Atwater-Donnelly

Atwater-Donnelly is a Rhode Island folk music group consisting of Aubrey Atwater, Elwood Donnelly, and occasionally other musicians and dancers. They have toured throughout the United States and internationally, playing guitar, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, tin whistle, limberjack, and other instruments.[1] In recent years, they have also performed as The Atwater-Donnelly Trio, with Cathy Clasper-Torch.

Atwater and Donnelly met as volunteers at the Stone Soup Coffeehouse in Rhode Island in early 1987, and started playing together a few months later. They specialize in traditional American music and Celtic folk music, but write and play their own songs as well.[2] Their performances have been featured on All Songs Considered[3] and Fiona Ritchie's The Thistle & Shamrock on public radio.[4] Atwater regularly runs workshops at places like the John C. Campbell Folk School, as well as performing and teaching clogging and flat-footing dance, derived mainly from dance steps learned in Appalachia and the southeast U.S.

They were one of the earlier musical groups to be on the web, after one of their fans worked with Atwater to put a site up in 1995.[5]

They have released 11 albums, several books of poetry, and two songbooks.

Atwater was selected to serve as Artist-in-residence at the Grand Canyon National Park in May–June 2011.[6]

Albums

Atwater-Donnelly

Atwater solo

DVD

Aubrey playing Appalachian dulcimer

References

  1. ↑ Druckenmiller, Tom. "Atwater-Donnelly The Blackest Crow." Sing Out!. 48.2 (Summer 2004): p125
  2. ↑ "Annual Strawberry Concert Series at Martha Mary Chapel". Wicked Local. June 9, 2009.
  3. ↑ "All Songs Considered". National Public Radio. May 4, 2004. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  4. ↑ "Program 1360: One, Two...". The Thistle and Shamrock. June 18, 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  5. ↑ Garrett Fitzgerald (April 12, 1995). "PERSONAL: Vulcan Space Central/Atwater-Donnelly/Brown Alums". Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.www.announce. Usenet: D6y1Bp.8nu@midway.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Selected Artists - South Rim - 2010 - 2011". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-04-16.

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