Folk music: The music of the land … of generations. Music played for the shear joy of playing and sharing. Music of the heart.
Folkdust plays folk music. Our concerts are like going to your garden and eating a tomato right off the vine - no packaging; no sanitizing; no little sticker with a barcode. Just the simple, real thing. We passionately play the music we love - ancient fiddle tunes, folk classics, and our own originals.
Folkdust is Carol Dietrich and Marion Boatwright. We are Americans by birth and New Zealanders by choice. Cape Foulwind on the northern West Coast is our home sweet home.
Marion comes from the North Carolina mountains where he was a performing musician for 50 years. Guitar was his first love but then the fiddle stole his heart. Add in his clawhammer banjo and harmonica and the table is set for whatever numbers Carol might throw his way next!
Carol is a “Covid guitarist”. We rode out the pandemic in our Montana cabin and the isolation served as the perfect crucible for her taking up guitar. And take it up she did! On top of that, Carol’s choir background leads the way for developing our harmonies. And now she's our bassist as well!
Sharing this music is our passion. It’s our way of connecting … of maybe making a difference. See you out there.
Carol and Marion