"A UNIQUE MIXTURE OF BLUEGRASS, COUNTRY, SCOTCH-IRISH, AND FOLK..."
-PUBLIC OPINION NEWS CHAMBERSBURG, PA
"...ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL EVENTS THIS CITY HAS TO OFFER."
-MARTY SPENCE SONGBIRD WICHITA, KS
"A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE CELTIC MUSICAL HERITAGE OF WESTERN MARYLAND CAME FROM, WHERE IT’S BEEN, AND WHERE IT’S GOING. THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THEM AT THIS YEAR'S CANAL FEST OR MCHENRY HIGHLAND FESITIVAL, KNOW YOU ARE IN FOR A GREAT SHOW!"
-CHUCK DICKEN FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
"CARRYING A LIFE-TIME OF LORE FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SHAWN RECENTLY SERVED AS A PANELIST WITH NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR MARIA DAVANAH HEADLEY."
-JOURNAL OF MUSIC
"THE BEST BAND IN DOO-DAH (RAGING SEA)"
-PAT AUDLEY (ARTICHOKE SANDWICH BAR)
"GOOD TUNES, FINE PICKING, GREAT SOUND!"
-DAVE HIGGS, WPLN-FM NASHVILLE, TN
"TRADITION WITH MODERN VIRTUOSITY..."
-THE COOLFONT FOUNDATION BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA
“SHAWN’S STRING BANDS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.”
-WICHITALIFEICT.COM
"A POWERFUL STYLE..."
-BISMARCK TRIBUNE
"...ROLLICKING FIDDLE MUSIC, AUTHENTIC MOUNTAIN BALLADS, AND HUMOROUS STORIES. SHAWN CRAVER IS A FIDDLER, BALLAD SINGER, AND STORYTELLER ..."
-THE NORTHFIELD SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS
"MOUNTAIN MUSIC WITH A CELTIC FLAIR..."
-CUMBERLAND, MD TIMES NEWS
"...CRAVER HAS BEEN ON AD ASTRA'S STAGE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS OF BANDS OVER THE YEARS...WE ARE SUPER DIGGING THE CURRENT PARTNERSHIP WITH LUCAS AND HIS OCARINAS. I PERSONALLY HAVE A CERTAIN FONDNESS, DUE IN PART TO FAMILIAL TIES, WITH THE APPALACHIAN MUSIC THEY'RE BOTH MUTUALLY DRAWN TO."
-TAMMY JARVIS AD ASTRA BOOKS
"TO SAY I AM IMPRESSED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT..."
-TONY NIGHTINGALE "FOLKSWAGON SHOW" LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND
"SONGS THAT EXPLORE LIFE, LOVE AND THE EXISTENTIAL JOURNEY WE ALL FIND OURSELVES ON.”
-SALINA JOURNAL, KS
"CRAVER'S FIDDLING LIGHTS A FIRE INSIDE A PERSON. A PRODIGY FROM AN EARLY AGE, HIS VIRTUOSIC PRESENTATION OF APPALACHIAN MUSIC CREATES AN EXPERIENCE BOTH UNIVERSAL AND PERSONAL TO THE AUDIENCE."
-WICHITA EAGLE
"VIBRANT VOCALS... ENTICING MELODIES THAT COULD HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO... TASTEFUL MANDOLIN, BANJO AND GUITAR...A TREASURE-TROVE..."
-BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED MAGAZINE
"APPALACHIAN NATIVE MUSICIAN, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, AND SINGER OF TRADITIONAL SONGS LEARNED AT THE KNEE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER IN A PLACE CALLED CRABTREE HOLLOW. BORN IN RAISED IN THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND, HE LEARNED MUCH OF HIS REPERTOIRE FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY. "BE SURE TO SEE SHAWN EVERY CHANCE YOU CAN..."
-JENNIFER RANDALL, HUTCHINSON NEWS, KS
"KNOWN FOR HIS INTENSE AND EMOTIONAL FIDDLING, HE'S OPENED FOR THE LIKES OF CHRIS THILE, TIM O'BRIEN, AND THE NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND ON THE STAGES OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES, CONCERT SERIES, AND FESTIVALS ..."
-KANSAS STATE PICKING CHAMPIONSHIPS
"CRAVER DELIGHTS AUDIENCES WITH TRADITIONAL AND MODERN DAY MOUNTAIN MUSIC... INCLUDING A RECENT PERFORMANCE FOR A HOST OF SENATORS AT THE WESTERN MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL MEETING IN ROCKY GAP... "
-THE RECORD HERALD, WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
"I DIDN'T KNOW I LIKED FIDDLE MUSIC UNTIL I HEARD SHAWN PLAY THE FIDDLE..."
-A FAN