Appearing on the Vashon Sessions:
Laura Bassett
vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Laura Bassett grew up in New Hampshire, listening to the chanteys of the Mystic Sea Music Festival. After discovering the active folk singing community in Boston, she has since moved to Seattle, where her ballad voice can be heard at chantey and pub sings around the area. Laura performs both solo and with the group Strikes A Bell.
vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Laura Bassett grew up in New Hampshire, listening to the chanteys of the Mystic Sea Music Festival. After discovering the active folk singing community in Boston, she has since moved to Seattle, where her ballad voice can be heard at chantey and pub sings around the area. Laura performs both solo and with the group Strikes A Bell.
Julie Bennett
percussion
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Julie started playing drums in grade school, and has been drumming ever since. In 1990, she found Celtic music and learned the bodhran, as well as various forms of hand percussion. Julie lives in Olympia, and performs with a number of bands that focus on contradance (Contra Quartet, The Olympia Volunteer String Band, Au Contraire), Quebecois (Les Gens des Chutes), Irish (Curlew’s Call), and folk rock (Humor & Heart). She also performs with local activist brass street band Artesian Rumble Arkestra.
percussion
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Julie started playing drums in grade school, and has been drumming ever since. In 1990, she found Celtic music and learned the bodhran, as well as various forms of hand percussion. Julie lives in Olympia, and performs with a number of bands that focus on contradance (Contra Quartet, The Olympia Volunteer String Band, Au Contraire), Quebecois (Les Gens des Chutes), Irish (Curlew’s Call), and folk rock (Humor & Heart). She also performs with local activist brass street band Artesian Rumble Arkestra.
RuthMabel Boytz
bass
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018)
Raised in Seattle’s old-time music community, RuthMabel started playing bass in 4th grade. She plays a wide range of musical styles including old-time, Quebecois, swing, bluegrass, jazz, and classical. She can frequently be found playing for square and contra dances. RuthMabel has taught bass at the Fiddle Tunes festival, and performs with the dance band Hot Cider.
bass
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018)
Raised in Seattle’s old-time music community, RuthMabel started playing bass in 4th grade. She plays a wide range of musical styles including old-time, Quebecois, swing, bluegrass, jazz, and classical. She can frequently be found playing for square and contra dances. RuthMabel has taught bass at the Fiddle Tunes festival, and performs with the dance band Hot Cider.
Lee Callender
fiddle, mandolin
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions III (2021)
Lee’s been making music and playing fiddle for the majority of his life. His bluegrass appreciation blossomed during his years with the Saline Fiddlers, a premier youth fiddling group out of Saline, Michigan. During his involvement with the Fiddlers, Lee performed on stage with many notable musicians including Mark O’Connor, Natalie MacMaster, Mountain Heart, The Infamous String Dusters, Darol Anger, Jeremy Kittel, and Richard Greene. Lee now lives in Seattle, and performs with the bluegrass band The Warren G. Hardings.
fiddle, mandolin
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions III (2021)
Lee’s been making music and playing fiddle for the majority of his life. His bluegrass appreciation blossomed during his years with the Saline Fiddlers, a premier youth fiddling group out of Saline, Michigan. During his involvement with the Fiddlers, Lee performed on stage with many notable musicians including Mark O’Connor, Natalie MacMaster, Mountain Heart, The Infamous String Dusters, Darol Anger, Jeremy Kittel, and Richard Greene. Lee now lives in Seattle, and performs with the bluegrass band The Warren G. Hardings.
Lawson Cannon
guitar, bouzouki, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Lawson has been playing traditional Irish music for over fifteen years. He lives half the year on Vashon Island (where he hosts the Vashon Sessions), and half the year on O'ahu, Hawaii. Lawson performs with the bands Little Deer, Lift, and the Flying Mandolins in Washington, and with Way Too Pretty and Celtic Waves in Hawaii.
guitar, bouzouki, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Lawson has been playing traditional Irish music for over fifteen years. He lives half the year on Vashon Island (where he hosts the Vashon Sessions), and half the year on O'ahu, Hawaii. Lawson performs with the bands Little Deer, Lift, and the Flying Mandolins in Washington, and with Way Too Pretty and Celtic Waves in Hawaii.
