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Event
Kevin Burke -- In Concert
The University of South Alabama Baldwin County and Pelican Marsh Concerts present an evening of traditional music with Kevin Burke.
Thursday January 25, 2018 at 7:30 PM
University of South Alabama Performance Hall 110 St James Avenue Fairhope, AL 36532
Kevin Burkes fiddle playing has been at the forefront of traditional music for over 30 years. Whether solo or accompanied, on record or in concert, Burke is an immensely engaging performer. He has been established as a first class musician ever since his work in the early 1970s (with such renowned performers as Arlo Guthrie, Christy Moore and the Bothy Band and with his far-reaching solo album, If the Cap Fits). During his long musical career Kevin has earned international acclaim in both Europe and America as a solo performer, a teacher and as a member of some of folk musics foremost groups including Celtic Fiddle Festival, and Patrick Street. He is also a featured member of Grammy winner Tim OBriens wonderful crossover band, The Crossing.
Kevins contribution to music was acknowledged by The National Endowment for the Arts when he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship, the USAs highest honor for excellence in the folk and traditional arts. In Ireland he was given the prestigious Gradam Ceoil award, both acknowledging him as a master of the tradition.
Although Kevin has spent much of his life playing in a group context, he has never lost his love for solo fiddle music the naked fiddle as he himself sometimes puts it. This is very evident in his live solo release, In Concert, a performance of mostly unaccompanied traditional pieces.
The great Irish fiddler Kevin Burkeplays the fiddle so smoothly, with such buoyancy, and with such relaxed showmanship, that even a large concert hall becomes intimate. The New Yorker Magazine
One of the great living Celtic fiddlers. The New York Times
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LocationUniversity of South Alabama Baldwin County Performance Hall (View)
111 St James Street
Fairhope, AL 36532
United States
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Kid Friendly: Yes! |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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