Bruce Molsky at Kings Place

An unmissable evening with Bruce Molsky, an artist who digs deep to transport audiences to another time and place, with his authentic feel for and the unearthing of almost-forgotten rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook. Molsky seduces audiences with a combination of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and relaxed conversational wit.\nHe's a self-described 'street kid' from the Bronx who bailed on college and big city life for a cold-water 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 legendary pioneers, old masters who are now long gone.\nFor decades since, 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...

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An unmissable evening with Bruce Molsky, an artist who digs deep to transport audiences to another time and place, with his authentic feel for and the unearthing of almost-forgotten rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook. Molsky seduces audiences with a combination of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and relaxed conversational wit.\nHe's a self-described 'street kid' from the Bronx who bailed on college and big city life for a cold-water 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 legendary pioneers, old masters who are now long gone.\nFor decades since, 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's received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators like Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler, Celtic giants Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine, jazzer Bill Frisell and dobro master Jerry Douglas, a true country gentleman by way of the Big Apple aptly dubbed 'the Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddlers' by virtuoso violinist and sometimes bandmate Darol Anger.\n'Bruce Molsky is one of those great players who 'gets it': has all the links to the past but is happy not to be chained to it' Mark Knopfler\n'It is no exaggeration to say that Bruce Molsky is one of the greatest American fiddlers of all time. His playing is mesmerizing and transporting, and best experienced live' WBUR (Boston NPR)\n'An absolute master' No Depression\n'An incredible power of history and tradition in his vocal' Linda Ronstadt​\n'One of the world's premier Appalachian-style fiddlers' Bloomberg News\n'A mystical awareness of how to bring out the new in something that is old' Mark O'Connor

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