Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are a musical duo, activists, educators, and a married couple.https://www.curvemag.com/blog/interviews/artist-spotlight-cathy-fink-marcy-marxer/ They perform folk, bluegrass and children's music and have performed with Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Tom Paxton, Patsy Montana, Riders in the Sky and others. The Washington Area Music Association has recognized the duo with over 60 Wammie Awards for folk, bluegrass, and children's music.
Fink and Marxer earned Grammy Awards for their recordings cELLAbration: a Tribute to Ella Jenkins, and Bon Appétit!: Musical Food Fun. Their albums Postcards and Banjo Talkin''' were Grammy Finalists in the Best Traditional Folk Album category.https://www.grammy.com/artists/cathy-fink/2176
Fink and Marxer currently live in Silver Spring, Maryland and Lansing, North Carolina.
History Cathy Fink was born in Maryland, but began her musical career in Canada in the early 1970s, busking and playing folk music in coffeehouses. A singer, guitarist, banjo player and yodeler, she made her recording debut in 1975 with Duck Donald, with whom she toured for five years and recorded three albums.
Marcy Marxer grew up in Swartz Creek, Michigan and learned to play guitar, mandolin, hammered dulcimer and button accordion while still in high school. She went to work for General Motors but continued to play at every opportunity. In 1978, after receiving theater training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Ringling Brothers Clown College, she devoted herself to music full-time.
The two met in 1980, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the Mariposa Folk Festival. By 1983 they had begun writing songs together and appearing on each other's albums. Soon after, they began performing together, often in children's concerts. In 1989, they released a self-titled album, and a permanent partnership was formed.
Awards Grammy 2003 Best Musical Album for Children- cELLAbration: a Tribute to Ella Jenkins Grammy 2004 Best Musical Album for Children - Bon Appétit!Finalist John Lennon Songwriting Contest Award - 2008 - JUBILATIONJohn Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize Winner, ISC Grand Prize Winner - 2005 SCAT LIKE THAT'' Dagnabbit– John Lennon Songwriting Contest Award Names - Mid Atlantic Songwriting Contest, Best Folk Song
Discography WAHOO! Community Music, Inc. 2019 Shout & Shine (Fink, Marxer, Gleaves), Community Music, Inc. 2018 Zoom a Little Zoom: A Ride Through Science, Community Music, Inc. 2018 Get Up and Do Right, Community Music, Inc. 2017 Cantale a tu Bebe, Community Music, Inc. 2017 Dancin' in the Kitchen: Songs for All Families, Community Music, Inc. 2015 Things Are Comin' My Way (Marcy Marxer), Community Music, Inc. 2012 Nobody Else Like Me, A&M, 1994, Community Music, Inc. 2012 Help Yourself, A&M, 1993, Community Music, Inc. 2012 Rockin' the Uke, Community Music, Inc. 2011 Sing to Your Baby – Sing Plays and Love Songs for New Families, Community Music, 2011 Peter E. Randall Publishing, 2012 The Great American Folksong w/ Children's Chorus of Washington, SonoLuminus, 2011 Triple Play EP, Community Music, 2010 Banjo to Beatbox EP with Special Guest Christyles Bacon, Community Music, 2009 Old Time Banjo Festival, Rounder, 2007 Banjo Talkin’, Rounder, 2007 Scat Like That: A Musical Word Odyssey, Rounder, 2005 cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins, Smithsonian Folkways, 2004 Bon Appetit! Musical Food Fun, Rounder, 2003 Pocket Full of Stardust, Rounder, 2002 Postcards, Community Music, 2002 All Wound Up / Cathy & Marcy & Brave Combo, Rounder, 2001 Pillow Full of Wishes, Rounder, 2000 Changing Channels, Rounder, 1998 Voice on the Wind, Rounder, 1997 Blanket Full of Dreams, Rounder, 1996 A Parent's Home Companion, Rounder, 1995 A Cathy & Marcy Collection for Kids, Rounder, 1994 Air Guitar, High Windy, 1994, Community Music, 2010 Banjo Haiku, Community Music, 1992 The Runaway Bunny/Goodnight Moon, HarperCollins, 1989 Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Sugar Hill Records, 1989 Blue Rose, Sugar Hill Records, 1988 When the Rain Comes Down, Rounder, 1987 Jump Children, Rounder, 1986 The Leading Role, Rounder Records, 1985 Grandma Slid Down the Mountain, Rounder, 1984 Doggone My Time, Rooster Records, 1983, Community Music, 1999
References
External links Cathy and Marcy Homepage
Cathy Fink Guitar Lessons Marcy Marxer Ukulele Lessons