Clinton’s Folly is a three-piece string band from Rochester, NY, blending the sounds of the Erie Canal, Adirondacks, and Genesee Valley regions with the mountain music tradition of Appalachia. Dan Lynch is a music teacher and historian with deep roots in the New York State music tradition. Clara Riedlinger is a fiddle player and ballad singer who travels throughout the mountain region soaking up tunes from elders and tradition-bearers. Allegra Whiting is an Eastman School of Music and Juilliard trained cellist who caught the old time bug and discovered that there is no cure!