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Marti Rogers
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Since her first appearance at
a college hootenanny in 1963, Marti Rogers has performed her eclectic brand
of acoustic music throughout the Northeast United states, on stage, radio,
and TV, and was an early participant live on the world wide web on Mudcat
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Accompanying herself on the guitar, the mountain
dulcimer, or the Autoharp, Marti Rogers sings a wide variety of songs in the
folk genre from purely traditional to contemporary including some of her own
composition. In her strong, clear
voice, she weaves a spell taking us back to simpler times when people sat on
back porches, or around the hearth making their own music. |
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Often joined by husband, Tom
Levy, on bass, filling in with a steady beat, and those low tones that blend
in so well to augment Marti’s Autoharp and rhythm guitar, their varied
programs cover a wide range of folk music styles from chantys of the British
seaports to songs of the American West, from old-timey to new and timely. |
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Marti studied performance
technique with countertenor Richard Dyer Bennett, and ethnomusicology with
Henrietta Yurchenko at The New School for Social Research in New York
City. Eventually earning a Master’s
degree in community psychology, she took some time off from music to work in
the healthcare field. When she joined
the Bucks County Folk Song Society in 1994, Marti began performing once
again, and now has served as president of the society from 2000 thru 2003 and
is currently on their board. |
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A three-time winner of the
Folk Factory People’s Choice Concert competition, Marti performs regularly in
the Pennsylvania / New Jersey region.
Although not a prolific song-writer, she has been published in
Broadside magazine, and her song "Lucid, The Rambler" was recorded
by Kevin Roth. |
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Marti released her first
recording, “Plain,” in 2002, and her second, “Plain & Fancy,” an
extension of the first with new arrangements and back-up musicians including
Tom Levy on bass, in September of 2004. To help fill the need for quality children's folk,
in 2008 she and Tom produced "Old Songs for Young Folks" which is "For Other Folks, Too."
Available from CDBaby.com, Amazon, and many other web sellers. |
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Marti Rogers