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From the time she bought her first guitar at the age of 13, Barbara Martin has never been afraid to explore and experiment. She moved from the folk coffeehouse circuit in her native Iowa to the new wave rock scene in Boston, to discovering her true love, blues and jazz, in the hills of Virginia. From her decision in 1990 to give up her job as a social worker and embark on a career as a full time musician she has never looked back. Her journey has taken her to festivals and concert venues throughout the United States and Europe six recordings and critical acclaim from presenters and reviewers alike.

Marian McConnell has a passion for the outdoors, and the underground. An avid caver
and artist, she writes and paints musical pictures about the world we live in as well as the
worlds below and within. She and her husband, Dan McConnell, often perform together,
and have a CD produced at Catawba Studios, "Land of My Dreams," which features many
other local musicians. She's a long-time member of SVSA, and she and Dan love to host
house concerts in their home. Contact her at (540) 966-1345.

In Bill's own words: I wrote my first song in 1959, at age 11. I'm
still writing 46 years later. If you like Folk/Americana with Country and
Rhythm & Blues influences, I hope you'll enjoy my music, too.

Last year's winner of the New Jersey Folk Festival's "New Folk" contest and Falcon
Ridge's Emerging Artist Showcase, Finley observes families in nostalgic and sometimes
gritty ways as featured in her upcoming CD "Family Portraits." "Your songs were evocative and well-crafted, your guitar playing extraordinary..."
David Simkins, Meadow Creek Gazzette.

When Ralph Murphy, the Vice-President of ASCAP, heard Andrew Gregory's music, he was (as he rarely is!) left almost speechless. He finally
found two: "Good Sh*t!" Andrew lives in Charlottesville, Virginia,
and travels up and down the East Coast playing his music.