The duo's original songwriting has won national recognition and acclaim. Cathy's song, "Names", an anthem for the AIDs Memorial Quilt, has been recorded by over 30 artists internationally and won a Mid Atlantic Songwriter’s Association Award. She co-wrote “Survivors of the Storm” with Tom Paxton, in honor of the Child Assault Prevention (CAP) program. Marcy has twice won recognition from the John Lennon Songwriting Competition and has written three independent film scores. Between them, the duo has penned over 200 songs, many recorded and sung by other artists. Amongst their talents, Cathy & Marcy have successfully written music and lyrics for many special theme projects, commissions and causes they believe in.

CATHY & MARCY'S DISCOGRAPHY

FOLK/COUNTRY • POSTCARDS (Community Music, 2002) GRAMMY FINALIST! • VOICE ON THE WIND (Rounder Records, 1997) • A PARENT'S HOME COMPANION (Rounder Records, 1995) • CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER (Sugar Hill Records, 1989) • BLUE ROSE (Sugar Hill Records, 1988) • THE LEADING ROLE (Rounder Records,1985) • BANJO HAIKU (Community Music, 1992) • DOGGONE MY TIME (Community Music, 1983)

CHILDREN'S & FAMILY RECORDINGS • SCAT LIKE THAT A Musical Word Odyssey (Rounder 2005) GRAMMY FINALIST! • cELLAbration: A TRIBUTE TO ELLA JENKINS (Smithsonian Folkways, 2004) GRAMMY WINNER! • BON APPETIT! Musical Food Fun (Rounder 2003) GRAMMY WINNER! • POCKET FULL OF STARDUST (Rounder 2002) GRAMMY FINALIST! • ALL WOUND UP/CATHY & MARCY & BRAVE COMBO (Rounder 2001) GRAMMY FINALIST! • PILLOW FULL OF WISHES (Rounder 2000) GRAMMY FINALIST! • CHANGING CHANNELS (Rounder 1998) GRAMMY FINALIST! • BLANKET FULL OF DREAMS (Rounder 1996) GRAMMY FINALIST! • AIR GUITAR (High Windy 1994) • NOBODY ELSE LIKE ME (A&M 1994, Rounder 1996) • HELP YOURSELF (A&M Records 1993, Rounder 1996) • A CATHY & MARCY COLLECTION FOR KIDS (Rounder 1994) • THE RUNAWAY BUNNY/GOODNIGHT MOON (Harper Collins, 1989)   Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Si Kahn-recordings of best selling children's books • WHEN THE RAIN COMES DOWN (Rounder, 1987) • JUMP CHILDREN (Rounder, 1986) • GRANDMA SLID DOWN THE MOUNTAIN (Rounder, 1984) PLUS: • CATHY & MARCY’S SONG SHOP VIDEOS: - Community Music • IS NOT, IS TOO! and YODEL AY HEE HOO

INSTRUCTIONAL PRODUCTS ON HOMESPUN TAPES • KIDS GUITAR 1 & 2 (Homespun Video, 1989) • MAKING AND PLAYING HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS (Homespun Video, 1989) • UKULELE LESSONS FOR KIDS 1 & 2 (Homespun Video, 1993) • OLD TIME MUSIC PARTY (with Bruce Molsky) CD & book • OLD TIME SLOW JAM (with Bruce Molsky) CD & Book • SWING GUITAR (3 CD’s, book) • LEARN TO SING HARMONY (w/Robin & Linda Williams), 3 CD’s & book • LEARN TO YODEL (Cathy & Tod Whittemore), CD & book

