Solatido: A Workshop for Southern Singer/Songwriters

01/16/2024

Today is the soft launch of a new book I was lucky enough to write for Music Maker Foundation last year. It includes a four CD box-set combo that documents a secret history of American roots music. Featuring 85 songs from 75+ artists, it’s drawn from 30 years of recording. Song Keepers features interviews I conducted with figures integral to the development of Music Maker, including Grammy winners Taj Mahal, Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and folklorist William Ferris. Illustrated with 100 stunning photographs, it offers a new vision of Americana’s future via a journey through the past. Donna Campbell did the video trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwqAb1mjN5M And here's the link for preorders

02/22/2022

Table Rock and Solatido for 2022 is August 29 to September 2 - *|http://solatido-workshop.net*

01/03/2020

Workshops in 2020--dates, new craft intensives, and waterfowl weekend - https://mailchi.mp/69cf71f23ee7/workshops-in-2020-dates-new-craft-intensives-and-waterfowl-weekend

11/11/2019

Friends--We will be at Solatido on the Scuppernong March 26-29 and I will post details before the holidays!
Writers and songwriters welcome, space is limited.

06/13/2016

Mark your calendar for EARTHCASTER, a film about NC sculptor Thomas Sayre on June 23rd at 10 pm on statewide public television UNC-TV.

This first statewide broadcast (one hour) features original music composed by D.J. Sparr performed by New Music Raleigh, dance sequences performed by Raleigh's Black Box Dance Theater, and interviews with Sayre friends and collaborators across the country. The filmmakers follow the development and c...

03/20/2016

The dates are set. Table Rock Writers and Solatido Songwriters Workshops 2016. Check it out!

Table Rock Writers (also known as Table Rockers) are a growing community of serious but friendly writers who gather in the mountains of western North Carolina each fall to hone their craft, share their work, find courage, and offer serious feedback. Unlike some other writing workshops, our faculty t…