Folk singer songwriter Dvorak to perform at Rowan County Library May 15
SALISBURY NC - The Rowan County Library, 201 W. Fisher Street will present “The American Folk Song with Mark Dvorak” on Wednesday, May 15 at 7:00 pm.
Dvorak is celebrating the launch of his 20th recorded release, Live & Alone, recorded during the great pandemic in an empty concert hall and the publication of 31 Winters: Finding the Folk Way, a collection of essays and stories reflecting on his long journey through teaching and music.
“I try to mix it up,” said Dvorak who accompanies himself on guitar, 5-string banjo, 12-string guitar and other instruments. “The subject of ’The American Folk Song’ has always been fascinating to me. It all started by listening to Bob Dylan while in high school. I read the 1972 biography by Anthony Scaduto which led me to Pete Seeger. Seeger’s recordings and books opened the door to the music of Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly and a whole bunch of others. The songs represent a kind of an ongoing patchwork quilt of struggle, celebration, loss and triumph. And at the very core of these song - is storytelling."
The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music, and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 Rich Warren, long time host of The Midnight Special radio program named Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour.”
For information phone 980.432.8670 or visit www.rowancuntync.gov.
Learn more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.