Meadowlark welcomes back the Joshua Lightfoot Band at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, in the Event Center. 

Joshua Lightfoot was born in Oklahoma and grew up around music as a natural part of family gatherings. He was taught to play guitar by his father, and later became multi-instrumental learning the banjo, mandolin and fiddle. The banjo he uses today once belonged to his grandfather.

Tove Thunell, Joshua’s wife, grew up the Swedish seaport town of Gothenburg. She began her interest in American folk music at the young age of 13. Inspired by musicians such as Woody Guthrie and The Carter Family she took up banjo playing when she was still a teenager.