“...One of the greatest songwriters I’ve ever known. Ron is able to bring out the old movie projector and I settle in with the popcorn. He will take you there…Brenda Barkley, Talent Buyer-TFAM ”

"...This irrepressible guitarist and singer draws on traditional folk, southeastern roots music and early blues and jazz to create his own earnest brand of Americana"...Connect Savannah News, Savannah,GA

“...If you are ever given an opportunity to see this songwriter and performer.... you will certainly be moved, both emotionally and physically....The Virginia Gazette ”

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Ron Fetner released his 7th album in 2023. This new project “Down A Grave Road” reached #12 on the Folk Alliance International (FAI)/Folk DJ List/ NACC radio charts.

Ron is approaching a five-decade music career with 35 years devoted to a singer/songwriter tag. His first solo album, “This Box I’m Looking Through”, found its way to Folk/Americana radio. The title song ended up with the honor of one of the most played songs on NPR/Public Radio’s 35 year run Folk Sampler with Mike Flynn.  By the time Ron’s second offering “Turning For Home” hit the market, he had won a Kerrville NewFolk Winner award, Mid Atlantic Songwriter Contest Gold title, and a Chris Austin Song Contest finalist at Doc Watson’s Merlefest. Performance stops at venues like Nashville’s Bluebird Café and Radio Café, Atlanta’s Eddies Attic, DC’s Bayou and festivals like South Florida, Tucson, Gamble Rogers and Falcon Ridge, to name a few.  Plus, numerous stops at coffeehouses/ house concerts throughout the country. Follow-up recordings include Defying Gravity, Sunday Morning Blue, and a nod to his early bluesy DC/Georgetown days with 2017’s one off “BlueHouse Project".  

““...truly was phenomenal, overwhelming…a unique blend of New England folk and the soul of the South.” …Barry Graham, “Acoustic Highway”, WHRV  

“…really great music…Listeners always love Ron’s songs”- Mike Flynn, The Folk Sampler…” NPR 

“…His gifts for writing/performing are remarkable…and moving”... Joe Henry, Acoustic Sounds Café. Little Rock, AR.

"…Though he thinks of himself primarily as a songwriter, Ron Fetner has a fine, weathered voice and is an accomplished guitarist and teacher. Having been born in the small town of Silver Creek on Lake Erie in western New York, and living in Virginia since elementary school, he combines the rich folk heritage of New England with the short-story tradition of the south…” Port Folio Weekly-Jim Newsom

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