Antonio Andrade
Antonio Andrade enthusiastically engages the audience with his energetic passion for "presenting the song". This singer/songwriter accompanies himself on guitar and harmonica as he delivers original songs along with classics (and "not so classics") that are lyrically affecting and stimulating.
Contact Antonio at lifeshakes.com
Hannah Bingman
Hannah Bingman is a singer/songwriter and guitarist who has been playing the folk circuits for over 15 years. She has earned top honors in several songwriting competitions. Bingman also plays in a blues duo with clarinetist/guitarist Doug McMinn. She has released three studio albums.
Contact Hannah at hannah@hannahbingman.com
Richard Broadbent
Richard Broadbent performs solo with 6 and 12 string guitars and harmonicas, playing his original music alongside traditional folksongs and cover tunes from Dylan to Merle Haggard, Iris DeMent to Steve Goodman. Richard’s first recording Christiana, released in November 2003, is a collection of songs 53 years in the making.
Contact Richard at browoowho@aol.com or (301) 447-6290
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell offers string bass services for most musical genres, including Bluegrass, Folk, Gypsy, Dixie, Swing and big band. For more information please view his website: www.fatfiddle.com
Contact Bruce at bruce@fatfiddle.com
Todd Clewell
Todd Clewell plays fiddle with the Contra Dance band Contra Rebels and guitar with "Strings on Wings". He also performs with Late For Supper, a banjo/fiddle/guitar trio featuring vocals and instrumental pieces from a variety of sources with a strong old-time influence.
Contact Todd at tclewell1@msn.com or (717) 880-2540
Dan Diviney
Dan Diviney plays Irish and Scottish music on whistle and bodhrán with Across the Pond throughout the Mid-Atlantic & New England regions, as well as Ontario & Québec. He also appears in coffee shops and nursing homes as a solo performer, adding guitar. Dan hosts an open traditional Irish session at The Garryowen Irish Pub in Gettysburg each month. You can find more information and receive periodic updates by connecting with him on Facebook.
Contact Dan at Irishtrad@embarqmail.com or (717) 451-4880
Tom & Betty Druckenmiller
Tom and Betty Druckenmiller play and teach American old-time tunes on fiddle, banjo and guitar, and they sing too. They specialize in the music people used to play for themselves and their neighbors, before the time of radio and recordings.
Norm Williams frequently joins Tom and Betty, adding mountain dulcimer, guitar, excellent vocals and harmony. Together, these experienced presenters provide both the music and the stories that give life to the old songs and tunes.
We can all/each teach workshops on our instruments, vocals and harmony, and provide entertaining sessions about the history and background of old-time music.
Contact Tom & Betty at bhdrux@gmail.com.
Beth Folkemer & Stephen Folkemer
Beth and Stephen Folkemer offer programs and workshops on a wide variety of topics including Songs from PA and WV (especially from the Samuel P. Bayard Collection); Scottish and Irish music; Civil War Era songs and tunes, hymns, carols, and thematic topics such as Jean Ritchie’s Songs, and more. They sing and play guitar, mountain dulcimer, concertina, piano, and organ, as well as writing and arranging music. Stephen is also a choral conductor and composer.
Beth and Stephen perform in Cormorant's Fancy, Dearest Home (see entries under Ensembles) and Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg. Also see their entry under Support Services.
Contact the Folkemers at beth.folkemer@gmail.com or sfolkemer@usl.edu or or (717) 253-1254 or (717) 253-4889
Lesl Harker
Lesl Harker, Irish flute: Lesl specializes in the fluid old-style music of East County Galway, drawing from a long association with the late Galway flutist and National Heritage Fellow Michael Rafferty. She has authored two Mike Rafferty tunebooks, capturing his flute settings and his approach to Irish traditional music.
Lesl serves as a master for the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Arts Councils' Folk Arts Apprenticeship programs, and also teaches Irish flute and whistle privately. Now local to the Hershey area (but also teaching virtually), Lesl is accepting new students at any level who wish to improve their playing.
Contact Lesl through her website at iflute.weebly.com
Randall Hamlin
Randall Hamlin has a wild imagination. He anchors it in solid songwriting craft, polished instrumental skills and a sure grasp of recording essentials. There’s no denying his credentials as an artist — but it’s his ability to find the extraordinary in the everyday world that truly sets him apart. 2016 he released “My Glass Head” and “Your Double Helix” on 7-inch vinyl, a pair of strikingly original tunes that drew upon his fascination with physics, space and time. With a trademark blend of well-shaped melodies, quirky lyric narrative and inventive production, wherever his imagination takes him next, it will no doubt be amazing to hear. Traditional folk it's not but fans of British based acoustic music and psych folk of The Beatles, Donovan, and Robyn Hitchcock will love it.
