Links to all sorts of places that are friendly to acoustic music. If you are looking for links to musicians who have performed at Carl Sandburg’s Birthplace, they are on the Concerts page.

People often ask me where I get the music I play, or if I have taken any lessons. I've gotten some great stuff from Homespun tapes, Steve Kaufman and Stephan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. Please email me if you have any questions.
 

Venues Click here for other ACOUSTIC VENUES in the area.
 

Stars Guitars A FANTASTIC guitar store in Cedar Rapids Iowa where I bought my newest guitar. If you like VERY high quality guitars you owe it to yourself to check this place out.
Stephan Grossman's Guitar Workshop - Great Blues and other music instruction on CD, tape and video.
Homespun Tapes - Music instruction on CD, tape and video for guitar, banjo, fiddle, accordion, voice, pennywhistle, just about everything!
Steve Kaufman's Flatpicking Hotline - Highly recommended for anything involving flatpick guitar or bluegrass mandolin or banjo.
Carl Sandburg Page - A great source for information about Sandburg put
together by Ryan Roberts.
The Zephyr - Galesburg's award-winning weekly journal of news and
opinion. A great friend of the Songbag Concert series.
Cherry Street Guitar Co. - A great music store here in Galesburg owned by Bruce Nelson. Guitars, amps, lessons etc, etc.
Galesburg Register-Mail Online - A daily Galesburg newspaper and a great friend of the Songbag Concert Series.
Buchanan Center For The Arts
Chris Vallillo - An old friend of mine and a great friend of acoustic music, as well as a great song-writer and musician. Hosts the Hickory Ridge Coffeehouse at Dixon Mounds. Will be playing at the Birthplace in spring 2002.
Bob and Kristie Black - Legendary Bluegrass musicians I met via my association with Carl Sandburg’s Birthplace. Will be returning in spring 2002.
KUNI Radio - A really great Public Radio Station at the University of Northern Iowa. Lots of cool stuff to listen to online! They’ve been kind enough to let me play a couple of times on Live From Studio One with Karen Impola - a couple of my friends were even able to listen in Coos Bay, Oregon via the web site! Check this one out regularly.
Lightfoot! - I'm a big Gordon Lightfoot fan. Wayne Francis maintains this fantastic web site. This has EVERYTHING!
Bishop Hill - A wonderful historic community just 30 minutes from Galesburg. Great restaurants, shops, museums, music etc.