Friday, March 15, 2019

Joe Crookston
Folkus Project

Price: $18 regular, $15 members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Joe Crookston has long been a Folkus favorite. Based in Ithaca, Crookston is a multi-instrumentalist, and his mastery of guitar, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and accordion fuses both contemporary and traditional elements.

Crookston is an honest and authentic folk singer and songwriter. His songs have a way of cutting through the outside noise and right to the core of a person's soul and conscious.

If you come to a show, you'll ride along mystical, historical, and humorous roads, and twist through personal stories along the way – stories of amber eyes, Oklahoma towns, rattlesnake tails, Grandmother Moons, Galway heather, meter maids, and silver crowns. His story songs are universal, masterful and his concerts are a grand celebration of all of us.

Crookston's music is deeply rooted in the grand celebration of life, death, ancestry, and the interconnectedness of us all. You'll be pulled in by the musical world he creates, and you'll end up in the moment, humming and buzzing with the rest of the crowd.