The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) The NCTA is the nation’s oldest multicultural arts presenting organization. For over eight decades, through festivals, tours, symposia, exhibits, and media productions, the NCTA has showcased the very best of the myriad grassroots folk, tribal and ethnic cultures that comprise our diverse nation.
The Masters of the Steel String Guitar concert reunites three of the original artists who participated in the NCTA’s legendary tours of the same name a quarter century ago: Jerry Douglas, Albert Lee, and Wayne Henderson, who now stand at the pinnacle of their respective musical worlds. It also introduces some amazing younger players, just as the tours of the ‘90s did: 25-year-old St. Louis bluesman Marquise Knox and 11-year-old Blue Ridge flatpicker Presley Barker, joined by special guests 13-year-old fiddler Kitty Amaral, bluegrass singer extraordinaire Dudley Connell, and blues harmonica wizard Phil Wiggins.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016
AT THE HAMILTON
600 14th St NW,
Washington, DC 20005
6:30 p.m. concert seating
7:30 – 10:00 p.m. musical program
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Proceeds will support the NCTA’s work on behalf of folk and traditional arts and artists across the U.S. and are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
