Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

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Newfound Grass in Barrington, NH

Nippo Lake 550 PROVINCE ROAD, Barrington, NH

Newfound Grass will appear at Nippo Lake in Barrington, NH on Sunday October 18th from 6-8PM. NIPPO GOLF CLUB - 550 PROVINCE ROAD - BARRINGTON, NH 03825 http://home.metrocast.net/~winiyoung/nippo http://newfoundgrass.com/

Coffeehouse Off the Square presents a Southern Rail Holiday concert

Coffeehouse off the Square Old Ship Parish House, 107 Main St., , Hingham, MA

A joyous afternoon of Bluegrass Gospel and Christmas classics.  Home baked goods during intermission.  Take a break from holiday shopping, grab a hot mug of cider and join us!

$15

Recurring

Bluegrass Jam

South Shore Conservatory 1 Conservatory Dr., Hingham

This Bluegrass jam session is for adult students on any "bluegrass" instrument such as dobro, banjo, fiddle, upright bass, and mandolin. Participants should have basic experience playing their instrument. Each 90-minute session will cover basic techniques with plenty of time for jamming. Repertoire will be chosen from a predetermined list of pieces. Tuesdays 7-8:30 pm starting on November 10 8 weeks/$100 ($15 for walk-in)

$8 – $100

Elephant Revival w/ Parsonsfield & Nora Jane Struthers with Joe Overton at The Sinclair

The Sinclair 52 Church Street, Cambridge, MA

Elephant Revival http://www.elephantrevival.com/ https://twitter.com/elephantrevival w/ Parsonsfield & Nora Jane Struthers with Joe Overton 18+ / Doors 8pm / $15 advance / $17 day of show ELEPHANT REVIVAL: FOLK INFLUENCES AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS CHURN UP ‘A UNIQUE OLIO’ OF JOYFUL NOISE “Where words fail … music speaks.” That simple line atop Elephant Revival’s Facebook page contains only five words, but reveals volumes about the band’s reason for being. Music unites us in ways that no other medium can. Even when we don’t understand one another’s languages — we can be moved by a rhythm, soothed by a song. Brought together by a unified sense of purpose — the spirit of five souls working as one, in harmony, creating sounds they could never produce alone. The five souls in Elephant Revival are Bonnie Paine (washboard, djembe, musical saw, stompbox); Bridget Law (fiddle, octave fiddle); Charlie Rose (banjo, pedal steel, guitar, horns, cello, double bass); Dango Rose (double bass, mandolin, banjo); and Daniel Rodriguez (guitar, banjo, double bass). This Nederland, Colo., quintet are, needless to say, quite a sound to be experienced — especially when they fall into the pocket of a groove containing elements of gypsy, Celtic, Americana, and folk. The Indie Acoustic Music Project simply labeled their sound “progressive edge.” At least, that’s the category in which it placed the band when it gave their Ruff Shod/Nettwerk Records release, BREAK IN THE CLOUDS, a best CD of 2011 award. Elephant Revival’s later THESE CHANGING SKIES (Thirty Tigers) release went on to win best CD of 2013 in the same category. It’s as good a label as any to convey what Dango Rose has described as their mission: “to close the gap of separation between us through … Read More »

$15 – $17

Antje Duvekot and The Stockwell Brothers

The Windham Ballroom 40 The Square, Bellows Falls, VT

Next Stage Arts Project, in collaboration with Twilight Music, Popolo and WOOL91.5, presents contemporary folk singer/songwriter Antje Duvekot and newgrass trio The Stockwell Brothers at The Windham Ballroom on Saturday, November 14 at 8:00 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. “She creates an entire, detailed world in verse, and takes you there with beautiful and understated melody.  Her songs are stunning paintings of color and shade and always generate the heat and light that real art should.” - Neil Dorfsman, producer of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Dire Straits Bruce, Barry and Alan Stockwell's … Read More »

$17 – $20

A Southern Rail Sunday Bluegrass Gospel service

Original Congregational Church of Wrentham 1 East St, Wrentham, MA

The Original Congregational Church of Wrentham invites all to attend a joyous Sunday Bluegrass Gospel service, featuring Southern Rail.  It will be a morning of Thanksgiving and Fellowship.  Join us for refreshments after the service.  All are welcome!

BBU Kids Jam

Unnamed Venue Brookline, MA

Monthly Kids Jams in Brookline, MA Our monthly jams are open to all school-age kids, through high school, of all levels of experience. Kids receive group instruction as well as an opportunity to participate in a musical community. Some of our regulars are pretty good players -- and they're welcoming to newcomers, whether beginners or more experienced. The jams are hosted by the kids' parents, and led by experienced, patient and professional educators. There is no fee for the Kids Jam. The Jam is an outreach program of the Boston Bluegrass Union, and is supported by the BBU and your donations.   They are all from 1-4 pm Please email [email protected] for the locations or additional information or call 617-738-8198 For the latest information, click here for the BBU Kids Jam Facebook Page  

Ry Cooder / Sharon White / Ricky Skaggs

Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA

In a most exceptional pairing, master multi-instrumentalists Ry Cooder and Ricky Skaggs come alive on stage to deliver a revelatory program of blues, gospel, and bluegrass. They are joined by Sharon White, one of the purest voices in Country music, Joachim Cooder on drums, and Mark Fain on bass with occasional guest performances by Buck White.

$45 – $75

Local Freight at Nick-A-Nee’s

Nick-A-Nee's 75 South Street, Providence, RI

We're back for another Bluegrass tHrOEDOWN at Nick-A-Nee's! Come on down! Everyone's welcome—heck, you can even bring your dog! Bring your voice/instrument along too for parking lot pickin' (weather permitting)!