C LANZBOM AND RYAN CAVANAUGH Contact: CLanzbom@gmail.com Grammy award winner C Lanzbom has spent years as a studio and touring guitarist. Spending time in the Middle East, C absorbed the Isreali-Arabic musical rhythms of the region, eventually fusing these ancient tones to the music he grew up with along the Jersey Shore. With a huge list of playing, writing , engineering and producing credits from his band Soulfarm, Crystal Bowersox ( American Idol) to Shlomo Carlebach and Pete Seeger with Bruce Springsteen, to various television and film song placements, C continues to bring his unique sound around the world. And when he’s not touring, C runs and engineers Sherwood Ridge Studio, a state-of-the-art recording facility just North of New York City. “Lanzbom’s guitar skills show him to be an expressive, accomplished and visionary player who’s apt to mix Jazz, Rock, Folk and world music” “relix” “The recordings bring to life all the intricacies and delicateness of Lanzbom’s acoustic guitar playing. His Style is so fluid and life like you can practically see it oozing out of your speakers.” “jambands.com” Ryan Cavanaugh's outspoken views of how and what is played on the 5-string banjo, and his aversion to not compromise his instrument to play new genres, is occupied by few banjo players and musicians alike.  Having honed his uber-untraditional chops under the wings of Jazz legends such as Bill Evans and John McLaughlin, Cavanaugh has meticulously developed his songwriting craft and his technical approach to the five-string banjo to be multifaceted, innovative, and entirely his own.   Lauded by roots music authority No Depression, the ambitious and musically relentless Ryan Cavanaugh is, “the most versatile banjo player in the world whose name isn’t Fleck…He can play anything, and he’s proven he’s crafty enough to impress John-Oh-My-God-McLaughlin.”    “One of the best technical players ever.” – Bela Fleck, Elmore Magazine, 2011 “Cavanaugh’s bluegrass credibility is undeniable but, while he’ll humbly tell you that he’s still got so much to learn, he’s already a remarkable jazz player.” - All About Jazz Magazine,2010