Janet Feld
Artist, Teacher, Mentor to Artists Who Teach
Janet Feld is an award-winning performing songwriter, appearing at folk festivals and coffeehouses from coast to coast throughout a nearly four-decade career. She has recorded 5 CDs and is excited to soon be releasing Kerrville Kovers, a tribute to a few of her dear friends' amazing songs heard at the campfires of the Kerrville Folk Festival.
Janet's been teaching general music classes and private lessons to people of all ages since the 1980s. Since 2000, she's been teaching guitar and songwriting at The Passim School of Music and is the founder and Chief Music Officer at Janet’s Planet: Music Lessons for Humanoids. Janet also published her first book for music teachers, Practicing Safe Music - Create an emotionally safe and magical experience for your music students, while rocking your self-care.
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Notable New England: New England-Style New Year's Resolutions and Learning with Janet Feld
The Bluegrass Standard: Play Music to Live a Happier Life
Acoustic Guitar: 12 Ways to Challenge Yourself and Discover New Territory on Guitar
I think you are a revelation — such an excellent writer and performer AND you can teach. You lucky students!
Janet Feld is a funny, literate and thoughtful country folkie in the mold of Mary Chapin Carpenter. She has a gift for a lilting melody and a thoughtful turn of phrase.
— Boston Herald
If you had been on stage with Taylor Swift and Carly Simon you would have been just as good! I believe in you Janet!
— Lilly, age 7
“Janet Feld's guitar playing is a pleasure to listen to — she finds a way to keep the rhythm while adding a lovely little riff. In a world of strumming, she looks for interesting picking patterns. She understands the guitar. She knows how to play it — and how to teach it.”
Cosy Sheridan
Singer/Songwriter
“Janet's guitar work is as poetic as her writing. This is a lovely album. ”
Dar Williams
Singer/Songwriter
“Janet is a world-class guitar player, a great singer and songwriter.”
Don White
Singer/Songwriter
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