Aubrey Atwater

From Warren, Rhode Island, award-winning multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer, public radio commentator, and dancer, Aubrey Atwater presents unique programs of folk music, dance, and spoken word. Aubrey has performed throughout the United States and beyond for decades, singing and playing the mountain dulcimer, banjo, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and Irish whistle and thrilling audiences with her highly percussive freestyle clogging. With scholarship, humor, and passion, Aubrey also conveys historical, cultural, and personal stories about folk music and dance in her articulate narration. In addition to public work, Aubrey is a longtime therapeutic musician at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence where she has the privilege of interacting with families from all over the world. And since 2015, she has been a guest host for the public radio show and podcast, Ozark Highlands Radio, where she presents deeply curated pieces on folk music and dance. Part of the acclaimed duo Atwater-Donnelly, Aubrey and her husband Elwood Donnelly have fourteen recordings and nine books to their credit.