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› What: Bruce Molsky and Molsky’s Mountain Drifters› Where: Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave.› When: 7:30 p.m. today, April 6› Admission: $20› Phone: 423-624-5347› For more: barkinglegs.org
Fiddler Bruce Molsky, called one of the iconic figures of American old-time music, will take the stage at Barking Legs Theater tonight, April 6. He'll be backed by Molsky's Mountain Drifters.
A self-described "street kid from the Bronx," he bailed on college and big-city life for a cabin in Virginia in the 1970s.
His mission? To soak up the passion that was dramatically upending his parent's life plan for him - authentic Appalachian mountain music - at the feet of its pioneers.
For decades, Molsky has been a globetrotting performer, ethnomusicologist and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy nominations.
He's also the classic "musician's musician" - a man who has received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators such as Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler, Celtic giants Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine and Dobro master Jerry Douglas.
He's a country gentleman by way of the Big Apple, aptly dubbed "the Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddlers" by virtuoso violinist and sometimes bandmate Darol Anger.
For tickets or for more information, call 423-624-5347.