Skip Gorman has been performing an impressive and varied palette of traditional American and Celtic folk music for over half a century. Bluegrass Unlimited magazine has called Skip “the finest exponent today of the style of mandolin that was performed by the Monroe Brothers”. An internationally recognized fiddler and singer of cowboy ballads, Skip has recorded for Rounder, Columbia, Folk Legacy and his own label, Old West Recordings. Ken Burns has used Skip’s music in four of his documentaries. His latest projects are Mandolin in the Cowcamp and Old Style Mandolin volumes 1 & 2.

Dick Bowden is a well-known northeastern practitioner of the thumb pick (and finger pick) in country and bluegrass lead and rhythm guitar. For 10 years he was the guitar playing half of The Case Brother – Martin & Gibson, an early country guitar/mandolin duet. For 10 more years he played rhythm guitar with The Old Time Bluegrass Singers. He is an exemplar of forceful, run-laden rhythm guitar drawn from the powerful country and bluegrass rhythm guitarists from Mother Maybelle to Del McCoury.

Susie Burke is a versatile guitarist, as well as a dynamic and heartfelt singer of all manner of songs, ranging from folk to blues, swing, and country. She is an especially accomplished fingerstyle player, both as a classic folk fingerpicker and as a thumb/finger-strum player in a style similar to Maybelle Carter’s. She is also an experienced and patient guitar teacher, both private lessons and summer music camps. She performs regularly with her husband David Surette; their latest duo release, Waiting For The Sun, was released in the fall of 2015.