Heidi Muller & Bob Webb

Heidi Muller and Bob Webb perform an eclectic mix of original songs, traditional tunes and contemporary instrumentals. From Charleston, West Virginia, their shows feature Heidi's songwriting and crystalline vocals backed by both on guitar and Appalachian dulcimer, and by Bob additionally on electric cello and mandolin. Heidi was a well-known performer in the Pacific Northwest for two decades before moving back home to New Jersey six years ago, when she met Bob at a Northeast Regional Folk Alliance conference. Bob’s multi-instrumental talents at accompaniment (he’s a 9-year veteran of the Mountain Stage Band) and skills as a recording engineer led to their further collaboration, and they began performing together in 2003. Heidi and Bob have appeared at the NewSong Festival, Augusta Heritage Center, Great River Road Festival, Tumbleweed Festival and Seattle Folklore Society concerts and shared the stage with Bill Staines, Robin and Linda Williams, Crooked Still, Kate Campbell, Johnsmith and Small Potatoes. They released their first CD, Seeing Things, in late 2005.

Seeing Things, Heidi’s sixth recording, includes nine of her original songs, a cover of “I Will” by Lennon-McCartney and three instrumentals that reflect a sense of place, stories and roots stretching from the Appalachians to the Pacific Northwest. “Muller’s songs express down-to-earth sentiments in lovely poetry,” writes Rich Warren of Sing Out! magazine. “She sounds like she truly loves singing and wants nothing more than to share that with you.” The Victory Review describes the new songs as “created from true heart... sweeter, deeper and more meaningful than ever.” Two tracks were written with the community of Big Ugly Creek, WV where Heidi has written songs and collected oral histories over the past two years for a book to be published in 2007 called Patchwork Dreams. Described by Dulcimer Players’ News as “one of the dulcimer community’s best songwriters and performers”, Heidi has shared her music across the country for over 25 years, headlining at festivals including Kerrville and South Florida Folk, and opening for such artists as Nanci Griffith, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Tanglefoot, Bill Staines and Jean Ritchie.

Bob Webb has played cello and guitar since childhood, and dulcimer and mandolin for over 20 years. He was a founding member of Stark Raven that became the house band for the public radio show Mountain Stage. In his years on the show, he accompanied musical stars Odetta, Tom Paxton, Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie and many others. In the last few years he has toured as accompanist for storyteller/songwriter Kate Long. Bob is a recording engineer and producer who recently saw his work with Ann Savoy included in the 2006 movie “All the King’s Men”. He collaborated with Kate Long on her 2002 radio series “In Their Own Country”, which was nominated for a Peabody Award. Bob is also known at home for his work with children -- he has directed the Great Oak Farm and Creative Capers kids’ camps, taught over 700 children and adults to make and play his “boximer” cardboard dulcimers and is currently coordinator of the Music Mentors program that provides music lessons to low-income families in Charleston, WV.