{"id":41713,"date":"2003-04-22T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2003-04-22T14:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=41713"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:12:36","slug":"wrbc-roots-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2003\/04\/22\/wrbc-roots-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative roots-music acts from across the nation to perform at Bates College festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musicians from Texas, New York and southern New England will bring fresh perspectives on traditional sounds to campus for the second annual WRBC Roots Music Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, adjacent to the Olin Arts Center, Russell Street (rain site: Gray Athletic Building).<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Bates’ student-run commnunity radio station, WRBC<\/a>, the concert is open to the public at no charge.<\/p>\n

Featured acts run the gamut from the acoustic folk-blues of Frank Morey to the psychedelic alt-country of Varnaline frontman Anders Parker. “This year we tried to grow the festival by bringing in more regional and national acts,” says Michael Dixon, WRBC’s director of blues and roots music and a producer of the festival.<\/p>\n

“This year’s lineup is intended to appeal to a wide variety of tastes, especially those comfortable with an alternative take on the roots scene,” Dixon says. “All of our acts incorporate a strong element of rock into their music, yet retain a connection to country, folk or blues.”<\/p>\n

In order of scheduled (and approximate) starting times, the performers are:<\/p>\n