Joe Craven
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| Background information | |
| Genres |
Roots Folk World Jazz Americana |
| Occupation(s) |
Musician Educator MC |
| Instruments |
Fiddle, Mandolin, Tenor Guitar Puerto Rican Cuatro Tres Cubano conventional and found sound percussion Jawbone |
| Labels | Blender Logic Arts |
| Website | www |
Joe Craven is a Freestyle folk, world and roots music multi-instrumentalist, singer and award winning educator. Joe is the Director of RiverTunes Music Camp and a Co-Director of the Wintergrass Youth Academy. He plays a wide variety of string instruments, including fiddle, mandolin, ukulele, tres, cavaquinio, balaliaka, as well as a world of percussion, including anything he can get his hands on, such as a pickling jar, a credit card, or a jawbone. Craven is a well known sight at acoustic music festivals and, for many years, was violinist and percussionist for the David Grisman Quintet. Craven lists some of his influences being Jimi Hendrix, dumpster diving, Hermeto Pascoal, thrift stores, Frank Zappa, educator and aesthetician John Dewey, beachcombing, Carl Stalling, Eddie Palmieri, field recordings, Tiny Moore, Los Pleneros De Viente Uno, Darol Anger and The Horseflies.
Joe Craven has played with many notable musicians including Jerry Garcia, Stephane Grappelli, Alison Brown, Rob Ickes and David Lindley. He performs solo and in different sizes and versions of his own projects, most notably The Joe Craven Trio.
Craven's noted instrument ability is matched only by his creativity. He finds rhythm and unique sound in almost any object. A favorite "instrument" of his is any small, plastic trash that can turned upside down and played with either brushes or his own hands. Craven's collection of percussion instruments (found sound and ones designed for the purpose) is vast and includes examples from around the world.
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