Penka Jane Culevski
fiddle, vocals, banjo, clogging
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Penka Jane began playing fiddle as a child and has been singing since she first heard the radio. After discovering a love of traditional Irish music, Penka Jane found Old-time, Bluegrass, and Quebecois along the way. She began songwriting in earnest in 2018 and looks forward to cultivating this new avenue of musical expression. She currently performs in the Seattle and Olympia areas with the Choice Wives and Dear Crow.
fiddle, vocals, banjo, clogging
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Penka Jane began playing fiddle as a child and has been singing since she first heard the radio. After discovering a love of traditional Irish music, Penka Jane found Old-time, Bluegrass, and Quebecois along the way. She began songwriting in earnest in 2018 and looks forward to cultivating this new avenue of musical expression. She currently performs in the Seattle and Olympia areas with the Choice Wives and Dear Crow.
Anna Culver
vocals, fiddle
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019)
Anna is a native Seattlite with a penchant for close harmonies and lonesome fiddle. After years of violin, she came to bluegrass in a flash of insight in 2014 and hasn't looked back. In 2016, Anna collaborated with friends to form a local group for Seattle women in bluegrass. Shortly thereafter, she joined the board of the Handsome Ladies organization. Anna works as a private violin teacher, and when she's not being musical she can be found reading in coffee shops or learning about herbalism. Anna now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
vocals, fiddle
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019)
Anna is a native Seattlite with a penchant for close harmonies and lonesome fiddle. After years of violin, she came to bluegrass in a flash of insight in 2014 and hasn't looked back. In 2016, Anna collaborated with friends to form a local group for Seattle women in bluegrass. Shortly thereafter, she joined the board of the Handsome Ladies organization. Anna works as a private violin teacher, and when she's not being musical she can be found reading in coffee shops or learning about herbalism. Anna now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Cameron DeWhitt
Banjo
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Cameron DeWhitt is a clawhammer banjoist and Old Time musician living in Portland, Oregon. He hosts the weekly podcast Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends, which features conversations and musical collaborations with today’s most influential traditional musicians. Cameron is the innovator behind pitchfork banjo, a three-finger clawhammer technique that allows the player unprecedented access to melody, harmony, and rhythms typically roped off from clawhammer players. With pitchfork-style, Cameron improvises over tunes in a way that most old time banjoists would only attempt with meticulous arrangement.
Banjo
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Cameron DeWhitt is a clawhammer banjoist and Old Time musician living in Portland, Oregon. He hosts the weekly podcast Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends, which features conversations and musical collaborations with today’s most influential traditional musicians. Cameron is the innovator behind pitchfork banjo, a three-finger clawhammer technique that allows the player unprecedented access to melody, harmony, and rhythms typically roped off from clawhammer players. With pitchfork-style, Cameron improvises over tunes in a way that most old time banjoists would only attempt with meticulous arrangement.
Rae Eaton
vocals
A PhD chemist, accomplished baker, and occasional gremlin, Rae has been the house cook at the Vashon Sessions since its inception. Rae's masterful skills provide the fuel that powers the creative energies of the Sessions... and, if persuaded, they will get behind the mic and oblige with a song.
vocals
A PhD chemist, accomplished baker, and occasional gremlin, Rae has been the house cook at the Vashon Sessions since its inception. Rae's masterful skills provide the fuel that powers the creative energies of the Sessions... and, if persuaded, they will get behind the mic and oblige with a song.
Dante Faulk
cello
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Dante has been playing music since he picked up the cello at the age of three, and has gained acclaim for his duo work with his brother Eros. His love and understanding for traditional music combined with his awareness of modern and popular music (ranging from rock, jazz, EDM, and more) yields an inventive and contemporary sound that is still true to his traditional roots.
cello
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Dante has been playing music since he picked up the cello at the age of three, and has gained acclaim for his duo work with his brother Eros. His love and understanding for traditional music combined with his awareness of modern and popular music (ranging from rock, jazz, EDM, and more) yields an inventive and contemporary sound that is still true to his traditional roots.
