We heard Joe at NERFA and were blown away. He is the only performer that BOTH our kids asked to play here. He won all the awards below for very good reason- he's that good. His bio says it better than I can- read on or just RSVP at the bottom.
2008 Falcon Ridge "Most Wanted" Artist & Preview Tour
Rockefeller Foundation Songwriting Grant Recipient
Top 12 DIY Recording-Performing Songwriter Magazine
Mountain Stage New Song Finalist
"Able Baker Charlie & Dog" awarded 2009 Album of the Year by the International
Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN
"This is not reviewers hype...This guy is flat out good"
---- Rodger Nichols of The Dalles Oregon Chronicle
JOE CROOKSTON….
STOMPING LOUD IN MINOR KEYS & STORY SONGS & JAMBOREES
Artful, intense, and often transcendent…imaginative, and extremely engaging...-
If you love a moving song and
magical madness, Joe delivers it all....the music, the lyrics,
the energy, and the passion for exceptionally well written songs --
He loves his audience, and it shows.
Joe was chosen as a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Most-Wanted Artist,
and was featured on the Annual Falcon Ridge Preview Tour with
Lindsay Mac, Anthony da Costa and Randall Williams.
---28 dates, from Club Passim to Kennedy Center.
He was as a finalist in the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest,
and in 2007 received a year-long songwriting
grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to travel throughout New York State, interview
local residents, and write songs based on his experiences..It's been a good couple years,
and there is no stopping.
In February 2009, "Able Baker Charlie & Dog" was awarded
"Album of the Year" by the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN
He stands on stage holding his Martin OM 28, stompin his foot, singing superb songs
about ruby red dresses, drunk roosters, ex-slaves, window washers,
Polish Immigrants, Tinian Island, rutabagas and the cycles of life & death.
He sings about the thread that runs through us all.
Sing Out! Magazine says....
”With all the performers out there, an artist has to go beyond good...and Joe does.”
Visit his website http://www.joecrookston.com/flash.html
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