Buckwheat Zydeco Jr.

ONTONAGON — The 19th-annual Porcupine Mountains Music Festival opens today at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County.

The festival is presented by the Friends of The Porkies, which represents all users of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.

The festival, supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, celebrates music of many genres of musical style such as Americana, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk, rock, country and more. Among this year’s featured performers are Scythian and Buckwheat Zydeco Jr.

According to its website, Scythian — named after Ukrainian nomads — plays roots music from Celtic, Eastern European and Appalachian traditions with thunderous energy, technical prowess, and storytelling songwr

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