Michigan duo entertains all ages at Vagabonds

Six-year-old Eleanor and 2-year-old Noah Walton of Palmer
participate in a dance number. Photo by Scott
Christiansen/Frontiersman.
Six-year-old Eleanor and 2-year-old Noah Walton of Palmer participate in a dance number. Photo by Scott Christiansen/Frontiersman.

Mustard's Retreat (David Tamulevich and Michael Hough) a folk duo from Ann Arbor, Mich., performed a show for all ages at Vagabond Blues Sunday. The one-hour set included sing-a-longs, story telling and American folk standards. Younger audience members were enthusiastic for Mustard's version of Tom Paxton's "Going to the Zoo" and almost everyone sang when the duo led the audience in Woodie Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land."

Mustard's Retreat plays about 60 shows a year and has three types of concerts: shows for children, shows for adults and family shows where everyone attends.

Tamulevich said that family shows are most challenging of the three because adults may want to hear songs that won't hold the attention of young children.

"Because you get all the generations, the family shows are the hardest to do. But in some ways they're the most rewarding," Tamulevich said.

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