Make Music New London

Craig Edwards

Craig Edwards is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who worked as a staff musician at Mystic Seaport Museum for nearly four decades, touring internationally to represent the museum with sailor music at tall ships events throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. He also plays Old Time, Cajun, and Zydeco music. He teaches fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, button accordion, and more at the United Theatre Music School in Westerly, RI, leads a weekly fiddle session at New London's Social Bar and Kitchen, and performs solo and with several bands. He'll be playing and singing whaling songs and sea chanteys, historical ballads, and more.