Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

An Appalachian Christmas concert with the renowned Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus and special guest artists, Southern Rail.  "Go Tell It On The Mountain" is the theme for this year's holiday spectacular.  The concert will be held on Sunday December 18 (4-6:30)  at Regis College's Casey Theater, 235 Wellesley St. in Weston.  Southern Rail's last Saengerfest Christmas colalboration sold out over 1,000 seats, so reserve your tickets today!

Ease on into 2017 by joining the Barn Burners String Band for some great music, food and drink at the famous (and cozy) Stone Church in Newmarket, New Hampshire. A great way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon!! Happy New Year!!

Dietrich Strause and The Blue Ribbons, Boston based folk and rock artists, will be performing together on Friday, January 13th at Riverwalk Cafe & Music Hall in Nashua, NH. It's a classic love story. A young doe-eyed literate songwriter meets a dangerous avant-garde rock and roll band. Such is the story of Dietrich Strause and The Blue Ribbons' burgeoning collaboration. They met seven years ago sharing back to back Tuesday night residencies at Toad, a small rock club in Cambridge. Now with funding from Passim's Iguana Grant, Dietrich Strause and The Blue Ribbons are recording together in Maine in January 2017. Immediately following the session they are collaborating live for the first time, with three shows throughout New England, bringing the magic and glow of the record making process straight into the venue. The Boston Globe has said The Blue Ribbons “combine upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship." An unlikely and exciting match for Dietrich Strause’s meticulously crafted songs - which WBUR says are a mix of timeless melody, literate lyricism, and a "virtuosic command of imagery." Boston Music Award winning four piece band, The Blue Ribbons have a fearless sound; evolved over a decade of tirelessly and joyously playing bar rooms, clubs, and festivals. Their influences are rooted deeply in the jazz and rock and roll anti-traditions, described as “Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart." In his eight years living in New England, Dietrich Strause has evolved in his own parallel way, from writing Appalachian nostalgia porn to mid-century modern pop in the vein of Nick Lowe and Randy Newman. He spent the fall living alone in London and traveling extensively throughout the United … Read More »

Southern Rail brings their upbeat brand of Bluegrass and happy mayhem to the First Encounter Coffeehouse on Saturday Jan. 14th. This promises to be another packed house, featuring high-energy exuberant bluegrass with lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar and mandolin. Southern Rail will be celebrating the release of their eagerly anticipated 12th CD, “Voices in the Wind”.