Hickory Ridge Concert Series: North Carolina Songwriters come to Hickory Ridge

Hickory Ridge Concert Series: North Carolina Songwriters come to Hickory Ridge

• Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
• Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

North Carolina husband and wife team Dana and Susan Robinson bring their dust-on-the-boots vignettes of rural America to the Hickory Ridge Concert series Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Dickson Mounds Museum. Dana and Susan are consummate multi-instrumentalists (guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin) integrating styles from the Appalachian, Celtic, and African traditions to create a fresh and contemporary sound that is uniquely their own.

In Dana and Susan Robinson you'll hear two rich, intimate voices, intricate and powerful guitar and banjo playing with a handful of fiddle and mandolin thrown in. Dana writes songs and tells stories about America, the land and its people. They bring to their performances an understanding of America's musical heritage and convey its significance to our culture. Dana delivers his lyrics with such poetic clarity as to take the audience along riding shotgun down the highway.

Dana and Susan met in 2002 when Sue attended a concert that Dana was giving in California. An environmental grant writer at the time, Sue had no idea what she was in for when Dana persuaded her to join him as his traveling partner. A classically trained pianist and Scottish fiddle player, Susan changed musical courses completely, launching into the mountain claw-hammer banjo, rhythm guitar playing, and harmony singing that now defines their sound.

One of our Hickory Ridge Concert Series