STRIPMALL BALLADS AT SKY STAGE

When Phillips Saylor Wisor, aka Stripmall Ballads, plays Sky Stage on Aug. 23, he’ll carry with him the accumulated wisdom of nearly 30 years spent observing the peculiar poetry of everyday American life. His musical journey began in the strip malls of Frederick and Montgomery counties, where as a child he absorbed the small dramas that unfold in parking lots and bus stops. His largely self-taught approach to guitar and banjo reflects folk music’s democratic spirit, learned through the oral tradition of friends and family passing down songs — something he continues by teaching students guitar, banjo and mandolin. In his own songwriting, whether a song about panhandlers at an intersection near FSK Mall or a love letter to the Rust Belt’s forgotten towns, Wiso

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