Fiddling poet comes to Kent with musical troupe

Ken Waldman, Alaska's Fiddling Poet, makes his first Seattle-area appearance in two years, playing Friday, Jan. 25, at Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center for the Kent Spotlight Series.

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  • Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:37pm
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Ken Waldman has drawn on his 25 years in Alaska to produce poems

Ken Waldman has drawn on his 25 years in Alaska to produce poems

Ken Waldman, Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, makes his first Seattle-area appearance in two years, playing Friday, Jan. 25, at Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center for the Kent Spotlight Series.

Waldman joins eight stellar musicians for the 7:30 p.m. show, “From Kent To Kodiak.”

He will host an evening of variety that connects the grandeur of Puget Sound to that of Alaska. Waldman combines old-time Appalachian-style fiddling, original poetry and mostly Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his. The Denver Post calls his mix of words and music “Renegade Americana.”

The show also includes: Seattle old-time string-band, The Tallboys, featuring Charmaine Slaven, Charlie Beck, John Hurd and WB Reid; two Massachusetts clawhammer banjo players and Irish flute players, Mark Roberts and Andrea Cooper; southern Oregon fiddler, piper and storyteller Kevin Carr; and Portland banjo player, guitarist, singer and percussive dancer Leela Grace.

Tickets are $18 for general audience, $15 for seniors and $10 for youth, available in advance, and at the door. Call 253-856-5051 or visit kentwa.gov/arts/spotlight for more information.

Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center is at 10020 S.E. 256th St., Kent.


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