Play or Sing, read a Poem, tell a Story, listen, fetch the beer, anything
His love of the songs he sings even outshines his talent on concertina and banjo (and spoons and bones)! With warmth and humour, Jeff connects 21st century listeners with the music and everyday lives of 19th century people, presenting traditional music from the Outer Banks fishing villages of North Carolina to the lumber camps of the Adirondack Mountains and the whaling ports of New England and his songs have “the stamp of authority and real experience” ('Tykes News' Yorkshire, England). Honing his craft before audiences across the US (and latterly around the UK) at festivals, museums, clubs and schools, his songs, rich in history and a sense of place, bring us the latest news from the distant past. The son of Anne and Frank Warner, who were pioneer collectors of songs from rural America, Jeff edits the publication 'Traditional American Folk Songs' and has produced the 2-CD set 'Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still' featuring the actual voices of singers born from 1860 to 1900 recorded by his parents on early disk machines. A Folklorist and Community Scholar, he is heavily involved in many folk arts organisations and has toured around America for the Smithsonian Institution.
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