The popular Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival, sponsored by the Ypsilanti District Library, returns for a fourth year this Saturday, this time featuring Graham Parker.

Graham Parker is the featured songwriter at this year's Ypsilanti Songwriters Festival.

photo by Jeff Fasano

Events take place all day Saturday at the YDL's Whittaker Road location. In the featured event, Martin Bandyke of WQKL radio (107.1-FM) will interview Parker.

The full text of the announcement from YDL:

The award-winning Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival returns for YSF ’10 on Saturday, October 2. It’s a real treat to announce that our featured songwriter this year will be Graham Parker! Martin Bandyke of Ann Arbor’s 107one will be interviewing Parker about his illustrious career during a Q & A session at the Ypsilanti District Library-Whittaker Road, 5577 Whittaker Road at 6:30 pm. At 9 pm that evening, Parker will perform at a free concert at the Keystone Underground located in historic downtown Ypsilanti. Throughout his career, Parker has been “slinging a signature sound across continents and airwaves that has rightly earned him a spot in the pantheon of truly original and influential figures in rock and roll…Graham has coupled punk’s energy with his deeply rooted love of American R&B, country and soul music” (Bloodshot Records).

Listen to Graham Parker "Snowgun" (MP3).

Returning from Nashville for a third year is YSF favorite Paul Burch, who will talk with Jeremy Baldwin of WEMU’s Roots Music Project at YDL-Whittaker at 5 pm. Check out the YSF ’10 link on our brand spankin’ new website for all the details about the day’s events. Listen to Paul Burch "I'm A Takin' It Home" (MP3).

Look for: Home Studio Recording with Paul Tyson, individual mentoring sessions with a songwriter (fill out the form on the website to sign up for a slot), a local songwriters showcase, a session with Community Records LC3 for teens, a fundamentals of songwriting workshop, and the Songwriters Stopwatch Challenge.

For more information, call 734-482-4110 ext. 1301 or ext. 1303.