The Haywood County Arts Council presents Tennessee songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Ballew in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug.19, at the Haywood County Public Library auditorium, 678 S. Haywood Street, in Waynesville. The free concert is sponsored by the Chef’s Table and is part of the Sunday Concert Series co-sponsored by the Arts Council and the Friends of the Haywood County Library.

Using a variety of stringed instruments including guitar, banjo, dobro, fiddle, bouzouki, and tiple, Ballew will take his audience on a journey through the 20th century's traditional music. Touching on gospel, old-time, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll,reggae, and original music, he'll show how the roots and branches of musical expression produce new traditional forms.

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