These ballads\, love songs and comic piece s\, reveal the experiences and emotions of daily life in the days before m ovies\, sound recordings and\, for some\, books. Songs from the lumber cam ps\, the decks of sailing ships\, the textile mills\, and the war between the sexes offer views of pre-industrial New England and a chance to hear l iving artifacts from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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About Jeff Warner:
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Jeff Warner connects 21st cent ury audiences with the music and everyday lives of 19th century people. He presents musical traditions from the lumber camps of the Adirondack Mount ains and the whaling ports of New England to the Outer Banks fishing villa ges of North Carolina. Warner accompanies his songs on concertina\, banjo\ , guitar\, and several pocket instruments\, such as bones and spoons. He i s a Folklorist and Community Scholar for the New Hampshire State Council o n the Arts and a former State Arts Council Fellow. He has toured nationall y for the Smithsonian Institution and has recorded for Flying Fish\, Round er Records\, and other labels. Jeff is a founder of the Portsmouth Maritim e Folk Festival.
\nThis program is sponsored by the Friends of the Peterborough Library who host a monthly lecture.
\nFind out m ore about the Friends here: https://peterboroughtownlibrary.org/friends
\nThis month's event is also sponsored by a generous grant from the NH Humanities.
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