Vocalist-rhythm guitarist ISO other acoustic instrumentalists

Rose Hill Drive near charlton ave, Charlottesville VA

Description

I'd love to get together with local accordionists, fiddlers, mandolinists and other players of acoustic instruments for some rootsy/folky jams. I'm an early 40s, male Brit, and have been in the US for 14 years, the first 10 of which I lived in DC and played in a few loosely organized music troupes. I moved to Charlottesville shortly before the pandemic and have been out of circulation musically since then, but I'm looking to get back in the game, so to speak. I have a fairly extensive repertoire of Anglo-Irish drinking tunes, sea shanties, pan-European folk songs, and roots/Americana numbers, and I pick up songs quickly (check out the SoundCloud of one of my former ensembles https://soundcloud.com/theshankpainters - I'm the male lead vocals). I'd also be interested in playing covers of more contemporary stuff but in a folky vein (e.g. Big Thief, Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens). I don't write my own material, but I'd be happy to try out someone else's if it's in keeping with the vibe. I do have fairly diverse tastes outside of folk-adjacent genres (synthpop, dreampop, shoegaze, gothrock), but I'd like to keep the set-up simple and mostly unplugged. I also love singing harmonies and am as happy doing backing vocals as lead. I'm a working professional and family man so can't commit a ton of time. Looking for casual jam sessions at first, but if things click, it would be good to work up to doing some low-key, low-stakes live performances somewhere. Do get in touch if this sounds like your jam.