Miller brings songs and stories from county history to Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning

BrianMiller.101423.E.PRE.jpg — Brian Miller brings "Songs and Stories from Hubbard County History" to the Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

By Staff reports

October 13, 2023 at 1:02 PM

The Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning (HCLL) presents Brian Miller, 鈥淪ongs and Stories from Hubbard County History,鈥� on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

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The program is scheduled from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Event Room in Park Rapids. It is open to the public, free of charge and handicap accessible.

A musician, researcher and Bemidji native, Brian Miller accompanies his singing with guitar and bouzouki, a double-stringed relative of the mandolin. He crafts new arrangements of folk songs from the logging era, including songs learned from 100-year-old recordings of Hubbard County pioneer Reuben Phillips.

Participants will experience colorful, local history through music, historic photos and stories.

Miller has presented Minnesota folk song history at more than 100 venues across the state. He appears in a new documentary on Irish television on the history of Irish influence in northwoods music, and is a winner of the Parsons Fund Award from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

By Staff reports

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