MURFREESBORO — Anne MacFie, a folk singer,
songwriter and storyteller from eastern Kentucky, will present a lunchtime
concert at MTSU's Center for Popular Music at noon Friday, April 25.
The free
public event inside the university's Bragg Mass Communication Building will
feature MacFie's versions of the traditional ballads and stories she learned from
her Appalachian foothills neighbors. She has also worked with and learned from
artists such as Lily May Ledford, Jean Ritchie and Almeda Riddle.
A
professional musician since 1969, MacFie has performed internationally and has
recorded three solo albums as well as works as a member of the Twa Sisters duo
and with the Civil War ensemble, Privates By Choice.
MacFie
has given summer concerts and directed music festivals for many years in the
Kentucky State Parks, including Pine Mountain's Great American Dulcimer
Convention, and for the National Parks and Forests. She has taught classes and
workshops for festivals and folk camps, including Kentucky Music Week,
Swannanoa Gathering and Yellowbanks Dulcimer Festival, and is the folksong
instructor for annual Road Scholar programs on Appalachian culture.
She is
also an accomplished and acclaimed songwriter; artists such as Kentucky
Standard and the Gallier Brothers Band regularly perform her songs.
The Center
for Popular Music at MTSU is a research center devoted to the study and
scholarship of popular music in America. Established in 1985 by the Tennessee
Board of Regents as one of 6 Centers of Excellence across the TBR system,
MTSU's CPM maintains an archive of research materials stretching from the early
18th century to the present and develops and sponsors programs in American
vernacular music.
For more
information on the Center for Popular Music and its projects and special
events, visit http://popmusic.mtsu.edu.
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