Marc Carraway has performed as a solo artist and as the lead singer for the Charlottesville-based band Scuffletown for decades, bringing his powerful voice, songwriting and guitar playing to hundreds of stages from Panama to Philadelphia and from Denver to Dublin.

“Marc Carraway sings bittersweet ballads about moody loners and southbound trains. He's almost country, like Lyle; and small-town sensitive, like Robert Earl Keen… It all goes down as smooth as a mug of cool suds on a warm Saturday night." Teresa Annas - The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA

Marc has performed at:

  • Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN

  • Harborfest, Norfolk, VA

  • Newport News Folk Festival, Newport News, VA

  • Fridays After Five, Charlottesville, VA

  • Floyd Country Store, Floyd, VA

  • Willie Clancy Music Festival, Miltown Malbay, Ireland

  • Garrett Lakes Folk Concert Series

  • Armed Forces shows from Puerto Rico to Panama

  • Westport Town Hall Theatre, County Mayo, Ireland

  • Henrico Theatre, Henrico, VA

  • Oyster Fest, Urbanna, VA

  • Tidewater Folk Festival, Norfolk, VA

  • Clubs, festivals wineries and breweries across the East Coast

For videos of Marc performing with Scuffletown, please see:

To listen to Marc, check out:

Marc has shared bills/stages with:

  • The Tony Rice Unit

  • Pierce Pettis

  • Buckwheat Zydeco

  • Tom Paxton

  • David Mallett

  • The Kingston Trio

  • Cephas and Wiggins

  • Larry Burnett of Firefall

  • Freebo (Bonnie Raitt, Ringo Starr, Crosby, Stills and Nash)

  • Sean Kaine

  • Hard Swimmin’ Fish

Marc’s repertoire of well over 300 songs ranges from his acclaimed original songs (2 of which have been included on compilation albums of Virginia artists by Virginia NPR stations WMRA and WNRN) to popular acoustic music, Americana, classic country, jazz, folk, reggae, blues and bluegrass tunes.

His music and storytelling has engaged audiences all over the world, from shows for military families across the Caribbean and Central America to performances at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville and the Floyd Country Store in Floyd, Virginia. He performs regularly at wineries, clubs, concert venues across Virginia (scroll down to see videos and a list of past performances).

For a sample repertoire of Marc’s cover songs, click on: bit.ly/Marc_Carraway_songs