Artist description Since 1975 Keith & Joan Pitzer have been blending their rich vocal harmonies with skillful acoustic guitar and bass, embellished with harmonica or pennywhistle. While their own West Virginia-inspired originals are always a highlight, the couple easily traverses a wide range of traditional Celtic and American folk music, infusing it with their own special reverence for the music and a maturity that comes from over 2 decades of marriage, family and performing at a variety of festivals and concerts across coal country and the mid-Atlantic states. From their remote mountain home overlooking northern West Virginia's mountain landscape, the Pitzer's music is a natural extension of the joys and difficulties of Appalachian life. In addition to writing and singing about the beauty of West virginia's mountains and rivers, Keith is the Executive Director of Friends of the Cheat, an environmental advocacy organization working to stop acid mine drainage into the wild and scenic Cheat River. They have shared the stage with such folk and bluegrass standouts as Norman & Nancy Blake, Tony Rice, Tom Paxton, Garnet Rogers, Robin and Linda Williams and Bill Staines.

Music Style Folk, original and traditional, American and Celtic

Musical Influences Stan Rogers

Similar Artists Ian & Sylvia Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, Joan Baez

Instruments acoustic guitar, electric bass, penny whistle, harmonica

Albums The Long Journey (1995)

Location Tunnelton, WV - USA

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