Amy Hakanson
nyckelharpa, hardangfele
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Amy was first introduced to Swedish music and the nyckelharpa in 2008, when Vasen performed at the
Wintergrass festival. In 2014, she was accepted to the Eric Stalstrom institute in Tobo, Sweden, where she studied nyckelharpa with Olov Johansson, Dite Andersson, Sonia Stalstrom, Mia Marine, and Niklas Roswall. In addition to nyckelharpa, Amy plays fiddle, hardangfele, banjo, and guitar, and is trained in classical violin. She grew up immersed in American roots music, playing bluegrass with her family band, and has a BA in ethnomusicology from Portland State University. She performs with her Nordic fusion band Varelse as well as playing solo for Scandinavian dance events, teaching workshops, writing and performing string arrangements for recordings, and gigging in and around Portland, OR.
nyckelharpa, hardangfele
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Amy was first introduced to Swedish music and the nyckelharpa in 2008, when Vasen performed at the
Wintergrass festival. In 2014, she was accepted to the Eric Stalstrom institute in Tobo, Sweden, where she studied nyckelharpa with Olov Johansson, Dite Andersson, Sonia Stalstrom, Mia Marine, and Niklas Roswall. In addition to nyckelharpa, Amy plays fiddle, hardangfele, banjo, and guitar, and is trained in classical violin. She grew up immersed in American roots music, playing bluegrass with her family band, and has a BA in ethnomusicology from Portland State University. She performs with her Nordic fusion band Varelse as well as playing solo for Scandinavian dance events, teaching workshops, writing and performing string arrangements for recordings, and gigging in and around Portland, OR.
David Kessler
vocals, jaw harp
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
David Kessler grew up in New England, where he learned to sail, sing, and appreciate the region’s coast and history. He has organized and managed events of all sizes, and founded several singing and educational sailing events. He co-produces the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony and is half of the singing duo Kessler and Perasso.
vocals, jaw harp
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
David Kessler grew up in New England, where he learned to sail, sing, and appreciate the region’s coast and history. He has organized and managed events of all sizes, and founded several singing and educational sailing events. He co-produces the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony and is half of the singing duo Kessler and Perasso.
Brian Lindsay recording engineer
fiddle, mandolin, banjo, tenor banjo, whistle, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Brian has been dancing since he could walk, singing since he could speak, and holding a fiddle to his chin for most of his life. Surrounded by both contra dance and Irish music and dance throughout his childhood, Brian spent much of his youth going to sessions in the NY area and studying with respected Irish fiddle player Brian Conway. An accomplished performer and Mid-Atlantic Irish Fiddle champion by the age of 17, Brian also finds that the influences of many other musical styles and traditions make their way into his playing, which draws on both a wealth of traditional influence and an enthusiasm for new things. Brian is also a competent and sensitive sound engineer, both for recording and live sound. He performs with Countercurrent.
fiddle, mandolin, banjo, tenor banjo, whistle, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Brian has been dancing since he could walk, singing since he could speak, and holding a fiddle to his chin for most of his life. Surrounded by both contra dance and Irish music and dance throughout his childhood, Brian spent much of his youth going to sessions in the NY area and studying with respected Irish fiddle player Brian Conway. An accomplished performer and Mid-Atlantic Irish Fiddle champion by the age of 17, Brian also finds that the influences of many other musical styles and traditions make their way into his playing, which draws on both a wealth of traditional influence and an enthusiasm for new things. Brian is also a competent and sensitive sound engineer, both for recording and live sound. He performs with Countercurrent.
Chris Miller
Saxophones, banjo, dobro
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
A native of Jacksonville, Florida, TCM grew up listening to bluegrass music but found his voice in the saxophone
and has quickly developed a reputation as an in-demand soloist. Chris currently plays with The Faux Paws and
The Revelers.
Saxophones, banjo, dobro
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
A native of Jacksonville, Florida, TCM grew up listening to bluegrass music but found his voice in the saxophone
and has quickly developed a reputation as an in-demand soloist. Chris currently plays with The Faux Paws and
The Revelers.
Jesse Partridge
fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Jesse specializes in North American and Celtic styles of fiddle music, and teaches and performs for concerts and dances throughout the Pacific Northwest. He helps to lead the Olympia-area Kids' Jam, and is one of the organizers of the Olympia Old-Time Festival. He also performs leads the Olympia Volunteer Stringband, and is a member of Contra Quartet, Riffraff, and the Waxwings.
fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Jesse specializes in North American and Celtic styles of fiddle music, and teaches and performs for concerts and dances throughout the Pacific Northwest. He helps to lead the Olympia-area Kids' Jam, and is one of the organizers of the Olympia Old-Time Festival. He also performs leads the Olympia Volunteer Stringband, and is a member of Contra Quartet, Riffraff, and the Waxwings.
