Fine Band Convention – Robin and Linda Williams, heard regularly on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, bring their show to the Blue Ridge. They call their band, “The Fine Group,” so we have an equally fine local group to open for them: The Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters. Here’s a tip: there’s not a finer old-time band on the planet! Presented by the Arts and Culture Council of the Twin Counties. Flatt and Scruggs TV Show video will begin in the Museum auditorium at 4 PM. 4th Saturday clogging showcase in the museum breezeway from 4:30 to 5:30. Come early, stay late. All for $10.
Robin and Linda Williams
Robin and Linda Williams are like your next-door neighbors - assuming your neighbors are the salt-of-the-earth and top-flight performers to boot. One minute you picture borrowing a cup of sugar from these two; the next, you're completely stunned by their jaw-dropping talent. Bottom line: You feel right at home at a Robin and Linda concert, and their music stays with you like an old friend.
Favorites of fans and promoters alike, they have crisscrossed the continent (and beyond) for more than three decades, performing the tunes they love & a hearty blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. From The Grand Ole Opry to Austin City Limits, Music City Tonight to Mountain Stage, clubs, festivals and countless other venues, Robin and Linda never cease to wow audiences wherever they go.
Their chops don't stop at singing. They are first-class instrumentalists and superb songwriters, able to, as The Washington Post put it, "sum up a life in a few details with moving completeness." It's why their compositions have been recorded by the likes of Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tom T. Hall, Kathy Mattea, Tim and Mollie O'Brien, George Hamilton IV and The Seldom Scene. Irish singer Mary Black included their haunting "Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger" on her CD Full Tide.