Featured Performer: Cheryll Kent

The beautiful voice of Cheryll Kent is featured in Hickory Wind.  Cheryll has been performing in Northern California for several decades, and her clear and strong voice and sensitive songwriting bring a stellar quality to the music of Hickory Wind.   Cheryll was raised around the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain lumber towns of southern […] Read More

Fred Kent – bass & vocals

Fred has played bass for Cheryll since the rebirth of the bluegrass group Sunny Monday, as well as performing as vocalist.  After a childhood introduction to music through accordion lessons and choir, then high school glee club, Fred played tenor drum and glockenspiel in military marching bands.  Cheryll introduced Fred to the guitar in the […] Read More

Dan Partain, banjo, guitar and singer

Dan Partain is a master banjo player and vocalist, whose “high & lonesome” tenor adds an authenticity to our Americana sound.  Dan cut his musical teeth on the banjo during his college days and after stint in the Army, soon joined the “Slab Creek Boys” bluegrass band.  He picked up rhythm guitar in the late […] Read More

Jamie Faw – drums & percussion

Jamie Faw has been a respected drummer with El Dorado county bands for decades. He is a well-known local DJ and active at Shingle Springs Community Center watermarking the “Second Saturday” concert series.  Jamie built “Ravenwood the Studio” a fine, state of the art and affordable recording studio supporting the local music scene.  In addition to […] Read More