Four additional performers announced for 2019 National Folk Festival
SALISBURY, Md. – Four more performers have been announced for the 2019 National Folk Festival in downtown Salisbury.
“The artistic program for the 79th National Folk Festival is shaping up to be an amazing, expansive display of our nation’s premier traditional artists- from stalwarts who have earned well-deserved accolades for carrying forward their art forms for decades to up-and-coming artists who will be making their National Folk Festival debut in Salisbury this September,” said executive director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) Lora Bottinelli.
The following artists were announced on Wednesday:
- Bill Kirchen (Austin, Texas): master of the Telecaster and living guitar legend. Will take audiences on a high-energy romp through the last 50 years of American guitar history
- Capoeira Luanda (New York, New York): Brazilian capoeira led by the nation’s foremost capoeira mestre (master). This ensemble will astound with their display of Afro-Brazilian tradition that fuses dance, martial arts, and acrobatics.
- Jeff Little Trio (Boone, North Carolina): Blue Ridge piano trio. With breathtaking speed, precision, clarity, and a distinctive two-handed style, this musician continues a hidden yet fascinating Blue Ridge piano tradition.
- Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys (Duson Louisiana): This rising star from the heart of French Louisiana fills the dance halls with a zydeco sound that is both highly innovative and deeply respectful of tradition.
Approximately 350 artists, including musicians, dancers, storytellers, and craftspeople, will take part in the National Folk Festival. The festival returns the area for its second year September 6th through 8th.
