Homebase:
Gold Hill, CO
(in the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado)

Kort McCumber
Singer/songwriter/Musician including guitar, mandolin, banjo,
harmonica, piano, bouzouki, cello, electric bass, upright bass, and more.

The Kort McCumber Band
features any combination of the following fine musicians:
Beth Wilberger: Violin, viola, vocals
Monte Thorin: Drums
Ray Smith: Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Lap Steel
Jim Gilmour: Electric Bass
Greg Schochet: Electric guitar, mandolin
Mark Diamond: Upright Bass
Eric Thorin: Upright & Electric Bass
Paul Carroccio: Drums
Jeff Poremski: Electric Guitar

Genre
Americana: equal parts folk, bluegrass, country, blues, rock and roots music

The live performance is…
An Original Americana Hootenanny! Kort McCumber knows, writes, plays, and sings good songs--steeped in tradition, honed over a musical lifetime and brought to life in the present. Americana at its best, equal parts folk, country blues and bluegrass with a healthy dose of something fresh. Good songs well rendered. Check it out!

Discography
2009 Ain't The Same As Before
2007 Lickskillet Road
2005 Greetings from McCumberland Gap
2004 Until I Return
2003 Bobber Johnson and the Nightcrawlers
2002 After the Rain
2000 Somewhere To Go

Recent Highlight Performances
2008 CD Release at the Boulder Theater, Boulder CO
with opening Special Guests Mollie O'Brien
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2007 Founders Title Folk and Bluegrass Festival Performer's Showcase
2007 Sundance Film Festival Songwriter Showcase
2006 Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder CO for Rosanne Cash
2006 Fox Theater, Colorado
2006 Boulder Theater, Colorado
2006 Sundance Film Festival, Utah
2005 Rocky Mountain Folk Festival (Wildflower Stage), Colorado
2001, 2002, 2003 Nashville River Stages (only musician to appear 3 years in a row;
previous artists include Bob Dylan, Black Crowes, and The Wallflowers)
2001, 2002, 2003 Opened for Vince Gill in Nashville, Tennessee
2002 Performed Kort’s original song “Living On” with the Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra in their Memorial Day Tribute Concert, Florida

Recent Acheivements

2008 Kort selected as a nominee for the
ISSA contest: Independent Singer-Songwriter Association
Winners will be announced in October.

2008 Lickskillet Road named a Finalist for BEST ROOTS CD OF 2007
by Indie Acoustic Project!

2007 Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter's Competition WINNER at
Founders Title Folk and Bluegrass Festival

2005 Songwriter Competition Finalist Susquehanna Music Festival, Maryland

2005 “Greetings From McCumberland Gap” Finalist, Best Roots CD
by Indie Acoustic Project, indieacoustic.com

2004 “Until I Return” Finalist, Best Americana CD of 2004 by Indie Acoustic Project

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Gig Posters

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Electronic Press Kit
View Kort's Electronic Press Kit at Sonic Bids
There you will find a few of Kort's songs to enjoy.