NEXT SHOW:
Thu, Oct 9th, 2008:
Doug MacLeod
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About MountainFolk
MountainFolk is a community-based (Tunbridge, VT)
non-profit music presenter that aims to provide more than just high
quality concerts to its supporters. With the guiding principle of
"Harmonizing the beauty of the music, the mountains and the folk",
MountainFolk hopes to connect its surrounding community through culture,
fellowship and an abiding appreciation of our natural world.
MountainFolk's Artistic Director, Todd Tyson, has been involved in
presenting concerts here in Vermont and in PA for the past 12 years. As
founder of both the TurtleDove Folk Club (PA) and MountainFolk, as well
as serving as AD for Montpelier's Live Art, Tyson has presented more
than 100 concerts over the years that have included performers like
Tom
Rush, Patty
Larkin,
Nickel
Creek, the
Holmes Brothers,
Guy
Davis,
Old Blind Dogs, the
Nashville Bluegrass Band,
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer,
Harry Manx,
Tom
Paxton,
Slaid
Cleaves, the
McDades, the
Dry Branch Fire Squad,
John
Gorka,
Kim
Richey,
Cris Williamson,
Kate Campbell,
Crooked Still and many, many more. In addition to being a long time
member of the
North American Folk and Dance Alliance, Tyson has been a folk-DJ for
many years here in VT,DE and on the web. He currently co-hosts
Crossroads on the Point (www.pointfm.com) on
Sundays from 6-10AM with his colleague, Tim Downey.
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