". In his shows Rik plays both orginal songs, old folk and some old Country too! He also plays the 5-string banjo, guitar, Native American , Ozark Mouth Bow and every now and then is known to play the Polish Bagpipes
Rik interviews The Gretsch Guitar Company
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The Song Writer's Notebook, Backstage with Jeannie Seely at The Grand Ole Opry
Influences
Rik Palieri comes from "down east" in
Vermont from whence he travels with the four winds to any where there is music to be played. He's a multi-talented performer mastering the banjo and guitar plays some rather exotic instruments like the Australian didgeridoo and the Polish bagpipe. Rik is a real tail twister and can get a drowsy crowd up and singing faster than anybody in the folk world.
BUZZ POTTER "Hobo Times"
Rik with Author Clay Eals, On The Song Writer's Notebook
Sounds Like
Rik says " I like to think of my music as a cross between old country and folk. The term I like to use use is Americana or Country Roots. I guess I sound a bit like my mentors ; Pete Seeger and U.Utah Phillips with a little bit of Ramblin Jack Elliott and Woody Guthrie thrown in. If you like the sound of listening to old folk and country records then you just might like my kind
of music! "
Rik Palieri- Folk-singer, Songwriter & Storyteller
Rik is a talented singer, song writer, multi instrumentalist, storyteller and member of "The Mythical Order of The Rose Tattoo", who lives the musical life to the fullest.
He is a very energetic performer who captivates audiences of all ages with his stories and songs.
In a typical performance Rik will sing an old ballad with a fret less banjo, stomp out a Leadbelly style blues on the 12 string guitar, squeeze an exotic instrumental on the Polish bagpipes, spin out a wild and wooly story of his travels, pluck out a tune on the Ozark mouth bow, blow a mournful melody on the Native American flute and end the evening with an original Yodel-sing-a-long
Rik has performed at concert halls, schools and festivals throughout the lower 48 states, toured Alaska by float plane, rode camelback in Australia and sung on trains throughout Europe...
He has appeared on countless TV programs including recent spots on ABC's 20/20. He also has his own Public Access TV show "Song Writers Notebook", that has featured interviews with artists like Pete Seeger and U. Utah Phillips.
Rik has recorded six albums. His newest CD is called "Hobos & Heroes". He is also an occasional writer for Sing Out!, Banjo Newsletter and author of a new book "The Road Is My Mistress, Tales Of A Roustabout Songster" available on Amazon.com
RIK
We call him Totem Pole. Well, it suits him. Here he comes now, strong, upright, his whole body festooned with instruments: banjo, guitar and a quadriplegic goat he claims to be Polish bagpipes. And they are! Once played, they’ll clean the wax out of your ears or make you wish you had more. Tote ‘em Pole, that’s him. Well, just part of him, the hobo part. The rest has to do with music, our music. And the road, long stretches of midnight highway, booming on to the next last lost town at the end of the world. You take all the best of who we’ve become, we Americans ; our plain, honest voice, our wandering soul, the deep, true poetry of all our places, trust, honor, hard-working hands and hearts at peace. Take all of these, stitch them together with our people’s common music, the ring of the banjo and happy feet stomping away the darkness – and somewhere in the middle of all this you’ll find Rik. He has more time and miles on him than a prospector’s mule. But he has turned up the gold. It shines from a thousand stages where, night after night he gives back to some of us what he’s learned from the rest of us. Always giving, only taking what balances out. Now, this book is part of that balance. The pay-back. This is an American life only because of all the American lives, past and present, that have flowed into and filled it up. All the hardship, all the open-handed love, the great adventure we’re all in whether we know it or not., you’ll find it all here in this one, same as you’d find it in all of us. But Rik tells it and lives it and sings it and it all comes out, like the old fiddler said, “finer’ than snuff and it ain’t half as dusty”.
- Utah Phillips
April, 2003
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Please check out our new comedic “vampire bankers” music video. The guy who directed this also directed Madonna’s first music vid. We think it’s pretty funny. It’s available as a free mp3 download on http://www.ukejackson.com
Thanks for being our friend! Uke Jackson and the NY Ukulele Ensemble
Hola amigos!! =) como estan?? yo reapareciendo un poco jeje. En realidad anduve (y estoy) trabajando mucho en diferentes grabaciones y producciones en el estudio, y a veces no me hago el tiempo necesario para mis cosas; pero aquii estoyyyy =) componiendo nuevas canciones que muy pronto las colgaré en myspace, organizando algunos eventos y manteniendo los sueños y el trabajo. Simplemente quería recordarles que no me olvido del afecto y el apoyo de caaaada uno de ustedes, y aprovecho para dejarles un abrazo grandeee, lleno de buenas energías =) Hasta muy pronto!
Hello Vermont!...Just letting you know I'll be playing 3 dates in your lovely state with my band this weekend. Hope you can make it.
love, Miss Tess
*Thursday, Jan. 22 @ The Hooker-Dunham Theater, Brattleboro *Friday, Jan. 23 @ Langdon St. Cafe, Montpelier *Saturday, Jan. 24 @ The Red Fox Inn, Bondsville
Hey! There!! Thanks for the friendship and stop by and let me know what you think of my art sometime. I hope you had a super holiday and got all the neat presents you wanted.
Hola queridos amigos. Como están?? No quería dejar pasar ésta oportunidad para abrazarlos con un par de líneas. Y mis energías van dirigidas a que cada uno de nosotros, podamos encontrar un poquito de paz en el otro, reflejarla y hacerla más grande, compartir nuestra propia luz... y que de ésta manera podamos vivir una navidad cada día, como así también, proyectar un año próximo lleno de momentos que nos hagan crecer. Miles y miles de gracias por sus pasadas, comentarios, mensajes, y por hacerme sentir que tengo amigos por todooosss lados!!! Feliz navidad y un año nuevo con muuucha energía!
Ich wünsche euch allen ein Frohes Weihnachtsfest und ein gutes Neues Jahr 2009
Thank you for your friendship and Thank you for the add. Wish you a merry Christmas and a rockin' new year 2009 ! Your great! Love and peace and all good things for the future, Keep rocking @ bluesing @ ballading & & &
Hi Rik!!! on the road again? =) I was really nice meeting you both, and it was a very very special gift spending a day in the nature and watching the survival hat hahaha. I started reading the book slowly 'cause of my english, but it is really nice and special coming from you. Then I'll send to you some pics. Un abrazo grande!!! See U soon!
