A singer/songwriter based in Washington, D.C., whose sound blends folk, country, and soft rock influences, Ed Alkalay was born in Mountainside, NJ, and grew up in and around New York City. Alkalay began writing and singing songs while in high school, and after studying English and Philosophy at the University of New York at Albany, he began to... [+] Read More

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Katy Moffatt has never broken through to the country mainstream, but she has earned a substantial cult following among roots-music fans and plenty of critical respect for her blend of country, folk, rock, pop, and blues. The younger sister of singer/songwriter Hugh Moffatt, she was born in Fort Worth, TX, in 1950 and first performed in local... [+] Read More

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Striding the fine line between folk and country music, Nanci Griffith has become as well-known for her brilliant confessional songwriting as her beautiful voice. A self-styled "folkabilly" singer, Griffith began as a kindergarten teacher and occasional folksinger. The country scene took her to heart in the mid-'80s, giving her a reputation as a... [+] Read More

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After disbanding the Los Angeles new wave/power pop group the Plimsouls, Peter Case launched a career as an important American singer/songwriter specializing in the flat-pick guitar style and semi-autobiographical stories of drifters delivered in a narrative style. Born in the '50s and growing up in upstate New York, Case was inspired, like any... [+] Read More

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