Guitarist, singer and songwriter Cliff Eberhardt, often referred to as one of the "new folk" artists on the scene, comes from suburban Philadelphia, historically a strong folk music area. Raised in a musical family in the 1960s, the self-taught guitarist began performing at age eight and performed with his brother while in high school. In the mid-1970s, he relocated to southern Illinois and found a singer-songwriter scene there. He continued to hone his skills as a performer, singer, guitarist and songwriter. Since the late 1970s, he's been based in New York, one of the early pioneers in Greenwich Village's 1980s folk music revival.