Hiking Musicians Hit the Trail

Webster folk musicians and guidebook author are hiking and playing their way across Massachusetts on eighth annual tour.

Published Jun 20, 2017

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A trio of artists is in the midst of a 100-mile hiking tour on the Blackstone Valley’s proposed Henry David Thoreau Trail. Raianne Richards, Mark Mandeville, and Marjorie Turner Hollman are hiking 8 to 12 miles each day in between folk music gigs on their Massachusetts Walking Tour. The tour wraps up at Wachusett Mountain July 1; catch a show at masswalkingtour.org.