Ron Israel is a quintessential American folk musician. Ron's music has won accolades from the late John Hammond Senior (who discovered Billie Holiday, Dylan, Bruce Springsteen), Ritchie Havens, Barry McGuire, Susan Stamberg of National Public Radio, and the actor Peter Coyote.

Ron has deliberately eschewed the pursuit of a formal music career. As he says, “Early on I went to LA, and although there was a great deal of interest in my music there, I was turned off by the Hollywood scene. I recognized that I was a folk musician at heart, and that it was important for me to have a life in the real world outside of the music biz.”

And so Ron moved to Boston where he met his wife and raised a family. He took a job with a non-profit organization that works to improve education and health services in developing countries; and all the time he kept writing songs and playing his guitar.
Since the year 2000 Ron has been working with the Creative Works studio in Quincy, Massachusetts to record and market his songs. He also has been performing at various venues in and around the Boston area, and has a growing fan base. “I now have a significant body of work, and something to say about life based my own experience, the work I’ve done in the world, people I’ve known, and the places I’ve visited. So now I really want to get out there and share my music with others.