Dearest Home

Dearest Home They delight in playing for dances too! Dearest Home is the perfect blend of authenticity and originality! Contact them at info@dearesthomebandcom.

Authenticity and Originality in Perfect Harmony: Performing Appalachian and Old Time music, PA and WV Folk Songs, and recreating Civil War Era Music (in period costume). You’ll hear rich vocals interweave with sprightly dance tunes—traditional Appalachian music, especially from the Bayard Folk Song Collection, and uplifting Old Time music. Add Jean Ritchie, Carter Family and a Celtic tune or two,

and don’t forget dance sets! Or, to travel a different road, engage the band for authentic Civil War music in period costume! Experience dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, concertina, whistles, banjolele, bass, keyboards, and percussion, plus vocal harmonies, or hear evocative a cappella singing! Like their cross-generational lineup, their music unites the generations! Folk Alliance Triple Crown Winner Si Kahn reviews Dearest Home:
Singing with passion, skill and the resonant matching of voices that seems born in the blood of next-of-kin, Dearest Home presents us with close harmony in many senses of the phrase…. You can hear the peaks and valleys of the landscape, feel the past and future marching together, and sense the shadows of the mountains. Since forming in 2011, Dearest Home has played for venues including the Warwick Folk Festival, The Wee Folk Club, and Marymass Festival (all in the UK), as well as Frostburg Appalachian Festival, Common Ground on Seminary Ridge, Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Pennsylvania State University, Music, Gettysburg, Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering, Heart of the Arts Festival, Waterford Fair, Seminary Ridge Civil War Symposium, Gettysburg College, Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital, Frederick Fine Arts Series, Hauser Estate Winery, Midtown Scholar, and events for retirement villages, community groups, and congregations. Visit them at www.dearesthomeband.com as well as on Facebook to listen to music, for more information, and to sign up for updates. They are available for concerts, festivals, historical events, dances, workshops, weddings, conferences, libraries, schools, restaurants and other venues.

Listening to favorite music lessens acute and chronic pain.
10/20/2025

Listening to favorite music lessens acute and chronic pain.

Hospitals and doctors' offices are inviting singers and musicians to help patients manage their pain, as music's ability to reduce pain is gaining attention.

02/11/2024
Happy anniversary to Cormorant's Fancy!
09/20/2023

Happy anniversary to Cormorant's Fancy!

Join our sister band, Cormorant's Fancy, in Mercersburg, on September 23!
09/14/2023

Join our sister band, Cormorant's Fancy, in Mercersburg, on September 23!

Frolic like 18th century pioneers did at the Fall Frolic Fundraiser: games, live music, great food, and brews in a beautiful setting.

08/22/2023

We’re thrilled at the arrival of Clara Margaret Folkemer-Leonard, 1st child of lead singer and whistle-player Margaret and her husband Matt

08/22/2023

We’re about the safe arrival of Clara Margaret Folkemer-Leonard, 1st child of lead singer and whistle player Margaret and husband Matt!

Dearest Home is thrilled to announce the safe arrival of Clara Margaret Folkemer-Leonard late Saturday night. Clara is t...
08/22/2023

Dearest Home is thrilled to announce the safe arrival of Clara Margaret Folkemer-Leonard late Saturday night. Clara is the first child of our lead singer and whistle-player Margaret and her husband Matt, and Beth and Stephen’s third grandchild.

Getting ready for 6 pm concert on The seminary campus un Gettysburg. The breeze is irefreshing! Shade trees abound!
07/02/2023

Getting ready for 6 pm concert on The seminary campus un Gettysburg. The breeze is irefreshing! Shade trees abound!

We’re very much looking forward to performing at the Braver Angels Convention at Gettysburg College next Thursday evenin...
06/22/2023

We’re very much looking forward to performing at the Braver Angels Convention at Gettysburg College next Thursday evening! Check it out: https://braverangels.org/convention/convention-programs-and-agenda/

Braver Angels president and co-founder David Blankenhorn appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal for a lengthy discussion about the organization and how to restore civility to politics.

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200 Danielle Court
York, PA
17404

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(717) 253-4889

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