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• LEAF standout performance: Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits

  

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  Alli Marshall | 5 days ago

  Zimbabwean musician Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi and his band have been on tour in the U.S., playing dates from California to Quebec, including a stop at Lake Eden Arts Festival last weekend.

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• LEAF preview: The Mean Lids

  

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  Alli Marshall | 14 days ago

  The Illinois-based contra dance, folk and swing band plays for three dances (with caller Diane Silver) at Lake Eden Arts Festival next weekend. Photo from the Mean Lids' Facebook page.

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• Five Questions — LEAF preview

  

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  Alli Marshall | 21 days ago

  Abigail Washburn is a claw hammer banjo player, singer/songwriter, world traveler and, most recently, theatrical writer. She's a former member of The Sparrow Quartet and a LEAF favorite.

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• Five Questions — LEAF preview

  

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  Alli Marshall | 28 days ago

  WNC-based roots/folk/jazz/gospel singer and composer Lizz Wright has released four solo albums and contributed to many more projects with the likes of Jakob Dylan and Meshell Ndegecello. She plays Lake Eden Arts Festival with Free Planet radio — click through for dates and tickets info.

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• Five Questions — LEAF preview

  

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  Alli Marshall | 29 days ago

  Northern California-based musician and yoga teacher MC Yogi fuses Hindu chants with hip-hop. He returns to Lake Eden Arts Festival this May — click through for dates and tickets info. Image from Smithsonianmag.com

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• LEAF announces its spring lineup

  

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  Alli Marshall | 02/08/2013

  The festival, held May 9-12, features headliners Mavis Staples (pictured), Ozomatli, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Oliver Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits and Abigail Washburn.

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• LEAF season is here

  

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  Alli Marshall | 10/02/2012

  And we have your complete guide to the fall festival, which features such rootsy heavy-hitters as The Mickey Hart Band, The Tony Rice Unit, The Be Good Tanyas and more. It's time to plan your weekend!

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• LEAF in Schools & Streets enriches schoolkids

  

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  Bill Rhodes | 08/23/2012

  LSS director Jocelyn Reese is always beating the drum to enrich school children. (Photo by Bill Rhodes)

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• Greetings from Kenya

  

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  Alli Marshall | 06/23/2012

  Local producer Ben Gradison is traveling through Africa, helping to build studios, deliver equipment, and train youth and adults to create and record music. Follow his work (and listen to the music he's recording with African groups) on his blog. Photo from the Likoni and Arusha Studio Projects blog.

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• LEAF tickets and volunteer opportunities

  

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  Alli Marshall | 04/28/2012

  The spring edition of the twice-yearly festival is May 10-13, but tickets are only available online in advance, and volunteer slots are going quickly. Photo by Cameron Yeager.

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