Presentations & workshops

for arts events, libraries, event workshops, "in store" book signings, etc.

 

Sample topics

"Popular Culture: O Bluegrass Where Art Thou? and The Folk In All of Us" (1 hour)

"Is It Bluegrass: The Controversy. What We Can Learn From Bill Monroe and Elvis Presley" (20-30 minutes)

Panel Discussion: "Bluegrass in Popular Culture: The O Brother Phenomenon" (40-60 minutes, interactive)

Pickin' party - book signing event

 

 

Project writing

Liner notes

Bio one-sheets

 

 

Photography & Photo exhibitions
For commercial use, such as CD/DVD art, magazine articles, publicity photos, etc., and for exhibitions at museums, libraries, specialty stores, galleries, special events, etc.

 

An exhaustive library, color and black-&-white, is available, going back to 1975 through the present.

Genres: bluegrass, country, folk, Cajun, blues, zydeco, Celtic, oldtime, western swing, cowboy, ethnic folk.

A representative 200 images can be viewed in my second book, From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music.

 

Click here to view samples; an index is currently under construction.

 

 

Emcee

Let my voice be yours at your next festival or concert.

 

 

Consulting services & project management
for artists and events

 

Examples

Artist direction, event direction, press kit critique, CD critique (this is NOT a review; it is commenting with constructive criticism), etc.

Consultations are on a $50 per hour, two-hour minimum basis (no partial hour billing).