The Val Denn Agency was opened in 1994 when Val began booking legendary Texas songwriter, Ray Wylie Hubbard. They had met when she and her husband had opened for Ray. In 1980 Val attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where she studied jazz guitar. While there she met her future husband James. They married in 1982 and formed a husband-wife duo that produced 3 CD’s and toured the US from 1982 to 1993. She also put out a solo project produced by Cliff Eberhardt in 2000.

While booking Ray Wylie Hubbard, Val started a music series in an old Opera House in Granbury, Texas. The concert series ran a year and featured artists in- the -round like Townes Van Zandt, Terry Allen, Guy Clark, Sara Hickman, Kevin Welch and Jimmy LaFave.

After booking Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jimmy LaFave and Kevin Welch on a tour from Texas to Toronto, CN. Jimmy LaFave came aboard as the agency's second artist. Since then the Val Denn Agency has grown to 10 artists with a concentration on Texas Singer Songwriters. Val Denn Agency's offices are located in the Hill Country town of Wimberley, TX about 30 miles SW of Austin, TX. and in picturesque Upper Blandford, Novia Scotia outside of Halifax. Glenda Bell joined the office

         
                     Val Denn

as the office manager in 2004.Currently Val serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors for the North American Folk Alliance.

NOVA SCOTIA:
In 2002 Val discovered the beauty of Nova Scotia and the incredible music that came from the Cape Breton, and other areas in Nova Scotia. She felt herself drawn up there and bought a property there to explore the ocean and the music scene. In Nova Scotia the office overlooks the best sailing waters in North America. The office is run out of Val’s home on Mahone Bay overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The office is run by Laura Dunsworth . The Nova Scotia office concentrates on bringing Atlantic Canadian artists especially from the Maritimes regions, into the US. The Canadian office represents Rounder Recording artists, The Cottars.

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