The Metamora Music Festival began in 1998 as a gathering of friends along the Whitewater Canal over the Labor Day Weekend. Over the years it grew and expanded and in 2007 the Back Porch was constructed and put into service. Two days of performances, workshops and demonstrations with no admission charge.
The Making Music area along the canal features instrument builders, jamming areas, and workshop spaces.
When music is given the benefit of instinct, imagination and inspiration, the results areguaranteed to be good. So it ought to come as no surprise that the critically-acclaimed AnnapolisMaryland-based trio, appropriately dubbed Pressing Strings, has infused those elements withintheir musical mantra from the beginning. The band —Jordan Sokel (Guitar/Vocals),Nick Welker(Bass, Vocals), and Justin Kruger (Drums, Vocals) can trace its origins to Sokel’s initialfascination with some iconic influences, among them, the usual suspects — Dylan, Marley,Simon, Withers, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, etc., as well as some more under theradar artists like Taj Mahal, R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Nick Drake.
$15