FOREVER WILD: A CELEBRATION OF WILDERNESS

One of America’s most unique folksingers and backcountry travelers, Walkin’ Jim Stoltz, on tour from the mountains of Montana, will bring his powerful multi-media show, Forever Wild, to the 1908 Courthouse in Independence, Virginia, on Friday, November 6th, at 7:00 PM.  The mix of stunning photography, stories, and music make this one-of-a-kind concert an inspiring journey into our nation’s last wilderness areas.

Walkin Jim gets his name from nearly 27,000 miles he has walked through the wild country of North America.  Carrying a guitar and writing his songs along the way, his lyrics express a great love and respect for the Earth and the wild places he knows so well.  Known for his powerful baritone and emotion-packed vocals, Stoltz’s Forever Wild show is much more than a concert.  It combines live music and poetry with his own multi-image slides to create a stirring celebration of the natural world.  Stoltz is a veteran of more than 30 years of performing.  In this year’s show he will be sharing images and songs from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, his Yellowstone to Yukon walk, the Utah canyon country, the Northern Rockies, and wild places all across America.

Walkin’ Jim has toured extensively throughout the U.S. for the past 23 years.   In 2006 he organized a 45 state outreach tour with other musicians and authors, and worked with hundreds of community organizations to gain support for clean water, roadless lands, and wildlife.  Jim has been presented with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Outstanding Achievement Award for his sharing of nature and wilderness across America.  Stoltz will have copies of his recent book, “Walking With the Wild Wind” to sign at the event.  His songs from 9 different cds get regular airplay on National Public Radio and will also be available.  Visit his website at www.walkinjim.com.

Joyce Rouse, local song writer and musician, will open for Jim with a newly composed song celebrating the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Tickets ($10.00) for the concert will be available at:

The door of the 1908 Courthouse on the night of the event.

Barr’s Fiddle Shop in Galax, Va.

S&L Outdoors in Sparta, NC.

Rouse House Music, Independence, Va.

This event is brought to you by the Grayson County chapter of Blue Ridge Discovery Center, (a non-profit organization dedicated to outdoor, discovery-based education within the Blue Ridge Ecoregion), and the 1908 Courthouse Foundation.  For more information on BRDC see www.blueridgediscoverycenter.org, and for more information on the concert, call 276.773.2039.

Scott Jackson-Ricketts

Secretary, BRDC