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At the age of nine, Coulter began taking piano lessons, practicing on a borrowed piano. In his teens, the piano was replaced by an electric guitar, which he practiced in his basement accompanying Neil Young records. At the age of eighteen, Coulter traded his electric guitar for a classical guitar after attending a concert by noted classical guitarist Andres Segovia.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating high school, Coulter performed with several bands. In 1980, he moved to Santa Cruz, California, where he studied classical guitar and earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California-Santa Cruz. He went on to earn a master's degree in music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Deeply interested in American folk music as well as traditional Celtic music, he went on to earn a second master's degree from the University of California-Santa Cruz in Ethnomusicology.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/William+Coulter","playStationPath":"/stations/268047204/play","stationId":268047204,"bioPath":"/music/William+Coulter/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Aoife+Ni+Fhearraigh","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/894/89404040db00e50028f68a32e9267f32_md.jpg","artistName":"Aoife Ní Fhearraigh","artistId":80186,"station_id":267853650},{"musicPath":"/music/Maura+O+Connell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6c5/6c5f7611b3476e48a6706ab2f163581d_md.jpg","artistName":"Maura O'Connell","artistId":110931,"station_id":282142403},{"musicPath":"/music/Cherish+the+Ladies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7fd/7fd7041e4df1b834810c2e301bf6a517_md.jpg","artistName":"Cherish the Ladies","artistId":80229,"station_id":267839737},{"musicPath":"/music/Jeff+Johnson+Brian+Dunning","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f71/f718fc3dea0928c975f0d563afb799eb_md.jpg","artistName":"Jeff Johnson \u0026 Brian Dunning","artistId":94078,"station_id":275673101},{"musicPath":"/music/Kate+Price","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b46/b4650a4a5d0726e17f49a511dbf58ef8_md.jpg","artistName":"Kate Price","artistId":120194,"station_id":283329602},{"musicPath":"/music/Frances+Black","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9b7/9b770eb23bd43a02a5dcfc0c2f4565bf_md.jpg","artistName":"Frances Black","artistId":118855,"station_id":283254162},{"musicPath":"/music/Karen+Matheson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/938/938022d9005af6c006ec5cad3e10dfdf_md.jpg","artistName":"Karen Matheson","artistId":121707,"station_id":283860687},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Tannahill+Weavers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/67b/67bb93379dbee377374c6b7e719d01e6_md.jpg","artistName":"The Tannahill Weavers","artistId":76933,"station_id":266803072},{"musicPath":"/music/Martin+Hayes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1fa/1fac85d6f72a84ac9ae387e62a944691_md.jpg","artistName":"Martin Hayes","artistId":76952,"station_id":266840193},{"musicPath":"/music/Alasdair+Fraser","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ce3/ce3cbd84d66eb098d94f3c5de62f31d1_md.jpg","artistName":"Alasdair Fraser","artistId":80181,"station_id":267909091},{"musicPath":"/music/Battlefield+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/713/713b071230b614868109c7fd9acf1a03_md.jpg","artistName":"Battlefield Band","artistId":77066,"station_id":266796940},{"musicPath":"/music/Karan+Casey","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/250/25017a3426d4b33759945bb29d0676bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Karan Casey","artistId":118609,"station_id":283254025},{"musicPath":"/music/Old+Blind+Dogs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7f4/7f49b37e5b539ce1a7cb842b28c643aa_md.jpg","artistName":"Old Blind Dogs","artistId":76949,"station_id":266799503},{"musicPath":"/music/Aine+Minogue","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0a3/0a31047d481e376eae02ee696816ec04_md.jpg","artistName":"Áine Minogue","artistId":80176,"station_id":267909088},{"musicPath":"/music/Patrick+Street","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/26d/26dec6ef11f303cd0418a76333bec298_md.jpg","artistName":"Patrick Street","artistId":80291,"station_id":267958963},{"musicPath":"/music/Laura+Powers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f98/f98526cd1e2ed905adaa6880ba3a9bd3_md.jpg","artistName":"Laura Powers","artistId":110856,"station_id":282142346},{"musicPath":"/music/Celtic+Fiddle+Festival","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/262/2625fcfe0d4ffb488e65b1932f82f0e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Celtic Fiddle Festival","artistId":80227,"station_id":267850245},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Campbells","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8ff/8ff408acd1439d0a9097fa83e1b6f83a_md.jpg","artistName":"The Campbells","artistId":129607,"station_id":284994428}]}