Jamie Holka

Jamie Holka, a native of Niagara Falls New York, at the age of 14, picked up a guitar and has not stopped playing since. Jamie attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and then continued to study jazz guitar long after his Berklee days. Jazz is the foundation for his multi-layered arrangements. He prides himself and is admired as a solo finger-style guitarist dedicated to performing energetic and complex finger-style techniques with the use of percussion effects on the guitar. His style incorporates many layers that assimilate bass, drums, chords and melody creating quite a diverse sound.

Since 2005, Jamie has also been performing as a solo artist. In 2006, he took third place in the North American Rock Guitar Competition. He has been a support act for many classic artists such as Allan Holdsworth, Todd Rundgren, Michael McDonald, Steve Morse, Steve Miller, Little Feat, Kansas, Steve Kimoch, John Popper, CCR and Adam Rafferty. With Adam Rafferty, another finger-style guitarist from New York City and Germany. Jamie recently played with the prominent ‘70s progressive/jazz fusion cult band Captain Beyond from 2017-2020. Jamie is also a current member of the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame Class of 2017.