The Barn Burners String Band are back for a second time at the famous Wamsutta Club! High energy, beautiful voices, a myriad of instruments all played with expertise and zest. Doors open at 6. Food and beverage service from 6-9. Kid-friendly. The Club is wheelchair accessible.
OPEN MIC- Westminster Vt Library Hall
OPEN MIC- Westminster Vt Library Hall
Our Saturday, January 9th, at 7:30 p.m. the Blue Moon Coffeehouse in Rockland features The Four Legged Faithful. The Four Legged Faithful is a Massachusetts-based Americana band known for creating beautiful, heart-felt, genuine music using traditional folk/bluegrass instruments. All members sing, creating multiple combinations of 2, 3, and 4-part harmonies, and all of the guys write songs about their thoughts, their families, and the natural world that surrounds them. Their music swings seamlessly between soulful harmonic vocals and fast-paced instrumental breaks. They have made three CDs together: Human Being Feeling, Regret and Resolve, and Devoured in the Dark. Between sets by the band, there will be an open mike. Tickets are $10 at the door; children 12 and under are free. The address is 45 Webster St. Rockland, MA. For more information, check out the Blue Moon Facebook page or the website: www.thebluemooncoffeehouse.com. You can listen to the band at https://youtu.be/nrTEeTeTxRA?list=RDnrTEeTeTxRA.
Southern Rail rocks the Linden Tree Coffeehouse at their annual Bluegrass Bash. Join them for an evening of exuberant, high energy bluegrass, and wonderful home baked desserts. The concert is always a sell out so be sure to reserve your tickets! There may be some tickets available at the door, but they go quickly.
Laurie Lewis and Friends Saturday, January 15, 2016 National Heritage Museum (aka Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc.) Lexington, MA 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) $24 for Members $26 for Non-Members click here to buy advance tickets on-line via credit card. Two-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Laurie Lewis is an amazing singer, songwriter, and fiddler who has been impressing bluegrass crowds for over 30 years. Known for her lively stage shows, Laurie and her band are not to be missed. Since forming a musical partnership in 1986, when Tom first joined Laurie’s acclaimed band, Grant Street, Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum have recorded 12 albums and performed around the globe. These Grammy-nominated artists (for their 1995 album The Oak and the Laurel) are widely regarded as among the leading lights of modern bluegrass and are highly-prized by their peers as sidemen and producers. Her "friends" for this concert will likely include long-time playing partner Tom Rozum (mandolin), fiddler virtuoso Daroll Anger, and Greg Litzt on banjo. Tickets can be purchased online 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. The National Heritage Museum (aka Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc.) is located at 33 Marrett Rd. (Route 2A), Lexington, MA 02421. Directions can be found at www.monh.org or call (781) 861-6559.
Songwriter-based acoustic string band from New York City, Cricket Tell the Weather, will be bringing their original, independent folk and bluegrass roots to the Harvard Public Library on Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 at 7:30pm. Brooklyn based Cricket Tell the Weather, a folk roots project of fiddler/singer/songwriter Andrea Asprelli, showcases award-winning original songs delivered with honest vocals and supported by some of NYC’s finest acoustic musicians. Winners of the 2013 FreshGrass Award, Cricket has toured throughout the Northeast US since releasing their self-titled debut album last year. Cricket’s second album, composed of original, contemporary songs with an independent bluegrass and old-time aesthetic, is due out this summer. Front-woman Andrea Asprelli came to the east coast from Colorado’s front range. A classical musician from an early age, she was introduced to folk and traditional music while studying in Canterbury, England. She came back to the states to find a lush community of folk and bluegrass musicians, and found many homes within them throughout New York and New England that supported and nurtured her as a songwriter, vocalist, and fiddler. In 2011, she won the Podunk Bluegrass Songwriting Competition for her co-written song “Remington,” the opening track of Cricket’s debut album. Cricket Tell the Weather features some of NYC’s finest acoustic musicians, showcasing among them Jason Borisoff (guitar), Doug Goldstein (banjo), and Dave Speranza (bass). “Though the players’ instrumental chops are in evidence, Cricket’s self-titled debut LP, released last year, is very much a song-based affair... Asprelli’s] contemporary spin on inherited forms is very much part of the American musical tradition” - Jeremy Goodwin, The Boston Globe “ down-to-earth, unaffected vocal delivery is refreshing.” - New York Music … Read More »
An evening of unheard lyrics from America’s great folk poet, Woody Guthrie, with music by the most awarded artist in the history of bluegrass. To help bring new life to the work of American folk poet Woody Guthrie, his daughter, Nora Guthrie, gave Del McCoury exclusive access to the archives of her father’s unpublished work. http://www.celebrityseries.org/mccoury/index.htm
Bluegrass powered by carrot cake. What could be better? Southern Rail always packs the house, so come early. You'll want to get a slice of carrot cake before it runs out! Not to be missed! Doors open at 7:30.
As a mandolinist, singer, and composer, David Grisman is a great pioneer of jamgrass. After founding a band in 1973 called Old and in the Way with close friend Jerry Garcia (who gave him the nickname “Dawg”), Grisman created the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience and hit the road for forty years. With influences ranging from hot jazz to classic rock and even old-world Mediterranean folk, Grisman come to the Chevalier Theatre, this time with his hard-hitting sextet. The Sextet includes Jim Kerwin (bass), Matt Eakle (flute and bass flute), George Marsh (drums and percussion), Chad Manning (violin, viola and mandolin) and George Cole (guitar).