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Peace workers and modern folk musicians, Paul Kamm and Eleanore
MacDonald have been performing original, contemporary folk
music together for 23 years. Their music, a blend of contemporary
and traditional styles, is graced by their exquisite harmony,
compelling songwriting, deceptively simple arrangements and
intricate guitar work.
Hailing from Nevada City, CA., they've been applauded throughout
the US as well as overseas for the lyrical content of their songs as
well as their vocal blend... They have a haunting style which
weaves their harmonies into a rich tapestry of guitar and storytelling.
Both Paul & Eleanore have "sure and graceful voices but oh, when
they meld it’s one of those majestic, sinfully rich pleasures-- like
a musical S’more..." (Dirty Linen Mag. #40)
Kerrville, Telluride and Rocky Mtn. New Folk award winners,
Kamm and MacDonald have also been working tirelessly for peace
and justice and the last few years have found them working quite
often alongside their respected elder; raconteur, wobblie and rabble
rouser U. Utah Phillips. They’ve been asked to perform anywhere
from the steps of the CA capitol building in Sacramento, Ca. for an
anti-war rally, for various political campaign, to benefits for
Amnesty International and Physician’s for Social Responsibility.
They’ve been busy on the road regionally, performing in concert
venues, house concerts, as opening acts, and festivals like
Strawberry, Kerrville and the Kate Wolf Festival - they found
themselves sharing a late night stage at the Kate Wolf Festival in ‘04,
with Eliza Gilkyson, Jimmy LaFave, Steve Earle and Jackson
Browne for a tribute to Woody Guthrie. Their songs , whether
pointing to relationship, a character or world events always are
offered gently, draped in ethereal harmony, encouraging the listener
to feel or think in ways they may never have before.
They’ve been heard and seen widely on the airwaves, from Amy
Goodman’s ‘Democracy Now’, NPR stations, community radio, the
DishNet satellite ‘Acoustic Crossroads’ channel to various PBS
specials – featured twice as performers on “California Heartland”
and have had their song “Calling on Love” featured on a
'Visionaries’ segment. Since 1987 they have independently
produced 8 albums of original music, receiving critical acclaim from
the various trade reviewers. Their 7th CD, ‘Fool’s Paradise’,
released in ’03, features guest appearances by Nina Gerber, Peter Grant (New Riders of the Purple Sage), the late Keith Allen, Rob
Bonner, Mikail Graham - and a stunning acapella version of Woody
Guthrie’s “I’ve Got to Know”. Paul and Eleanore have just released
their 8th independently produced CD, ‘Like Water’ (late ’05)
which features the Little Band, Mikail Graham and Albert Vasquez,
and is already garnering acclaim, and are planning to start work on a
project of mostly previously unrecorded songs written by Utah Phillips, due for release in ’06.
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“I once heard Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald at 4:30 in the morning and was sure I must have been dreaming, I pulled them aside the next day and made them sing again to prove it wasn’t a mirage, and they are for real, GREAT writing and harmonies that can fuse your spine...”
ELLIS PAUL
“Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald utterly seduced me...their harmonies are exquisitely mated and a real treat to listen to...Aural Heaven!!!”
PERFORMING SONGWRITER #3
1993 & 1996 New Folk Finalists.. .. *1997 WINNERS *KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL
PAUL KAMM was a 1996 and 1997 TELLURIDE TROUBADOUR & ROCKY MTN. NEW FOLKS SHOWCASE winner.
“PAUL KAMM & ELEANORE MAC DONALD have managed to defy the odds by not only putting out a fine independently produced project, but by being responsible for writing and singing some of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time by any artist on any size label...”
DIRTY LINEN MAGAZINE #40
"Soaring harmonies delivering a powerful and empowering message ... and lots of fun to boot!" ANNE FEENEY
“Like experienced vintners, this duo's product -- their musicianship as well as their skill at producing their recordings -- keeps improving as the years pass, and with more than 20 years performing and recording together, they are setting the mark very, very high.” Tim O’Laughlin, RAMBLES.NET 2003
“Timeless, angelic...sensual, immediate...Paul and Eleanore’s voices weave together like colored ribbons blowing in the wind... no gimmicks,good singing and social and ecological awareness.”
MARTIN & JESSICA SIMPSON
“Paul and Eleanore are very good and interesting people. They also make wonderful songs which they sing together beautifully...Two fine voices from the West that deserve a wider audience.”
UTAH PHILLIPS
“Kamm & MacDonald are among the least known folkies on the scene, and most undeservedly so... with soaring vocal harmonies and the considerable strength of Paul’s exquisite melodies, they’ve put together a work of music (Game of Dances) that is unforgettable and elegant in it’s simplicity.”
ACOUSTIC MUSICIAN MAGAZINE Dec. 1994
PAUL KAMM & ELEANORE MAC DONALD
play at the following venues ......
