"Chris English was the first musician I heard when I came to Delmarva that I knew had the stuff. Thirty years later, he is still one of the few. Yet his work stands out from all others—when you hear him, you know it’s him; it couldn’t be anyone else. Open, honest, raw and nuanced, English’s music captures the true meaning of roots and Americana in the 21st century. His newest album, “Old, New, Borrowed, and Blues,” sounds and feels like the music you wish you grew up on."
Mike Miller
DE Folklife Program Manager 1996-2007
NEA Arts Administration Fellow, 1995
DE Individual Artist Fellow, Folk Arts/Music, 2023
"Delmarva’s widely acclaimed Blues Man Chris English’s latest album, selections curated from a career spanning nearly 5 decades is a testament to the scope and measure of his prodigious talent. In this faithful homage to the formal musical tradition of the blues, English celebrates the blessings and vicissitudes of our shared human life in a tribute to his Eastern shore roots and the friends and family who inhabit it. Whether it be the meandering melodies of the dreamy landscape of “Sleeping Gypsy” the growls of lust and longings of love in “Love Soup” or the rakish humor in “The Ballad of the Watermelon Queen” or the mournful and exuberant elegies to beloveds passed on, this album is hot and spicy, and sweet as watermelon moonshine. "
Nancy Mitchell
Pushcart Prize
The Near Surround, 2002
Grief Hut, 2009
The Out-of-Body Shop, 2018
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Associate Editor of Special Features, Plume Poetry
Poet Laureate of the City of Salisbury, Maryland
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