| Our exciting week concludes with a rousing concert featuring
some of the region's top musicians. Once again, Goldenseal editor John
Lilly emcees the evening, bringing his own inimitable yodeling, singing,
and guitar playing to the stage.
Melvin Wine
Making a return to the stage in Shepherdstown is West Virginia fiddler
Melvin Wine. Born in Braxton County in 1909, Melvin's music and rustic
fiddling style represent a long tradition of music from within his family
and community. Recipient of the first West Virginia Vandalia Award in 1981,
Melvin was also awarded the National Endowment for the Arts' prestigious
National Heritage Fellowship in 1991. He is a wonderful teacher and mentor
but he is foremost a wonderful human being.
"A farmer, a coal miner, a father of ten children, and a deeply religious
man, he has played music from the hard lessons of his own experience and
shaped a musical tradition even while passing it to others." - University
Press of Mississippi
Kate Long & Robin Kessinger
When you pair Kate Long- a national award-winning songwriter- with Robin
Kessinger- a national flatpick guitar champion-a true dynamic duo results.
Kate's witty, moving songs include IBMA Song of the Year, "Who'll Watch the
Homeplace" and "McNamara's Tear." Guitar wizard Robin Kessinger is an
exceptionally soulful, creative player who coordinates Guitar Week for the
Augusta Heritage Center.
"It doesn't get much better than either Robin or Kate. Together, they
should knock your socks off!" - Joe Dobbs, Music from the Mountains
Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band
Big Hillbilly Bluegrass is an exciting blend of hard-driving bluegrass with
a touch of country and folk. Made up of Bob Perilla (guitar/vocals), Tad
Marks (fiddle), Mike Munford (banjo/mandolin), and Mike Marceau (bass), the
band is one of the most popular in the Washington, DC area and performs
multiple shows weekly. The band was featured at the 2000 Smithsonian
Festival of American Folklife and in January 2002 performed for the first
time at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
" The good time lasted through four 45-minute sets, each tune matched by
foot-stompin' and hoot-hollerin' on the dance floor." - The Washington Post
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