Welcome to Sleeping Giant Records - celebrating its 25th anniversary! From Adirondack Green on vinyl to North River, North Woods on CD, fourteen albums have been released since 1985. You'll find many of them here on the Albums page, along with a captivating new DVD I Am the Adirondacks - the evocative photography of Carl Heilman II with a soundtrack by Casey Filiaci, Dan Duggan, Peggy Lynn and me.

BerggrenFolk is the performance side of things. That's been happening in the U.S. since 1975 when I returned to my home in the Adirondacks, a farm that had been in the family for over a century. Having grown up on the folk music of Leadbelly, The Weavers and the Clancy Brothers, I turned to the traditional songs of the region, paying close attention to the stories of friends and neighbors, writing songs about them and sharing them with audiences.

These songs are the stories of human nature, love, hard work, failure and success. While the events, names and places may be specific, the lessons learned are not new. Willa Cather wrote: "There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in the country that have been singing the same five notes for over thousands of years." That's what this folk music is about.

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Feb 14, 2010          1:30 - 2:30 PM

Berggren & Laverty in Saratoga Springs Hear Dan and Jeannine present tunes and tales of the Adirondacks and beyond at the annual Dance Flurry Festival at the City Center / Saratoga Hilton Hotel in Saratoga Springs. Go to Dance Flurry Festival website for schedules, ticket info and locations.