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Jeff Davis is one of America’s most respected collectors and
interpreters of traditional music. He has traveled far to visit
“source singers”--farmers and miners who remembered the old
songs and tunes--and closer at hand to libraries and archives, always
look for the best of the music that was once common in out towns and villages.
Jeff plays fiddle, banjo, mandocello, guitar, spoons, jaw’s
harps and a few instruments hand-made by some folk craftsmen. He has
toured extensively throughout the United States and to festivals in
Canada, England, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Norway. He recently
released a solo album, Some Fabulous Yonder. He also worked on an
English Anthology, called Song Links, of old English songs and their
American variants.
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"A One-Man Folk Industry!"
was how Jim Lloyd described Pete Coe on Folk on 2. Pete has been a
professional musician since 1971, playing at festivals concerts,
clubs, dances & schools throughout Britain, Europe, Asia, New
Zealand & USA . During the ‘70s he toured and recorded with
Chris Coe, was a member of the legendary New Victory Band & with
Nic Jones, Tony Rose and again, Chris Coe, he was a member of
Bandoggs. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s he toured and
recorded with Red Shift but since 1985 he's mainly worked as a
soloist & earned an enviable reputation.
His strong, distinctive voice is enhanced by his instrumental
versatility, the ringing strings of his bouzouki, the sweet chords of
his mountain dulcimer, the plaintive frailing banjo & the pulsing
reeds of his melodeon. He's also a country dance caller, creator &
band musician. He sings, plays & step dances, sometimes all at once!
Journalist Colin Irwin wrote in
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