Instructors

Ryan Lee Crosby is unlocking “a new road to both a global audience and personal awakening with inspiration in [the blues.]” -Michael Marotta, Vanyaland With an intercontinental band, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lee Crosby blends essences of American folk-blues and North Indian raga into meditative songs of impermanence, compassion and joy. Crosby’s music is a pleasing mix of improvised…

John Doerschuk has been in the sound business for over 25 years. He was attracted to waves and electrons while playing in bands in the seventies, and somehow continues to make a living as an “audio guy.” He lives with his artist wife Bessie and daughter Sophie in Cambridge, Massachusetts. John plays piano and guitar…

With her rich, powerful voice, Trina Hamlin reveals a confluence of Midwestern innocence, contemplative focus and raw passion, while adding a sharp wit in her stage banter. She moves seamlessly from guitar to piano and is regarded as one of the best harmonica players around.  Her unique combination of ballads, folk-rock and blues has earned…

Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn he delved into his Southern roots, following the thread of African American history that wove itself through country blues, ragtime, fiddle and banjo, and traditional jazz. Hubby got his higher musical education…

Over the course of three decades, Maura and Pete Kennedy have traversed the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK as a songwriting duo and as longtime members of the late Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra. They’ve released two dozen CDs, produced Ms. Griffith’s CD Intersections, hosted a radio show on Sirius/XM, and most recently have…

Over the course of three decades, Maura and Pete Kennedy have traversed the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK as a songwriting duo and as longtime members of the late Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra. They’ve released two dozen CDs, produced Ms. Griffith’s CD Intersections, hosted a radio show on Sirius/XM, and most recently have…

Not only a blues shouter in the tradition of Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris, this Boston native carries on the sweet gospel soul of Sam Cooke, the yearning of Hank Williams Sr., and the boisterous, cartoonish fun of Louis Jordan. From jump-swing to swamp boogie, country or Piedmont blues to funky New Orleans grooves,…