Rj Cowdery

Singer-songwriter guitar player Rj Cowdery is motivated by the best things in life: making people think, laugh, cry and feel. Fans tell her it’s uncanny the way her songs seem to take a peek directly into their lives. Much like the Midwestern Ohio landscape she calls home, her songs are stories of middle ground, and her tales are expressions of being in the midst of life. Hers are songs of acceptance.

The other half of the equation, along with her lyricism, is that musically Rj has a unique and characteristic style. She can play hard with a driving right hand or finger pick with the ability to make it sound like there’s more going on than just one guitar. An injury to a finger on her left hand as a child resulted in Cowdery learning her own playing style out of necessity. The act that compelled her to learn to play differently gave rise to this distinctive technique that’s earned Cowdery her rightful place at the folk table.