Mac Ritchey has been called by people who know him as a “musical Swiss
Army knife,” referring to his ability to play a variety of traditional string instruments.
He is the recipient of the 2008 Native American Music Awards: Best Instrumental
Album of the Year for his full-length album Alluvia
(Evren Ozan). His decades of musical involvement have been sculpted and
influenced by an assortment of genres and cultures, including classical Turkish
to rock, jazz to reggae, the traditional to the cutting-edge. His main focus over
the past ten years is the oud, also known as the “Arabic Lute.”
He will perform
Saturday, August 15 at 2PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church. For more information about Ritchey,
visit www.possumhall.com.
