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Harvey Reid
Harvey Reid
American folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996)
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Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Janet Robin
Janet Robin
American musician
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Jim Messina
Jim Messina
American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer
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Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist
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Sally Oldfield
Sally Oldfield
Irish singer-songwriter
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Amazing Blondel
Amazing Blondel
band
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Chris Smither
Chris Smither
American singer-songwriter
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Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
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Kirsty McGee
Kirsty McGee
British singer-songwriter
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
British singer-songwriter
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David Grisman
David Grisman
Mandolinist, composer, and record label owner
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Wu Fei
Wu Fei
Chinese singer
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Davey Graham
Davey Graham
British guitarist
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Karen Dalton
Karen Dalton
American musician
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Fursaxa
Fursaxa
musical artist
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Archie Fisher
Archie Fisher
Scottish folk singer and song writer
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John Renbourn
John Renbourn
English guitarist and songwriter
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
American singer
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Odetta
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
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Ani Di Franco
Ani Di Franco
American singer-songwriter
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Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke
American guitarist and singer
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Michael Peter Smith
Michael Peter Smith
American singer-songwriter
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Sue Draheim
Sue Draheim
American fiddler
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Etta Baker
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Natalie Stewart
Natalie Stewart
British musician
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Allison Crowe
Allison Crowe
Canadian singer, songwriter and musician
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Emily Remler
Emily Remler
American musician
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Wishing Chair
Wishing Chair
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Terry Robb
Terry Robb
Canadian guitarist
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Hedgehog Pie
Hedgehog Pie
British folk rock group
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Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
American musician
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Nina Nastasia
Nina Nastasia
American musician
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Wizz Jones
Wizz Jones
British musician
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Andy McKee
Andy McKee
American musician
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The Carpenters
The Carpenters
American vocal duo
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Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson
musician residing in Camano Island, WA
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Tracy Grammer
Tracy Grammer
American musician
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Gabrielle Aplin
Gabrielle Aplin
British singer and songwriter
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Tom Russell
Tom Russell
American singer
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Nicola Hitchcock
Nicola Hitchcock
British Singer
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Brenda Wootton
Brenda Wootton
Cornish poet and singer
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Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell
American singer-songwriter, musician and playwright
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Disappear Fear
Disappear Fear
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Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle.
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Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
American street artist
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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We Five
We Five
American folk rock group
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Laurie Lewis
Laurie Lewis
American musician
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Devon Sproule
Devon Sproule
female Canadian-American singer-songwriter
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Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
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Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
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Myshkin
Myshkin
American musician
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Uiscedwr
Uiscedwr
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Anne McCue
Anne McCue
Australian musician
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Tony Furtado
Tony Furtado
American musician
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Shane Simpson
Shane Simpson
Canadian musician
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Jewel
Jewel
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress, and poet
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The Owl Service
The Owl Service
English band
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Tim Kinsella
Tim Kinsella
American musician
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N'Dea Davenport
N'Dea Davenport
American recording artist, dancer, performer and producer
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Claudia Schmidt (born 1953) is an American musician, originally from New Baltimore, Michigan, United States, who has recorded folk, jazz, blues, and spoken word albums. She plays guitar and Appalachian dulcimer and sings. She has appeared numerous times on the radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. She has recorded with Paul Cebar and Peter Ostroushko as well as Steve Tibbetts. She also appeared in a documentary film, Gap-Toothed Women, by Les Blank.

Schmidt was interviewed about her approach to the 12-string guitar in the September 1988 Frets magazine, "Special Issue: Beyond 6 Strings"; the article, entitled 'Sweeter By The Dozen: The Magic Of The 12-String Guitar (by Mark Hansen & Richard Bamman)' features her photo on page 27 and comments on page 35.

Schmidt has been a well-known fixture in the folk/acoustic music scene since her earliest days performing in the late 1970s. She began performing at Amazingrace Coffeehouse in Evanston, Illinois. Her first self-titled recording on Flying Fish Records — since bought out by Rounder Records — was a success. She recorded four solo entrees with this label, and one duo recording with Sally Rogers. In 1987, she started a relationship with the budding record label Red House Records where she recorded another five albums, including one more duo with Sally Rogers. All ten of the above recordings were clearly in the folk/acoustic domain.

In 2001, she ventured off into independent status with her first full-fledged jazz recording, Live at the Old Rectory Pub. She has since recorded other independent efforts including two jazz CDs, and folk/acoustic CD, and a spoken word CD.

Schmidt has also made a name for herself in musical theater around the midwest. She has scored the music for several plays including a Joseph Jefferson Award winning effort for A Good Person of Szechuan mounted by the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in 1992.

In 2006, Schmidt recorded the soundtrack for a new documentary Motherhood Manifesto, by John deGraff author of Take Back Your Time. She also starred in a musical telling of the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy titled The Gales of November. This theater piece tells the tragic story of the sinking of this mighty ore ship from the point of view of the wives of several fated crew members.

Schmidt continues to write and record. She maintains an active touring schedule from coast to coast. She lives in Northeast Connecticut.