Ron Dometrovich is a singer/songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded seven independently produced CDs which have received a great deal of airplay in the European, Australian and US Americana indie radio markets. His music has been featured on Guilford College Radio station WQFS 90.9 in Greensboro, North Carolina’s "Music to Heal the Heart" program. Host David Oldham calls him a "great guitarist". (Princeton Review named WQFS the "6th most listened to college radio station in the country", with over a million listeners.) Other radio features include interviews/on-air performances on “Writer’s Block”, WDVX, 102.9 in Knoxville, TN and “Tapestry”, airing over 90.3WBHM, Birmingham, Alabama’s NPR affiliate.
Ron was nominated for a 2008 Birmingham Area Music Award (BAMA) in the Americana category, and also performed at the awards ceremony, sharing a stage with such luminaries as Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell. He is a repeat performer and perennial favorite at the Frank Brown International Songwriter’s Festival on the Gulf Coast, where songwriter Austin Church (who has written songs recorded by Del Reeves and Lyle Lovett and has co-written with Jimmy Buffett) had this to say: "Very listen-able…he paints pictures with his music". Ron also performed in City Stages 2006 and 2007, a world-class music festival in Birmingham, AL, backed by his band Broken Hill. He has recently completed his seventh full-length CD entitled Railroad Avenue. Previous titles are: Broken Hill Ballet and Repertory Company (2006), Young Souls and Old (2004), The Grander Scheme of Things (2002), A Midnight Snowfall (2002), A Place With No Name (1999), A Good Mechanic (Is Hard to Find) (1998).
Winner of CMT/NSAI song contest for Alabama, 2002 ("All the Homeless Souls")
Selected one of the top 100 albums of 2000 in Ireland (A Place With No Name)
--Joe Vincent, JRRI Radio, Waterford, Ireland
... yet another classic album . My highest compliments…(Young Souls and Old)
--Eddie Russell, KULM-FM, Columbus Texas
"...great music." --Rein Wortelboer, Peelgras Radio Show, Netherlands
..."A serious and elaborate acoustic album …what singer-songwriter music should be." (The Grander Scheme of Things) --Andrea Stolle, Old Stringhouse Music, Germany
…quality in lyrics, quality in the interpretation. This CD is a real pleasure both vocally and instrumentally. (Young Souls and Old) --Michel Penard, ISA Radio, France "American Roots Music" radio show
Hey Ron, like your new tunes!! Big Dave is finally back on days but sadly he is on call....he is trying to get over to the Bong-water recording studios to finish his back up tracks...lmao
7 AM on a Saturday huh?? Oh man....I know I wouldn't make it there that early. But I would make it at some point and bring my Apollo dog. He's a Dane. How long will you guys be there?
