Folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak salutes folk legend Woody Guthrie in Wilmette November 15
WILMETTE IL - The Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Avenue, will present a special concert “Bound for Glory: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie” on Friday, November 15 at 7:00 pm.
The event features folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak performing some of Guthrie’s best-loved songs accompanied by “The Bound For Glory Singers,” a vocal sextet. Dvorak will also read excerpts from Guthire’s vast body of written work.
Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma July 14, 1912 and was America’s great folk ballad maker. Guthrie also wrote books, drew pictures, had a newspaper column and hosted a couple of radio shows. Guthrie’s best songs - “This Land is Your Land,” “Roll On Columbia,” “Pastures of Plenty” and countless others - endure as living documents of the times in which he lived and worked, and are still resonant in today’s world.
“Mark has quickly become a favorite at our event series,” said Jennifer Bartel, Programming Coordinator. “ We’re thrilled to welcome him back to our series.”
Dvorak has spent a lifetime following in the musical footsteps of Guthrie and is celebrating the release of his 20th CD, Live & Alone and 4th book of essays, 31 Winters: Finding the Folk Way, which reflects on his long journey through music and teaching.
The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music, and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 Rich Warren, long time host of The Midnight Special radio program named Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour.”
There is no admission charge. For information phone 847.853.6508 or visit www.wilmettelibrary.info.
Learn more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.