Folkllife: An Interview with Alicia about Lincoln Crockett

Alicia, the merch manager for Cross-eyed Rosie, a Portland based blue grass group, that performed at Folklife 2006.

Lincoln Crockett cut his chops as singer, songwriter and mandolin player for popular Portland, Oregon Progressive Bluegrass band Cross-eyed Rosie. Lincoln writes songs on mandolin like no one else, playing leads, rhythms and chords all at the same time. He wows audiences, commanding their attention with nothing more than the expansiveness in his voice and his ability to move a mountain of music through a molehill of instrument. With his acoustic guitar he twists funk, punk, bluegrass, new-age, prog-rock and folk into a mesmerizing set of uplifting, wry soul-searching.