Organization

Freebo and Severin Browne performing in the round

Presented by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Downtown Community Center

June 15, 2013

Freebo is an award-winning singer-songwriter but may be best known as a Folk-Rock-Blues icon. For 30 years, Freebo played bass on recordings and toured with some of the great artists of our time: Bonnie Raitt, CSN, Maria Muldaur, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Loudon Wainwright III, Dr. John, and many others. It was his yearning for more creative...

Jack Tempchin in concert

Presented by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Downtown Community Center

May 18, 2013

As the Eagles celebrate 40 years of American music history, multi-platinum mystery man Jack Tempchin celebrates alongside them. Tempchin is a legendary hit songwriter whose compositions, "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Already Gone", are on 'Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,' awarded “Best-Selling U.S. Album of the...

The Salty Suites

Presented by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Downtown Community Center

April 20, 2013

The Salty Suites

are Scott Gates on vocals/mandolin/guitar, Chuck Hailes on bass/vocals, Chelsea Williams on vocals/guitar, and Elaine Gregston on accordion. Together, they bring amazing musical expertise and passion for bluegrass, roots, and traditional mountain music.

Scott Gates began playing mandolin at the age of...

Joel Rafael with special guest Beth Fitchet-Wood

Presented by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Downtown Community Center

March 16, 2013

On his original albums, Joel Rafael has chronicled his life and the world around him with songwriting rooted in folk tradition presented in his own “power folk” style. 2008's Thirteen Stories High, features "This Is My Country," with friends David Crosby and Graham Nash contributing background vocals. His...

Ken O’Malley with the Ne’er Duwels

Presented by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Downtown Community Center

February 16, 2013

Ken O’Malley

is a musician, singer, writer and producer. The Irish News has called him “the single most enduring, influential and proficient of all Irish musicians in Southern California.” Well known throughout the western United States and Ireland, he’s been a member and leader of many musical groups in Los Angeles...

Rick Shea & Mary McCaslin sing the songs of Jim Ringer & Mary McCaslin

Presented by The Living Tradition at Anaheim Downtown Community Center

January 19, 2013

Mary McCaslin

and the late Jim Ringer first met in the summer of 1972 at the legendary folk music camp/retreat called Sweet’s Mill in the Sierra foothills above Fresno, California. Both were pursuing solo careers and making recordings at the time but soon began touring the country and performing together. Eventually they...