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Ron kane and Skip Gorman head to Kilworth.

Two real life cowboys, Skip Gorman and Ron Kane, bring their unique brand of cowboy songs with perhaps a little mix of bluegrass and country to The Village Arts Centre, Kilworth on Monday, April 22 at 8.15pm.

Skip Gorman was born in Rhode Island in 1949 and was introduced to traditional music early in his life at the age of eight, when he received his first guitar and a Jimmie Rodgers' record. While growing up he was lucky to have the opportunity to see musicians like the legendary Texas fiddler, Eck Robertson, Bill Monroe and Maybelle Carter at the historic Newport Folk Festival. An encounter with Monroe at age twelve was a pivotal moment in the young musician's life, and aside from being a masterful cowboy singer and fine fiddler, Gorman is one of the premier mandolinists in the style of Bill Monroe.

In 1995, Gorman's Rounder debut, A Greener Prairie, was released to universal acclaim. It was named one of the top ten folk recordings of the year by the Boston Globe, which called it "one of the most masterful and flat-out gorgeous cowboy albums to lope down the trail in years."

In 1999, Gorman released his eagerly awaited third Rounder album, A Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd, which has the honor of being selected by Amazon.com as one of the Top Ten Folk CDs of 1999 . - Shay Quillen, Rounder Records.

Ron Kane retired as an avalanche expert at Alta Ski Resort for more than 25 years. As a working cowboy on he and Meghan'r ranch on Horse Creek, Montana, Ron's interest in 19th-century vocal and fiddle styles gives his performance a particularly authentic feel. He performs a large repertoire of old fiddle tunes.

So, come along to Kilworth on the 22nd and hear some great Western songs and tunes, sung and played with fiddles, mandolin, guitar, banjo and concertina, by two former members of the Deseret String Band in Utah.

"These are not the hackneyed cowboy songs you learned in grade-school; these are a whole bunch better - Yeehaw!"

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