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Applause Performances: Kevin Richards and Charlie Mosbrook

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Northeast Ohio folk musicians and joined ideastream's David C. Barnett for the first Applause Performance of 2021.

Richards is the executive director of while Mosbrook is the president of .

 Kevin Richards and Charlie Mosbrook. [Jean-Marie Papoi]

Both are musical disciples of American folk hero Woody Guthrie and each shared thoughts on how Guthrie might react to today's troubled society.

They also discussed the Piedmont blues and shared examples of this important blues, finger-picking style, which they're exploring together as part of a master/apprentice program sponsored by the .

 

 

Dave DeOreo is coordinating producer for 91¸£Àû’s arts and culture team.