Mark Cosgrove, Rolly Brown, and Martin Grosswendt, in concert in Lahaska PA on Nov. 29, '08

Virtuoso acoustic guitarists Mark Cosgrove and Rolly Brown will be featured in their fifteenth annual "Bucks County Acoustic Guitar Summit" autumn music event, including an 8 p.m. concert on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Buckingham Friends School in Lahaska PA. Both Bucks County performers have won the prestigious National Guitar Championships held annually in Winfield KS; Cosgrove in Flatpicking and Brown in the Fingerstyle division. Cosgrove and Brown will be joined by their good friend and respected musical colleague, Martin Grosswendt. In addition, Cosgrove will be backed by fiddler Travis Wetzel and bass player Larry Cohen.
All three guitarists will also be featured in a Saturday afternoon workshop from 1 till 4 p.m.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says, "Cosgrove and Brown's fingers turn still guitar strings into a whirlwind of melody...these musicians have mastered the art of playing acoustic guitar."

Cosgrove continues to be a busy performer, teacher, and session player. The past year has brought solo appearances as well as dates with his band Good Medicine, and performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra Bluegrass Band, Vermont's celtic bluegrass band Wood's Tea Company, and others. Mark is known for his hard-driving and versatile guitar styles, showing equal abilities in bluegrass, jazz, rock, and as a tasteful sideman. He also continues to teach and perform at guitar camps and workshops around the country.

Brown, formerly a sideman to various folk luminaries and host of WXPN's "Guitar Wizards", began his musical life as a folk guitarist, and, in his 44 years of playing, has moved through phases of swing, bluegrass, ragtime, and rock on his way to the jazz/blues that is now, along with original compositions, a hallmark of his solo performance. He is a prominent teacher and performer at guitar camps around the country and in Canada.

This year's guest, Martin Grosswendt, has been a presence on the folk and traditional music scene for nearly three decades. A multi-instrumentalist and singer long known for his skill as an interpreter of 1920s and '30s blues, he is equally at home playing the old-time country music of the Southern Appalachians or the Cajun and Creole music of Southwest Louisiana. A musician's musician and a powerful singer, he is proficient on guitar, five-string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass, Cajun accordion, and Dobro. His bottleneck guitar playing is especially highly regarded. As a sideman, he has toured and recorded with Utah Phillips, Jim Ringer, and Mary McCaslin, among others.

Buckingham Friends School is located on Rt. 202 where it separates from Rt. 263, just west of Peddler's Village in Lahaska PA, about halfway between Doylestown and New Hope. Concert tickets are $25. Fee for the 3 hour Saturday workshop is $60. A ticket for both concert and workshop is $75. For further information, call 215-340-0586 or 215-257-8737.

Concert and workshop tickets are available at the door!

See you tonight!