Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers CD Release Party for “Up In The Batten House” : Old Time Music of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Appearing for this event will be:  Mark Tamsula on fiddle and Richard Withers on banjo, flute, & harmonica, ~ joined by Dave Krysty on guitar.

Opening act: Ellen Gozion
All ages. No cover.

Up In The Batten House  comprises 22 tracks of traditional Appalachian music from the Southwestern Pa. region performed by Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers. They draw from tunes collected by the renowned music historian Samuel Bayard, who visited fiddlers and fifers in this area between 1928 and 1963, and published over 1000 of their tunes in two books, Hill Country Tunes, and Dance To The Fiddle, March To The Fife. Sam Bayard and his source musicians are gone, but Tamsula and Withers have brought their tunes back to life on fiddle and banjo, with some renditions on flute, guitar, harmonica and accordion as well.

WEBSITE:  http://www.upinthebattenhouse.com
INFORMATION:  contact@appalachianmusic.net

CD’s are also available at:
http://www.elderly.com/recordings/items/SNABU-CD001.htm