​East Coast House Concerts

October 25, 2013

 

Rik Palieri,(pronounced Pal-air-re). It's an Italian occupational name that means the shovel maker. I come from a family of storytellers with ancestors from both Poland and Italy.

He sings and performs both original and traditional songs on a variety of folk instruments, including the banjo, 6 & 12 string guitars, mouth bow, Native American flute and a collection of rare Polish bagpipes.

He has performed in famous places like The 40th Philadelphia Folk Festival, The Vancouver Folk Festival, The Port Fairy Folk Festival, The Hudson River Revival, The Blue Bird Cafe, and Trumps Taj Mahal. He has appeared at festivals, clubs and radio shows in Australia, Poland, France, Spain, Germany, Scotland, Canada and in every state in the USA except Hawaii.

In his shows he features a fun evening of fast banjo picking, exotic instruments, sing-a-longs, original song writing and a little bit of yodeling. He also likes to sprinkle his songs with stories.