Amy Kucharik

"Kerrville New Folk winning songwriter Amy Kucharik [/kuh-CHAR-ick/] performs as a one-woman band with ukulele, foot percussion, mouth trumpet and harmonica, or with her Boston-based ensembles Tiger Moan and Friends With Benefits. She teaches and performs at ukulele workshops throughout New England, including the Ukulele Melee which she headlined in 2018. She founded a new ukulele festival in Somerville, MA in 2019, Somerlele. In 2018, Amy was selected as a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist, and released her second full-length album of original music. Amy was a formal showcase artist at SWRFA in 2015, WFMT Folk DJ Rich Warren’s pick for the DJ showcase at NERFA in 2016, and was selected as a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist for 2018. Her second full-length album of original music, ""Until the Words Are Gone,"" was released worldwide on June 1, 2018.