Steve Kunzman is a skilled and adept guitarist, with a natural voice that is real, honest and earthy. Steve's music presents a rich palette of acoustic sounds and textures, with an array of styles that keep the listener interested, and grounded in thoughtful words

Press Info

Reviews can be found at www.stevekunzman.com as well as downloadable photos and bio. Reviews include:

"Steve is an incredibly valuable voice . . . . He brings a level of sensitivity, skill and instinct that is totally original and beautifully honest. I was, and remain, a fan of Steve's writing, playing and singing."

Rosanne Cash


"Mr. Kunzman's songs resonate with the notes of America's musical past. His raspy baritone drifts through folk songs spiced with flavors of bluegrass, country, blues and pop."
Christopher Ruvo,
Hunterdon County Democrat, January 22, 2004

"Kunzman's songs show a reverence for America's rich and varied musical history. He effortlessly blends instrumentation, lyrical hooks, timing changes, and melodies from folk, country blues, bluegrass, and pop and imprints it with has unique storytelling ability."
- Christine K. Connell
- The Black River Journal, Late Summer/Early Fall 2003

"Kunzman sings with a soothing, worldly-wise, occasionally worl

Influences

Rosanne Cash, Doc Watson, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Beatles, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, and many others.

Bio

Steve Kunzman first held a guitar at the age of 7, when he began guitar lessons. (Prior to that time he just strummed a tennis racquet).
During the early years, bands were formed, parents hid in upstairs rooms as Steve and his friends learned to hammer out songs from the radio. Steve’s musical focus shifted from electric guitar wizardry toward the inherent beauty of the acoustic guitar. It was a relatively easy transition from electric to acoustic, and to this day some of his long-time musical compatriots believe that he found his true musical voice in the acoustic guitar

Steve acknowledges that he doesn’t know life without the guitar, and couldn’t imagine it any other way. When he backpacked solo through the Middle East, in the 70’s, he and his Gibson LGO were inseparable. Not only acting as a trusted hollow-bodied companion, but as an instrument for speaking a common language across cultures, opening doors to friendship and adventure. It was in the Golan Heights, Israel that Steve learned to play the banjo and began to study Bluegrass.

Music has always been at the very core of his soul.
Academic pursuits brought him to Colgate University where he majored in Religion. In addition, he studied electronic music, using tape, Moog, early forms of computer generated music and classical guitar.

He subsequently went to Vermont Law School, earning a masters degree in environmental law. While living in the Green Mountains on the White River, Steve picked up a flat-backe