OJAI CONCERT SERIES: Past Performers

July 23rdBlame Sally 4 piece, all girl folk/rock band (at Dancing Oak Ranch)

June 11th Old Blind Dogs Premier fusion Celtic band from Scotland (at DOR)

April 21st Montana Skies Wild guitar/cello Fusion Duo

March 26th Noel Paul Stookey Folk Icon is back fore more Ojai (at Matilija Aud)

Feb 25th Sourdough Slim Singing, yodeling, guitar strumming cowboy

Dec 31st Sligo Rags 2009 New Years Party Concert & waltzing till midnight!

Nov. 4th Battlefield Band "Forward with Scotland’s Past" (at Matilija Aud)

Oct. 8th David Mallett Maine’s favorite folk singer

Sept. 17th Paddy Keenan Irish uilleann piper legend

Aug. 23rd Ojai Mardi Gras Dance Party (at Dancing Oak Ranch)

May 30th Home-Grown Talent Show (at Dancing Oak Ranch)

April 2nd & 3rd Noel Paul Stookey Folk Icon of Peter, Paul & Mary fame

March 5th Fishtank Ensemble Cross pollinated gypsy Flamenco Jazz sextet

February 6th Tom Chapin 3 time Grammy winning Musical troubadour

January 14th Crowfoot Appalachian/Quebecois fusion Trio sensation

Mon. Dec 22nd 2008 “CELTIC CHRISTMAS” with “Cul An Ti”

Featuring the Hanz Araki Band, plus local renowned Irish step-dancers Elizabeth & Deirdre Wood of Celtic Spring

November 13th Dana & Sue Robinson Lyrical & melodious Singing/songwriters

October 28th Smitty West CD release party for a local favorite

October 16th Kieron Means and Sara Grey English & American folk songs

Sept 17th Ladies “Country” Night Out

with Cindy Kalmenson & Karen Tobin

August 10th John Katchur & Fred Schmidt (at Dancing Oak Ranch)

July 22nd Maeve Mackinnon Gaelic Singing sensation from Scotland

June 28th Sligo Rags Energetic Celtic Bluegrass fusion band

May 28th Mad Tea Party Wacky, retro-steeped, ukeabilly funk

May 10th Our Second Annual “Home-Grown Talent Show”

April 12th Ken O’Malley Irish balladeer extraordinaire

March 19th Notorious Larry Unger & Eden MacAdam-Somer

February 20th The Woods Tea Company Celtic/Irish singing story tellers

December 21st 2007 "A CELTIC CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION"

with Molly’s Revenge & Moira Smiley with Irish Step dancers

November 14th Tom Lewis Canadian Sea Shanties

September 18th Le Vent du Nord Quebecois delights

August 5th Rod MacDonald House Concert (at Dancing Oak Ranch)

July 12th Jamie Laval & Ashley Broder Master-craft musicians

June 13th Home-Grown Talent Show Extraordinary local artists shine

April 4th Fur Dixon & Steve Werner Americana duet delight

March 21st J.B. Beverley & The Wayward Drifters Alt-Country band

March 7th VOCO Vocal “throat music” singing sensations

Over 26 years some truly spectacular artists appeared in Tom and Becky Lowe's Folk Music in Ojai series. This list below was compiled by Tom and posted by Bill Yates, who created and has maintained the Folk Music in Ojai website for years (www.billyates.com/ojaifolk/). Some links will take you to the artist's own website while others will take you to a page on Bill Yates' website. Feel free to look around, as Bill has a wealth of informative pages, but you will have to use your "back" button to return to this website. Enjoy!

From USA
Joyce Andersen

Balfa Toujours

Patrick Ball

Banish Misfortune

Ruth Barrett & Cyntia Smith

Cathy Barton & Dave Para

Lou & Peter Berryman

The Bills

Ira Bernstein with Evo & Jemmy Bluestein

Ralph Blizard & John Lilly

Evo Bluestein

Bryan Bowers