Being diversified is Ruth Wyand’s specialty. Demonstrating guitar virtuosity with powerful fingerpicking, bottleneck slide and a warm alto voice Ruth plays a mix of Americana, jazz, blues, folk, country with a portion of Piedmont picking and bluegrass clawhammer thrown in. Her songwriting is universal, using a melting pot of styles with lyrics that are timeless, relatable, emotionally resonant, sometimes witty, sometimes serious but always human and genuine.

Ruth presents a mixture of originals with poignant lyrics as well as well-crafted instrumental arrangements of classics ranging from Doc Watson, Etta Baker, Jimi Hendrix, Leo Kottke to Thelonious Monk and Nina Simone.

Each song, no matter how different, has a firm Ruth Wyand stamp of style on it.

Take a listen : ruthwyand.com

ACMA member and singer/songwriter, Carolyn Stanley will open. Always a pleasure to have Carolyn on our stage. Carolyn began playing guitar as a teenager learning to finger pick country blues from her older brother. Since then she has played solo, and joined several duos and an eclectic string band.