Named the Will Rogers 2012 Singer of the Year in the Western Music-Female category by the Academy of Western Artists, Barbara Nelson plays guitar and sings western music in all its forms – traditional, blues, folk, old standards and swing.

Presented by the University of Oregon, this event at the High Desert Museum is the first of four in the Oregon Folklife Network Artists series. Free. RSVP: uoalumni.com/folklife