Sandra Bashaw

Multi-instrumentalist/composer Sandy Bashaw started her professional musical career at the age of 18, recording an album for the Vanguard Recording Society in New York City. With acoustic guitar as her main instrument, she has developed a driving, percussive guitar technique as well as a distinctive finger style. She has had the privilege of sharing the concert stage with artists such as: Odetta, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Eric Anderson, Maria Muldaur, John Renbourn, Tom Paxton, Dougie MacLean, Riders in the Sky, Solas, Junior Brown, John Renbourn, and Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl. Sandy is a published writer and BMI member: she composes songs, instrumental music, and film scores: in 2015 she received a regional Emmy in the category of Music Composition/Arrangement for her work on a public television program The Big Adventures of Little Ioda. see: http://davidshermancreative.com/pbs/ Her early Vanguard album Third & Main has recently been re-released on CD by Ace Records in London, England. Sandy currently lives in Dayton, Ohio. She performs solo, with the quintet, Puzzle of Light, and as part of the Theatre of Sound a Sound Sculpture ensemble led by Michael Bashaw.