Dan Schatz: Jean Ritchie and the Cool of the Day

Dan Schatz with autoharp
Dan Schatz with autoharp

Dan Schatz has been playing folk music since he was a child in Kensington, Maryland, and he is now a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and producer. He co-produced and performed on the internationally acclaimed double album Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie, featuring among others Janis Ian, Judy Collins, Peggy Seeger, Archie Fisher and Kathy Mattea, as well as Ritchie herself.

Listen to Dan Schatz’ recording of ‘Now is the Cool of the Day’ from his Folk-Legacy album The Promise of Sowing, Schatz (lead vocal and banjo) performs with Kim and Reggie Harris, Mara Levine, Geeta Shivde, George Stephens and Kathy Westra. www.folk-legacy.com

Full article Huffington Post, 4 June 2015