Staff Bios

One very late evening in 1998, down in the tiniest factory/apartment building in New York City’s looming financial district, Mike […]

Pat Milliken was a great artist and teacher. SummerSongs was lucky to have him with us for a number of

Craig Carothers In the last three years alone he’s driven 80,000 miles to play in more than 50 cities in

She lives in the deep woods of Arkansas, plays guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo, and sings lyrics that paint their way

One of the very best guitarists and singer/songwriters in the country will be joining us for the week to be

Denise Jordan Finley, from the Woodstock, NY area, writes songs based on the profoundness of the ordinary. Her latest CD, HAUNTRESS, is a collection of her most eerie ones. In addition to having toured internationally as a singer/songwriter, she has worked in virtually every capacity in regional theaters. Denise is the writer of numerous one-act plays, and presently composes for musicals and directs music for the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, NY and the Smithfield Presbyterian Church in Amenia, NY.

It was Guy Clark who first discovered  Buddy Mondlock singing under a tree at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1986.

Taína Asili is a New York-based Puerto Rican singer, filmmaker and activist carrying on the tradition of her ancestors, fusing

Eric Garrison is a singer/songwriter whose original contemporary music and treatment of traditional material reflect a deep appreciation of both

Wendy Waldman is a critically acclaimed recording artist, as well as a writer of multi-platinum songs for other singers in