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David MALLETT at Hogeye Folk Arts
Raised in a musical family, by the age of ten he was touring with his older brother Neil, singing at grange halls and county fairs. In his early twenties he started his solo career, writing his own songs and eventually performing them across the US, Canada and europe. His songs have received international acclaim, and one of them, Garden Song, has been translated into several languages and is one of America's most popular folk songs. other singers who have recorded Mallett's songs include Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Hal Ketchum, Pete Seeger and even the Muppets. the source of this well-traveled music is life in a small town in rural Maine, where there still is a main street, and you can still find old barns and tall trees.
The songs Mallett writes and sings are filled with passion, evocative imagery, and a sense of the inevitable passage of time. the loss of American towns and rural landscapes is the subject of many of his songs, as are the issues of wilderness preservation and the struggle of the common man. When he is not touring, the place where he makes his songs is in his writing room in an old farmhouse with a view across the field and a tintype of his great-great grandfather on the wall.
I like to keep reaching out to touch the past, he says, to connect it with what's going on now. to me music is one of the few things that is timeless ... human emotion is one they're folk music's newest tradition: Jim Craig & Friends, a collection of the coolest folk performers to sing a note and pluck a string. Come and be treated to solo and ensemble performances by some of Chicagos premier folk talent.
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LocationHogeye Folk Arts at Lake Street Church
607 Lake Street
Evanston, IL 60201
United States
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