We are resuming our monthly jam this Saturday at Union Music 142 Southbridge St from 1 to 2:30 .We are located next to Coney Island hot dog. All levels welcome. Victor Evdokimoff
This is an open jam that consists of both a "stage jam" and a slower "side jam". Hosted by members of the Pioneer Valley Flamethrowers. Please find us on FB for more details. Timberyard Brewery - 555 East Main Street (Route, MA-9), East Brookfield, MA 01515
Saturday, October 12, 7:30 pm at Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT. Tickets $30. Tray is a young banjo virtuoso, and a 2 time IBMA winner. His hard driving young band have their feet in traditional bluegrass, and their hearts in progressive string music. Guitar/ Nick Weitzenfeld Mandolin-fiddle/ Josiah Nelson Bass/ Katelynn Bohn Banjo/ Tray Wellington Festival favorites, catch this rising star while you can!
Based in Raleigh, NC, banjo star Tray Wellington has received a number of accolades, including two awards from IBMA — 2019 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year and 2019 Momentum Band of the Year (with Cane Mill Road). Tray can now be found performing all over the country with Tray Wellington Band.
Based in Raleigh, NC, banjo star Tray Wellington has received a number of accolades, including two awards from IBMA — 2019 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year and 2019 Momentum Band of the Year (with Cane Mill Road). Tray can now be found performing all over the country with Tray Wellington Band.
Eugene Tyler Band with Cannon Rogers and lighthearted live at the Lizard Lounge Oct 23rd. Event is 21+ $15/$18 door Doors at 7 Indie-bluegrass trio Eugene Tyler Band is, at their core, a road band, who’ve spent years cutting their teeth on the bluegrass festival circuit and clubs across the northeast. Their newest record, Low It Goes, captures the free-wheeling intensity of those live shows and showcases the cathartic, irreverent songwriting that has won them fans all over the country. As songwriter Eugene Gardner says, “You learn a lot about yourself as a band when you’re playing 3 hours a night, and it’s forced us to step up our game in a way that I’m really proud of.” Sharing stages with bands like Billy Strings, the Kitchen Dwellers, Driftwood, and the Mountain Grass Unit, ETB has carved out a unique voice in the bluegrass scene, with cutting, often humorous songs, and a fast & loose approach that calls back to influences like the Clash and Drive-By Truckers.
Celebrate the cool fall days with a delicious catered dinner at the historic Seashore Trolley Museum. Take a trolley ride before dinner! Dinner runs 4:30-5:30. Southern Rail's concert runs 5:30-7:30
Southern Rail will fill South Boston Carhouse at Seashore Trolley Museum with an exuberant blend of upbeat bluegrass and riveting vocals on Saturday, October 26. This event promises to be a full house, featuring lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass, all with antique trolleys in the background. Come early to browse the wonderful exhibits and to take an evening trolley ride! Those who would like to also join us for dinner, you’re in for a treat! Seashore Fan Favorite For The Love of Food & Drink will be providing dinner in between the trolley ride and the concert as an option to our event guests. 4:30PM: Evening trolley ride departs from the museum’s Visitors Center. 5PM: Dinner by For The Love of Food & Drink is served inside the museum’s Exhibit Room, inside the Visitors Center. If the weather is right, enjoy dinner just outside the Exhibit Room on the trolley boarding platform. 5:30PM-7:30PM: Southern Rail performs inside the museum’s South Boston Carhouse, a short walk or trolley ride from the Visitors Center. Parking is available next to South Boston Carhouse for those with mobility challenges. There will be a 15-minute intermission with a trolley shuttle available to bring guests to restrooms in the Visitors Center. Ticket options include the following: Trolley Ride, Dinner & Southern Rail Concert (4:30PM) Adults: $40 Youth Under 12: $25 Children Under 3: Free Just the Southern Rail Concert (5:30PM) Adults: $20 Youth Under 12: $10 Children Under 3: Free
The program surveys bluegrass music from its roots in early country and fiddle/banjo music to more progressive acoustic music with the same instrumentation. The Splinters cover old time fiddle tunes and The Carter Family to Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, The Stanley Brothers, and other traditional bands, landing in more progressive groups such as David Grisman, Bela Fleck, and modern ‘old time’ like John Hartford and Andrew Marlin. Participants will learn about these different styles of music and what makes them unique, but part of the same fabric. We will also discuss the role of each instrument in the group and how that creates the whole sound you experience. There will be plenty of music involved. The Splinters, a bluegrass and old-time string band from Massachusetts, deliver a relentless groove to accompany their tight 3-part harmonies. Tom Pritchard (fiddle) brings the heat to his fiddle playing. J Johnson (mandolin) adds a jazzy flair to his breaks. Chris Reckling (guitar, banjo) picks solid rhythm and punchy leads on top of Garrett Wallace’s grooving bass fiddle. A Splinters set veers from straight ahead bluegrass to traditional fiddle tunes and back, with the occasional detour into a modern song. They released their first album as a quartet, “Grey Owl”. Their second album, “In the Pale Moonlight“, was released in August, 2023. Both are available on all major streaming platforms and on Bandcamp.
Bluegrass is back at the Blackstone River Theater with fan favorites: Southern Rail on Saturday, Nov. 6th at 7:00 pm. Celebrating over forty years of performing, Southern Rail's bluegrass is high-octane exuberant fun, with lush harmonies, irrepressible humor and sparkling banjo, mandolin, and guitar.