OTHER ARTISTS PRODUCED BY CATHY FINK and/or MARCY MARXER

• cELLAbration: A TRIBUTE TO ELLA JENKINS (Smithsonian Folkways, 2004) produced by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Tom Chapin, John McCutcheon, Red Grammer, Riders in the Sky, Bill Harley, El Maricahi Camperos, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and others. • SOUVENIR, Live in the UK: Tom Paxton w/Cathy & Marcy (2004) • SANDS OF TIME: Grace Griffith (Gift Horse 2003) • MINSTREL SONG: Grace Griffith (Gift Horse 2000) • GET SET FOR SCHOOL (Handwriting Without Tears, 2003) • YOUR SHOES, MY SHOES: Tom Paxton (Redhouse 2002) GRAMMY FINALIST! • DREAMOSAURUS: Dinorock Productions (Rounder 1999) GRAMMY FINALIST! • THE GREAT DINOSAUR MYSTERY: Dinorock Productions (Rounder 1998) • FROM A SCOTTISH CHILDHOOD: Bonnie Rideout (Maggie’s Music 1998) • UNDER TABLES, OUT BACK DOORS: Sue Trainor • PATSY MONTANA: THE COWBOY SWEETHEART (Flying Fish, 1988) • CRITTON HOLLOW STRINGBAND: BY AND BY (Flying Fish, 1986) • GREAT DREAMS (Flying Fish, 1989) • RUDE GIRLS: RUDE AWAKENING (Flying Fish, 1987) • CHILDREN OF SELMA (Rounder, 1987) • MAGPIE: IF IT AIN'T LOVE (Rounder, 1986) • THERE’S A PEA ON MY PLATE: BILL HARLEY (Round River 1998) • SI KAHN: COMPANION (Appalseed, 1999) • SI KAHN: GOODTIMES AND BEDTIMES (Rounder 1993) • SI KAHN: I HAVE SEEN FREEDOM (Flying Fish, 1992 ) • SI KAHN:NEW WOOD (Rounder, re-mix, re-release, 1994) • GRACE GRIFFITH (Gift Horse, 1996) • PAT HUMPHRIES (1991) PLUS 80 SONGS FOR MCGRAW HILL SCHOOL PUBLISHING'S WHOLE LANGUAGE READING CURRICULUM, "A NEW VIEW". 1992

MUSIC FOR TELEVISION AND FILM • SOUTHWEST REVISITED (indie film score, 1990) • CLEAN, SOBER & POSITIVE (indie film score, 1999) • SARA (indie film score, 2004) • HORNETS FROM HELL (National Geographic 2003) • TEACHING TAVARIS (PBS 2004)

SESSION WORK & COMPILATIONS • AMERICAN TUNE: EVA CASSIDY (Blix St. 2004) • WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE, THE SONGS OF PETE SEEGER (Appleseed 1998) • FOLLOW THAT ROAD (Rounder 1992) • LIVE FOR THE RECORD: TOM PAXTON and FRIENDS (Sugar Hill 1997) • THE SONGS OF PHIL OCHS (Sliced Bread Records, Tom Paxton's cut "Draft Dodger Rag")

SONGWRITING

The duo's original songwriting has won national recognition and acclaim. Cathy's song, "Names", an anthem for the AIDs Memorial Quilt, has been recorded by over 30 artists internationally and won a Mid Atlantic Songwriter’s Association Award. She co-wrote “Survivors of the Storm” with Tom Paxton, in honor of the Child Assault Prevention (CAP) program. Marcy has twice won recognition from the John Lennon Songwriting Competition and has written three independent film scores. Between them, the duo has penned over 200 songs, many recorded and sung by other artists. Amongst their talents, Cathy & Marcy have successfully written music and lyrics for many special theme projects, commissions and causes they believe in. 2005: “SCAT LIKE THAT” becomes Grand Prize Winner in the Children’s Music Category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. The title song of Cathy & Marcy’s GRAMMY® nominated CD also won the USA international Songwriting Contest in the Children’s field. 2004: Marcy, Tom Paxton and Grace Griffith write “Ten Thousand Candles” and donate the song to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (unrecorded to date) 2003: Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards given to both Cathy & Marcy in composition. 2002: The Micronutrient Intitiative funded a project on health and nutrition for children and families. Bon Appétit! Includes original songs by Cathy & Marcy. It won the 2004 GRAMMY® Award, Parents’ Choice Gold Award and Washington Area Music Association Award. 1998: Meet The Composer Awarded Cathy & Marcy with a grant to compose songs with elementary school students. A residency at the University Park Elementary School in Maryland yielded 3 songs that were included on the GRAMMY® nominated recording, “Pillow Full of Wishes”. 1996: Work Family Directions and AT&T commission Cathy & Marcy to write songs on media literacy & creative conflict resolution for the recording, Changing Channels, which goes on toe win a GRAMMY® nomination and multiple other industry awards. 1996: Inspired by parents at their family concerts, Cathy & Marcy compose comedy songs for and about parents recorded on the CD “A Parents’ Home Companion”. 1994: Work Family Directions commissions Cathy & Marcy to write songs for a pre-school safety tape, distributed privately. 1992: A New View reading curriculum for McGraw Hill School Publishers includes many songs composed by Cathy & Marcy and 80 songs produced by them. 1988: Cathy writes anthem for the Names Quilt. Over 30 recordings by other artists are made. The song is translated to Japanese by Tomoya Takaishi. Cathy & Marcy toured Japan with Tomoya and the Japanese Names Quilt volunteers.

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