Name: Riding the Stream: A Tribute to Bruce Piephoff V.1 Album Release Celebration
Start: 2025-01-10T18:00:00-05:00
Location: UNCG Alumni

Riding the Stream: A Tribute to Bruce Piephoff V.1 Album Release Celebration

The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro and The Greensboro will host a release party for Riding the Stream: A Tribute to Bruce Piephoff V.1 on Friday, January 10th at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House on College Avenue. The event is free and open to the public and will include performances of several of the songs on the album.
For directions and more information about parking: https://idcapps.uncg.edu/access/access.html?id=Alumni%20House
To RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIXKs6wW4oHCYuq7ZDK2Hi178ulsXyCQ3TF2ALImY7mWHh8Q/viewform

𝘖𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘺 4-6, 2024, 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘰’𝘴 “𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.” 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦, 𝘕𝘊, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘙𝘶𝘧𝘶𝘴 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘦,” “𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘹𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦,” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 “𝘙𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘌𝘥𝘨𝘦.”

BRUCE PIEPHOFF wrote and performed songs and poetry for over 40 years. Firmly a part of the Appalachian tradition of story-songs and character portraits, it was his versatility that made his music so fascinating.
He began in Chapel Hill, NC in the late 60’s, while a student at UNC Chapel Hill. Searching for a major, he decided on English, and followed a life long love of literature. As a child, Bruce was a dreamer at heart, and loved the classic comic books of that time. These led him to the classics themselves, including Huckleberry Finn, The Count of Monte Cristo, Moby Dick, etc.
After two years, Bruce dropped out of college to pursue music. He was particularly inspired by his dad’s collection of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie records. His dad also played guitar, harmonica, and sang as a hobby, but Bruce immediately felt this could be his vocation. Bruce traveled nationwide, playing in small cafes and bars. He spent time in New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles, before travelling to Europe and playing in the streets of Amsterdam as a busker. By the age of 27, he had landed back in Durham, NC, working at John Umstead Hospital as a music and recreation therapist, and playing his music on weekends.
From there, Bruce decided to return to college at UNC Greensboro, where he finished his education with a B.A. in English, and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the school’s acclaimed writing program. He studied poetry with Fred Chappell and Robert Watson before entering the N.C. Arts Council’s Visiting Artists Program. This program enabled Bruce to become the Artist-in-Residence in a number of community colleges across NC, including those in Columbus, Brunswick, and Pitt counties. He then went on to residencies in Orlando, FL; Danville, VA; Norfolk, VA; and western NC. Bruce appeared at thousands of performances through this program, at locations such as schools, churches, and festivals, until the program ended in 2001.
He recorded 21 CDs of original material for Flyin’ Cloud Records, and performed nationwide on the folk singer/songwriter circuit. He published his second book of poetry, Fiddlers and Middlers, in 2009. In October, 2011, he released his 21st CD, Still Looking Up At The Stars, produced by Scott Sawyer. Bruce shared the stage with Steve Forbert, Riders In The Sky, Greg Allman, Chuck Brodsky, Tom Paxton, and others, and played everywhere from Merlefest to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.