"The Villigans (Shawn's old band) were kind enough to volunteer to share their wonderful music with us!  Please join us, you will be glad you did!"
Teresa Beall Leanord. Bradford Memorial Library. El Dorado, KS.


"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.

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...."  -Old Time Herald.  North Carolina.

M U S I C

ALL SOUND SAMPLES
FROM RECENT LIVE
PERFORMANCES:

On the guitar:  
ANGELFIRE  (reel)

On the fiddle: 
Katy is Sleeping (Irish American Tune)

O' Dear Jenny (jig)

On the Banjo:
 Grover's  (breakdown)

Guitar and Vocal:
 (Irish American Song)
As I Came Home Late One Night

Girl From the North Country

"Thanks again for coming & for being so easy to work with!"
Laura McPherson.
Winfield Kansas Arts and Humanities.

"Mountain music with a celtic flair!"
-Maryland Rural Development Council

"As long as there's an Irish festival, Shawn will be welcome here!"
-Cumberland Irish festival

"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.

1st Place Contests: Maryland State Banjo Championship: 4 Years "Best Old-Time" (clawhammer.) Oakland, Maryland. Mid Atlantic Mandolin Championship. -Cumberland, Maryland.

""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.

"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.

"Mountain music with a celtic flair!" -Maryland Rural Development Council


"As long as there's an Irish festival, Shawn will be welcome here!"-Cumberland Irish festival


"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.


"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