Folksongs from Little House on the Prairie

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Legendary folksinger, storyteller, and autoharp virtuoso Adam Miller performs a free sing-along concert of "Folksongs from the Little House on the Prairie" at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 30, 2019, at the Grant Area Library, 122 Elder Street in Grant, Michigan. For more information, please call (231) 834-5713.

An artist whose kind has dwindled to an endangered species, Adam Miller is a renowned old-school American troubadour and a natural-born storyteller. One of the premier autoharpists in the world, he is an accomplished folklorist, song-collector, and raconteur, who has amassed a remarkable repertoire of more than 5,000 songs. With his resonant baritone voice and easy audience rapport, Miller is a masterful entertainer who never fails to get his audience singing along.

Skillfully interweaving folksongs and the stories behind them with the elegance of a documentary filmmaker, Adam Miller is recognized as one of the great interpreters of American folksongs and as a storyteller par excellence. And he is that rare performer who appeals to audiences of all ages.

Traveling 70,000 miles a year, Miller performs over 200 concerts annually in 48 states, from the Everglades to the Arctic Circle. More than 1.5 million students have attended his Singing Through History! assembly programs. He has performed live in over 2,000 American public libraries.

The Ketchikan, Alaska Sitnews called his show, "Impressively educational but also alluringly entertaining - delighting both young and old alike. His energizing performance brought history alive, as he skillfully grabbed the audience's attention and transported them with song and laughter through 400 years of history."

A reviewer in Melbourne Beach, Florida, said that Adam Miller’s presentation is “even more accessible than most good folk music. His stories are not the boring ‘once-upon-a-time’ kind, but rather keep you in a constant state of suspense, and his gentle, building guitar chords heighten it. It's all about how folk music lives on through oral tradition and has a kind of ‘betcha didn't know you've done it too!’ kind of theme. It will charm even the most die-hard of iPod loving kids or reluctant significant-others.”

The Tennessean, said that it was “Exceptionally inspiring to witness this true master of eclectic art forms and keeper of the flame of endangered American traditions.”