Catch Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf in Concert Aug. 13; Exhibit and Program Highlight Alexander Hamilton's Life and Legacy
Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf capture a long-ago sound that springs from their Ozarks roots and the folk musicians of long ago.
They’re a popular draw at house concerts, folk festivals and, yes, library gigs. Performing as The Creek Rocks, the duo will give a free concert from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in the Library Center auditorium.
The event is sponsored by AARP of Springfield. It’s part of the AARP Passport to an Active Summer, a project with the Library and the Springfield-Greene County Park Board. Registration is requested; call AARP at 1-877-926-8300. All ages are welcome and AARP membership isn’t required.
Bilyeu, formerly of Big Smith, and Woolf collaborated on Woolf’s 2005 debut CD, “Simple and Few,” and on Woolf’s 2013 album, “May.” The playful title song was a hit at a library concert that year and stole the show at an arts council fundraiser.
Their 2015 debut CD together, “Wolf Hunter,” is a collection of traditional Ozarks folk songs, interpreted by Woolf and Bilyeu. The songs are from the collections of folklorists John Quincy Wolf and Max Hunter, who captured thousands of songs that otherwise would have been lost for all time.
You can get a preview! “Wolf Hunter” and the originals in the Max Hunter Collection are both on CD at the Library. The Max Hunter Collection is also on thelibrary.org/lochist under “Digitized Collections.”
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Be sure to stop by the Library Center in August to see the Alexander Hamilton exhibit, “The Man Who Made America Modern.” The traveling exhibit explores the full story of Hamilton’s key roles during the Founding period 1774-1804. The exhibit is on loan from the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History.
A new event has also been added to round out his profile. Alexander Hamilton: The Man Behind the Musical, will be at 7 p.m. on Aug. 16 in the Library Center auditorium for grade 6-adults. History teacher Andy Thompson will talk about Hamilton's life, his work and why his vision for America endures today.
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