"An accomplished singer, songwriter,
mandolin, guitar, banjo and fiddle player, Shawn's music entwines traditional melodies with modern virtuosity"
-The Coolfont Foundation.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
mandolin, guitar, banjo and fiddle player, Shawn's music entwines traditional melodies with modern virtuosity"
-The Coolfont Foundation.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
1st Place Contests: Maryland State Banjo Championship: 4 Years "Best Old-Time" (clawhammer.) Oakland, Maryland. Mid Atlantic Mandolin Championship. -Cumberland, Maryland.
"Thanks again for coming & for being so easy to work with!"
Laura McPherson.
Winfield Kansas Arts and Humanities.
"The Villigans were kind enough to volunteer to share their wonderful music with us! The performances will be at 10:00 and 11:00, in the Clymer room. Please join us, you will be glad you did!"
Teresa Beall Leanord. Bradford Memorial Library. El Dorado, KS.
From Shawn Craver and "Sweetbriar."
"South Dakota's premier bluegrass band..." -Bismarck North Dakota Tribune.
"Shawn has performed on Public Television, Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio and has shared the stage with such renowned acts as the Grammy Award winning Nashville Bluegrass Band." -Sioux River Folk Festival.
"Mountain music with a celtic flair!"
-Maryland Rural Devlopment Council
Laura McPherson.
Winfield Kansas Arts and Humanities.
"The Villigans were kind enough to volunteer to share their wonderful music with us! The performances will be at 10:00 and 11:00, in the Clymer room. Please join us, you will be glad you did!"
Teresa Beall Leanord. Bradford Memorial Library. El Dorado, KS.
From Shawn Craver and "Sweetbriar."
"South Dakota's premier bluegrass band..." -Bismarck North Dakota Tribune.
"Shawn has performed on Public Television, Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio and has shared the stage with such renowned acts as the Grammy Award winning Nashville Bluegrass Band." -Sioux River Folk Festival.
"Mountain music with a celtic flair!"
-Maryland Rural Devlopment Council
"A treasure trove... enticing melodies that could have originated in the Appalachians 100's of years ago..." --Bluegrass Unlimited. Broad Run, Virginia.
Shawn Craver with Dick Kimmel on "Fishin' Creek Blues" (Played from the USA , Europe, and AUSTRALIA.)
"This opening selection, the album title song, introduces the pleasures that await the listener on Fishin' Creek Blues...."
-A.V. Shirk, Old-Time Herald. Durham,
North Carolina.
Shawn Craver with Dick Kimmel on "Fishin' Creek Blues" (Played from the USA , Europe, and AUSTRALIA.)
"This opening selection, the album title song, introduces the pleasures that await the listener on Fishin' Creek Blues...."
-A.V. Shirk, Old-Time Herald. Durham,
North Carolina.
""Good tunes, fine picking, great sound ! Especially enjoyed 'Joshua,' 'Over the Blue Ridge,' 'Barbed Wire', 'She Might've Been an Angel, and 'I Ain't Goin' Nowhere !' Dave Higgs, WPLN-FM Nashville, TN.
"Great job I love it ! I plan on playing a whole heaping bunch of it !" Gaynor Johnson, "Folkwave Show" KAUR-FM Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
"Great job I love it ! I plan on playing a whole heaping bunch of it !" Gaynor Johnson, "Folkwave Show" KAUR-FM Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
I received "Fiddle in the Laurel." Thank you! I hope that others enjoy it as much as I have. It has given me a lot to think about for my new show. -Daniel Slosberg Los Angeles California.
... the first thing I have to say is that Strings of Fire's "Over the Blue Ridge" was a pleasure to listen to and to review. The songs on this cd (8 original and 2 traditional) hail back to the roots of folk and bluegrass music... Shawn grew up listening to traditional Appalachian mountain music in Garrett County, Maryland and you "can definitely hear the influence."
- Keith Morris. Atlanta Georgia.
- Keith Morris. Atlanta Georgia.
"Music in the finest Anglo-Celtic tradition.... Tales of Whiskey, Fiddles, the Devil and the Lord..."