SLOfolks, a non profit organization, brings you live music from Appalachia to Mali, a diversity reflecting the cultural history and expression of the people's music played on a variety of instruments. You will hear sea shanties, ballads, work songs, gypsy music, West African Kora, Celtic Bluegrass as well as French Musettes and Brazilian instrumentalists.

"Let this be my epitaph:The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music"

Kurt Vonnegut

Welcome to the new SLOFolks Presents... website.  Here you’ll find  “Concert Galleries” with photographs from recent/past  SLOFolks shows at Castoro Cellars.  I will be adding more Concert Galleries/musician images  to this page as they  become available.  In addition, if you’re interested in purchasing  fine art  prints of these images they are available and I will donate a percentage of  sales to SLOFolks.   BTW--Please visit the SLOFolks homepage for more  info  about upcoming/past concerts by clicking on the SLOFolks logo  (upper left corner) and/or the Castoro Cellars homepage by clicking on the Castoro Cellars (upper right corner).

I volunteer to photograph the SLOFolks concerts at Castoro Cellars  because of my passion for photography and  music.  I try to capture not only the passion and “spirit” of the artists(s),  but also the ambiance of the venue.   I think Castoro Cellars is a wonderful ,  intimate setting with excellent sound -- both  with their outdoor Summer concerts in the vineyard, as well as the indoor  Winter concerts in the Castoro Art Gallery.   There is a special ambiance to these concerts that is very cool  feel.   If you haven’t checked one out yet, you really should.  Please email me with any comments/questions you might have.

Paul J. McCloskey