a refreshing portrait of the living folk tradition
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traveling on
Pryor Hollow TN • Saturday & Sunday, May 26 & 27 • The Pickin' Party : Old Time Music at The Homeplace. Featuring the Cumberland Mountain Plow Boys, The Dixie Volunteers, Common Thread, MD & a host of other performers at the Land Between the Lakes 1840s working farm. Click for event brochure with weblinks to the performer's websites. HERE.
Waukegan IL • Friday June 1, 12 noon • Brown Bag Concert at the Waukegan Library, 128 County Street. MD will be joined by bluegrass hero Colby Maddox from Sunnyside Up. Free! 847 623 2041. www,waukeganpl.info.
Chicago IL • Thursday June 7, 5:00 pm • Blount Small Ship Adventures • MD will perform on the Grand Mariner as she docks into the Windy City at the end of her cruise up the Mississippi & Illinois Rivers. www.blountsmallshipadventures.com.
Rockford IL • Saturday June 9, 1:30 pm • Midway Village Museum Chautauqua • 6799 Guilford Road. Many interesting events in Rockford's historic Midway Village. 815 397 9112. www.midwayvillage.com.
Plainfield IL • Thursday June 14, 11:00 am • Plainfield Public Library • 705 N. Illinois Street. 815 436 6639. www.plainfield.lib.il.us.
Ft. Atkinson WI • Saturday June 16, 8:30 pm • Cafe Carpe • 18 S. Water Street. MD shares a very special evening with Wisconsin folk legend Larry Penn & Milwaukee's John Sieger. Reserve your seats 920 563 9391. www.cafecarpe.com.
Chicago IL • Saturday June 30, 7:00 pm • The Old Town School of Folk Music celebrates Woody Guthrie's centennial year with performances by Frank & Mary Hamilton, Bucky Halker, Chris Walz, the Sons of the Never Wrong, MD and a specail presentation by Nora Guthrie. Don't miss this historic evening. 773 728 6000. www.oldtownschool.org.
Estes Park CO • Saturday July 7, 7:30 pm • Summerfest Concerts • YMCA of the Rockies, 2515 Tunnel Road. 970 586 3341. www.ymcarockies.org.
Chicago IL • Saturday July 14, 12 noon • Taste of Chicago • Balbo & Columbus. An Old Town School of Folk Music tribute to Woody Guthrie at the Bud Light State. web page here.
Arlington Heights IL • Sunday, July 15, 2:00 pm • Music in the Stacks • Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Avenue. 847 506 2670. www.ahml.info.
