The Woodbridge Town Library will host musician Joe Flood for a presentation titled “Songs from the Bend in the River: An Untold Story of American Music on Thursday, Dec. 3.
Flood will take audiences on a musical journey through the 19th century, exploring the development and blending of American folk songs and dances and the emergence of professional popular songwriting. The presentation will also address the history of blackface minstrelsy and its place within the development of American music.
Flood will perform on fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar as he demonstrates what distinguished developing American musical traditions from those that preceded them and as he connects that evolution with the nation’s broader history.
Joe Flood is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New Haven. He comes from a long line of prominent Connecticut musicians.
The event runs from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The library is located at 10 Newton Rd.
There is no cost to attend, but seating is limited so registration is required. Sign up at woodbridgetownlibrary.libcal.com/ or call the reference department at 203-389-3434.