Joe Nicola w. Dakota Dave Hull & Frannie Crego

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Dakota Dave Hull & Joe Nicola 2-4pm Opening Act Frannie Crego 1pm “ Joe Nicola is a virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist whose expressive technique and emotive playing have captivated audiences across the globe. With a musical career spanning over two decades, Joe has honed a distinctive sound that blends intricate fingerpicking, melodic inventiveness, and a deep connection to his musical roots. Drawing inspiration from folk, blues, classical, and contemporary acoustic traditions, his compositions tell stories that resonate on a deeply personal level.” Hailed by everyone from Dave Van Ronk to Doc Watson, from the Washington Post to Downbeat to fRoots, Dakota Dave Hull’s guitar style spans a wide musical geography to create an infectious, uniquely personal blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing, and vintage pop. Dakota Dave is a restlessly curious, adventurous traveler along the broad highway of America’s music. In his playing the masters speak, but in a vocabulary that is Dave’s alone: alternatively mirthful and moving, always melodic.