American Roots Concerts Returns to St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s College of Maryland will celebrate America’s musical roots June 27.
“Sheltered Turtle,” a guitar solo act, will perform on the Campus Center patio, starting at 6:30 p.m. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own blankets, chairs, and refreshments. Each concert is free and open to the public. A suggested donation of $5 will ensure that concerts like these continue to take place at St. Mary’s College. “Sheltered Turtle” is an autobiographical, acoustic-percussive fingerstyle guitar solo act by multicultural musician Henry Nam. Following in the footsteps of guitarists Michael Hedges, Preston Reed, and Leo Kottke, Nam blends rhythmic chords, pianistic melodies, and heart-pounding percussion parts in his exuberant live performances. His debut release, “Runaway Sketchbook” (2013), is the first volume of an ambitious, year-long project to record a backlog of four years of original material exclusively in locations that enhance natural acoustics.
