10:30 am
Finnegan's Jig
Four of DC's best-known veteran folk performers lend their talents to Finnegan's Jig. Andrea Hoag (fiddle), Jody Marshall (hammer dulcimer), and Zan McLeod (guitar) will get your toes tapping to traditional Celtic jigs and reels, and songbird Carey Creed will weave a spell as she sings contemporary and traditional songs. Jody Marshall has been performing and teaching hammer dulcimer since 1988 and was a founding member of the popular folk trio, Ironweed. Nominated for a Wammie as best folk instrumentalist by the Washington Area Music Association, her performance credits include Corcoran Gallery of Art, Maryland Renaissance Festival, Kennedy Center, and the White House. Carey Creed is a singer/songwriter whose folk- and jazz-inspired music can bring your heart and mind to a better place through poetry, pathos and humor--with a little backbeat. She won 2008 Wammies from the Washington Area Music Association for best folk/contemporary vocalist and best folk/contemporary recording for "Peace of Wild Things." Andrea Hoag is one of North America's foremost performers of traditional Swedish music, and is a highly respected fiddler in several American, English, and Celtic styles. Zan McLeod is one of the most talented accompanists, producers, and arrangers in the world of Irish music. He tours and records with Irish musicians throughout the nation and abroad. Both Andres Zan were 2007 Wammie nominees for folk traditional instrumentalist, and Zan won the category in 2008.
Websites: Jody Marshall www.jodymarshall.net, Carey Creed careycreed.com/creed,
Andrea Hoag hoagkelleypilzer.com/Home.html, Zan McLeod www.tradmusic.com/artistinfo.asp?artistID=100

1:00 pm
Honky Tonk Confidential
Honky Tonk Confidential (HTC) is an award-winining retro/alt country band from the Washington, DC area. Year after year, the band and its members receive Wammie awards and nominations in multiple categories from the Washington Area Music Association, including best country and pop vocals, country band, country instrumentalist, best song and songwriter of the year, artist of the year, and best recording. In 2008, their album "Fort Worth" won country album of the year. Their album, "Road Kill Stew & Other News" is the result of a collaboration with CBS News chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation anchor, Bob Schieffer. In 2007, the album was named best of the year and "TV Anchorman" was named best song . Mike Wood plays blues, jazz standards and rock as well as country. Diana Quinn began as a classical guitarist, studying with the legendary Sophocles Papas. She founded and still performs with Tru Fax & and the Insaniacs, one of Washington, DC's longest-lived punk/new wave legendary cult bands. Diana also founded the (defunct) Dynettes and now performs with The Fabulettes (a 60s girl group rock and roll band). Mike and Diana live on Capitol Hill. Sam Goodall stand-up and electric bass player, most recently played with the terrific blues band, The Melanie Mason Band. Bobby Martin plays pedal steel guitar, dobro and electric guitar. He has been nominated for Wammies in the country instrumentalist category. Drummer Mark Lindamood has played with HTC on many of the tunes on several compilations and on all the cuts on "Road Kill Stew & Other News."
Contact and Website: www.honkytonkconfidential.com