Rik Palieri, (pronounced Pal-air-re). is a talented singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and storyteller. He has performed at concert halls, schools and festivals throughout the lower 48 states, and toured to Europe, Australia and Mexico. Rik is also the host & producer of “The Song Writer’s Notebook “, a TV show, archived in the American Folk Life Center in the new “Rik Palieri Collection”, at The American Folk Life Center Archives in Washington D.C. He has recorded 8 albums and is the author of a book "The Road Is My Mistress, Tales Of A Roustabout Songster". Over the years Rik has performed and worked with some of the legends of American Folk Music such as; Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Jimmie Driftwood, U. Utah Phillips, Ramblin' Jack Elliott & many more.In 2009 Rik was featured on the Grammy nominated Singing Through The Hard Times: a tribute to Utah Phillips.