Marc Carraway has been performing original, roots and popular acoustic music professionally since his college days at the University of Virginia in the 1980’s. A full-time musician throughout the 80’s and early 90’s, Marc shared bills with folk, bluegrass, blues and original artists such as Tom Paxton, The Kingston Trio, The Tony Rice Unit, David Mallett, Robin and Linda Williams and many others at folk festivals, clubs and concerts throughout the eastern U.S. He toured the Caribbean and Central America for the U.S. Government in the 1980’s, performing for U.S. servicemen and serving as a musical ambassador to local peoples.

Marc became a full-time professional educator and school principal in the 1990’s (see more on Marc’s consulting page), but has continued to make music as part of the acclaimed acoustic duo Scuffletown (see www.scuffletownmusic.com for more on Scuffletown), performing through the East Coast as well as tours of Galway, Ireland and Nashville.

Marc’s music is a mix of acclaimed songwriting and a broad mix of acoustic genres, re-working old classics (think the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” into an uptempo bluegrass version, or interpreting Bob Marley’s “One Love” as a blues-tinged, slide-guitar driven tune. His repertoire of over 300 songs includes classic acoustic music from artists such as Jimmy Buffett, Van Morrison and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, as well as country, jazz, blues, reggae and bluegrass standards.

Marc has also written a number of acclaimed songs, including “All These Roads Lead Out of Town,” which was featured on a compilation album of Virginia artists produced by Charlottesville Public Radio, and
”Shenandoah Suite,” which was als included on a different compilation album called “In the Shadow of the Blue Ridge,” produced by WMRA radio. Marc has recorded 2 solo albums and 5 albums with groups (one with Tidewater-based Bay Trading Company and four with Scuffletown), and has participated in numerous other recording projects. Marc’s music is fun, thoughtful, familiar and new, with lots of energy and always-strong vocal and guitar work.