Contact Randall at randallhamlin.com or randallhamlin@comcast.net or (610) 823-4266
Randy Heisley-Cato
Randy Heisley-Cato is a singer/song leader who accompanies himself on clawhammer banjo, guitar, harmonica, mountain dulcimer, and limberjacks. He enjoys performing for intergenerational gatherings with folk songs from the Appalachian mountains, including a good bit of novelty tunes and old-time gospel.
Contact Randy at fishingcreek1@frontier.com or (717) 512-5722
Mark Henkelman
Mark Henkelman performs in the Mid Atlantic area as a John Prine Tribute Artist. He also hosts & supports Open Mic's in the Baltimore area.
Contact Mark at Prinetribute@yahoo.com or via Facebook.com/PrineTribute
Tom Jolin
Tom Jolin plays traditional American music and has recorded on eight albums, including two solo albums. He was a founding member of The West Orrtanna String Band which was active from 1972 to 87. They recorded three albums and also several short historic folk music segments for National Public Radio. From 1987 to '98 he performed with The Orrtanna Mountain Steamers, which also recorded two albums. All the music of these two groups was archived in 2005. The preservation project was funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and The Adams County Arts Council. From 1998 to 2008 he performed with the duet Orrtanna.
Since 1980, he has performed with The Barnstormers, a roots music duet. They performed at the Viljandi Folk Music Festival in Estonia in 2006. They often collaborate with the RockCandy Cloggers. In 2008, The Barnstormers with RockCandy Cloggers performed at two German festivals, Rudolstadt and Moelln. Rudolstadt is Germany's largest world music festival. They performed at the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts in 2016 and the National Folk Festival in 2021.
Tom has been a solo performer since 1978, playing the hammered dulcimer, button accordion, banjo, harmonica and more. In 2012, he performed at the the Scheersberg Folk Fest and Moelln Folk Fest, both in Germany. He was a presenter for the PA Humanities Council on the subjects of traditional American folk music and Civil War Era music. He was a sought-after Pennsylvania artist in residence, spending extended times in various schools, assisting students in making their own school-owned dulcimers and bowed psalteries. His performances are loaded with humor... sometimes intentionally.
Contact Tom at (717) 398-1144 or jolin@pa.net
Ryck Kaiser
Ryck Kaiser is a fiddler/ violinist with over 25 years experience. He plays Appalachian, Celtic, swing and Cajun music. He performs at concerts, dances and private events in the mid-Atlantic region. He regularly teams up with piano, guitar, banjo and mandolin players for his various performances. Ryck is also the violinist in the band "Hot Club du Jour" which specializes in hot club swing music, also known as gypsy jazz. The music, played in the tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's ensemble of the 1930's, the "Quintet of the Hot Club of France" represents a musical confluence of early American jazz and gypsy folk traditions.
Ryck also performs as part of Medicinal Purpose.
Contact Ryck at ryck_kaiser@juno.com or (717) 957-4387
Henry Koretzky
Henry Koretzky plays mandolin, guitar, mandocello and hammered dulcimer and sings in a wide variety of groups, including The Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble, with Celtic singer/guitarist Jamie O'Brien as a duo and in The Launies, the swing quartet Sink Or Swing, and with contradance bands such as The Contra Rebels, Unbowed, the Gnutones and Medicinal Purpose. He also performs solo and with other groups and individuals playing bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, Folk and Swing. He gives individual lessons in mandolin, guitar and hammered dulcimer, and is a regular auxiliary faculty member at Folk College and Folk Gathering.
Contact Henry at hrk2@psu.edu or (717) 574-0266
Patty Lambert
Patty Lambert is based in the State College area, and plays Irish traditional music on flute, whistles and concertina. She also plays with the band Callanish.
Contact Patty at 2celtichorses@gmail.com
Pat McCaskey
Pat McCaskey is a folk singer of the "old school" starting in San Francisco in the 60s, Boston in the 80s and Central PA now. Interests are writing, researching and performing songs. He sings traditional tunes, love songs, ballads, and just about anything else that he likes and thinks others will like as well.
Contact Pat at pat@patmccaskey.com
Lorie Nowaczyk
www.TrebleClefGuitar.com - Lorie is a guitar teacher with a Bachelor's degree in music from Messiah College, 2018 graduate. Her experience includes teaching since 2011 and she is also a Certified Suzuki Guitar Teacher. She enjoys teaching all ages. Please make an appointment for a free consultation at her studio.
Contact Lorie at mnl.nowaczyk@comcast.net or (717) 645-3895
Ray Owen
A candidate for GRAMMY Nomination, and an award-winning singer / songwriter / humorist, Ray Owen has established himself as an accomplished concert and festival performer, as well as an engaging and interactive kids and family entertainer. His feature performances include The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, The Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center (Appell Center), American Music Theater, The Whitaker Center, and The Philadelphia Folk Festival, as well as appearances at numerous other national and regional festivals.
