Tim Husk

June 24 Friday 8:00PM Free

Tim Husk is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and ethnomusicologist from Durham, NC. He plays original world folk music on acoustic guitar, tenor banjo, cello and ngoni. He has grown up playing music in school and at regional charity events in North Carolina. After a brief stint at UNC Asheville's music technology program he met Freeway Revival and joined as their new guitar player, singer, songwriter, and eventually soundman and engineer. After three years of heavy touring and meeting lots of very talented folks from all over he founded the Awen Family Band, a nationally touring world boogie collective that has featured members of Toubab Krewe, Big Something, Dr. Bacon, Reliably Bad, The Fundamentals, Self Help, TUB, Frute, and many other acts. More recently he is diving into solo performance more and the historical and cultural importance that traditional, folk and old time music has on people and the communities we exist in day to day and telling stories from a road less traveled.