[ Every day this week we're sharing a new artist on this year's 25th Annual Folks Festival, leading up to the complete single-day lineup, and single-day tickets, this Friday, April 24. We begin today with a highly deserving band from our hometown... ] For more than 10 years and 6 studio albums,
Taarka have been crafting an otherworldly blend of Gypsy-folk and Americana with impeccable musicianship and a joyously energizing spirit.
Though they began as a purely instrumental string band, with a modern spin on Gypsy and Eastern European folk music, Taarka has evolved to include a rich song repertoire sung beautifully by both David and Enion. Their songwriting incorporates sweeping pop and popping gypsy elements, drawing from Western and Eastern folk traditions, bluegrass and old-time, as well as jazz, rock and 19th century poetry.
Followers of progressive acoustic music have been enjoying Taarka for years. But this will be their first full set on a Planet Bluegrass stage. Though no one at last year's RockyGrass will ever forget their emotional rendition of "Smile" during the Watergirls Sunday morning set (even featured on
PBS News Hour).
Check out
this video from their wonderful new album “Making Tracks Home” - which includes footage shot in their flood-ravaged house in Lyons. And here's a
great little documentary about David and Enion, beautifully shot in Lyons and Moab.
We’re thrilled to welcome David, Enion, and their band to the 25th Folks Festival lineup.
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