Blues singer and guitarist Geoff Muldaur comes to Woods Hole

The Woods Hole Folk Music Society’s
42nd season will continue Sunday, November 10, with a concert of American blues
music by legendary singer, guitarist and composer Geoff Muldaur.

 Geoff
Muldaur is one of the most widely recognized
voices to emerge from the 1960s and 70s folk, blues and folk-rock scenes
centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. At that time Mr. Muldaur was a
founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and the Paul Butterfield's Better
Days group, as well as collaborating with Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry
Garcia and others. He blended a deep respect for the classic ragtime-tinged
folk-blues styles of Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson
and others with his own flair for songwriting, and helped turn American music
in a new direction.

In the 1980s he took a long break
from performing and recording; however, he continued to hone his songwriting
craft, composing scores for film and television and producing off-beat albums
for Lenny Pickett and the Borneo Horns and the Richard Greene String Quartet.
Mr. Muldaur’s definitive recording of "Brazil" was featured in Terry
Gilliam's 1985 namesake film, which quickly became a cult classic.

Geoff Mudaur is now back to full-time
touring, bringing his reedy and powerful voice, expert guitar picking and
unique blues interpretations to concert halls, performance spaces, clubs and
festivals throughout the US, Canada, Japan and Europe. He is a regular guest on
Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and has been featured on a
variety of National Public Radio shows.

Mr. Mudaur’s critically acclaimed
recent albums, The Secret Handshake, Password, Private Astronomy and Texas
Sheiks feature his own compositions as well as unusually crafted interpretations
of classic and oftentimes obscure American material. As Allmusic reviewer Zac
Johnson wrote, “His blues-folk stylings are born of
respect for music's history, from the perspective of a contemporary artist very
much of his own era.” The New York Times noted that he "succeeds not
because he copies the timbre and inflections of a down-home African American
but because his voice - reedy, quavering, otherworldly - is so unusual that
[the music] is little more than a jumping-off point." As the London Times described his live performance: "Immaculate guitar picking was
matched by vocals that were rich and bore out the guitarist.” Legendary
folk-rock artist Richard Thompson said succinctly: “There are only three white
blues singers, and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them."

The concert begins at 7:30 PM. Doors
open at 7 PM. Admission is $15 with discounts for members, seniors, youth and
children. Community Hall is handicapped accessible. There is no charge for
street parking after 6 PM.

Upcoming performances include:
November 24, Irish band Comas; January 19, New England Cowboy Bill Staines;
March 30, Close-harmony trio Finest Kind; more to be announced.

The Woods Hole Folk Music Society is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering enjoyment of folk music in all
its forms. Concerts are generally held two Sundays per month from October
through April. They are made possible by support from its members, season
subscribers, volunteers, and performers. More information is available at www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic
or by calling 508-540-0320.