1996 EISTEDDFOD PERFORMERS

OCTOBER 4, 5 & 6, 1996

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH

Sheila Kay Adams

Singer, banjo player and story teller from the mountains of western North Carolina. Sheila's family traces its singing tradition back seven generations, including Dillard Chandler and the Wallins. She brings this tradition to life in song and story. Another bio of Sheila Kay Adams.

Margaret Bennett

Scottish singer and folklorist.

Bob Copper

Octogenarian head of the Copper Family of Rottingdean, Sussex, England. Bob sings songs handed down in his family for many generations and tells stories about his ancestors.

Jeff Davis

Old-time American folk songs and vocal styles learned from source singers such as Lee Monroe Presnell and Lena Bourne Fish.

Benton Flippen & The Smoky Valley Boys

Award-winning fiddler and banjo player with his old-time Appalachian string band. Rounder recording artists.

GeraSons

Four married couples of Azorean background, living in and around Fall River, MA, GeraSons sing and play music of the Azores, Portugal and Madeira on a variety of traditional relatives of the guitar and homemade percussion instruments. Their name means both "sounds of the generations" and "generating sounds". A big hit at the 1995 Eisteddfod.

Maureen Haley Irish Dancers

Students from this Massachusetts-based step-dancing school demonstrate Irish dance.

Song Heng & Somaly Hay

Songs and dances of Cambodia.

Robert B. Jones

Acoustic blues player and radio host from Detroit, a hit at the Old Songs festival a few years ago.

Norman Kennedy

Scottish unaccompanied songs and stories by a long-time Eisteddfod veteran.

Louis Killen

Singing professionally for nearly forty years, including a stint with the Clancy Brothers, Louis has a huge repertoire of ballads, stories, sea songs, etc. from the British Isles.

Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello

Exciting accordeon, fiddle & banjo players who thrilled the crowd at the 1995 Eisteddfod. Originally from County Clare, Ireland, Tommy & Louise now run The Burren, an Irish pub in Somerville, MA, where they present live Irish music nightly.

Semenya McCord

Boston music award-winning gospel, blues & jazz singer performing with her gospel quartet.

Karim Mohammed

Virtuoso Egyptian drummer.

Maggi Peirce

Stories and songs of her native Northern Ireland.

John Roberts & Tony Barrand

Songs, ballads, recitations, etc. Eisteddfod favorites, originally from England, singing together in New England since before there was an Eisteddfod.

Eric Von Schmidt

Blues singer and guitarist, songwriter and fixture on the Boston folk scene in the sixties. An early influence on Bob Dylan.

Stamp of Approval

Appalachian clog dancing troupe from New England.

Stravaig

Scottish female vocal harmony quartet. A big hit at the 1994 Eisteddfod.

Martyn Wyndham-Read

Golden-voiced singer, collector of songs from his native England and Australia, which he visits regularly.