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Joel Mabus

Joel Mabus has split his long career in folk music between the traditional and the original. Split is perhaps not the proper word, because the old and the new intertwine in his music. This is true whether he is singing an old ballad with a new interpretive twist or writing a new song that sounds like it has been handed down from generations past. You might find him fingerpicking Piedmont blues on the guitar, claw-hammering out a mountain tune on the banjo, or fiddling for a square dance or singing his own original songs in folk clubs from Cambridge to Berkeley. He has toured widely and makes his living at music, though he is like most folk musicians touring in the 21st century flying under the radar of American pop culture. Whether you label him folk, Americana , or a singer-songwriter, Mabus remains a one-off, walking that lonesome valley, making and marking his way as a working artist outside the confining walls of the usual music business.

For more on the artist see www.joelmabus.com/
For full details on the show and the sponsoring organization see www.madfolk.org