John McCutcheon
Website:
https://www.folkmusic.com/
Discography:
2013 - 22 Days
2010 - Fine Times at Our House - Reissue
2010 - Passage
2009 - Untold
2008 - Sermon on the Mound
2007 - This Fire
2005 - Mightier Than the Sword
2004 - Stand Up! Broadsides for Our Time
2004 - Welcome the Traveler Home: The Winfield Songs
2003 - Hail to the Chief
2002 - The Greatest Story Never Told
2001 - Supper's on the Table - A Retrospective
1999 - Storied Ground
1999 - Springsongs (series: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons
1998 - Autumnsongs (series: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons
1997 - Doing Our Job (Rounder, 1997, with Tom Chapin)
1997 - Bigger Than Yourself (Rounder, 1997, co-written by Si Kahn
1997 - Sprout Wings and Fly
1995 - Between the Eclipse
1995 - Wintersongs (series: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons)
1995 - Summersongs (series: John McCutcheon's Four Seasons)
1995 - Nothing to Lose
1993 - Family Garden
1991 - Live at Wolf Trap
1990 - What It's Like
1989 - Water From Another Time: A Retrospective
1988 - Mail Myself to You
1987 - Gonna Rise Again
1986 - Signs of the Times
1984 - Winter Solstice
1983 - Howjadoo
1982 - Fine Times At Our House
1980 - Barefoot Boy With Boots
1977 - The Wind That Shakes The Barley
1975 - How Can I Keep From Singing?
| John McCutcheon (born August 14, 1952) is an American folk music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has produced 34 albums since the 1970s.[1] He is regarded as a master of the hammered dulcimer, and is also proficient on many other instruments including guitar, banjo, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, fiddle, and jawharp. McCutcheon was born to Roman Catholic parents in Wausau, Wisconsin. He attended Saint James Grade School and graduated from Newman Catholic High School. He is a graduate of Saint John's University in Minnesota. While in his 20s, he travelled to Appalachia and learned from some of the legendary greats of traditional folk music, such as Roscoe Holcomb, I.D. Stamper, and Tommy Hunter. His vast repertoire also includes songs from contemporary writers like Si Kahn (e.g. "Gone Gonna Rise Again", "Rubber Blubber Whale") as well as a large body of his own music.hen McCutcheon became a father in the early 1980s he found most children's music "unmusical and condescending",[this quote needs a citation] and sought to change the situation by releasing a children's album, Howjadoo, in 1983. Originally, he had only intended to do one children's record, but the popularity of this first effort led to the production of several additional children's albums.Much of his work, however, continues to focus on writing politically and socially conscious songs for adult audiences. One of his most successful songs, "Christmas in the Trenches" (from his 1984 album Winter Solstice), tells the story of the Christmas truce of 1914. In his performances, McCutcheon often introduces his music with a story, and has become known as a storyteller. He has made multiple appearances at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. He is married to children's author and storyteller, Carmen Agra Deedy.McCutcheon's music has, since the 1990s, increasingly evolved into heartland rock-influenced ballads, while he still occasionally performs purer folk music, particularly when playing the dulcimer.In 2011 McCutcheon portrayed IWW organizer and songwriter Joe Hill in Si Kahn's one-man play Joe Hill's Last Will, produced by Main Stage West in Sebastopol, California.
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