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Piedmont Blues

Presented by Strathmore at Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda MD

Dec 10, 2016

Grammy-winning pianist-composer Clayton, songstress Wright, and a nine-musician ensemble explore the blues music of the Piedmont tradition in a multimedia project featuring interviews with the oldest living generation of original blues musicians.

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Ragtime rhythms, finger picking guitar style, and understated vocals are the hallmarks of the folk music style found in the Piedmont region, the area between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains from central Georgia to central Virginia. Jazz pianist-composer-bandleader Gerald Clayton has captured the essence of this celebrated land, home to a unique culture and rapidly vanishing folkloric history, and preserved it in a multimedia project. Piedmont Blues features a nine-piece ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

$25-$65

Phone: 301-581-5100

Email: strathmore@strathmore.org

Website: https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/piedmont-blues

LOCATION

Music Center at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852

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PARKING INFO

For full parking information and directions, please visit www.strathmore.org/your-visit/directions-and-parking

Parking in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage is $5.20 during the week and free on weekends. Strathmore is also accessible via Metro's Red Line, Grosvenor-Strathmore station.

Limited short-term parking also is available at specially marked meters along Tuckerman Lane, which do not require payment after 7pm.