Lara Taubman & Walter Parks
Part of the 6th Annual
WOLFE ISLAND GARDEN PARTY
a celebration of Culture and Agriculture
June 8 – 18, 2023
Lara Taubman is a performing singer songwriter from Roanoke, Virginia. She currently resides in New York City and she released her second album “Ol’ Kentucky Light” in 2022 and recently released her single “Snakes in the Snow.” Her music is inspired by Old Time and Gospel music of the Southern roots where she was raised. Her songs cover topics of mortality, mental illness, healing and hope.
Americana UK says Taubman and her new album “is a mixture of heartfelt, thoughtful lyrics sung with real passion.” Taubman says of her own music, “I understand my journey of making music as one of surrender, more and more I surrender.”
Walter Parks
Lara will be accompanied by guitarist and vocalist Walter Parks. For 10 years Parks, a Florida native, served as the sideman guitarist to Woodstock Festival legend Richie Havens. Now based out of St. Louis, Walter has recently co-written with Stan Lynch, former Tom Petty drummer and has performed at various venues with R&B drum legend Bernard Purdie and at Lincoln Center with Judy Collins. Walter tours with his own trio Swamp Cabbage, with his solo show Swamp By Chandelier and with an Americana spirituals project called The Unlawful Assembly co-founded by drummer Steven Williams. Walter was a member of The Nudes, a popular folk duo, with cellist Stephanie Winters. In August 2020, Parks was invited by The Library of Congress to archive his research on and perform his arrangements of music made by southeast Georgia’s Okefinokee Swamp homesteaders – hollers, hymns and reels.
