Banjo, guitar and mandolin were the gateway drugs and she is currently Craig Young and obsessed with standup bass, returning to her jazz roots. Rhonda plays bass with Craig in their duo and for the Fernie-based group Red Girl, and plays Rhonda Shippy all things stringed with the Bow Folk Trio (with Jarred Albright and Chelsea Sleep) and an old time dance band called Kitchen Party, as well as jazz and Biography: blues projects. Craig Young hails from the southwest coast Teacher by day and musician by night, she has extensive experience of Newfoundland and Labrador. He has teaching and playing a variety of styles of music- and enough theory to be dangerous. worked with many country artists, including Jason McCoy, Eli Barsi, Gord Bamford, Craig and Rhonda George Canyon, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and have teamed up to touring for 8 years as the lead guitarist for form a versatile Terri Clark. Craig earned his living in duo led by Craig’s Nashville for almost ten years, touring and outstanding vocals working as a session player. While there he and guitar work accompanied by Contact: Craig Young also embraced bluegrass music and has Rhonda’s taken a deep dive into that genre. Email:[email protected] harmonies and standup bass. Phone: 709-690-0846 Craig has won four Canadian Country Music They perform an Genre and/or Sub-Genre: Association awards in the All Star Band- Guitarist category. His album "Black Diamond eclectic mix of Country, Folk and Bluegrass country, folk and Strings" was released July 2013 to much bluegrass songs Preferred Venue(s): acclaim, winning the MusicNL award for against a tapestry Festivals, Concerts, House shows Country, followed with the instrumental album of instrumentals “Charlie's Boogie” which won an East Coast and are based in Website: Music Award in 2014. Fernie, BC. https://www.craigyoungmusic.online/ Rhonda Shippy is a much in demand multi- Audio/Video Samples: instrumentalist whose journey as a musician Maggie’s Mandolin Craig Young Video & Media started as a youngster playing alto saxophone in a big band, leading to folk and Celtic music on flute and bodhran. For the *Accommodations required outside of the Fernie BC area. Comfortable on a bill with past fifteen years she has branched out into other performers and have their own strings- mainly bluegrass, folk and old time backline. music. .