Hailing from a generations old Vermont based folk music family, Ida Mae Specker is a musical force of nature and her CitySpace debut on April 5 is not to be missed!

Following a free fiddle workshop led by Specker and the 4th monthly CitySpace Bluegrass, Ida Mae and her band will have audiences stompin’, singin’, and even cryin’. Specker is known for “playing a rambunctious version of old-time music that owes as much to punk rock as Appalachia, at least in attitude.”

Tickets are $20 advance and $25 at the door.

Show at 8:00pm, April 5th.

A 3rd generation fiddle player, Ida Mae Specker was born in a one room cabin in the woods of Vermont. A longtime member of family band ‘The Speckers,’ hailed by Vermont Public Radio as “Vermont Folk Heroes,” Ida Mae fuses original, contemporary, and traditional material, bringing heartfelt new life and relevance to the chain of American folk music. Currently touring as a solo artist and with a backing band, her live show features Specker’s original songs in addition to creative arrangements of traditional old-time tunes, bluegrass and country songs.

Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.