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Bruce Molsky at Kings Place
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on September 6, 2018
Where
Kings Place
90 York Way
London
Map
020 7520 1490
When
Thu, December 6, 2018
20:00
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An unmissable evening with Bruce Molsky, an artist who digs deep to transport audiences to another time and place, with his authentic feel for and the unearthing of almost-forgotten rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook. Molsky seduces audiences with a combination of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and relaxed conversational wit.\nHe's a self-described 'street kid' from the Bronx who bailed on college and big city life for a cold-water cabin in Virginia in the 1970s. His mission? To soak up the passion that was dramatically upending his parent's life plan for him authentic Appalachian mountain music at the feet of its legendary pioneers, old masters who are now long gone.\nFor decades since, Molsky has been a globetrotting performer, ethnomusicologist and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations...