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With support from Your Name In Lights Sponsor Dan Fennick.

Performer hospitality provided by our host venue, The Yorktowne Hotel.

American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. It is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Cavorting on the cutting edge of American fiddling, with two talented and innovative musicians...

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With guitar, fiddle, or banjo in hand, Bruce Molsky has been exploring traditional music from an astonishingly broad range of cultures over the past two decades — synthesizing them and refracting them through his own evolving sensibilities to the point where the sources of his inspiration transform themselves into a sound that is uniquely his. While most identified with traditional American old-time music, Molsky’s influences range from the Appalachian soul of Tommy Jarrell to Delta blues; from the haunting modal strains of Irish music to the rhythmically nimble music of Eastern Europe.

Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, the Duo and other ensembles. He has recorded and produced scores of important recordings since 1977, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composers' residencies and grants. He has been a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks.

To Learn More...

• Read article from SFMS's newsletter
• Visit Darol Anger’s website
• Visit Bruce Molsky’s website

Hear Music Samples at...

• Darol Anger’s Myspace page
• Bruce Molsky’s Myspace page
• Folk Alley: Darol Anger live concert performance