Philip Post
bass, dobro
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Philip, who also goes by his middle name; Malone (...no, not the rapper...) was raised in the Ozark Mountains of Southwest Missouri singing in the church choir surrounded by the ubiquitous sounds of bluegrass and country music which is popular in that region. Upon graduating from high school, Phil would move to the Pacific Northwest and study jazz in Portland, Oregon before transferring to The Evergreen State College where he studied composition and recording. In a musical career spanning decades, he has performed, composed, and recorded extensively with groups from a diverse variety of genres including rock, jazz, Americana, Afropop, and klezmer, as well as playing in pit orchestras and vocal choruses for stage musicals on flute, clarinet, bass, and steel guitar. In addition, he has taught workshops for bluegrass bass and dobro. He currently lives in Olympia, Washington playing bass and dobro, and singing high tenor for the Oly Mountain Boys bluegrass band as well as bass/dobro/vocals in the cowpunk group; Lost City Remedy.
bass, dobro
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Philip, who also goes by his middle name; Malone (...no, not the rapper...) was raised in the Ozark Mountains of Southwest Missouri singing in the church choir surrounded by the ubiquitous sounds of bluegrass and country music which is popular in that region. Upon graduating from high school, Phil would move to the Pacific Northwest and study jazz in Portland, Oregon before transferring to The Evergreen State College where he studied composition and recording. In a musical career spanning decades, he has performed, composed, and recorded extensively with groups from a diverse variety of genres including rock, jazz, Americana, Afropop, and klezmer, as well as playing in pit orchestras and vocal choruses for stage musicals on flute, clarinet, bass, and steel guitar. In addition, he has taught workshops for bluegrass bass and dobro. He currently lives in Olympia, Washington playing bass and dobro, and singing high tenor for the Oly Mountain Boys bluegrass band as well as bass/dobro/vocals in the cowpunk group; Lost City Remedy.
Ezra Jane Landsman
guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Ezra Jane came up in a household full of Irish traditional and American folk music, and started playing guitar as a teenager. They honed their skills with Scandinavian folk band Skolkis (2011-2017), recording three albums and playing for innumerable dances in Seattle and neighboring areas. Ezra Jane loves to accompany folk music of all kinds, and is partial to Irish and Swedish tunes. They are also a certificated scientific illustrator and tattoo artist.
guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Ezra Jane came up in a household full of Irish traditional and American folk music, and started playing guitar as a teenager. They honed their skills with Scandinavian folk band Skolkis (2011-2017), recording three albums and playing for innumerable dances in Seattle and neighboring areas. Ezra Jane loves to accompany folk music of all kinds, and is partial to Irish and Swedish tunes. They are also a certificated scientific illustrator and tattoo artist.
Palmer T. Lee
banjo, guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019)
Palmer is a singer-songwriter from Olympia. He built his first banjo when he was 19 from pieces he serendipitously inherited. Shortly after deciding songwriting would be the most effective and enjoyable medium for his musings, he began cutting his teeth fronting Minneapolis string bands and touring the midwest festival circuit. He now performs solo and with the Lowest Pair.
banjo, guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019)
Palmer is a singer-songwriter from Olympia. He built his first banjo when he was 19 from pieces he serendipitously inherited. Shortly after deciding songwriting would be the most effective and enjoyable medium for his musings, he began cutting his teeth fronting Minneapolis string bands and touring the midwest festival circuit. He now performs solo and with the Lowest Pair.
River Scheuerell
fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
River is a multi-instrumentalist from Olympia, WA. He plays fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and other stringed
instruments, and is fluent in many genres, including old-time, bluegrass, Scandinavian, Celtic, Quebecois, and jazz. River got his first fiddle at age two and a half, and has been playing ever since, drawing inspiration from traditional tunes and modern innovators. River performs with REDS Band, with his brother Sage, with various contra dance bands, and in a duo with Carl Dexter.
fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
River is a multi-instrumentalist from Olympia, WA. He plays fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and other stringed
instruments, and is fluent in many genres, including old-time, bluegrass, Scandinavian, Celtic, Quebecois, and jazz. River got his first fiddle at age two and a half, and has been playing ever since, drawing inspiration from traditional tunes and modern innovators. River performs with REDS Band, with his brother Sage, with various contra dance bands, and in a duo with Carl Dexter.
