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‘Lonesome Traveler: The Concert’ Celebrates Folk Music Roots at MSU Riley Center
MERIDIAN, MS –“Lonesome Traveler: The Concert,” with featured guest star Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, will take an MSU Riley Center audience on a musical journey down the many streams of American folk music on Saturday, October 13, at 7:30 p.m.
The multimedia concert, based on an acclaimed off-Broadway musical, is the second show in the Riley Center’s 2018-2019 Fall/Winter Performing Arts Series. “Lonesome Traveler” celebrates the music of such great folk and folk-rock artists as Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Pete Seeger and The Weavers, The Limeliters, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Simon & Garfunkel. It also includes a special tribute to Leonard Cohen.
Charismatic young singers and multi-instrumentalists re-create the sounds and rekindle the idealistic spirit of the 1950s and ’60s folk revival. “Paul, Mary and I owed a great debt to the pioneers of folk who came before us,” Yarrow said. “It’s a joy for me to see a new generation carrying forward the traditions of folk music.”
Members of every generation can sing along together on such warmly remembered hits as “If I Had a Hammer,” “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “This Land Is Your Land,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Turn! Turn! Turn!” “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and “Hallelujah.” It’s all folk music – music of the people, ever evolving, connecting us to our past and shaping our future. Come and share the joy.
For fans of: Peter, Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, ’50s and ’60s folk music
Tickets are $39 and $33 at the MSU Riley Center Box Office, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets can be purchased online at www.msurileycenter.com or by phone at 601.696.2200.
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