By COLLEEN CURRAN Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Richmond Folk Festival has announced 12 more performers on tap for the three-day free music event held on Richmond’s riverfront in October.
In honor of the festival’s 15th anniversary, organizers will be bringing back several crowd-pleasing styles of music, such as Cajun, Irish, throat-singing and gospel brass “shout bands.”
But the festival also will be bringing new styles of music to town, such as a steel pan band from Brooklyn and Syrian whirling dervish dance.
“We’ve wanted a big steel drum group for years,” said Stephen Lecky, music director of the festival. “CASYM is going to be amazing. They are a huge steel pan group from New York with lots of young people.”
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