Peggy Lynn, referred to by poet Maurice Kenny as "The Voice of the Mountains", is recognized for her soulful songwriting and extraordinary vocal versatility. Her work has been featured at the famous Bluebird Café in Nashville, and in 1996, Peggy was selected "Adirondack Woman of the Year". Peggy's song about Mary Brown, the wife of abolitionist John Brown, was selected as the cover piece in Songs for Peace Magazine and was also recorded by the folk duo Magpie on their Sword of the Spirit album. Peggy has recently co-authored a book with Sandra Weber titled Breaking Trail: Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks and released an album of new ballads about strong women called "Stand a Chance," produced by Dan Duggan. In 2005, the Adirondack Mountain Club honored Peggy with their Arthur E. Newkirk Education Award.

Dan Duggan is known nationally for his wizardry on hammered dulcimer and flat picking guitar, and is the recipient of the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship. Adding to his extensive array of recordings, Dan has recently released a new album of original airs and waltzes called "Once in a Blue Moon." He and Peggy have released a trio album with Dan Berggren, called "Ten Miles to Saturday Night," and as a duo have released two recordings: "Keeping Christmas," and "A Stitch in Time: Songs Celebrating the Art and Heritage of Quilting." Dan's children's album, "Pieces of Our Life," earned a Parent's Choice Award in 1998. His dulcimer work can also be heard on Paul Simon's CD "You're The One", released in October of 2000.

This concert forms the perfect segue between the 2008 year featuring the next generation of singer songwriters whose songs carry on the traditions of folk music in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger and the like. They also more than hint at the feature of the 2009 season which will feature a predominance of duos (with a few other surprises thrown in for good "measure". (Measure, as in a musical measure; that's just a little pun for those of you musicians who read music...) There is nothing quite like the harmony of two human voices who rehearse together and in some cases, even live together. Those kinds of vocal blends will be heard throughout much of 2009.

Visit Peggy at: www.quercusmusic.com

Visit Dan at: www.esperanceproductions.com

UPDATE MARCH 24, 2009

Dan Duggan, an internationally known hammered duclimer player, composer, and all-around good guy from right here in Central New York, has undergone surgery and treatments for tongue cancer over the past few months. Dan has an on-line blog in which he writes about his situation and how he is dealing with it.

More information on Dan and how you can financially help Dan at this time can be found in a very nice article written by Mark Bialczak for his ListenUp blog at www.Syracuse.com . Here's a direct link to the piece regarding Dan:

http://blog.syracuse.com/listenup/2009/03/central_new_york_veteran_music.html#more

Please pass this information on to others who know Dan and who might be able to send him some love and prayers and help.