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Artie Traum is an award-winning guitarist and songwriter featured on over 20 albums for Capitol, Sony, Shanachie, Slice of Life and Narada Records. A pioneer of the 1970’s acoustic music scene, Traum been described as a musician "whose work defines the vitality and sophistication of American acoustic music." (Acoustic Guitar Magazine 2002). During his career he has produced or recorded with with John Sebastian, The Band, Bela Fleck, Tony Levin, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, Abby Newton, David Grisman, Livingston Taylor, Patty Larkin, Michael Franks, Jesse Winchester and dozens of top artists. ---Now that's impressive!!!!
He has been influenced by artists James Taylor, The Even Dozen Jug Band, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters and Mississippi John Hurt.. Jazz became an interest to him and he listened to the music of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jim Hall, Howard Roberts and the Modern Jazz Quartet. . As you can see, his style is quite diverse!
In 1970, Artie joined forces with his brother Happy Traum. The duo recorded their debut album in Nashville for Capitol Records, a recording the New York Times called “one of the best records in any field of pop music. The rest is history!
In the mid 1980’s Artie joined forces with songwriter Pat Alger (Thunder Rolls, Unanswered Prayers, Once In A Very Blue Moon) and the due recorded the album From The Heart. Pat Alger moved to Nashville to begin his career as a top country and folk songwriter. Rounder Records also allowed this album to go out of print, along with Artie’s Life On Earth and Happy and Artie's Hard Times In The Country with notes by the poet Allen Ginzburg.

In 1988, Happy and Artie co-hosted "Bring It On Home," a live folk show out of NPR affiliate WAMC (Albany, NY) which featured guests Richard Thompson, Rick Danko & Garth Hudson, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason and dozens more.---See? even MORE diverse styles of music!!!

In 1994, Artie made a sea-change in his style. Drawn to the jazz of Weather Report, Pat Metheny and Earl Klugh, Traum started exploring new directions. "I’ve always loved jazz and decided try a jazz instrumental guitar project," says Traum. The results were stellar: Artie’s 1994 release Letters From Joubee captured the #1 spot on the smooth jazz radio charts (Gavin AA chart). This success led to other CDs that allowed Traum to explore acoustic guitar work and instrumental music. In 1999 Traum released Meetings With Remarkable Friends, featuring collaborative tracks with Bela Fleck and Sam Bush, John Sebastian, Tony Levin, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, The Band, Adrian Belew and many others. Meetings was awarded Best Acoustic Instrumental Album of 1999 by the NAV Awards and has been described as a "classic." In 2001, Traum released The Last Romantic (Narada) which was placed "on this year's list of best releases... another absorbing, distinctive effort" by Hilarie Grey of Jazz Times. Traum's latest release South of Lafayette (2002-2003) is his first singer-songwriter effort in many years. South of Lafayette was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered in March 2003, when Artie was interviewed by host Linda Wertheimer. "I felt I needed to find my singing voice again and an amazing thing happened," says Traum. "Each of these songs is about a character dealing with events in a specific place and time. It reflects my love of diversity in the world, from the cliffs of Sicily to a cold winter in Maine. It has elements of folk music, jazz and pop music, all rolled into one." South of Lafayette has been called a "hip fusion of folk and jazz esthetics" by Sing Out Magazine. Jazz Times adds: "Artie Traum's elegantly crafted acoustic folk-jazz is in evidence on his latest effort."

He has recorded 9 solo albums and included on countless others.  Artie Traum’s songs and instrumentals have been recorded by The Band, David Grisman and Tony Rice and he has composed film scores for PBS shows including Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys produced by the actress Glenn Close and directed by Academy Award winning director Jon Blair. He has co-hosted the syndicated NPR show Bring It On Home at affiliate WAMC in Albany, New York. He has also written dozens of instructional books and DVDs about music and guitar styles, published by Happy Traum's company Homespun Tapes. Artie's article for the New York Times Sunday Travel Section "The Aeolian Islands" won him the Italian Leonardo Award in International Journalism in 2000.
To learn more about Artie you must visit his website!
Have a listen to selections from Artie's latest 2 CDs: South of Lafayette and Acoustic Jazz Guitar
 

Reservations ($10) for this show are necessary and can be made at (919) 787-6378 or at bett@bettpadgett.com. please allow 2 days for a confirmation to make sure your reservation is secure. AND don't wait too long! The shows at Little Lake Hill House Concerts have been selling out very quickly!