In May 2017, I played a few concerts in Denmark and Germany with the Danish duo Jensen & Bugge, and the great 83 years old American fiddler and accordion player, Dwight Lamb from Onowa, Iowa.
On June 20th 2017 it was made public that Dwight is receiving the prestigious Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship. This is, as I understand it, the finest prize that is given to “Master Folk and Traditional Artists” in the US.
Dwight Lamb has played and communicated the American as well as the Danish traditional music for his whole life, and it is wonderful that this is being recognized, and that once again he is awarded for his huge effort!
You can hear a few tunes from one of our concerts at folkBaltica Festival in Flensborg via this link: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
You can read Sioux City Journal’s article about Dwight Lamb Here!