Dave Townsend resides in Rochester, New York, and has been a music lover ever since he got his first transistor radio around 1966. Over the years he has been steadily filling up his house with records, tapes and CDs -- he keeps telling himself he can never have too many. While he likes a variety of music, he has always been drawn particularly to folk and Celtic music. While in high school he remembers the thrill of discovering groups like Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention and Pentangle. While at Emerson College, he did a folk music show on WERS in Boston; he currently does sound for and is on the board of directors of Heartland Concerts, a local folk music concert series. He also works full-time for a local healthcare agency and part-time for a local public access TV facility.

Writing for Rambles.NET has been an enjoyable way for Dave to improve his writing skills and discover some new music.

Reviews by Dave include:

Acoustic Alchemy
• American/English

Beth Amsel
• The Reverie

Sherry Austin
• Love Still Remains

Qristina & Quinn Bachand
• Family

The Baltimore Consort
• The Mad Buckgoat: Ancient Music of Ireland

Kate Barclay
• Sunshine From Mars

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
• Drum Hat Buddha

Connie & Paul
• Dancing in the Moonlight

Cowboy Junkies
• One Soul Now

Heather Dale
• May Queen
• This Endris Night
• The Road to Santiago
• The Trial of Lancelot

Kris Delmhorst
• Songs for a Hurricane

Connie Dover
• The Border of Heaven

Ekova
• Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks

Ensemble Galilei
• The Mystic & the Muse

Equation
• The Lucky Few

Melissa Ferrick
• The Other Side

Stephanie Fix
• Survival

Jeffrey Foucault
• Stripping Cane

Annie Gallup
• Half of My Crime

Abbie Gardner
• Wishes on a Neon Sign

Glengarry Bhoys
• The Gathering

John Gorka
• Old Futures Gone

Tracy Grammer
• The Verdant Mile

The Gumboots
• Search for a Passage

Christina Harrison
• Exiles

Caroline Herring
• Golden Apples of the Sun

Incendio
• Misterioso

Mary Knickle
• Weave

Jenn Lindsay
• Perfect Handful

Lisa Lynne
• Maiden's Prayer

Kate McDonnell
• Where the Mangoes Are

The McKrells
• Hit the Ground Running

Siobhan Miller
• Bloom

Pamela Morgan
• On a Wing & a Prayer

Nightingale
• Sometimes When the Moon is High

Night Sun
• Drive

Paul & Storm
• Opening Band

Redbird
• Redbird

Sparky & Rhonda Rucker
• Let Freedom Ring

Lisa Sandell
• Little Reason

Colleen Sexton
• Greatest Find

Martin Simpson
• The Bramble Briar

Chris Smither
• Time Stands Still

Amy Speace
• Fable
• Songs for Bright Street

Amilia K. Spicer
• Seamless

Devon Sproule
• Keep Your Silver Shined

Miriam Stockley
• Second Nature

Maireid Sullivan
• Never Drift Apart

Martha Tilston
• Machines of Love & Grace
• Real: Live at the Union Chapel

various artists
• The Best of Celtic Woman

Anne Walker
• Labyrinth

We're About 9
• Engine

Robin & Linda Williams
• Visions of Love

Laura Wolfe
• Siren

Bethany Yarrow
• Deep Folk


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