Will Adams, Fiddler of Ken-Gar with Julianne Mangin - In-person

In Celebration of Black History Month

Join the Germantown Library and its invited speaker, Julianne Mangin, as we go back in time to 1950s Montgomery County and the amazing Fiddler of Ken-Gar (Will Adams) whose music lives on today.  

Fiddler Will Adams had deep roots in the African American communities of Montgomery County from Sandy Spring to Norbeck to Ken-Gar. In 1953, he was recorded by folklorist Mike Seeger (half-brother of Pete Seeger) who grew up in Chevy Chase. Adams’ family history offers a glimpse of African American life in Montgomery County from the final years of slavery to the mid-twentieth century. Learn how the music of both Adams and Seeger lives on among contemporary old-time musicians.

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