Dvorak, Mark: "Old Songs & New People"

 Description: In the spirit of Woody Guthrie, Mark Dvorak’s performances are a delightful blend of the innocent and the determined, fashioned from grassroots music of the past and present. Children join in action songs and simple rhythm games, participate in cumulative choruses, and experience the drama of narrative ballads from the American folk song tradition.

Other: The American Folk Song: Mark Dvorak is a folk singer’s folk singer who follows in the footsteps of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzey and Art Thieme. With hundreds of songs in his repertoire, he is an entertainer whose performances are marked with a clear knowledge of his music and art, and also with an understanding of what a given audience is ready to listen to. His natural style of performing makes old songs sound new again, and new songs sound familiar. Entertaining warmth, sincerity, distinctive talent and variety in presentation have distinguished Mark Dvorak as one of today’s important folk artists.

The People Yes (Carl Sandburg), and Banjo: The All-American Instrument. Mark can also create a program of songs based on a theme, such as songs of the railroads, cowboy music/lore and the American West. Spontaneous Folk Ensemble, a sing along concert and jam session.

The People Yes (Carl Sandburg), and Banjo: The All-American Instrument. Mark can also create a program of songs based on a theme, such as songs of the railroads, cowboy music/lore and the American West. Spontaneous Folk Ensemble, a sing along concert and jam session.

Availability: Year-Round

Audience: General, youth, adult or intergenerational

Fees: $275-400

Equipment: self-contained

Credits: Libraries in Wheaton, Lostant, Moline, Stickney-Forest View, Thomas Hughes Library (CPL), Mt Prospect, Sandwich, Wood Dale, Elburn (Town & Country), Aurora, Watseka, Champaign, Lake Forest, Plainfield, and more

Contact: Joann Murdock, Artists of Note

Address: P.O. Box 11, Kaneville, IL 60144

Phone: 630-557-2742

Email: jmurdock@artistsofnote.com

Website: www.MarkDvorak.com, www.ArtistsOfNote.com, www.MarkDvorakEPK.com