Bluegrass Gospel Project alums Taylor Armerding, Andy Greene, and Kirk Lord have come together to present original, time-honored, and contemporary Americana music to venues throughout New England. Volunteers Hall at Harvard Public Library. 4 Pond Rd. Harvard, MA. Free admission (donations welcomed). Call to reserve seats: 978-456-4114. Doors open at 7PM. Show starts at 7:30.
Highly esteemed bluegrass band Blue Highway has earned a collective 27 IBMA Awards, 6 SPBGMA Awards, one Dove Award, plus three Grammy nominations as a band, in addition to two prestigious Grammy Awards among its current members. Blue Highway's newly released album "Original Traditional" is nominated for a 2017 GRAMMY Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The band was voted the Favorite Bluegrass Artist of All Time by the readers of Bluegrass Today in April 2016. Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass have emerged as leaders in the traditional bluegrass world. Their album, The Room Over Mine, earned accolades and significant chart action, and the song, “Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away” won the 2009 IBMA Award for Song of the Year and have garnered several IBMA nominations for Emerging Artist of The Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year. Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass are a national and international touring band who frequently get invited for return engagements. Purchase tickets online here or by mailing a check (payable to the BBU) and self-addressed stamped envelope to Boston Bluegrass Union, PO Box 650061, West Newton, MA 02465.
Acoustic bluegrass jam. All levels and abilities welcome.
This first-ever bluegrass camp at Ashokan will include instrument-specific instruction as well as singing classes, electives, and lots and lots of jamming. The inaugural camp features some of the best in bluegrass: Tony Trischka, Claire Lynch, Matt Flinner, Becky Buller, Scott Nygaard and Mike Bub. Don’t miss this chance to learn from and jam with some of the best musicians and teachers in bluegrass music.
Combining soulful instrumental virtuosity and soaring three-part harmonies, their repertoire of original songs showcases both their considerable talents and their dedication to meaningful roots-conscious music. Don't miss this up-and-coming band, now at the front edge of a significant career!
Tufts University presents Southern Rail at the Granoff Music Center. Come out for a Sunday afternoon of lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass.
https://www.miletwelvebluegrass.com Brandon Town Hall Brandon, VT Tix at Door. $12 Adults. $10 Seniors and Students.
Since his Alligator debut 30 years ago, Southern blues-rock guitar wizard, vocalist and songwriter TINSLEY ELLIS has become a bona fide worldwide guitar hero. The Chicago Sun-Times says, “It’s hard to overstate the raw power of his music.” Now, he makes his triumphant return to Alligator Records with a powerful new album, Winning Hand. The old Willie Dixon adage, “blues is truth,” perfectly describes the searing, contemporary blues-rock of world-renowned guitarist and vocalist COCO MONTOYA. Taught by the “Master of the Telecaster,” Albert Collins, but with a hard-edged sound and style all his own, Montoya mixes his forceful, melodic g...
Barnstar! began as the brainchild of Zachariah Hickman (bassist for Josh Ritter, musical director for Ray Lamontagne) for a local bluegrass supergroup featuring some of Boston’s best musicians and songwriters. Using the familiar tools of the genre—guitar (Mark Erelli), fiddle (Jake Armerding), mandolin (Taylor Armerding) and banjo (Charlie Rose)—Barnstar! forges its own brand of song- based bluegrass, gloriously harmonized and raucously played.
JamVember is a weekend-long "non-festival" focused on jamming, jamming, and more jamming... with workshops and jams hosted by over 40 amazing musicians and teachers, and one big difference from usual festivals: no stage show to distract from the picking! JamVember will be held at the Sheraton in Framingham, MA the weekend before Thanksgiving, November 16th - 18th, 2018. Further details at JamVember.com