Vol. 3, No. 2
MP3 files of the following artists are at http://www.mp3.com/fenario:
Tom Ross
A student of jazz great Johnny Smith, Tom Ross studied in India and Africa for
years, and received his PhD in World Music from Wesleyan. His 'global jazz songs'
reflect these influences, as well as the training from his Chaucerian and saxophonist
father, Tom Sr. David Crosby sponsored his first album, Horse of Stone;
he is nearly done with the sophomore The Rain Takes Off Her Clothes,
which along with the world influences owes much to words by W S Merwin, Emily
Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda.
Tom Ross
Global Jazz Songs
(518) 372-2611
http://www.tom.rossweb.com
Doug Hoekstra
Hoekstra's fourth CD, Around the Margins, was released in US and Europe
on the Inbetweens imprint in March of 2001. Hoekstra's short stories have appeared
in a number of literary journals; a collection, Claim Check Stories,
is forthcoming from The Canopic Press (FL).
http://www.doughoekstra.com
Dhoekstra@Nashvillecares.org
Charlie Sohmer
Canadian Singer-Songwriter Charlie Sohmer's most recent album is The Kiss
Before the Calm on Glowing Hearts Records.
www.glowinghearts.on.ca
Jeff's debut CD, Secret Anniversaries, was released in 1999, followed by The Spinning of The World. Jeff a slot as finalist in 1999's KRCL Songwriting Competition at the Founder's Title Folk and Bluegrass Festival in Park City, Utah. Guests on The Spinning of The World include Iain Matthews, Eliza Gilkyson, Gene Elders, Bukka Allen, Mark Hallman, Stephen Bruton, Frank Kammerdiener, Glenn Fukunaga and Paul Pearcy. Producer Bradley Kopp (producer for Iain Matthews, guitarist for Sara Hickman and Jimmie Dale Gilmore). Jeff makes his home in Austin, Texas, appearing at such venues as Cousin Andy's, Uncle Calvin's, The Amherst Coffee Company, Uncommon Ground, the Cactus Cafe, Folks in Nelson, Six Strings, the Postcrypt and Club Passim. He was a showcase artist at Falcon Ridge in 2000 and a Kerrville New Folk Finalist in 2001.
Born in Uvalde, Texas, Jeff grew up in small towns scattered
across Texas--ones like Crystal City, Boling, New Gulf Iago and Big Spring.
The ghosts and memories of these places appear often in his songs-distant trains
in the night, unread letters lying in weathered mailboxes, and memories of the
things we love -and leave -blowing across the vast Texas plains. A graduate
of Duke University, Jeff won the Academy of American Poets Award and went on
to receive a Master of Fine Arts from the Warren Wilson College MFA Program
for Writers in North Carolina. Jeff is an active member of the U.S. Folk Alliance,
as well as a founding member of The Austin Conspiracy of Performing Songwriters.
www.jefftalmadge.com
Fenario: Folk Music E-zine
©2000 Hugh Blumenfeld
ISSN: 1528-378X