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The Charlotte Folk Society and Jennifer Stanton are offering traditional music fans a rare opportunity to hear Mary Z. and Bob Cox perform lively old-time and bluesy folk tunes in an intimate house concert at 7:30 PM on Friday, September 17th. The concert venue is the rustic log cabin home of Nancy Howe, 2107 Mandarin Boulevard, in east Charlotte. Admission is $15. Refreshments will feature fabulous baked goodies from Rita Hartmann's kitchen. Guests are welcome to bring their own beverages. Advance reservations and payment are required. Make reservations and pay online at the PayPal button at the top of this page. You may also contact Jennifer Stanton at 704-321-7832 or jenniferstanton@yahoo.com for reservations and mail a check payable to "Charlotte Folk Society" to Jennifer Stanton, 311 Kingsley Drive, Charlotte, NC 28270. Space is limited, so make your reservations early.
Mary Z. Cox has played banjo since she was twelve, and is a two-time Florida champion. She has won banjo, dulcimer, singing, and stringband old-time music competitions in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Banjo Newsletter readers chose Mary in 2006 as their fourth favorite clawhammer banjo player in the world. She has recorded six CDs, has written five banjo tab books, and has been published in Banjo Newsletter, Studio Magazine, and the Old Time Herald.
Mary has taught banjo workshops at the Florida Folk Festival, Sunshine State Music Camp, Will McLean Festival, Florida Old Time Music Camp, and Suwannee Banjo Camp. She has also taught banjo workshops at the John C. Campbell Folk School for seven years. Her music has been played on BBC and National Public Radio, The Thistle & Shamrock and is available on iTunes worldwide.
Mary Z. is also a Florida mountain dulcimer champion, as well as the first-place winner in the 2006 Uncle Dave Macon Days in Tennessee and three-time dulcimer champion at the 2006, 2007, and 2009 Transylvania County (North Carolina) Old-Time Music Competitions.
Mary has taught mountain dulcimer workshops at the Suwannee Dulcimer Retreat, Fall NGFDA Festival at Unicoi, Florida Folk Festival, and the Will McLean Festival. Her new Easy String Band Method for the Mountain Dulcimer book/cd is a new approach for beginners to learn quickly and easily without being overwhelmed.
Mary Z's latest CD, Drumming On the Edge of Banjo, combines the Afro/Caribbean drumming of master drummer, Yazid, with Celtic clawhammer frailing fusion banjo with five-string cello banjo, mountain dulcimer, dulcimette, guitar (Bob Cox), bowed bass (Jim Crozier) and George Clinton on vocals.
Mary Z. and her husband, Bob Cox, a mighty fine guitarist, have entertained audiences coast to coast in concerts, festivals, and camps. To learn more about Mary Z. and Bob Cox, visit their website here.