News

July 14, 2006

Falcon Ridge Folk Fest Select Ralston & Drew Nelson

The FALCON RIDGE EMERGING ARTIST SHOWCASE is the opportunity to play at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (FRFF)– a four-day community of folk music and dance at the foot of the Berkshires in east-central New York State. This year’s festival will be held July 20, 21, 22 & 23, 2006 on the Dodds Farm in Hillsdale, NY near the MA/CT/NY border.

The SHOWCASE and MW SONG SWAP are an opportunity to be seen and heard in a large amphitheatre setting with hundreds of avid folk fans, presenters, agents, record labels and media in attendance.

Performers who have played on the different FRFF stages in the past includes GRAMMY winners Shawn Colvin and Alison Krauss, also Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Dar Williams, John Gorka, Richard Shindell, Bill Morrissey, The Nields, Moxy Früvous, The Flirtations, George Marshall with Wild Asparagus, Odetta, Chris Smither, Cheryl Wheeler, Tom Paxton, Richard Thompson, Roger McGuinn, Catie Curtis, Patty Larkin, The Horseflies, Sloan Wainwright, Martin Sexton, The Kennedys, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Andes Manta, Hoopoe the Clowne, Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie, Dan Bern, disappear fear, Viva Quetzal, The Bobs, Ulali, Vance Gilbert, Ferron, Bob Malone, Ellis Paul, Susan Werner, Karen Savoca, Mustard's Retreat, The Ivy Vine Players, Eddie From Ohio and many, many others.

Congratulations to the Sonicbids artists who were selected this year:

Rob Lutes (Montreal QC)
Ellis (Minneapolis MN)
Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelley (Washington DC)
Mary Coppin (Keauhou HI)
Kate Gaffney (Montgomeryville PA)
Open Book (Yorktown Heights NY)
Craig Carothers (Nashville TN)
Nadine Goellner (Brooklyn NY)
Drew Nelson (Grand Rapids MI)
Red Molly (Jersey City NJ)
Dan McKinnon (Halifax NS)
Amilia K Spicer (Los Angeles CA)
Gregory Alan Isakov (Boulder CO)
Dorian Spencer (New York City)
Rachel Harrington (Eugene OR)
Nels Andrews (Albuquerque NM)
Ralston (Grand Rapids MI)
Bar Scott (Woodstock NY
Jud Caswell (Brunswick ME)
Liz Carlisle (Missoula MT)
Pat Wictor (Brooklyn NY)
Russell Wolff (Somerville MA)