PORTLAND ROOTS MUSIC SHOWCASE

WHITE EAGLE SALOON HOSTS FIDDLES, GUITARS, BANJOS, AND SURPRISES

Sunday, August 18, 7 pm, Alaskan Fiddling Poet, Ken Waldman is putting together a show that will appeal to anybody who loves fiddle, guitar, banjo, poetry, and the local roots music community. It's Ken Waldman & The Wild Ones with special guests Mary Flower, Richard Melling & Karen McCracken, and The Breaking Feat Duo featuring Heather Tonga and Tim Cramer.

Ken Waldman & The Wild Ones

Ken Waldman combines Appalachian-style string-band music, original poetry, and Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his. Twenty books include sixteen full-length poetry collections, twelve CDs, and since 1995 he has appeared at the widest range of venues, from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the famed Dodge Poetry Festival to the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, Australia. Reviewers have compared his stage show to John Hartford and Garrison Keillor. He'll be joined by The Wild Ones, a special guest band. 

Website:

https://www.kenwaldman.com

Mary Flower

Acoustic blues

Mary Flower is an internationally recognized finger picking blues guitarist and guitar teacher based in Portland. Flower embodies a luscious and lusty mix of rootsy, acoustic-blues and vocal styles that span a number of idioms - from Piedmont to the Mississippi Delta, with stops in ragtime, swing, folk and hot jazz. Her eleven recordings include four for Memphis's famed Yellow Dog Records.

website:

http://www.maryflower.com

Richard Melling & Karen McCracken

Richard Melling & Karen McCracken draw from the old-time, bluegrass, and early country traditions, singing harmonies and playing multiple instruments. Melling has played bluegrass for decades and has won awards for Dobro playing and songwriting. They're half of the Ross Island Ramblers, and in this setting will go from sweet old-time duets to numbers full of energy and drive.

Website:

https://wvmusicalliance.org/richard-melling/

Heather Tonga

Heather Tonga fell in love with the banjo at 16 and has been hauling one around ever since. With the clawhammer style of banjo, she has met many people, and blended in with everything from folk, country, bluegrass, celtic, blues, and Middle Eastern music. Along came Tim Cramer, who had been playing doumbek, djembe and fiddle with a belly dance troupe. He fell in love with violin at 9, and learned the drums too. Together, they will introduce you to original music as Breaking Feat Duo!

Tim Cramer