Kathy Barwick

Multi-instrumentalist Kathy Barwick (guitar, banjo and dobro) has more than 30 years of experience playing bluegrass, folk and, most recently, traditional Irish music. Kathy started on folk guitar, added bluegrass banjo, dobro and bass, and finally returned to guitar as a flatpicker. The founder of the groundbreaking All Girl Boys, Kathy has also performed with The Good Ol’ Persons, High Country , Mountain Laurel, and Bill Grant and Delia Bell. Kathy has toured with Nashville guitarist Brad Davis , performed with rock icon Sal Valentino , and played on numerous recording sessions in northern California. Kathy currently is the dobroist with Mountain Laurel Bluegrass Band and the folk/blues outfit Poetic Justis , and the guitarist for the traditional Irish quartet Nine-8ths Irish .Kathy has performed at such important northern California acoustic music venues as the Great American Music Hall, the Freight & Salvage , the Palms , the Strawberry Music Festival , the CBA Father’s Day Festival, Midsummer Bluegrass Festival, the Grass Valley Center for the Arts , the Auburn Bluegrass Festival, Plymouth Bluegrass Festival, International Bluegrass Music Association Showcase, and the KVMR Celtic Festival . A well-known and respected music educator, Kathy has taught guitar and dobro at many acoustic music camps, including the California Coast Music Camp, Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp , the American River Acoustic Music Camp, and the CBA’s annual music camp . Kathy also writes a popular instructional column for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine ...