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David Roth - Blend a little of Will Rogers, a dash of David Letterman, and a touch of James Taylor meets Jerry Seinfeld, and you get award-winning singer-songwriter David Roth. David’s songs and performances have been praised by Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary), Christine Lavin, and Jack Canfield, co-author of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series. What’s more, the Shady Grove audience has loved him every time he's performed for us – don’t miss David this time around!

Garnet Rogers Garnet Rogers has established himself as one of the major talents of our time. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "charismatic performer and singer", Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence - close to six and a half feet tall - with a voice to match. With his "smooth, dark baritone" (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs "give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart" (Kitchener Waterloo Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humor and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.

Mary McCaslin - Mary McCaslin represents an unbroken link between traditional American folksingers and today's "new folk" singer-songwriters. Known for her songs about the West, its landscape, and its outlaws as well as her insightful songs about relationships, Mary has influenced countless other performers. For many years before her current solo career, Mary toured with legendary singer Jim Ringer. Together they helped keep folk music on the map through some very lean years. Mary was a pioneer of open tunings, using them long before they gained their current popularity. In addition to her flawless finger picking style on the guitar, Mary also plays claw hamme" banjo using it to great (and unique) effect on such unlikely songs as "Blackbird" and "Pinball Wizard", and is noted for her distinctive vocal style. These and other personalized arrangements of popular songs have consistently added to her appeal.

John McCutcheon - The Washington Post has described John as folk music's "Rustic Renaissance Man," a moniker flawed only by its understatement. "Calling John McCutcheon a 'folksinger' is like saying Deion Sanders is just a football player..." (Dallas Morning News). Besides his usual circuit of major concert halls and theaters, John is equally at home in an elementary school auditorium, a festival stage or at a farm rally. He is a whirlwind of energy packing five lifetimes into one. In the past few years alone he has headlined over a dozen different festivals in North America (including repeated performances at the National Storytelling Festival), recorded an original composition for Virginia Public Television involving over 500 musicians, toured Australia for the sixth time, toured Chile in support of a women's health initiative, appeared in a Woody Guthrie tribute concert in New York City, gave a featured concert at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, taught performance art skills at a North Carolina college, given symphony pops concerts across America, served as President of the fastest-growing Local in the Musicians Union and performed a special concert at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This is all in his "spare time." His "real job," he's quick to point out, is father to two grown sons.

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