Richard Reeves
bass, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019)
Bassman extraordinaire, Richard started playing the low end in high school on a 5-string Warwick bass guitar. His love for African music and polyrhythmic sounds have transferred over to the blonde 3/4 size K Style upright bass he now plays. He lives in Bellingham and performs with the band Polecat.
bass, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions II (2019)
Bassman extraordinaire, Richard started playing the low end in high school on a 5-string Warwick bass guitar. His love for African music and polyrhythmic sounds have transferred over to the blonde 3/4 size K Style upright bass he now plays. He lives in Bellingham and performs with the band Polecat.
Jonti Siman
bass
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V
bass
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V
Evan Snoey
mandolin, octave mandolin, mandocello, fiddle, guitar, banjo, tenor sax, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Evan is a multi-instrumentalist who started playing fiddle in Seattle when he was 5, played his first dance at 6, and by 18 had added mandolin, tenor sax, piano, and guitar to his list. His repertoire includes bluegrass, Northwest, Scandinavian, Scottish, Irish, and French-Canadian fiddle tunes, as well as Brazilian choro, Gypsy jazz, and swing. He is known for his solid back-up and agile lead as a fiddler in Hot Cider, as well as his ability to improvise in many genres and on many instruments.
mandolin, octave mandolin, mandocello, fiddle, guitar, banjo, tenor sax, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Evan is a multi-instrumentalist who started playing fiddle in Seattle when he was 5, played his first dance at 6, and by 18 had added mandolin, tenor sax, piano, and guitar to his list. His repertoire includes bluegrass, Northwest, Scandinavian, Scottish, Irish, and French-Canadian fiddle tunes, as well as Brazilian choro, Gypsy jazz, and swing. He is known for his solid back-up and agile lead as a fiddler in Hot Cider, as well as his ability to improvise in many genres and on many instruments.
Steven Skolnik
drums, percussion
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Steven is a percussionist residing in Portland, Oregon who has traveled across North America and abroad as a performing musician. He currently works as an established private drum instructor, group drumming facilitator, studio drummer and frequent performer in Portland and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
drums, percussion
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Steven is a percussionist residing in Portland, Oregon who has traveled across North America and abroad as a performing musician. He currently works as an established private drum instructor, group drumming facilitator, studio drummer and frequent performer in Portland and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Cam St. Louis
flute, whistle, smallpipes, electric guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Cam hails from Bainbridge Island, although he now lives in Seattle. While studying at Carleton College in Minnesota, he was introduced to Celtic music and studied flute and smallpipes with acclaimed player Laura McKenzie. Cam performs with the band Keltoi, and is the founder and maker of Barter Loch Woodwinds.
flute, whistle, smallpipes, electric guitar, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022)
Cam hails from Bainbridge Island, although he now lives in Seattle. While studying at Carleton College in Minnesota, he was introduced to Celtic music and studied flute and smallpipes with acclaimed player Laura McKenzie. Cam performs with the band Keltoi, and is the founder and maker of Barter Loch Woodwinds.
Alex Sturbaum producer
guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, mandocello, electric guitar, button accordion, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Alex grew up in a household filled with folk music. They came up the Cincinnati Irish music scene, but were also continually drawn to bluegrass, old-time, maritime, and Americana; it was this love of various genres that led Alex to found the Vashon Sessions. Alex now lives in Seattle, and performs solo as well as with Countercurrent and the Waxwings.
guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, mandocello, electric guitar, button accordion, vocals
Appears on: The Vashon Sessions (2018), The Vashon Sessions II (2019), The Vashon Sessions III (2021), The Vashon Sessions IV (2022), The Vashon Sessions V (2023)
Alex grew up in a household filled with folk music. They came up the Cincinnati Irish music scene, but were also continually drawn to bluegrass, old-time, maritime, and Americana; it was this love of various genres that led Alex to found the Vashon Sessions. Alex now lives in Seattle, and performs solo as well as with Countercurrent and the Waxwings.
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