Lee Murdock's Hometown Concert returns Jan. 4
The annual Hometown Concert featuring Lee Murdock returns this year with special guests Small Potatoes. The concert will be 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, in the Kaneland High School auditorium, 47W326 Keslinger Road, Maple Park. They will each do a set, and then a song swap.
Tickets are $20 at the door or order online at squareup.com.
Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. There is an amazing timelessness in this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard word, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in. Noted as a fluent instrumentalist, Murdock's musical influences span 15 generations, combining ragtime, Irish, blues and folk styles with his flair for storytelling in songs. Making folk music for the modern era, Murdock's work is a documentary and also an anthem to the people who live, work, learn and play along the freshwater highways of North America.
Some of Murdock's recent releases include "Windjammers, Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors," "Loving Light," and "Lake Rhymes: Folk Songs of the Great Lake Region," a hardcover book and CD.
The Chicago-based folk duo of Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso have developed a repertoire they describe as "Celtic to Cowboy." To learn more about their music, visit www.smallpotatoesmusic.com.
There is plenty of free parking on site, and ample seating.