Dean Magraw
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Biography
Magraw was born in Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko is an American violinist and mandolinist.-Background and career:Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis...
and has also performed with Tim Sparks
Tim Sparks
Tim Sparks is an American acoustic guitar player, singer, arranger and composer.- Biography:Raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was given his first guitar when a bout of encephalitis kept him out of school for a year...
, John Gorka
John Gorka
John Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."-Biography:...
and many other artists.
His musical spectrum ranges from world music band Boiled in Lead
Boiled in Lead
Boiled in Lead is a world music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They formed in 1983, going through a number of membership changes over the years...
to jazz band Red Planet.
Solo
- Broken Silence (1994) Red HouseRed House RecordsRed House Records is an American independent record label specializing in folk music and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.The label was originally created in 1981 by Greg Brown as a method to distribute his own music, and is named for a farmhouse in Iowa where he was living...
- Kitchen Man (1997) Acoustic Music
- Seventh One (1998) Red House
- Heavy Meadow (2003) Acoustic Music
- Celtic Hymns (2006) Lifescapes Music
- Music For Healing (2007) Lifescapes
- Foxfire (2008) CandyRatCandyRat RecordsCandyRat Records is an independent American record label and online music store located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.-Artists:Artists signed to CandyRat include:*Andrew White*Andy McKee*Antoine Dufour*Brendan Power*Brooke Miller*Craig D'Andrea...
With others
- DuoDuo (Peter Ostroushko and Dean Magraw album)Duo is the an album by fiddle and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko with guitarist Dean Magraw, released in 1991.- Track listing :All songs by Peter Ostroushko unless otherwise noted.#"The Whalebone Feathers" – 4:33#"Musette in a Minor" – 3:36...
(1991) Red House (with Peter OstroushkoPeter OstroushkoPeter Ostroushko is an American violinist and mandolinist.-Background and career:Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis...
) - Jaguar at Half Moon (1998)
- Raven (2006) Compass Records (with John Williams)
- Unseen Rain (2007) CandyRat (with Jim Anton and JT Bates)
- Silver (2008) (with Boiled in LeadBoiled in LeadBoiled in Lead is a world music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They formed in 1983, going through a number of membership changes over the years...
) - Next (2008) (with Francois Corneloup)
- Healing (2009) New Folk Records (with Bruce Kurnow)
- Space Dust (2010) GoneJazz Records (with Red Planet)
- How the Light Gets In (2010) Red House (with Marcus Wise)