HOMESPUN
Taught By Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Robin & Linda
Williams.
Level 1
Three CDs plus Book
Get together with friends at parties, picnics and campfires and create harmony
parts to your favorite country, bluegrass and folk songs. Now that these popular
lessons are on CD, it's easier than ever to join in and make beautiful vocal
music. Find the song or part you are learning with the simple push of a button,
and start harmonizing! If you're a complete beginner you'll learn the theory
behind harmony singing and get the ear training you'll need to develop your style.
If you already have some knowledge, these four wonderful singers will help you
hone your skills, increase your repertoire and gain new techniques and insights
into singing with others.
The vocal parts, for duet, trio and quartet singing,
are recorded on separate channels to allow you to try out your harmonies with
Cathy, Marcy, Robin and Linda. Songs: "Stay All Night;" "Down
By The Riverside;" "Bury Me Beneath The Willow;" "Broken-Hearted
Lover;" "Red River Valley;" "Trouble In Mind;" "Careless
Love;" "Leavin' Train;" "Down In The Valley;" "Turtle
Dove;" "Little Darlin' Pal Of Mine;" "Keep On The Sunny Side;" "Blues
Stay Away From Me;" 'Gold Watch And Chain;" "Amazing Grace;" "Goodnight,
Irene;" "I'm Going To Sit At The Welcome Table;" "Long Journey
Home;" "Good Old Mountain Dew;" "Hand Me Down My Walking
Cane."
Cathy Fink is a Grammy-winning performer, songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist who has been playing old time banjo for over 30 years.
She has won the West Virginia State Banjo Contest three times, and her CD, Banjo
Haiku, has become a classic in its genre. Cathy's teaching skills have been honed
at music camps throughout the country, and she has made several popular lessons
for Homespun Tapes. Cathy performs and records with Marcy Marxer. Together they
have toured the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
They have appeared at the White House, on The Weekend Today Show, CBS Early Morning
Show, NPR's Morning Edition and at hundreds of folk and bluegrass festivals worldwide.
www.cathymarcy.com 
Marcy Marxer is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher and children's
performer. After studying music as a child, she trained in theatre at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts and Ringling Brothers Clown School. Marcy has performed
extensively throughout the world since 1977, most often with her musical partner
Cathy Fink. This highly-acclaimed duo is a top team on the family music circuit:
Their numerous recordings have won awards and recognition from Parents' Choice
Magazine, the American Library Association and many other organizations. They
won the 2003 Grammy Award - Best Musical Album For Children - for their Rounder
Kids CD "Bon Appetit!"
Few performers are equally at home on the stage of the Grand
Ole' Opry and in an intimate coffee house venue, but Robin and Linda Williams
have built a career that takes them from one to the other and back again with
nary a hitch. For more than a quarter of a century the duo has delighted audiences
large and small with a thoughtful yet heartfelt blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time
and acoustic country that truly merits the title of "American music." 1975 saw the release of their first album and the beginning of a long-time association with Garrison Keillor and his "Prairie Home Companion" radio show. They have appeared on The Grand Ole Opry, "Austin City Limits," American "Mountain Stage," and "Music City Tonight." They have performed in venues ranging from Philadelphia and Kerrville Folk Festivals, to bluegrass-oriented festivals such as Winterhawk, Wings & Strings and the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, to arts centers and concert halls in dozens of states and countless clubs and coffeehouses - not only across the US, but in Canada and Europe as well. Their latest release, "Deeper Waters," is on Red House Records