Kerrville Folk Festival 1993,1995, 1997, 2000 (new folk & Main stage) 2005 Kerrville, TX
Kerrville Wine Festival, Kerrville TX
Strawberry Music Festival, CA - tweeners 1997-2000, w/ Nina Gerber Band 2001, mainstage w/ our little band, 2003
Kate Wolf Festival, Sebastapol & Laytonville, CA 4x mainstage
Telluride Festival, CO - 1996, 1997 songwriting comp. winner
Rocky Mtn. Folks Festival, CO. – 1996, 1997 songwriting comp. winner
Northwest Folklife Festival 1991 Seattle, WA
WorldFest– Grass Valley, CA 2003
KVMR’s Celtic Festival Grass Valley, CA mainstage 2001
KVMR’s Acoustic Music Festival, Grass Valley, CA mainstage
South Florida Folk Festival 2005, mainstage Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Napa Valley Folk Fest, CA - New Folk
N. Columbia Folk Festival N. Columbia CA
The Jerry Bash, N. Columbia, CA (2000, 2004)
High Sierra Music Festival, Bear Valley, CA
Solstice Festival –Ben Lomond, CA
Sierra Songwriters Festival – Sonora, CA
GreenFest, SF, CA (2003)
Dead on the Creek, Willits CA (2004)
Kennewick/3 Rivers Folk Society, Kennewick, WA (several times and again 2004, 2005)
Pullman Folk Series Pullman, WA
New Melody Tavern, Seattle, WA
The Upstage Pt. Townsend WA
S5 Presents Seattle WA
Cozmic Pizza Eugene OR
Roseburg Folk Society, Roseburg,OR
Pistol River Folk Society Pistol River, OR
OM Feature Old Vienna Kaffeehaus 1993 Westboro, MA
Kendall Cafe, Cambridge, MA
River House Concerts Keedysville MD
Passim Cambridge, MA (opening for Gorka 2x, Kristina Olsen, Sunday radio headline)
The Birchmere, Alexandria VA (WFMA concert 1998)
Folkal Point (opening for Maria Sangiolo) MD.
Left Bank Cafe Blue Hill Falls, ME (open C. Olson and headline)
Blue Angel Camden, ME
Chocolate Church Bath- Brunswick Folk Club Bath, ME - headline
Oswego Music Hall Oswego, N.Y.
Café Lena Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (w/ Utah Phillips)
The Folkway Peterborough, N.H. (w/ Utah Philips)
William & Mary College, Williamsburg, VA
Godfrey Daniels, PA w/ Kristina Olsen
Panzer House Concerts Columbia MD
Scott Moore concert series Mt. Ranier MD
New Deal Café Greenbelt MD
The Barking Spider Cleveland, OH
The Bluebird, Nashville, TN
Center for the Arts, Grass Valley, CA (2000 – 2005)
Miners Foundry, Nevada City, CA
NevadaTheater, Nevada City, CA
Henflings, Ben Lomond, CA (2003, 2004)
Constable Jacks, Newcastle, CA (2003-2005)
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz (w/ Ellis Paul, Keith Greeninger and Kate McDonnell)
Karen’s Bistro, Folsom, CA (2003, 2004)
Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA several times, opener and headliner
KVMR NIGHTLIVE! Nevada City, CA (7 times over 16 years)
NPR– West Coast Weekend San Francisco, CA
West Coast Live NPR– from the Kate Wolf Fest 2001
Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco, CA (w/ Utah Philips)
Owl & Monkey San Francisco, CA
The Palms Playhouse Davis, CA (multiple times as openers and headliners)
The Palms Playhouse in Winters, Winters (w/ Utah Phillips 2003)
Musician’s Coffeehouse Series Walnut Creek, CA
Bluebird Cafe, Santa Barbara, CA
Sebastopol Community Center, Sebastopol, CA (2001, 2004)
The Herb Shop Nevada City, CA
San Geronimo Cultural Center San Geronimo, CA
Coalesce Bookstore Acoustic Series Morro Bay, CA
Neighborhood Church Folk Series Pasadena, CA
Portofino’s Presents Pacific Grove, CA
Unitarian Church, Grass Valley, CA w/ Utah Phillips (2003)
Unitarian Church of the Sierra Foothills, Auburn, CA (2003, 2004)
Ginger Hill Unitarian Church Slippery Rock, PA
The White Raven Felton, CA
The Artvark, Aptos, CA
Santa Rosa House Concerts, Santa Rosa, CA
Linnaea’s Coffeehouse San Luis Obispo, CA
Morgan’s Coffeehouse, Monterrey, CA
Mariposa Folk Series Mariposa, CA
Russ and Julie’s house concert series, Oak Park,. CA (2003)
Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, NV 3x
First Congregational Church of Oakland, Oakland CA w/ Greg Brown & Nina Gerber (2004)
Mello Center, Watsonville, CA (w/ Utah Phillips 2004)
The Bean Scene, Chico, CA (2003, 2004)
Crest Theater, Sacramento, CA (2004)
Mammallama Weaverville CA
SoHo Santa Barbara CA
Folk Music Center, Claremont, CA
Bright Moments in a Common Place Altadena CA
Fresno Folk Society, Fresno, CA
Cooper’s Saloon, Nevada City, CA
Cosmic Café, Placerville, CA
Dennis Kucinich campaign 2003-4
Amnesty International 2004
Physician’s for Social Responsibility 2004
Benefit for Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser 2004
CAMEJO-SOLOMEN Debate 2004
Luna Star Café N. Miami, FL 2005, with Anne Feeney
Tarpon Lodge, Pine Island, FL
Sara and Nancy’s houseconcerts – Hollywood, FL w/ Anne Feeney
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