On Your Radar

C osy Sheridan   has been called one of our era’s finest and most thoughtful songwriters. The Albuquerque Journal dubbed Sheridan “a buddhist monk in a 12 step program trapped in the body of a singer-songwriter.” She first appeared in 1992 when she won the songwriting contests at both The Kerrville Folk Festival and The Telluride Bluegrass Festival.  She teaches workshops in songwriting, guitar, and performance all over the country, and is also the founder and director of Moab Folk Camp in Moab, Utah. Mike Agranoff steadfastly defies categorization. More singer-song finder than singer-songwriter, he draws his material from sources as diverse as traditional ballads and fiddle tunes, contemporaries in the Folk World, Tin Pan Alley, and of some of the most horrible parodies ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting audience. He delivers it all with a skilled hand on guitar and English concertina. A signature feature of Mike’s performances is his inclusion of some heart-stopping spoken word pieces that rivet the listener to unforgettable stories. Boston-based singer-songwriter Nora Meier is a diehard music fan, a frequent moviegoer, a daughter of two English majors and an Oregonian at heart. What Spectrum Culture calls her "Old World sense of wear and wonder" (Velucci) finds balance in a performances is his inclusion of some heart-stopping spoken word pieces that rivet the listener to unforgettable stories.