Mike Holmes, has performed traditional folk music at festivals, concerts, folk clubs, and workshops across the USA and in Europe and Israel. He sings, and plays banjo, guitar, mandolin and autoharp. He has MC'd folk festivals around the country, including the National Folk Festival. Mike has recorded an Old Time Mandolin instruction album for Smithsonian/Folkways. He appears on recordings for Tradition, Folk Legacy and produced albums for Philo. He is an expert on the history of American stringed instruments and was a consultant to the recent Boston Museum of Fine Arts show, Dangerous Curves, Art of the Guitar.