Toronto Folk Festival: Mike T. Kerr (Pavilion Stage)

Mike T. Kerr is a wild guitar player and ambitious songwriter of Canadian heritage and American citizenship. During his time at Berklee College of Music in Boston and in over 10 years of performing, he’s lived his life through many historical and contemporary musical styles. Always curious to dig up not only a song’s history, but the shape of the world at the time, Mike plays passionately and openly while interpreting the great guitar players of the past. Combining the boisterous Ragtime of the Reverend Gary Davis, the Country class of Chet Atkins, and the explosive energy of Django Reinhardt, Mike’s show is a fireworks display of musical joy. His music strongly supports Willie Nelson’s theory that between Jazz and Country, there’s a two-way street.