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An acoustic treat
for fiddle fans
On Friday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. Peter Ostroushko will appear in concert at the Wakefield School Auditorium in Rappahannock County.
One critic summed it all up: “Peter Ostroushko can play anything! And usually does!” Regarded as one of the finest mandolinist8 and fiddlers in acoustic music, he has toured in Europe and North America, at clubs, performing arts centers, festivals and theatres. He has recorded on well over 100 albums.
Described as “a musical chameleon,” his music is admired by fans of all styles of music: country (probably his association with Jethro Burns, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Johnny Gimble), bluegrass (Norman and Nancy Blake, Tim O’Brien and Hot Rize), folk (Greg Brown, John Hartford, Taj Mahal, Robin & Linda Williams), and even jazz. He also has a place in the world of rock, with Bob Dylan to be precise.
Called “one of a group of virtuoso musicians capable of defying boundaries,” he does exactly that. He’s played lead ukelele with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, he has composed and performed scores for a number of theatrical productions and he’s appeared on radio and television including Mountain Stage, Good Evening, Austin City Limits, and Prairie Home Companion where he was a regular performer at home and on the road.
But in all of his artistic guises, Mr. Ostroushko plays Ostroushko never wandering far from the old ethnic Minneapolis neighborhood where he was bom, raised, and still lives. He thrives on the influence of a musical family which immigrated from the Ukraine after World War II.
Mr. Ostroushko blends his Ukrainian roots with other old world sounds, from Scandinavian schottiches to Irish hornpipes, mixes in a little jazz, bluegrass, swing or oldtime, creating Sluz Duz music (a term borrowed from his mother, meaning, roughly, “off his rocker”).
Recordings include the 1989 Red House release “Blue Mesa,” “Buddies of Swing,” “the Mando Boys,” “Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood” and “Sluz Duz.”
For ticket and information call RAAC at (703) 6753193 or the 4ft8 Hotline at (703) 675-3073 for the nearest ticket outlet. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.
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