Larry Kolker

Singer-songwriter playing blues-based soulful folk-pop-rock with rhythmic fingerstyle guitar and chicken-fried harp. “Sung with great soul, Larry Kolker offers a refreshing addition to the great singer-songwriter tradition with the powerful ‘Dog Year’ ... creating a sound that feels timeless and infinitely tasteful.” Skope Mag.  Dog Year is now available on Spotify and at https://larrykolker.bandcamp.com. It's a full-band indie rock album, with songs about love, loss, longing and other small challenges. Notable appearances include the 2015 KAABOO festival in San Diego, the 2014 Tribes Hill Music Festival at John Jay Homestead, the 2013-2015 Borderline Folk festivals, the 2013 Huntington Folk Festival, the 2012 & 2013 Montauk Music Festivals, the Millennium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA, the Bob Dylan Festivals at the Warwick Valley Winery, the Christopher Street Coffee House Featured Songwriters' Circle (June 2017), the Folk Music Society of Huntington's Hard Luck Café, the Borderline concert series in New City NY (opened for David Massengill), New Morning Singer Songwriter Series, John Street Jam @ the Dutch Arms Chapel, Acoustic Thursdays at the High Falls Café. Larry performs solo, with a percussionist, with other singer-songwriters, with a kick-ass trio or rock band, or as a sideman with other artists. Besides his original music he can perform several sets of tastefully arranged rock, pop, folk, and blues covers of songs from the 20's through the teens.