Paul Edward Sanchez

About Paul

Armed with words and music, award-winning songwriter Paul Edward Sanchez has been fighting the good fight with his original songs for over twenty years. With the release of his brand-new CD, Long Story Short, Paul has created his finest work yet. The recording explores life and death, to various American rhythms. Among the fine musicians joining Paul are Ruthie Foster, David Hamburger, and Danny Barnes, among others.

Paul’s music has taken him around the United States and to such diverse venues as concerts and festivals, radio and television programs, coffeehouses and county fairs. He has opened concerts for musicians like Ricky Skaggs, Lucinda Williams, Patty Larkin, Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Bill Staines, and Steve Gillette.

Besides being one of the top winners at the 1992 Napa Valley Folk Music Festival's Emerging Songwriters' Competition in Spokane, Washington, Sanchez was also a winner at the 1989 Napa Valley Folk Festival in Northern California and the featured songwriter at the 1987 Topanga Canyon Banjo and Fiddle Contest in the Los Angeles area. Sanchez was also a finalist at the Telluride Troubadour Competition at the 1996 Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado.

Influenced by a variety of musical styles, Sanchez's music is uniquely his own. His songs contain elements from a wide variety of musical interests, from bluegrass to Cajun to popular music and contemporary folk. They express his impressions of the hopes and struggles of the people in the world around him, as well as the emotions inside himself.

“Long Story Short” is the latest of recordings available: Yesterday's Clothes, Home by Morning, and Hired Hand. Also, three songs, "Home by Morning," "Border Lullaby," and "Cousin Henry" have been released by Fast Folk Musical Magazine out of New York City and now available from the Smithsonian.

Other musicians that have recorded Paul Edward Sanchez's songs include folk musicians Heidi Muller, Joe LaMay, Ken Graydon, Anita Silvert, Barry Dow, and Dallas duo 2 Chicks.

Paul Edward Sanchez currently lives in Portland, Oregon and is now threatening to learn how to play the fiddle.