JEFF BLACK / ROB McHALE

JEFF BLACK

“Jeff Black has the troubadour quality of a Steve Goodman, the poetic dignity of Bruce Springsteen, and the outer-fringe edge of Townes Van Zandt. We kid you not.” —Steve Morse, The Boston Globe

Nashville songwriter and performer Jeff Black has extensive awards and credits for his work. His songs appear on recordings by Alison Krauss, Waylon Jennings, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, John Oates, Dierks Bently, Blackhawk, Jo-el Sonnier and more.

His music can be heard on the soundtracks of The Thing Called Love, the acclaimed PBS documentary The Appalachians, and Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Drama Steel City. BlackHawk’s cover of Black’s That’s Just About Right was a Top 10 Country single, and Black was voted one of the top 100 Folk artists of the last 25 years by Boston’s WUMB listeners.

He has recently released Anthology, an album of songs recorded 1998-2020. In the tradition of the great storytellers, his passionate, soul-driven live performances of songs from his vast catalog are not to be missed.

Jeffblack.com

ROB McHALE

Rob McHale is a North Carolina-based folk/American artist whose songs can take you through a small town, down a dirt road, or on a historical journey. In 2019 he was the International Music and Entertainment Association’s Folk Artist of the Year and his Prophets on the Boulevard was awarded Folk Album of the Year.

Rob performs in the US and internationally.  As a storyteller, he tells the Legend of Tom Dooley each year at a festival in the heart of Tom Dooley Country.

His 2025 book Outlaws Pyrates and Other Adventurers, which features stories about some of our greatest legends, received the Award of Excellence from the North Carolina Society of Historians.

“This North Carolina-based poet, musician and composer writes folk Americana songs that walk you through their narratives in an entirely involving way. They bring home the wealth of heritage and place it firmly in the present, they observe the days we live in and offer valuable meaning.”—Tom Franks, Folk Words Magazine, London 

Robmchale.com