Ky Hote - Performer, Songwriter, Guitarist
Ky Hote, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas has roots in NYC and on the road. While other artists sing Woody Guthrie songs and write about riding the rails, Ky Hote has been there, done that. San Francisco to Maine and from Florida to Alaska, Ky has hitchhiked, rode freight trains, buses, cars and kept his guitar by his side all the way. His vast catalog of original songs reflect his travels and the people he met. He is a humorist and a visionary whose work often comments on relationships and the world we share.
"The Most Dangerous Guitar Player"
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The Austin Chronicle described him as “classical composer/Kerrvert/folk rocker... (whose) earnest rasp and hard folk style is a refreshing kick in the ass." (2000)
- 1974 - Present solo performer of original songs and classy covers
some highlights:
Gerdes Folk City, The Speakeasy (Greenwich Village), The Hey Brother! Coffeehouse,
Spellman's Bar, The Other Side,
Folkville, McDibbs
Performed with Suzanne Vega,
David Amram, Michelle Shocked,
David Wilcox
Traveled and performed across 49 states and through Canada.
- 1995 - Present Music producer, arranger, facilitator
- 1998 - Present Performer of Celtic and other Traditional musics
(TX, CO, TN, MI, FL, OH, NY, PA, DE, OK)
- 2002 - Present Historian of the Kerrville Folk Festival
- 2003 - Present Producer, performer, arranger - George Harrison Tributes: Texas, New York, Oregon, Florida
Performer, host, producer, arranger
- 2007 - Present Leader and guitar player of The Roxlovians
- 2008 - Present Video Archivist for David Amram
- 2015 - Present leader and guitar player of The Ky Hote Experience
"One of the most interesting pieces promises to be 'Midiville Mass for Monday Morning,' a selection written by (Ky Hote) for electronic instruments and
recorded voices, which was inspired by... medieveal composition... and... paraphrasing. (It) features complex polyphony, a seamless texture and a meditative quality." ...The Equinox, Keene NH, 1994

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"I could feel your energy from all the way across Washington Square Park!" ... David Peel (1977)
1979 - 1984 Traveled and performed across 49 states and through Canada.
some highlights:
Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerrville, TX
Diamond Tooth Gerties, a casino in the Yukon,
1979 - 1989 Austin, TX, Asheville, NC, Boulder, CO: Singer/Songwriter
some highlights:
Spellman's Bar, The Other Side, Folkville, McDibbs
1986 - 2013 Host - Underground Kerrville Revue Cactus Cafe, Austin
1987 - 1990 Music specialist - Circle Pines Summer Camp (Delton, MI)
1990 - 1994 Keene State College (NH) - BA Music Composition degree
some highlights:
WKNH-FM program director, host of Folk Is!
Interviews included
John Hartford, Tom Rush,
Rick Danko.
1999 - 2000 Host - Yoko Ono Birthday Hoot at Gaby & Mo's (Austin, TX)
2001 - 2002 Host - John Hartford Tribute at Artz Rib House (Austin, TX)
2001 - 2003 Artist Relations - Alice's Restaurant (Niederwald, TX)
2005 - 2009 Guitar Player with Crannog
2006 - 2014 Assistant Producer, Host - Kerrville Folk Festival Staff concert
2010 - 2011 Artist Relations - Banjo Jim's (NYC, NY)
2013 - 2008 Performer and Workshop leader at Buttermilk Jamboree (Delton, MI)
1982 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Ballad Tree Performer
1983 Houston, TX: Co-founded Music Inks Sounds, recording studio collective
1988 Runner-up Austin Chronicle Music Poll (Best Acoustic Folk Band)
1990 Circle Pines Center included Ky's "Silent Pauses" in camp songbook
1991 Producer - Circle Pines: The After Lunch Singing Tapes
1992 Music editor - Keene State Equinox: interviewed Two Nice Girls
1993 Producer - Dar Williams concert
1994 "Sonata Primera" chosen as theme for KSCTV News
1996 Established Onehand Productions, website creation and consultations
1999 Producer, performer - Rough Edges (Thomas Hart CD)
2000 released CD Mantras and Diatribe included interactive video of "Puzzle Peace"
2002 released CD Live and a Bit Unfettered originally recorded in 1990 for cassette
2003 - 2020 Producer, performer, arranger - Austin, NYC George Harrison Tributes
Performer, host, producer, arranger
2003 Host - Alice Fest featuring Arlo Guthrie
2005 Producer, performer - Ukrainian Melodies trad. Ukrainian music CD
2007 Producer, performer - Playing With Matches Owl Morrison CD
2008 Producer, performer - Faire Days Ahead Trad. hammered dulcimer music CD
2009 Featured in the movie documentary "Blaze Foley the Duct Tape Messiah"
2010 released CD A Minstrel's Life For Me fairly traditional and mostly instrumental
2011 performed at WoodyFest with David Amram
2014 released 1st Gypsy Rox CD Living Room Rox
featuring live performances of traditional and original material
2015 performed at Buttermilk Jamboree with Dar Williams
2017 Featured on Mike Judge's "Tales from the Tour Bus" Episode 8
2019 Gypsy Rox featured at HBO SXSW event Bleed for the Throne
to promote Game of Thrones new season
2019 released 1st Gypsy Rox Studio CD A Fiddler In Every Port
featuring traditional and original material
2019 Gypsy Rox wins Renaissance Festival Award for "Best Small Instrumental Stage Act"
2020 released CD Songs From the Dreaming Genre an album of all original songs
2021 In the musical Hello! My Baby in the role of Stanford J. Tierney
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