Joe Crookston - goodhearted, artful and intense. His music is original, imaginative, and enchanting, and the message within each song is clear and brilliant. If you love lyrics, Joe writes with an insight comparable to Jackson Browne. If you love a moving, inspiring song or the kind of magical madness of creative funk, Joe delivers it all. The music, the lyrics, the energy, and the fun!

Joe Crookston's music and songwriting is deeply rooted in the grand celebration of life, death, ancestry and the interconnectedness of us all. Born and raised in rural Ohio, with Hungarian musical roots, he inherited his love of music and song from his late mother, a prolific gospel singer/songwriter and accordion wizard. Whether it's his mesmerizing guitar sound, bubbling banjo, or Southern Fiddle tune, his music draws from his rural Ohio roots and exudes a remarkable intergenerational, universal, and timeless quality. In 1987, The Kent State Folk Festival changed his life. After hearing Harvey Reid and the Horseflies at the festival, Joe sold his electric guitar, bought a steel string and never looked back.