British traditional musician Brian Peters and American old-time musician Jeff Davis are the ideal team to have created a special multimedia presentation, Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest, tracing the evolution of English folk music on both sides of the Atlantic. Through songs, dance tunes, haunting historic photos, diary entries, and their own research, they bring to life the arduous work by English collectors Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in the southern Appalachians in 1916-1918 to preserve ballads still being sung in remote mountain areas. That “harvest” was one of the largest folk song collections ever made (over 1600 pieces), and is a treasure trove for many musicians today. Peters and Davis will perform a wide range of music, from old ballads to American breakdowns, dance tunes, children’s songs and gospel. They’ve played together with wit and gusto for many years, and their “Sharp” presentation has won raves on their tours in the UK and the States. Brian Peters is a leading performer of English songs and tunes, renowned for his historical research and for his prowess on long ballads, assorted squeezeboxes, and guitar. Jeff Davis, a protégé of Mike Seeger and Frank Warner (also music collectors) is a fine banjo player, fiddler, and singer with a rare authenticity gained from personal contact with old-time musicians.