The Songwriters For Your Musical Vacation
Kevin McKrell
For almost three decades, the charismatic Kevin McKrell has been one
of the foremost figures on the region's music scene. Kevin songs
have been covered by many groups, including Irish folk giants The
Furey Brothers , Seamus Kennedy, Scottish folk band North Sea Gas,
Irish American favs Hair of the Dog, and The Woods Tea Company,
Australia Folksinger Pat McKernan and most recently folk legends The
Kingston Trio. As well as on folk icon Bob Shane’s new recording ‘
The World Needs a Melody ’ In a review of the Kingston Trio By Robert
Friedman, Mr Friedman wrote “ the Trio performed a new song titled
ALL THE HARD DAYS ARE GONE by songwriter Kevin McKrell. Other than
ROLLING RIVER, this is the best new song to come to the Trio in
thirty years “
....more about Kevin McKrell
From the "first family of folk" of our time, the lovely Kate Taylor will be bringing her saddlebags full of songs, stories and insights to the beaches of Costa Rica.
Kate's dual musical heritage is one she shared with brothers James Taylor, Livingston, Hugh, and her late brother Alex. Recently she contributed her performance of the song "Satellite Sky" to the Grammy nominated "Strong Hand of Love" album.
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Greg Brown is on practically everyone's short list as an example of a contemporary folk artist, embodying the genre as much for our generation as did legendary voices from previous generations, like Woody Guthrie. Greg's songwriting has earned him the ultimate compliment of being covered by such songwriters as Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Greg's easy stage presence is like that of a sage sitting by the general store's potbellied stove telling stories, and has earned him the status as practically "always welcome to the table" at Prairie Home Companion, folk festivals across the country and other diverse circuits around the world. He seems just as comfortable showing up to a gig with a smart scarf & cocked cap as he does with whatever he happened to be wearing earlier that afternoon while fishing in the local trout stream (***We can guess what he'll be doing when he's not with our guests!).
"A wickedly sharp observer of the human condition." - Rolling Stone
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Widely known for the trademark big-rig guitar riffs that powered the Commander Cody hit Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top 10 in 1972, Bill Kirchen is a true piece of americana – inducted, honored and celebrated around the world. Named "A Titan of the Telecaster" by Guitar Player Magazine, he is one of the most down-to-earth characters to populate the guitar firmament.
Kirchen was nominated for a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance for his song "Poultry in Motion" and inducted the next year into the Washington (D.C.) Area Music Association Hall of Fame alongside John Phillip Sousa and Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. He also reunited with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen for a 25th-anniversary performance on A Prairie Home Companion in 2001.
....more about Bill Kirchen
Scheduled Musicians
Kevin Mckrell and Kate Taylor
Greg Brown and Bill Kirchen
Call 914-382-8390
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