The best in FOLKGRASS music: With plenty of wit, clawhammer, slide, and uniquely picked original banjo tunes. Sounds like Jimmy Buffett, John Prine or Lyle Lovett, on the humorous and pleasant matters in life.

11 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Bluegrass, FOLK: Modern Folk



Details:
"Digger", raised in Queens, NY on music and show business, studied improvisational theatre at The
Neighborhood Playhouse. Her father, an accomplished musician, was chief broadcast engineer for
such productions as The Ed Sullivan and Carol Burnett Shows. His own Billy Held Orchestra
traveled the prestigious Catskills hotel circuit. Frequent studio visits excited Digger's passion for
performing, writing songs and stories, and learning to play the banjo.

Music studies progressed while a Theatre Major at Hofstra University. Digger received critical
acclaim for her hilarious performance as a Cockney teenager in Noel Coward's comedy, "Fumed
Oak". With a Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude in literature from Queens College, she left for Atlanta.
There, as a DJ personality on WRFG-FM radio, she wrote and improvised live comedy sketches.
During the next decade, the character "Digger Lou" began to evolve, with her penetrating whimsical
"folkgrass" music.Digger's performances include the Tennessee State Museum, Madison and Hendersonville, TN Arts Centers, the Bluebird Cafe and the Dark Horse Theatre in Nashville, Opry Star Spotlight with radio legend Johnny K, Louisville Women's Show, local PBS and cable television in Tennessee and Georgia and numerous venues in Tennessee and Kentucky. She has performed at the Nashville Folk Festival for the last two years. Recently, Digger opened for Jesse McReynolds and Mac Wiseman at the Castalian Springs Bluegrass Festival.



The tracks on Digger's debut album, entitled "Hot Runnin' Water: Stories of Tennessee", display sparkling clever wit and showcase Digger's banjo ability. Her classic tales are of simple living in a baffling world. The album has been chosen for airplay on country/bluegrass stations in the USA, Europe, and Australia.

Digger's "Hot Runnin' Water" CD and her new "punk"(!) single, "Hurting Myself", are available at www.cdbaby.com/diggerlou She is a member of The National League of American Pen Women, and a group of storytellers called Explor-a-story.

Recently Digger became Co-Director of the Nashville Folk festival, a non-profit community service, dedicated to preserving the folklore and musical heritage of the Appalachian region. Please visit
www.nashvillefolkfestival.com

Individual tracks from "HRW" and also "Hurting Myself" can be downloaded at:

www.Mperia.com
www.musicmatch.com
www.napster.com/
www.mp3tunes.com/
www.loudeye.com
www.musicnet.com
www.ruleradio.com
www.digipie.com
www.appleitunes.com
www.rhapsody.com
www.iSound.com

Please visit Digger Lou's Cornpone Revue and join the mailing list if you like: www.cornponerevue.com
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