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Sky in the Road performs tonight
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Presented by the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance, the concerts will be from 5:30 to 7. It takes place in conjunction with the Farmers Market, which starts at 4 p.m. The concerts are at the gazebo next to the Wallowa County Courthouse. Admission is free. Sky in the Road is the performing name of singer/songwriter threesome Daniel Rhiger, Dean Warner and Rahmana Wiest. As a threesome they have been making music together since 1998. Daniel Rhiger plays guitar, Dean Warner is usually found playing a mandolin, but also plays guitar, and pulls out lap steel, banjo and fiddle on occasion. Rahmana plays harmonium and percussion. Three-part harmonies are laced into their tunes, with the three of them trading lead. They describe themselves as carrying the torch of American folk paying homage to people and place in their songs, spicing them up with Eastern European and Celtic music, bluegrass and jazz. Dan Rhiger’s songwriting has won awards including two songs honored in Billboard Magazine’s 1991 National Songwriting Contest. Sky in the Road has recently released two new CDs, “Where Everything is Music” and “Tahonetlaclah, Mountain of Fire.” These join their 1996 self-titled release, “Sky in the Road.” With their well-crafted originals these versatile performers have toured throughout the West, from the Oregon Coast to Billings, Mont., from Monterey to the San Juans. In 2005 they were featured on the nationally syndicated radio show “River City Folk.” They have been heard at numerous concert halls, conferences, coffee houses and festivals including Seattle Folk Life, Portland’s Winterfolk, Rose Festival, Artquake, The Bite, Earth Day/Procession of the Species, The Yakima Folklife Festival and many more. They also employ their musical talents in schools with performances specifically created to teach children about recycling, water quality and salmon restoration. As part of a nonprofit educational organization known as CITE Creative Information they have reached nearly 200,000 students in the past six years through two programs, titled “Make a Ripple, Make a Wave, A Concert for Clean Rivers,” and “The Case of the Missing R’s.”
COURTHOUSE CONCERT SERIES 2008 SCHEDULEJULY24 -Sky in the Road: acoustic anthems 31 - Carolyn Lochert: funky blues and jazz
AUGUST7 - The Alibis: original guitar-driven americana, rock and blues 14 - Neal Woodall - Thacher Carter: ramblin' folk, fingerpickin' folky blues and originals 21 - Community Chamber Players - The Boswells : chamber music, summertime Broadway plus Monika Hunter and Dawn Hunter Strobel 28 - Morgan & Schlick: purveyors to the lonely: bluesy original folk |
