Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

Deborah McDonnell Band – Hot Pickers/Sweet Singers Deborah has managed to attract some of the region's best Americana artists to her band. On Sunday, May 22,  she and the boys will be back at the newly energized Blue Plate Lounge in Holden, MA. The show runs from 3-6 PM and will include tunes from Emmy Lou Harris, Gillian Welch, John Hiatt, The Byrds, Chris Stapleton, and many more brilliant artists -- a rich stew of roots music.  Joining Deborah, who sings and plays guitar, will be Steve Smith on vocals and guitar, Big Stu Ervin on everything, Tim Fiehler on standup bass, with special guest Art Schatz on fiddle.

Twisted Pine is a wild and unpredictable bluegrass band delivering powerful vocals, hard-driving rhythms, and virtuostic musicianship. Based in Boston, the band is composed of Dan Bui on mandolin, Ricky Mier on banjo, Kathleen Parks on fiddle and vocals, Chris Sartori on bass, and Rachel Sumner on guitar and vocals. Twisted Pine has performed on the main stages of major festivals such as Greyfox Bluegrass Festival, Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Greenriver Festival, FreshGrass Festival, Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, and more. In 2014 they won both the FreshGrass and Thomas Point Beach Beach band competitions. Recently, the band received a grant from the Iguana Music Fund at Club Passim to record their debut full length album at Compass Records Studio. They were nominated for the 2015 IBMA Band Performance Momentum Award and tied for first place at The Rocky Grass band competition. They are now in artist development at Signature Sounds.

9 time IBMA "Guitarist of the Year" Bryan Sutton fronts a young hot picking bluegrass band.