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Roy Kady a 4th generation master Dinè (Navajo) weaver/fibre artist, is from the DinÈ Nation’s Circle of Cottonwood Trees - Teec Nos Pos (Arizona). Roy learned the art of DinÈ weaving when he was nine years old and continued to perfect this ancient tradition with his grandfather, grandmother and his mother throughout his teenage years. He learned everything from herding the sheep, through traditionally processing the wool and weaving the different traditional patterns. Roy’s weavings are considered very fine and unique, making them an art form acquired by collectors as well as museums. Roy travels to many parts of the country to conduct weaving workshops and to present the "Aesthetics of DinÈ Weaving" from his people’s perspective. His works are one-of-a-kind creations and can only be purchased directly through him. Roy shows at many Indian art markets, including the Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Museum Indian Market, and the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Market. www.dinewoven.com/roybiography.html
Dave Kiphuth & Linda Schrade Dave learned the ropes of bluegrass and folk music in the amazingly rich New Haven music scene of the 60’s and 70s. He was in the Yale -based band The Ohio River Boys with the great bandmaster Billy Hamilton from 1966-68, and along with Phil Rosenthal, helped form another seminal band, Apple Country. Apple Country helped forge New England's growing bluegrass movement, playing festivals all over the north and into the south, becoming well known for sharing the stage with the likes of Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Del McCoury, Reno and Harrell, Reno and Smiley and the Country Gentlemen. Dave has recorded often and has played in numerous bluegrass bands New York State, including Walt Michael & Co., Chestnut Grove, Bluegrass Union and the John Herald Band. In the past three years, he has been pursuing his growing interest in oldtime music and clawhammer banjo, forming the band Red Hen with his wife, Linda Schrade, Jane Rothfield and Allan Carr. Red Hen fuses oldtime with bluegrass and Celtic music. Linda joined the folk music scene in the late 60s as a founding member of the Albany-based folk music organization, the Pick’n ‘n Sing’n Gather’n, soaking up a lot of music at the renowned Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs. She settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the early 1980's, meeting an incredible cast of local musicians including Harvey Reid, Susie Burke, Cosy Sheridan, Cormac McCarthy and Sammi Haynes. Linda has become well known as a songsmith and for her sweet, emotional song renditions. She has recorded two CD's for Gentle Wind, winning numerous Children's Music awards and has done extensive recording with various artists, and for Scholastic Books. In 1992, Linda and Dave moved to Saratoga Springs, New York. It was there in 1994 that she opened her now well known store, Saratoga Beads. www.davidkiphuth.com www.janerothfield.com/jane/bands/red-hen-band/
Sharon Knowles emigrated from Scotland to the US in 1997, quickly becoming a popular teacher and performer. She has worked well-known musicians, including William Jackson and Grainne Hambly, and taught at many schools in the United States. Sharon is featured on several recordings and has been working on a solo album, The Raven’s Wing. She plays solo, in a duo with Sue Richards, and in the up and coming Celtic ensemble, Fynesound. Fynesound plays Scottish and Irish traditional music, as well as original music. The band has three instrumentalists, a singer, a Highland dancer and an Irish sean nos dancer. Sharon has played her harp for large theatre productions and organized shows for both adults and children.
Ken Kolodner is widely recognized as one of “one of today’s most accomplished, musical hammered dulcimer artists...” (Elderly) and a highly respected old-time fiddler. As a soloist and in ensembles with the ground-breaking world music trio Helicon (with Chris Norman and Robin Bullock), Greenfire (with Laura Risk), with fiddlers Elke Baker, Jim Eagan, his son Bradley, and many others, Ken has performed internationally for over 25 years. Focusing largely on traditional music, he is a regular fixture at festivals and concert venues around the U.S. and has been featured numerous times on NPR, The Thistle and the Shamrock, All Things Considered, the CBC, the Voice of America, German National Radio and elsewhere. Among his many credits are a featured solo in an Emmy-nominated CBS-TV Christmas special, over a dozen recordings with sales well over 125,000, an “Indie” winner and a #1 World Music title (“Walking Stones”) and bestseller for BMG (with over 55,000 copies sold), and numerous books and instructional recordings (including a soon-to-be released book/CD on old time fiddling for Mel Bay). Ken’s playing has been described as "nothing short of astonishing" (The Connection), “outstanding” (The New York Times), “marvelous” (The Washington Post), “virtuosic” (Audio), “stunning in its musicality” (Dulcimer Player News) and “not to be missed” (USA TODAY). Ken has two new recordings coming out in 2010, one with Elke Baker and a recording of old-time music with his son. www.kenkolodner.com
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Janet Kozachek is an internationally trained and exhibited artist. She received her Master of Fine Arts Degree from Parsons School of Design in New York, where she studied with nationally famous artists Larry Rivers, Paul Resika, John Heliker and Leland Bell. Ms. Kozachek also lived, worked and studied in China for five years, including two years of graduate study at the Beijing Central Art Academy where she learned Chinese Writing, Painting and Seal Carving. Janet Kozachek has lived at various times in Europe as well where she taught, painted and studied ceramics. In addition to her painting, Janet Kozachek is a well-known mosaic artist, and was the Founding President of the Society of American Mosaic Artists. Her work is in the collections of the Morris Museum of Art, The South Carolina State Museum, The Columbia Museum of Art, The I.P. Stanback Museum, The Calhoun County Museum and in numerous private collections. www.janetkozachek.weebly.com,
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