Leadbelly, Tolstrup slides and slashes up and down the neck of his National Steel guitar as effortlessly as if he was born with it in his hands.-Greg Haymes - Albany Times Union Joined by Jill Burnham on vocals, Woody Strobeck on trombone, Frank Orsini on fiddle and Tony Markellis on bass. Together they produce a sound from the roots of American music moaning low with the blues and rollicking with the joy of traditional jazz of New Orleans.Mark Tolstrup and his band mate Jill Burnham were also recent winners of the Regional International Blues Challenge held at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY. They will travel to Memphis in January 2020 to compete in the International Blues Challenge Competition.

Noel Guerilla SingersCasey BergerBread & Bones

EnchantoKaren KrajacicPhil Henry & Jimmy CobbRichard Ruane & Beth Duquette

In one sentence....Moors and McCumber create that rare chemistry that happens when two gifted singer- songwriters and multi-instrumentalists perfectly complement each other’s strengths, a modern day version of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.moorsandmccumber.com

John GuerriereJustin La PointeJason Baker & Guy HendersonBeth Duquette & Richard Ruane

Kolonien is a four piece family band. A ”big year” champion bird watcher, his brother a house-building father of two sons, their neighbor a percussion explorer of four continents and their cousin anna möller, the star fiddler of the band.they grew up in the traditional music scene, deeply embedded in the family. As kolonien they reinvent their roots, both instrumentally and vocally with their rich Swedish harmonies.http://kolonien.nu/musik/

September 7, 2019-Tim McKenzie-Rick Drost-John Smithe-Dave Dursham