Cigar Box Scott - Press Kit
Unconventional Traditional Folk Music
Cigar Box Scott brings folk music to new audiences with dynamic, crowd-pleasing performances.
Electronic Press Kit Contents:
Folk Songs, Cigar Box Scott Style
Old Songs Made New: Scott wraps traditional folk songs in driving, crowd-pleasing rhythms
As Cigar Box Scott, Scott Atkinson presents traditional and classic folk and roots music in a completely new way. With strong rhythms and a driving beat, he takes songs he loves and gives them new life, making them accessible for audiences of all types on cigar box guitar and his homemade foot stompbox.
The cigar box guitar brings the songs to life: Think ‘‘Banjo-meets-Delta-blues-guitar'‘
A longtime folkie and musician, when Scott got his hands on a cigar box guitar for the first time in spring 2022, it changed everything. “I could finally play these old songs the way I’ve always wanted.” Unlike most cigar box players who focus on blues and rock, Scott took to it like it was a banjo, combining melodies and rhythms for old-time, bluegrass, blues, and folk songs. Old songs get new rhythms, chords, and sometimes completely new melodies.
Scott’s Folk Pedigree: Managing Editor at Sing Out! Magazine
Scott worked at iconic folk music journal Sing Out! Magazine from 2000 - 2006. Under the mentorship of Mark D. Moss, he gained an even greater appreciation for this music. Scott had the pleasure of working with Pete Seeger and was the organizer of the Pete Seeger Tribute Concert, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, featuring Pete ,Natalie Merchant, July Collins, Janis Ian, Bruce Cockburn, and many others.
Author of a Traditional Songbook
Scott is the author The Essential Bluegrass & Old-Time Songbook, a collection of 50 traditional songs for jamming and song circles with melodies, chords, lyrics, and stories and background. He has several other songbooks of traditional songs planned.
Cigar Box Scott Featured Performances:
Central Ohio Folk Festival, Columbus, OH
Todd’s Fork Revival Music Fest, Morrow, OH
Westerville Music & Arts Fest, Columbus, OH
FARMETTE Official Showcase (Indiana’s Folk Conference), IN
Leo Coffeehouse, Queen City Balladeers, Cincinnati, OH
Bowling Green Porchfest, Bowling Green, OH
Cigar Box Scott Audio Tracks
Cigar Box Scott LIVE Recordings
Experience Scott Live: Cigar Box Scott Live Folk Music Concert
Listen and enjoy as Cigar Box Scott entertains a crowd at Leo Coffeehouse, a part of Cincinnati’s folk song society, The Queen City Balladeers.
Scott sings songs, tells a few stories, and relates a deep appreciation for these songs and their tradition.
Video interview with Cigar Box Scott
Cigar Box Scott talks about music, musicians, cigar box guitars, and more with Arch, host of “Killing Time with Arch.” Scott demonstrates his unique stompbox and cigar box sound, plus how he rearranges traditional songs.
Cigar Box Scott Photos
For Bookings & Press
Scott Atkinson
info@cigarboxscott.com
(484) 554-8339
1325 Covent Road
Troy, OH 45373