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Beth Wood
Beth’s skills in the craft of songwriting and poetry have been recognized by the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Award, The Sisters Folk Festival Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Award, the Billboard World Song Contest, The Oregon Book Awards, and many more. There have been incredible and surreal moments in the spotlight: opening for Steve Winwood, Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin, Sam Bush, Chris Whitley; being a four-time featured artist on Cayamo, a week-long Caribbean songwriters’ cruise along with most of her living musical heroes; singing the national anthem for 42,000 people at a major league baseball game; discussing guitar tunings with David Crosby backstage at a festival; being featured on “Troubadour, TX”, a nationally syndicated documentary-style singer-songwriter reality television series airing in almost 40 million households and 140 U.S. markets.
Beth is a co-founder of She’s Speaking, a collective that creates forums/spaces for women’s voices and women’s stories to be heard, along with friends and fellow Oregon singer-songwriters Bre Gregg and Kristen Grainger.
Beth’s work has expanded to include teaching and song coaching as well as leading and facilitating workshops, classes, and retreats. She is the director of Sisters Folk Festival Americana Song Academy. Beth’s dream is to build community through music and poetry, and to move something with her art, whether it’s a swirling emotion or a curious mind or tapping feet. Beth loves helping others access their creativity through songwriting and poetry. Her musical philosophy is there are no wrong notes.
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