JAMI BUTTKE

Folk singer/songwriter Jami Lynn Buttke first gained an appreciation for music on a small stage in Peever, SD. An avid performer of bluegrass and folk music, Jami brings her exuberance and musical talent into the classroom and onto the stage. During residencies, students will explore South Dakota history through local folksong, games, and storytelling. Cowboy ballads and mining songs from western South Dakota, and lumbering tunes and frontier songs from Eastern South Dakota and Minnesota will teach students the diverse history of settlers in the Midwest. Presentations/workshops will encourage hands-on participation through singing, dancing, and playing folk instruments such as spoons, and drums. Important historical events will accompany songs and folk games played by early South Dakota settlers. By the end of a residency, students will have a greater connection to the folk traditions of early South Dakotans, and a new repertoire of songs and games to share with friends and family.
Jami Lynn is a recent graduate of The University of South Dakota, and has shared her talent and love of local folk history with audiences across the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. She has also released two full-length albums of folk songs and originals.

Jami Buttke
815 West Blvd PH
Rapid City, SD 57701-3417
Phone: (605) 949-0238
Email: jamilynnmusic@gmail.com
Website: www.jamilynnmusic.com

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