RJ Cowdery with Gary Paul Concert

RJ Cowdery is a Columbus, Ohio based artist who has solidified her place as a standout of the next generation of performing songwriters. Though she wrote her first songs as a teenager, Cowdery took a circuitous path to becoming a full-time artist. She experienced exciting creative breakthroughs followed by distractions and obligations that took her away from her lifelong dream of being a professional singer/songwriter. But it has all paid off in recent years. Cowdery's past few years on the folk festival trail have been nothing short of extraordinary. She has received major accolades at some of the most prestigious festivals in the U.S., including wins at the 2007 Mountain Stage NewSong, 2008 Kerrville New Folk, and 2008 Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist competitions. Most recently, she won the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon. Her most recent release In This Light has been met with rave reviews from critics, fans, and her fellow artists. "The tone of her voice, the clarity of her guitar and spot on emotive lyrics plumb the depths of human hope and struggle." -Joe Crookston "A shot-gun seat on a ride of the heart." -Billy Crockett  In This Light? featured in Sing Out! Magazine. ?In This Light? selected by Lufthansa Airlines for Inflight program airplay. Look for 2 new recordings in 2015. An album of original material and a cover disc of friends and heroes! Folk Alliance International Toronto, Memphis ? Official Showcase Artist Kerrville Folk Festival Artist Sisters Folk Festival Artist and Americana Song Academy Instructor Folk Alliance Regional Official Showcase Artist ? NERFA (Tri and Quad), FARM, SWRFA, SNERFAWoodstock Folk Festival ArtistWildflower Music and Arts Festival Artist Sisters Folk Festival Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Showcase Winner! Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase -Runner Up Wildflower Music and Arts Festival ? Winner Mountain Music Festival, Susanne Millsaps Songwriter Showcase Rocky Mountain Folks Festival/Wildflower Pavilion Artist Solarfest Singer Songwriter Showcase ? Tucson Folk Festival ? Finalist Kerrville Folk Festival, New Folk ? Winner Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase ? Selected Rocky Mountain Folk Festival Songwriting Showcase ? Honorable Mention Mountain Stage NewSong International Contest ? Winner Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour ? Finalist NOTABLE VENUES 30A Songwriter Festival, Seaside, FL Anderson Fair, Houston, TX The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI Blue Bird Cafe, Nashville, TN Blue Rock Artist Ranch, Wimberley, TX Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville, TX Me&Thee Coffeehouse Series, Marblehead, MA, Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Lyons, CO Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters OR Six String Concerts, Columbus, OH Snowbird Music Festival- IAMA, Salt Lake City, UT Uncle Calvin?s Coffeehouse, Dallas, TX Wildflower! Music and Arts Festival, Richardson, TX Woodstock Folk Festival, Woodstock ILz