Originally from the east coast, guitarist Ed Dunsavage has been performing regularly around the Pacific Northwest for 25 years. He plays regularly with his trio featuring drummer Chicken Hirsh and bassist Joe Cohoon and has shared the stage with many wonderful artists. He is Adjunct Professor of guitar studies at Southern Oregon University and also works as artistic...
David Pinsky and Phil Newton have been a major part of the Southern Oregon Blues scene for over thirty years and have joined forces as an acoustic/electric duo. David’s propulsive guitar, welded with Phil’s harmonica chops, provide a steady groove reminiscent of the 60’s Chicago style duets.
Guitarist Rod Petrone debuted at the New York Academy of Arts at eighteen. Studied with Russian composer and scholar Alexander Bellow and Jazz guitarist, Stanley Solow. Was a featured performer with the Mount Hood Orchestra in Portland with Brazilian mandolinist, Paulo de Sa, and on Canadian television. Plays a wide variety of international music from...
Ben Gault, Pianist Ben is a lifetime Rogue Valley resident. He worked as a court reporter in Medford from 1964 to 1998 (perfect day gig for a piano player). He began playing piano at about age 10 and developed a love of classic jazz and swing from an early age. He started playing casual gigs...
Generation Jones, the father and son duet of Jeffery and Julian Jones play a variety of music based around the Celtic traditions on guitar, fiddle and vocals. Their music includes Scottish and Irish tunes and songs, plus some classic rock blended in and originals as well. Generation Jones have been performing together for the past...
The Ed Dunsavage Trio was voted Favorite Jazz Group in the Ashland 2012 & 2014 Sneak Preview Readers Poll. Guitarist Ed Dunsavage has been performing regularly around the Pacific Northwest for 22 years. Ed has shared the stage with many wonderful artists including vocalists Bernadette Peters, Greta Matassa, Beth Baker & Leslie Kendall, guitarists Mimi Fox...
Greg Thweatt How wonderful it is to be part of a creative process, to add to our world instead of taking from it. This is what being an artist means to me. Through paint or ink, canvas and paper I can be part of a conversation. This dialog exists with those that have influenced my...
Charles Guy and Linda Powers play original music with Spanish flavors and Flamenco flair, plus other popular tunes with classical guitar, violin, and vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR9y2lwCoSQ
Grant Ruiz has played classical guitar from the age of ten and is now an active flamenco guitarist and teacher in Southern Oregon. He has studied in Spain and participated in many productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is an adjunct guitar instructor at SOU and president of the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society. Dan Fellman...
David Scoggin has been in the Rogue Valley for 15 years after music careers in Minneapolis and the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played with Bo Diddley, Charmaine Neville, West Coast musicians Brandon Fields, Dan Balmer, Jeff Pevar and has recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park studio with the Steele Family and others. David has...
