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Blacksburg Farmers Market with Music from American Roots and LP Kelly
Venue: Market Square Park, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: American Roots, Blacksburg Farmers Market, LP Kelly
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2021
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Blacksburg Farmers Market presents Music from American Roots and LP Kelly on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Market Square Park.

Music Schedule:
• 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: American Roots
• 12:30-2:00 PM: Liam Kelly

American Roots is a Blacksburg-based, father and son acoustic guitar and vocal harmony duo performing roots and Americana music penned between about 1900 and 1950. Fred and Jon Benfield took the name “American Roots” because it describes the music they have enjoyed performing together in the five-county area over the last 30 or so years.

The father and son guitar duo's musical influences are many and varied as are their shows which could be characterized as Americana Music: “Carter Family to Gershwin”. They are "Crooked Road Artists” interested in preserving the music of the southern Appalachians, but also enjoy performing tunes from other genres. Fred and Jon have spent most of their lives in and around the southern Appalachians and have developed an affection for the broad scope of music appreciated by folks in the region. Their performance may include traditional ballads, Appalachian blues, Piedmont blues, trad-country, trad-jazz, western swing, early country, tin-pan alley toe tappers, swing tunes, hot fiddle tunes (on guitar), and “folkgrass” (folk tunes played at bluegrass tempo).

They’ve performed at venues all around the region including the Floyd Country Store, Blacksburg’s Steppin’ Out festival and Shawsville's Beans and Banjos.

An retired ecology professor at Virginia Tech, Fred Benfield told a writer for Virginia Tech’s website, “My favorite part of performing is the communication that occurs between us during gigs. We’ve played together for so long that we just somehow know where the other is going on tunes without saying anything or even looking at each other.”

Liam "LP" Kelly may be better known as Old Man Kelly and resides in Blacksburg, VA. The sound of LP Kelly comes broadly from the early days of American roots music: when bluesmen sang from front porches on hot afternoons; when swing bands played dances in speakeasies late into the night; when being an American troubadour was a trade.

Whether performing as a multi-instrumental one-man-band or appearing ensemble as Old Man Kelly and The Streetsweepers, it’s original music that still sounds familiar. A couple of guitars, a banjo or two, an arsenal of harmonicas, and a whole lot of guts.

Old Man Kelly is no stranger to song, but don’t call him a singer-songwriter. He’s been around the block more times than he can count, taking laps past punk rock, Irish music, Appalachian old-time, alt-country, nautical music, and French chansons. The arsenal is vast — banjo, guitar, accordion, drums, harmonica, fiddle, and kazoo are all fair game.

Links:

• https://lpkelly.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/lpkellymusic/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZzvBzPKFzMX_ToZO_WLOg/videos

The Blacksburg Farmers Market is open every Saturday April through October from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm at Market Square Park in downtown Blacksburg, VA.

The Blacksburg Farmers Market offers local meats, organic produce, baked goods, crafts, flowers and more in the heart of downtown Blacksburg! Support your local farmers and artists and enjoy the benefits of a strengthened community, healthy living, and support for responsible business practices.

All of our farms are located within a 50 mile radius of downtown Blacksburg, VA.

The Wednesday Market is open from April through December. From November-December, the Saturday hours change to 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. From January-March, the Saturday hours change to 10:00 am until 2:00 pm.

For more information, visit: http://www.blacksburgfarmersmarket.com or https://www.facebook.com/blacksburgfarmersmarket or https://www.instagram.com/blacksburgfarmersmkt/.