“Masters of the storytelling tradition, (with) elegant, sensitive musicianship and an impressive range of talent” - BBC Yorkshire

“Canada’s most accomplished musical mythologizers”. Robert Reid of the Kitchener-Waterloo Records

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High on the bluegrass world's A-List, with musicians whose accolades include International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the Year and two Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass Album (Claire); two IBMA Guitar Player of the Year awards (Jim Hurst); and two IBMA Bass Player of the Year awards (Mark Schatz).

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Sparky and Rhonda Rucker have performed throughout the U.S., singing songs and telling stories from the American tradition. Sparky Rucker has been performing over forty years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller, and author.

Rhonda Rucker is an accomplished harmonica and piano player, and also adds vocal harmonies to their songs. She has developed her own unique style of playing harmonica, which complements their music, whether they are playing railroad songs, Appalachian music, blues, slave songs, Civil War music, gospel, work songs, cowboy music, ballads, or Sparky Rucker's original compositions.

Mountain Thyme’s songs feature multi-layered vocal harmonies and unaccompanied singing. Themes range from traditional ballads to contemporary folk— encompassing rousing accounts of romantic escapades, tales of trial and challenge, historical sagas, stories of personal experience and place, and amusing expressions of everyday life and events. Their Celtic-flavored tunes include jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, waltzes, contemporary melodies written in traditional style, and original compositions.

Mountain Thyme will be joined by guest fiddler Cathy Grant.

Poteen is a band of four players, employing, at last count, fourteen different musical instruments. Their sound is exciting and innovative carrying their audience through a full spectrum of emotion; whether playing a rousing, foot-stomping jig, a haunting mysterious reel or sing a song the makes the listener laugh or another that leaves many a moist eye, they keep a tight hold on their audiences’ attention.

Poteen will be joined by Irish step dancers Jennifer Cox and Andrea Brown

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