“John McCutcheon, the American dissident composer, is the most versatile and compelling performer this reviewer has ever seen.” — Pravda“McCutcheon’s work will survive the test of time … the quality of his work puts him in the same league as a Prine, Waits or Dylan. This is Steinbeck with a guitar.” — FlagpoleSinger, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon has been at the forefront of American folk music since the late ’70s, covering a wide variety of traditions including Appalachian dulcimer and fiddle music, topical protest songs, and children’s albums for respected folk labels like June Appal, Red House, and Rounder Records. Establishing himself as a master of the hammered dulcimer on the groundbreaking 1977 release The Wind That Shakes the Barley, the Wisconsin native moved into making children’s music in the early ’80s with albums like Howjadoo and Mail Myself to You.