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Saturday, February 4 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Both Feet on the Ground

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Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Andy Hedges, Ismay, Lara Manzanares

Bask in an evening of well-grounded rural vibrations. Texas folkster Andy Hedges and living legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliott may have an eye toward the sky, but their songs land right here on earth. Ismay’s music explores the connection and freedom that grows from the soil. New Mexican songwriter and storyteller Lara Manzanares evokes la tierra with sounds rooted in generations of música buena. Drawing cowboy connections across genres and across lands, these musical acts promise to connect ground and clouds, head and heart.

Artists
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Andy Hedges

Performer - Poet/Musician
Andy Hedges is a songster, reciter, storyteller, guitarist, and collector of cowboy songs and poems. The son of an Italian schoolteacher and a rodeo-cowboy-turned-preacher, Andy grew up in the small community of Tokio,Texas, where his family paid rent on an old farmhouse by looking... Read More →
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Ismay

Performer - Musician
Melding the experience of taming wild horses, escaping wildfires, and birthing lambs with the mystical soundscape that nature inspires, Ismay has sharpened their musical craft over the last decade while living and working on the family ranch in Northern California. With Songs of Sonoma... Read More →
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Lara Manzanares

Performer - Musician
Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter from Northern New Mexico. She grew up singing the traditional New Mexican music of her sheep-ranching childhood, and she composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Through a combination of storytelling and songs both... Read More →
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Performer - Musician
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott chose the cowboy way at the age of 14, trading life at home for one on the rodeo circuit. His rough-edged enthusiasm and musical instinct drew the attention of his avowed idol Woody Guthrie, initiating an invaluable, lifelong association. Jack was a good friend... Read More →


Saturday February 4, 2023 6:00pm - 7:30pm PST
G Three Bar Theater - Western Folklife Center