Canceled Live in Berea
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYThe Wailin' Jennys The Wailin’ Jennys dazzle audiences with their rich vocal harmonies, impressive musicianship, and brilliant songs, blending original work with folk, blues, and jazz elements. Stephenson Memorial Concert.
The Point of Arrival
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYCarrie Newcomer Known for emotionally intimate songs that explore the personal, political, and spiritual with compassion, insight, and wit, American singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer has become a mainstay on the contemporary folk scene. With her warm yet assertive voice guiding her songs, she has embraced stylistic elements of acoustic folk and folk-rock. Stephenson Memorial Concert.
Gender Talk: Tales of Musicians
This talk, by Ashon Crawley, is about the performance of identity and belonging, the practice of community and exclusion, using musicianship with the Hammond Organ as the object through which stories can be told. Some fictional, some biographical, the stories about blackness, queerness, joy and love are drawn from Ashon Crawley's ongoing research and oral […]
Wutiko—The Quest of a Lifetime
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYÉlage Diouf Master percussionist of Senegalese origin, singer-songwriter Élage Diouf uses the musicality of his mother tongue, Wolof, to invite listeners to follow him toward a universe of dance rhythms where everyone is invited to participate. His music, a hybrid of pop, world, blues, folk and asiko, and his unique and warm timbre of voice […]
Ballad Night
Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall 190 Chestnut St, Berea, KYSule Greg Wilson, founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, will perform at Ballad Night at Berea College on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 P.M. in Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall. The evening is hosted by the Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble. Mr. Wilson will present a half-hour set of African-American ballads which will be followed by […]
Japanese Taiko Drums: Past, Present, and Potential Future
Woods-Penn Commons Woods-Penniman Building, Berea, KYBerea College professor of Japanese and faculty sponsor of the Berea Japanese Taiko & Culture Club, Nathan Patton, and his students will share the Japanese musical and dance form known as taiko and discuss its past, present, and potential future.
Berea College 49th Celebration of Traditional Music
Four days of traditional music concerts, jams, worshops, lectures, and dance! Symposium Thursday at Hutchins Library; Workshops Friday/Saturday at Loyal Jones Appalachian Center; jam Friday night at Boone Tavern and throughout the weekend; concerts Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon at Gray Auditorium; Kidzone Saturday afternoon at Woods Penn; Dance Saturday night at Woods […]
Concert: Paul Brock Band (High Powered Music from Ireland)
Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall 190 Chestnut St, Berea, KYJoin us for a free concert with four of Ireland's leading traditional musicians. The Paul Brock Band is fronted by one of Ireland’s most celebrated traditional musicians: Paul Brock on button accordion and melodeon. The band also features acclaimed pianist, composer and arranger Denis Carey as well as fiddler/dancer/bodhran player Jake James and multi-instrumentalist Brenda Dowling. Lori […]