Friday, April 20 - 8pm

Eric & Suzy Thompson

Eric & Suzy Thompson, from Berkeley, California, specialize in old-time music from the American South, at the intersection of Cajun, country blues and Appalachian – warped fiddle tunes in odd tunings, cinematic ballads, hot flatpicking on guitar and mandolin, prewar blues songs with mysterious metaphors, Cajun dance music with incomprehensible yet emotional lyrics, and the occasional danzon or kalamatiano. They use fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and the 10-stringed Puerto Rican cuatro, and occasionally the Cajun accordion. Eric's flatpicking is a model of tone and tastiness; his recent CD, Kleptograss, is a multi-cultural romp with an all-star lineup including Jody Stecher and Scott Nygaard. Suzy is a powerful blues singer and an award-winning fiddler who apprenticed with older Louisiana Cajun musicians under an NEA Fellowship; last year she was chosen as Artistic Director of the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes (Port Townsend, WA). Eric and Suzy are the driving force behind their hometown homegrown Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, and are veterans of dozens of bands: Todalo Shakers, Any Old Time, Black Mountain Boys, Bluegrass Intentions, California Cajun Orchestra, and many more. In recent years, their musical collaborators have included Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Jody Stecher, Foghorn String Band, Del Rey, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Steve James, and Ginny Hawker, among others.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall
420 Willa Road
Newark, Del., 19711

Tickets at the door: Public $17; Seniors $14; BFOTM Members $12; Ages 17 & under FREE!
Tickets available in advance online from TicketDerby
Phone: (302) 321-6466

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2012 Festival Lineup Features Marty Stuart, Doyle Lawson, J. D. Crowe

The 41^st Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival will take place on Labor Day weekend Aug. 31 - Sept. 2, 2012 at the Salem County Fairgrounds in Woodstown, NJ, featuring Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives, J. D. Crowe & the New South, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Suzy Bogguss, The Grascals and the Boxcars.  Tickets are on sale now!

The full lineup is posted online.

Tickets Are On Sale!

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Tickets for the 2012 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival are on sale now. Buy them here - they make great gifts!

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Memories from Festivals Past

Our official Festival Photographer, Priscilla Warnock, now has a selection of photos she has taken at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festivals for sale on her web site.  This includes many from the 2008, 2009 and 2010 festivals and a selection of shots from previous festivals, too.  You have probably seen her work on the festival web site, in bluegrass magazines like Bluegrass Unlimited and even on a number of bluegrass CDs.

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The Koken-Milliner Collection of American Fiddle Tunes has been completed.  You can download a PDF file giving screen shots of the pages of music, various indices, and artists' profiles section, with explanations and ordering info. The book will be released in mid-February. Also check with www.mkfiddletunes.com for updates.

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