Live music with Rik Palieri

PERKINSVILLE, Vt. – Rik Palieri will be performing for our April concert. His original songs have been praised by folk legends like Pete Seeger, U. Utah Phillips, and Jimmy Driftwood. His music has taken him on road trips through every state in the continental U.S., as well as Australia, Germany, Poland, Scotland, France, and Spain. Rik Palieri has appeared on TV, both in the U.S.A. and overseas, countless radio stations around the globe, and at numerous folk festivals, such as The Vancouver Folk Festival, The Philadelphia Folk Festival, and The Champlain Valley Folk Festival. He has won numerous grants, including those from Poland’s Kosciuzko Foundation, the Vermont Council on the Arts, National School Assemblies and Dakota School Assemblies, Meet the Composer Grant, and first place in the South Texas Banjo Contest. Palieri is one of the new breed of folk singer-songwriters who can take you on a musical jaunt around the world.