Ken Emerson's latest release, The Jack of Spades is a journey through American roots music, encompassing the classic genres of Folk music with its influences of country, blues, ragtime, and spirituals. Joining Ken on this album is blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite, fingerstyle guitar great Richard "Duck" Baker, innovative guitarist Henry Kaiser, and respected string specialist, Steve Van Gelder. Enjoy this acoustic excursion of superb musicianship through America's past and present, with original stories of risk, lost and found riches, love and faith.

Ken with one of his resonators, going over High Water

Ken has been flying under the mainstream music industry's radar for many years. His perfomances on the 2005 Grammy winning Slack Key Guitar, Vol. 2 CD (Palm Records) is gaining him well deserved recognition. He is highly respected by the professional music community and has many major performing and recording credits to his career including Todd Rundgren, Dave Mason, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, Elvin Bishop, Bob Weir, Bill Kruetzmann, King Fish with Matthew Kelly, Pablo Cruise, The Rowan Brothers and Charlie Musselwhite.

Sandpaper & shoe tapping in St Charles Shuffle

Happily based on the beautiful island of Kaua'i, in the Hawaiian Islands, he enjoys playing local Hawaiian venues supplemented by international concert and festival touring.