Rik is a folk entertainer, author, and TV host who has performed worldwide bringing energetic and multi-instrumental stories of his travels.
From a lead belly style blues on the 12 string guitar to a mournful melody on the Native American flute, we welcome Rik here for a three week residency on Saturdays in August starting on the 1st.
His first show on the 1st of August will be a musical tribute to a dear friend “Pete Seeger”. Focusing on the banjo and guitar to tell stories from their friendship.
Special guest: William Lee Ellis
William Lee Ellis is a roots music fingerpicking guitarist and songwriter who has been hailed a“wizard on steel strings” (Blues Revue) and “one of our finest contemporary songwriters” (Living Blues). He has released five albums on the Yellow Dog Records label, notably 2023’s Ghost Hymns – a Blues Music Awards nominee for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year – and he has backed his father, banjo/fiddle composer Tony Ellis, on numerous studio projects and in concert. William holds a PhD in ethnomusicology, has played Mountain Stage, MerleFest, and the Kennedy Center among other venues, and is a guitar-instructing alum of Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch and Augusta Blues Week. He lives with his wife and daughter in Vermont, where he is Professor of Music at Saint Michael’s College.
