About this Event
WCCMA is pleased to welcome back Ida Mae Specker for an evening of folk and original music at the new downtown Claremont Creative Center.
This special concert will feature John Specker, (fiddle, banjo, vocals), as well as Ida Mae’s frequent collaborators Mowgli Giannitti (bass, vocals), and Sam Merwin (guitar, mandolin, vocals). The performance will highlight original material in addition to creative, high-energy arrangements of traditional old-time tunes, bluegrass and country songs.
The concert will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.
Tickets are pay-what-you-can! Suggested at $5-20 (households on a budget), or $25-60+ (I've got money and want to make a difference!). Support live music in this unique intimate venue by attending and offering whatever amount works for your houshold.
Ida Mae Specker is an old-time fiddler, folk singer, and songwriter from Andover, Vermont.
A longtime member of family band The Speckers, Ida Mae learned to play fiddle at a very early age from her father, John Specker. Vermont Public Radio's Robert Resnik calls the Specker family "Vermont Folk Heroes." The Speckers are renowned for “playing a rambunctious version of old-time music that owes as much to punk rock as Appalachia, at least in attitude.” (Seven Days VT).
Ida Mae’s EP of original music, ‘Billy in the Heartland,’ was released in December 2019. Specker released a new EP in October 2023, a live session recorded at the church in Peru, VT, by Dan Rome and Austin Burrell (Future Fields). In November 2024, Ida Mae was awarded a New England Music Award for the state of Vermont.
More information at www.idamaespecker.com
This program is supported in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Claremont Creative Center, 56 Opera House Square, Claremont, United States
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