Friday September 16, 2022

John Roberts returns to open The Princeton Folk Music Society’s 56th season. John is well known to PFMS audiences, having appeared most recently with Debra Cowan, and on several occasions in the much loved “Nowell Sing We Clear” Christmas Special. His concerts are a celebration of folk traditions, with ripping yarns and sparse tunes enhanced by the joy of singing along. John is best known as a singer of folksongs from the British Isles. He now makes his home in upstate New York, but was born into a Welsh family in Worcestershire, England. He has been singing traditional music since the 1960s and has a large repertoire of traditional British songs, including sea shanties, broadside ballads, and pub tunes. Usually, John accompanies himself on concertina or banjo, but may sing a cappella when he feels it fits the song. He can give the background of any song he performs, often telling the listener the circumstances from which it might have been written and from whom the song was collected “John Roberts is a national treasure, a master of the English concertina and, in my estimation, possesses one of the most commanding voices in the folk music community.” Ron Olesko, Sing out! 8:00 pm. Friday, September 16, 2022, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ. Tickets at the door: $25 ($20 members, $10 students 12 - 22, $5 children 11 and under). Ample free parking. Masks and proof of full vaccination will be required for admission. A livestream also is available. For more information: www.princetonfolk.org.