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A Virtual Evening With Scott Ainslie
Our online concerts are archived! So even if you missed it you can still watch it!
August 1st at 7.30pm ET we'll be proudly bringing Scott Ainslie to our digital stage (you can tune in below or on facebook.com/FocusmusicDC)! The show will be available to all, but we ask that you donate generously to the performer via Paypal (account not required) or https://cattailmusic.com/donate/ and treat it as if you were purchasing a ticket to the event.
Steeped in traditional music from both sides of the color line, Scott Ainslie is a renowned acoustic blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He learned southern old-time ballads, banjo and fiddle from senior musicians in North Carolina and West Virginia and blues from his black elders in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi: his roots are deep.
“My mother found me at the family piano picking out the melodies from the records she listened to during the day when I was three.
I’m one of the lucky ones: I’ve been a musician all my life”
– Scott Ainslie
Artists to be Enjoyed from a Distance...Frustrating though it may be, we've had to cancel a number of Focus events. Joe Jencks, Lynn Hollyfield, Scott Ainslie, Jonathan Byrd, Anne Hills, Scott Cook, David Mallett and Buskin & Batteau are all stunning performers and we hope to have them back soon. Take a listen. Support them if you're able with digital or physical merch sales. Thank you in advance! |
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Focus Music is supported in part by contributions from donors and by funding from the Montgomery County government, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and other supporting organizations.
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