Gary Eller, director of the Idaho Song Project, sings about Idaho pioneer women during a 2020 presentation at the public library in downtown Twin Falls. Eller returns to the library Tuesday to perform more Idaho folk songs.
TWIN FALLS — Folk music nearly became extinct with the advent of the radio in the early 1920s. But one Idaho troubadour has set out to preserve songs from the state’s early days.
Bluegrass musician Gary Eller tells of his lifelong fascination with folk music during a 2020 presentation at the public library in downtown Twin Falls.
Bluegrass musician and storyteller Gary Eller entertains a crowd Feb. 13, 2020, at the public library in downtown Twin Falls.
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Musician Gary Eller sings about Elvina Moulton, a freed slave who came to Boise from Missouri, during a presentation Feb. 13, 2020, at the public library in downtown Twin Falls.
Will Twin Falls' own Lyda Southard be one of Gary Eller's topics at his presentation at the library?
Gary Eller, director of the Idaho Song Project, sings about Idaho pioneer women during a 2020 presentation at the public library in downtown Twin Falls. Eller returns to the library Tuesday to perform more Idaho folk songs.
Bluegrass musician Gary Eller tells of his lifelong fascination with folk music during a 2020 presentation at the public library in downtown Twin Falls.
Musician Gary Eller sings about Elvina Moulton, a freed slave who came to Boise from Missouri, during a presentation Feb. 13, 2020, at the public library in downtown Twin Falls.
