From a musical family in Dublin, John was sixteen when he went on the road with Chanting House, a group which he formed with Susan McKeown. As a member of […]

Sicilian-American songstress, Michela Musolino presents the rich, storied music of her ancestral island. Accompanying herself on the tamburo, a frame drum typically played by women, Michela shares songs expressing the […]

Bill Gooch and Meg Mabbs will discuss and demonstrate the relationships between traditional music and dances from Scandinavia.  Participants will also have the opportunity try out dances from Denmark, Norway, […]

Having individually played at the Laurel with many established ensembles including the Tennessee Shieks, the Dismembered Tennesseans, Circus No. 9, Don Don & Po, and Strange Company, the various Cassells […]

Loretta Kelley and Andrea Haag are featured in a special edition of Scandinavian Dance night, in collaboration with the Trollkretsen Dancers. Loretta is one of the foremost performers and teachers […]

From early days with The Bothy Band to his celebrated solo performances, Kevin Burke is considered one of Irish music’s luminaries. The recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the […]

Inspired by their 1941 wooden Admiral radio, this South Carolina-based husband and wife duo creates an Americana sound with tight vocal harmonies, endearing storytelling and authentic energy. Admiral Radio has […]

Nora Brown started learning music at the age of 6 from the late Shlomo Pestcoe. From his tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn, Pestcoe instilled in her the belief that music […]

Eddie Lynn Snodderly was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, to a father who was a Fuller Brush salesman and a mother who was, in his words, a “housewife extraordinaire.” […]

Knoxville’s first Poet Laureate, singer and songwriter, playwright and band leader RB Morris returns to his “pulpit” at the Laurel Theater. RB Morris is a poet who writes emotionally intense […]