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The 27th annual West Coast Ragtime Festival is a ragtime piano lover's dream, with simultaneous musical performances in six different venues all day long for three full days.

Surely one of the purest interpreters of Joplin rags alive today, Scott Kirby has become a favorite at many festivals each year, including the WCRF. His well-paced, thoughtful and evocative renditions stay true to the original score, then feature his own tasteful arrangements in the repeats, adding to the original music while still honoring Joplin's genius. Kirby's beautiful renditions seem to channel Joplin himself.

This wonderful performance of Scott Joplin's Gladiolus Rag from 1907 was recorded before an enthusiastic audience on Sunday, November 24, 2013 during the West Coast Ragtime Festival at the Clarion Inn & Conference Center, Sacramento, CA.