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Special to The Union With the pandemic scuttling the actual tour, John McCutcheon will do a virtual live performance online 4 p.m. this Saturday night aimed to support his west coast show presenters and nonprofit partners, including Strings Concerts and KVMR 89.5 FM locally. Photo by John McNicholas Folksinger, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon is once again doing his fabled "Left Coast Tour" of California, only this time everyone gets to be in the front row. Photo by Irene Young Folksinger, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon is once again doing his fabl...

Folk-music veteran John McCutcheon has been a fixture on the scene for nearly 50 years. In that time he’s built a unique bond with a wide-ranging audience and one of the most diverse groups of presenters of any touring musician. On his annual tour of California each January (euphemistically dubbed his “Left Coast Tour”), for instance, he is regularly presented by proper concert promoters, community radio stations, peace and justice groups, folk music societies, regional environmental groups, churches and even the Sierra Nevada Brewery. When his 2021 tour was canceled, he knew his pocket...