The Mountain Dulcimer Comes to New York City

Published on June 02, 2009 by Christy Tennant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE CITY” TOUR--
THE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER COMES TO NEW YORK CITY
THURSDAY, JUNE 18

NEW YORK, New York. June 2, 3009 Acclaimed Mountain Dulcimist and singer Linda Sack brings the Mountain Dulcimer to New York City on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the International Arts Movement's Space 38/39, 38 West 39th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018.

The concert, part of Linda Sack's “From the Mountain to the City” summer tour, celebrates the recent release of her premiere CD "The Lilies So Fair" and features charming mountain, bluegrass, country, and rousing old-time favorites played on both the baritone and standard Appalachian Dulcimer.

In this “Mountain Music Serenade,” Sack will demonstrate the surprising versatility and capability of the simple, three-noted Mountain Dulcimer, one of our nation's oldest original musical instruments. She sings and plays the songs of mountain people, stories that connect audiences with their ancestors. The raw humanity expressed in American roots lyrics offer a necessary escape from the isolationism of modern life.

Linda Sack moved to Nashville, Tenn. after living in the Appalachian Mountain foothills, discovering the Mountain Dulcimer in 1993. She studied with dulcimer virtuoso David Schnaufer for 11 years through the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. She has performed with the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet since 1995 and more recently, with the Corn Pone Stars String Band.

"As a longtime protégé of mountain dulcimer legend David Schnaufer until his untimely death in 2006, Linda Sack developed a passion for both the instrument and Appalachian roots music. Handpicked by Schnaufer in 1997 to be part of the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet, Sack toured the country, playing festivals, theaters and radio shows and developing a vast repertoire of classic mountain songs. Her first solo album, The Lilies So Fair, features classic numbers (“Freight Train,” “Wildwood Flower” and “Your Cheatin' Heart,” to name a few) rendered with a delightfully simple front-porch vibe that would have made her late mentor grin approvingly." - Jack Silverman, Nashville Scene.

For information about Linda Sack, go to www.myspace.com/lindasack
or call 615-438-3275. For more information about the June 18 concert, go to www.internationalartsmovement.org or call 212.944.0944.