January 14, 2006
Concerts take
place in the chapel
“around the back”
of the First United
Methodist Church,
1034 Broad Street,
Horseheads, NY
There is plenty of
free parking.
$10 at-the-door.
For a donation of $10 (or more) per year, Valley Folk supporters receive a $3 discount off the admission.
Jam after the concerts!
Bring your instrument
(beginning around 10 pm)
Joe Crookston's music and songwriting is deeply rooted in the grand celebration of life, death, ancestry and the interconnectedness of us all. Born and raised in rural Ohio, with Hungarian musical blood in his veins, he inherited his love of music and song from his late mother, an extremely prolific gospel singer/songwriter and accordion polka wizard. His music draws from his rural Ohio roots and exudes a remarkable intergenerational, universal, and timeless quality.
His keen musicianship as guitarist, clawhammer banjo player, fiddler, singer and songwriter fuse quirky contemporary stylings with age-old traditional and old-time elements reaching across demographics and generations and into the human spirit
His latest release "Fall Down as the Rain", was chosen by Performing Songwriter Magazine as a 2004 "TOP-12-Do-It-Yourself" independent recording, and two of his songs (including the title track of his latest CD "Fall Down as the Rain") recently won runner-up in the folk category in the prestigious National John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
Joe's music continues to fill the airwaves of public radio stations across the US, and his music has been featured on National Public Radio's "All Songs Considered", as well as Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Show. He has shared music festival stages with the likes of Livingston Taylor, John McCutcheon, Arlo Guthrie, and Tim Reynolds.
"Fall Down as the Rain", was named"Best Folk Recording for March 2004" by Seattle's KBCS radio. It is a beautiful exploration of the cycles of life, death, and the awesomeness of being alive.
His keen musicianship as guitarist, clawhammer banjo player, fiddler, singer and songwriter fuse quirky contemporary stylings with age-old traditional and old-time elements reaching across demographics and generations and into the human spirit
His latest release "Fall Down as the Rain", was chosen by Performing Songwriter Magazine as a 2004 "TOP-12-Do-It-Yourself" independent recording, and two of his songs (including the title track of his latest CD "Fall Down as the Rain") recently won runner-up in the folk category in the prestigious National John Lennon Songwriting Contest.
Joe's music continues to fill the airwaves of public radio stations across the US, and his music has been featured on National Public Radio's "All Songs Considered", as well as Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Show. He has shared music festival stages with the likes of Livingston Taylor, John McCutcheon, Arlo Guthrie, and Tim Reynolds.
"Fall Down as the Rain", was named"Best Folk Recording for March 2004" by Seattle's KBCS radio. It is a beautiful exploration of the cycles of life, death, and the awesomeness of being alive.
Visit him at: http://www.joecrookston.com
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