Friday April 13th through Sunday April 15th in Takoma Park, MD
The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose is a 3-day music festival unlike any other. It will bring together for the first time more than 25 acoustic fingerstyle guitar and banjo players from every era of the American Primitive/Guitar Soli movement and every corner of the United States; pairing legends such as Peter Lang, Max Ochs, Harry Taussig, and Peter Walker with modern day heavy hitters like Glenn Jones, Marisa Anderson, Daniel Bachman, and Nathan Bowles. We will also be screening documentaries and rare footage of John Fahey, Robbie Basho, and Jack Rose; and hosting panel discussions with scholars and musicians.
SCHEDULE!
Here is the day-by-day schedule for our festival of American Primitive guitar. As you can see, some of our performances are open to the public, but many are limited to folks who buy a festival pass. This nonprofit festival is sponsored by Rhizome DC, Main Street Takoma and The City of Takoma Park, Maryland. It is run by volunteers and fans to showcase and support the music we love.
THURSDAY April 12, 2018
Our good friends at Tompkins Square Records will throw a pre-festival gathering at Rhizome beginning at 7 PM. There will be a Q&A with Joe Bussard, on the 60th Anniversary of his first recordings of John Fahey. Plus, guitarist Wall Matthews from the 70's Folkways Records ensemble, Entourage and the US debut of Welsh multi-instrumentalist Gwenifer Raymond.
FRIDAY April 13, 2018
Most events on Friday are open to the public. We must warn you that all of the venues have limited capacity, so if you are set on seeing a particular artist you should arrive early. These locations are very close together, often next-door to one another.
The following Friday performances are public:
6:30 PM Rob Noyes @ Rhizome DC
7:20 PM Matt Sowell @ Rhizome DC
7:30 PM Will Csorba @ Busboys and Poets
8:20 PM Max Ochs @ Busboys and Poets
9:30 PM Joseph Allred @ Takoma Bev Co.
10:20 PM David Shapiro @ Takoma Beverage Co.
10:30 PM Alexander Turnquist @ Republic
11:20 PM Chuck Johnson @ Republic
The following Friday performances require a festival pass:
8:30 PM Lloyd Thayer @ Allyworld at Tonal Park
9:20 PM Charlie Schmidt @ Allyworld
Allyword at Tonal Park performances will be broadcast on Takoma Park Radio, WOWD-FM 94.3
SATURDAY April 14, 2018
The following Saturday performances are public:
1:00 PM Danny Paul Grody @ The Carroll Café
1:50 PM Dylan Golden Aycock @ The Carroll Café
3:40 PM Don Bikoff @ Takoma Park Gazeboo
4:30 PM Mark Fosson @ Takoma Park Gazebo
Events in the Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium are for pass holders only. The public is welcome in the Azalea Room of the Community Center where artists and other participants will be selling merchandise and there will be a live video feed of the festival performances.
11:30 AM Nick Schillace
12:30 PM Panel Discussion
Panel features Byron Coley, Glenn Jones, Peter Lang, Sarah Louise, Claudio Guerrieri (The John Fahey Handbook), Allison Hussey (Indy Week, Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily), Steve Lowenthal (Dance of Death, VDSQ), Bill Meyer (Magnet, Wire, Dusted), Leah Toth (Footfalls Records, Tinymixtapes)
3:00 PM Rare John Fahey, Jack Rose footage
5:30 PM Sarah Louise
6:20 PM Willie Lane
7:10 PM Peter Walker
8:30 PM Glenn Jones
9:20 PM George Stavis
10:10 PM Marisa Anderson
SUNDAY April 15th
The following Sunday performances are public:
Takoma Park Farmers Market on Laurel Avenue
12:00 PM Gwenifer Raymond
1:00 PM Will Csorba
Events in the Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium are for pass holders only. The public is welcome in the Azalea Room of the Community Center where artists and other participants will be selling merchandise and there will be a live video feed of the festival performances.
10:30 AM Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho
12:00 PM Discussion with the Director, Liam Barker.
2:00 PM Itasca (Kayla Cohen)
2:50 PM Daniel Bachman
3:40 PM Nathan Bowles
4:30 PM Is@s@
6:00 PM Rich Osborn
6:50 PM Harry Taussig
7:40 PM Peter Lang
It is also our pleasure to tell you that we are working on an afterparty at Rhizome, which will be an opportunity for American Primitive players to collaborate with local artists, including Luke Stewart and Sarah Hughes.
For more information, including venue addresses, please see our website at https://1000rose.org/ or watch this page.