Bob Zentz

“Zentz sings with the salt-cured voice of Hampton Roads’ seafaring past.”
Sam McDonald, ‘The Daily Press’

“Zentz has it all … a bag of strikingly attractive songs … a pleasing voice  … and mastery of a variety of stringed things.”
The Scotsman, Scotland’s Newspaper

“Zentz’ enthusiastic style, anecdotal comments and unique humor delighted the audience and kept them involved … a consummate teacher, (whose) songs rang true, because his approach was legitimate.”
Bob Ruegsegger, Virginia Beach Sun

“Bob Zentz … performs his own reflective, freshly honest and beguiling songs.”
Nat Hentoff, Cosmopolitan Magazine

“With a spark in his eye, and bottomless repertoire of songs at his disposal, it’s easy to see why early captains wanted men like him aboard!
Thomas Yocum, Outer Banks Sentinel

“We need songs like this, and people like Bob, more than they’ll ever need us to describe them.”
Gordon Bok, Maine Poet & Singer

“A local treasure, with an encyclopedic knowledge of songs, musical instruments and things nautical.”
David Simpson, ‘The Virginian Pilot’

Bob Zentz performs today with his partner, Jeanne McDougall Zentz.

Bob and Jeanne are old friends and life partners who share a love of music and history — which they love sharing with others!

With a friendship dating back to the early 1970s, Bob and Jeanne combine his lifetime of bringing traditional music as “edu-tainment” to students of all ages, with her work as a History Ph.D. with a growing reputation for helping restore lost musical “soundscapes” and adding to an understanding of music in a historical context.