April 2025 Friends of the Library Free Concert Series: Cold Creek Pickers

The Cold Creek Pickers is a local Country-Roots Folk band, playing a variety of Folk, Blues, Bluegrass and original songs. The band features a fun and entertaining performance with banjos, guitars, fiddles, autoharp, bass, mandolin, storytelling & more.

The four members of the band are:

Rik Palieri 
Singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & storyteller. 
Rik has performed in all 50 states and many countries. He has toured Alaska by float plane, rode camelback in Australia, and sung on trains throughout Europe. He has appeared at The Kennedy Center, The Country Music Hall of Fame, The Philadelphia Folk Festival, and The Hudson River Revival, plus countless TV & radio programs. Rik also produces his own TV and radio shows. A collection of his interviews are part of the The American Folk Life Center at The Library of Congress. Rik has performed with some of the legends of American Folk Music such as; Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Jimmie Driftwood, Utah Phillips, and many more. He has recorded 14 albums and is the author of two books, The Road Is My Mistress: Tales of A Roustabout Songster, and Banjo Man: Adventures of An American Folksinger (available through Inter-Library Loan!) 

Brian Yarwood  
Brian plays banjo, guitar, ukulele, kazoo, cajon, vocals, and the occasional rambling story. Brian has been playing with Rik on and off for the last 20 years. 
 
Larry Rice 
Larry has played mandolin in English Country Bands for the last 30 years. He has recently picked up concertina and will be bringing that to audiences in the near future. 
 
Dick Mosehauer 
Dick played bluegrass music in Virginia for over twenty years. He moved to Vermont five years ago. He plays autoharp, fiddle, guitar, and bass. He has contributed to over a half dozen albums and has participated in the production of music albums for several bands and for the music department at George Mason University. 

For a taste of Cold Creek Picker's performances, follow this link to a Facebook video.

Thank you to the South Burlington Friends of the Library for sponsorship of this annual free concert series.

This is the last concert in the 2025 series.

Concerts will be held in the Auditorium. 
Doors open at 11:45 am.
No tickets or registration needed. This concert is free and open to all.