Ray’s music spans Folk to Americana, Country-Blues to Bluegrass, CowJazz, Swing, and Celtic Music to Folk’n Roll. He can be counted on to infect his entire environment with his trademark wry sense of humor in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, John Prine, and The Guthrie Legacy. From Ray’s early days playing crusty Maryland crab houses, coal miners’ strikes, and small-town juke joints, he has gone on to share the stage with such luminaries as Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Van Morrison, Earl Scruggs, and Arlo Guthrie, as well as tours with the likes of Willie Nelson and Jerry Seinfeld.
Ray performs with his partner Christine in Christine and The Road King (eclectic folk), The Rovin’ Bog Hoppers (Irish/Celtic), and The Song Imagineers (family/kids).
Contact Ray at (717) 334-8631
Rodney Owens
Rodney Owens performs Irish/Celtic music on the Highland Pipes, the Irish Uilleann Pipes, whistles, bodhran, and Irish Tenor Banjo, individually and with the traditional Irish music band, Irishtown Road.
Contact Rodney at rowens53@comcast.net or (717) 512-8052.
Ed Rech
Ed Rech is an American Traditional & Modern Folk Music/Acoustic Blues and Bluegrass Balladeer. He sings and plays the Autoharp, the six and twelve-string guitars, and the square-necked resophonic (Dobro) guitar. Besides singing solo folk, Delta and Piedmont blues ballads, he sings and plays with the Rayzen Kane Acoustic Folk Quintet. (From the Beatles to the Blues!) He is also a poet, who was named Poet Laureate for 2000 by the Perry County Council of the Arts.
Contact Ed at (717) 730-2191 or ed17011@comcast.net
Greg Rohrer
Greg Rohrer plays mandolin, mandola and some guitar (just chords). He plays mostly bluegrass but is also interested in fiddle tunes and waltzes, and learning some Celtic music.
Contact Greg at grrohrer@hotmail.com or (717) 651-5258
Sharon Sacks
Sharon Sacks plays clawhammer banjo with Ladies in the Parlor, an all-women Old Time string band. The Ladies play and sing for private events, concerts, contra and barn dances and have been together since 2003.
Sharon plays banjo and fiddle with the Oley Rollers, a trio of Mitch/Dave Miller and Matthew Ward. They play and sing Irish and Old Time.
Sharon plays Irish traditional music on fiddle and accompanies on piano along with various local Irish music players and singers. She has been fortunate to study with Matt Cranitch and Patrick Ourceau, and currently focuses on Sliabh Luachra tunes.
Contact Sharon at sharonsacks1@gmail.com. For Ladies in the Parlor, contact Suzanne Gates at Suzanne@ladiesintheparlor.com or (717) 259-0319.
Dave Seace
Dave Seace has been playing and performing traditional folk music for over 50 years. He plays guitar, harmonica, banjo and concertina. In the early 70s he played banjo in the Bluegrass group "American Standard". He plays traditional Bluegrass, old-time music of the Appalachian and Ozark Mountains, and Irish traditional music. He also plays folk music from the early 1950s to the 80s, such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, the Kingston Trio, the New Christy Minstrels, Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips and the New Lost City Ramblers.
Contact Dave at (717) 921-3328
Jill Smith
Jill Smith offers private lessons on hammer and mountain dulcimer in Lancaster. She plays piano in four contradance bands, with traditional fiddle music (Irish, Old-time, New England) for local or out-of-the-area contradances, square dances, wedding receptions, and private parties.
Contact Jill at jgsmith7@verizon.net or (717) 392-7509
Ed Stockton
Ed Stockton fell in love with folk music upon hearing the Kingston Trio, the Weavers, the Limelighters, the Chad Mitchell Trio and their contemporaries. He learned to play the 6 and 12 string guitars, and in 2015 he joined his favorite group, The New Christy Minstrels, (Still) Under the Direction of Randy Sparks®, with which he still tours. He recently moved to Harrisburg and would love to make friends and pick with some of the local folks and find some venues, too. And when he gets excited he can finger pick really fast.
Contact Ed at Folksinger1@me.com or (412) 526-2904
Rick Thompson
Rick is a singer and guitarist from Lancaster County who is active in SFMS jams and workshops as well as the Susquehanna Folk Festival. He also sings baritone in church and community vocal groups. His set lists include Christian, folk, country, rock, and show tunes. He enjoys entertaining residents at memory care and nursing homes.
Contact Rick at (717) 514-6124
Craig Zumbrun
Craig is a member of the band Celtic Wood and Wires, playing and singing the music of Ireland and Scotland.
Contact Craig at czumbrun@gmail.com or (717) 586-7381
Randall Zwally
Randall Zwally, M.M., M.L.S., is recently retired Director of Guitar Studies and Senior Lecturer in Music at Messiah University. He is a guitar (and banjo) educator and performer who holds Master's degrees in Guitar Performance and Music Librarianship, and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. He plays acoustic steel string guitar (general, country flat pick, finger styles, praise/worship), classical guitar, and 5-string banjo (folk and bluegrass).
Contact Randy at rzwally54@gmail.com or (717) 951-2177
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