Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

Featuring virtuosic musicianship and masterful improvisation, Cat and The Moon offers a unique interpretation of traditional bluegrass and Celtic music through bold and original compositions that showcase the true range of their eclecticism and talent. Upon meeting at Berklee College of Music they have quickly become a much sought-after group in Boston's world class acoustic music scene. They have performed at Freshgrass Festival, opened for The Alison Brown Quartet, performed on Brian O'Donovan's a Celtic Sojourn on WGBH, and have played at The 2014 Boston Celtic Music Fest and The Boston Irish Festival. The band's members have been recognized for their individual talents by winning coveted awards such as a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, the gold medal for the 2014 Fresh Grass Banjo Competition, and first place at the New Hampshire Bass Solo competition.

Delmer and the boys will be playin' an all gospel concert. Come by and shout 'n howdy!

Main Street Arts presents a contemporary folk and bluegrass twin bill featuring Antje Duvekot and The Stockwell Brothers Band at Main Street Arts in Saxtons River, VT on Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 pm.. Antje Duvekot is a German-born, American-raised singer/songwriter whose songs have been critically praised for their hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism and street-smart romanticism.  Her bicultural upbringing and relative newness to English have helped shape her unique way with a song, giving her a startlingly original poetic palette.  They are the keys to the powerful, even revolutionary, empathy that informs everything she writes.  She has won some of the top songwriting awards including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the Kerrville Folk Festival Best New Folk Award and the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act. Since the release of her debut studio CD “Big Dream Boulevard,” which was voted #1 Folk Release of 2006 by the Boston Globe and was named to the Top 10 Releases of the Year by National Public Radio's Folk Alley, Antje has been touring  extensively, criss-crossing the US and Europe.  She is a compelling live performer and has played at major festivals, including Newport, Mountain Stage, Philadelphia, Falcon Ridge, Great Waters and Kerrville.  Her second CD “The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer” was voted top album of 2009 by lauded folk station WUMB 91.9 FM in Boston. Bruce, Barry, Alan and Kelly Stockwell's music spans traditional and progressive styles, but their trademark acoustic sound features contemporary singer/songwriter material recast with banjo, alternative rhythms and three-part harmonies.  They cover straight ahead bluegrass songs, finger picked acoustic guitar ballads, full tilt breakdowns and traditional mandolin tunes mixed in with more unusual fare - Americana … Read More »

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.