On Saturday evening, July 19, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., the Hudson Valley Folk Guild will present the annual Beyond a Simple Folk Song concert. The event will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 South Randolph Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
This year we are excited to feature David Roth and Pat Wictor. This will be the first time these well seasoned, touring artists have collaborated on a show playing together! This promises to be a great adventure in creativity as they develop genre-bending possibilities for each of their songs. These collaborations will most certainly be memorable and go well beyond the scope of a simple folk song!
David Roth strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious, and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer, songwriter, recording artist, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and instructor, David has earned top honors at premier songwriter competitions – Kerrville (TX) and Falcon Ridge (NY) – and taken his music, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for three decades.
Pat Wictor is a contemporary songwriter and interpreter drawing on the rural country, gospel, and blues traditions of our nation. Steeped in American "roots" music, Pat first burst on the folk and acoustic scene as an innovative slide guitarist known for fresh and memorable interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs. He has since made his mark as a singer-songwriter penning lean and poetic songs that honor - and subvert - rural blues and gospel traditions.
Pat Lamanna will be dedicating her set to the memory of Lyn Burnstine. Lyn was an accomplished and much-loved Hudson Valley folk singer and concert presenter. She was also a stalwart member of the Folk Guild. Pat will present many songs they have performed together, as well as a couple of songs that Pat wrote about Lyn.
Tickets are $15, general admission.
For more information, call 845-229-0170, or stay tuned to your favorite Folk Guild communication method.On Saturday evening, July 19, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., the Hudson Valley Folk Guild will present the annual Beyond a Simple Folk Song concert. The event will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 South Randolph Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
This year we are excited to feature David Roth and Pat Wictor. This will be the first time these well seasoned, touring artists have collaborated on a show playing together! This promises to be a great adventure in creativity as they develop genre-bending possibilities for each of their songs. These collaborations will most certainly be memorable and go well beyond the scope of a simple folk song!
David Roth strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious, and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer, songwriter, recording artist, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and instructor, David has earned top honors at premier songwriter competitions – Kerrville (TX) and Falcon Ridge (NY) – and taken his music, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for three decades.
Pat Wictor is a contemporary songwriter and interpreter drawing on the rural country, gospel, and blues traditions of our nation. Steeped in American "roots" music, Pat first burst on the folk and acoustic scene as an innovative slide guitarist known for fresh and memorable interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs. He has since made his mark as a singer-songwriter penning lean and poetic songs that honor - and subvert - rural blues and gospel traditions.
Pat Lamanna will be dedicating her set to the memory of Lyn Burnstine. Lyn was an accomplished and much-loved Hudson Valley folk singer and concert presenter. She was also a stalwart member of the Folk Guild. Pat will present many songs they have performed together, as well as a couple of songs that Pat wrote about Lyn.
Tickets are $15, general admission.
For more information, call 845-229-0170, or stay tuned to your favorite Folk Guild communication method.
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