A singer and arranger of traditional/roots
music – sea songs and chanteys, gospel, blues, ballads, and
worksongs – Ken performs regularly at folk music clubs, festivals, and
concert venues.
His singing credits include concert performances and
teaching workshops for Mystic Sea Music Festival, Old Songs Festival of
Traditional Music and Dance, Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, Washington Folk
Festival, Workum Chantey Festival (Netherlands), Scarborough Seafest (UK), Folk Music Society of New
York, Folklore Society of Greater Washington, South Street Seaport Museum, San
Francisco Maritime Museum, Columbia University, Caffè Lena, Minstrel
Coffeehouse, East End Ensemble, Parkside Lounge, Fast Folk Café, various folk
clubs in the United Kingdom, and Gorilla Repertory Theater’s Talking Jazz.
Ken has designed vocal scores for several theater projects,
and performed with many world-renowned musicians, including Heather Wood, Tom
Paxton and Anne Hills, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, Jeff Warner, Louis
Killen, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Chris Barron of The Spin Doctors, Karan
Casey and Solas, Gordon Bok, Sandy and Caroline Paton, The Burns Sisters, Jean
Ritchie, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Barry FInn, The Barrouallie Whalers, The
Buckingham Bar Lining Gang, Martin Carthy, Utah Phillips, and Liam Clancy. Ken
is an actor, director, acting teacher and coach, and the host of Exceedingly
Good Song Night in New York City.
Ken is recording his first solo CD.
For information about EXCEEDINGLY GOOD SONG NIGHT, click HERE.