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Chris Rosser is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer and producer. In the world fusion trio Free Planet Radio, he plays the Indian dotar, Turkish cumbus oud, melodica, piano and guitar on their five album releases. As a solo performer, he has also released five recordings and tours nationally playing at festivals, clubs and listening rooms. He also has toured internationally as the keyboardist with master Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek, as the pianist/guitarist in Grammy-winning flute virtuoso Rhonda Larson’s ensemble, Ventus, and as a guitarist with acclaimed jazz/gospel singer Lizz Wright. In 2014 with Ventus and in 2016 with Free Planet Radio, he performed over 60 concerts in the top concert halls of the People’s Republic of China.
Beth Wood is a modern-day troubadour, poet, and believer in the power of word and song. She has been writing, performing, and teaching full-time for thirty years — delighting and inspiring audiences with her exceptional musicianship, intelligent writing, powerhouse voice, and warm and commanding stage presence. Texan-raised and Oregon-based, Wood has morphed from a young classically trained, folk-tinged singer-songwriter to a wailing southern rock band leader to a college-circuit acoustic coffeehouse sweetheart to a well-respected nationally-touring poet and troubadour. Through all of these incarnations, Wood has remained true to herself and to her artistry; she has done it her way.
Jane Kramer is lauded by UK music reviewer Three Chords and the Truth as sounding like she was “…born to irreverent, bohemian poets and raised in the mountains by Emmylou Harris,”. She has garnered international recognition for the sultry, heartrending originality of her vocals and for the heavy-hitting lyrical eloquence of her songwriting. With deep roots in the musical traditions, culture and lore of her beloved Appalachia, Kramer’s songs are introspective, gracefully gritty and fiercely memorable. They elegantly sweep listeners down the gravel roads and southern coastal highways, midnight truck stops and lonely motel rooms of hard learning and lead home to the wooded Blue Ridge Mountains with moving acceptance of our flawed human experience. Kramer’s live performances are equally as poignant and engaging; rich with accessible, warm, often hilarious storytelling and gracefully lifting the veil between audience and performer.
