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The Korey Brodsky Band, based in Newtown Connecticut, features 2013 International Bluegrass Music Association Youth All-Star and perennial contest winner Korey Brodsky on both guitar and mandolin. Korey has been featured in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and he just released his debut album Cruizin' in October of 2016. It has been played on Sirius Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction and has received rave reviews. Sofia Chiarandini on fiddle and lead vocal is a Berklee College of Music-Grey Fox summer program scholarship award recipient. Extraordinary multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Dick Neal plays guitar, mandolin, and banjo and sings lead and harmony. Veteran upright bass player Rick Brodsky adds a driving rhythm for the band and sings lead and harmony. Performing contemporary and traditional bluegrass and swing, as well as originals, The Korey Brodsky Band has played many popular regional venues and festivals in Northeast. Band facebook page back to schedule

With rich vocal harmonies, driving rhythm and a whole lot of humor, midcoast Maine’s Miners Creek put a modern spin on Bluegrass, fusing traditional Bluegrass with pop, rock, jazz, folk, Latin, Appalachian, gospel and blues. Emma Theobalds - guitar and lead vocals Resa Randolph - mandolin Whitney Randolph - banjo Cara Lauzon - fiddle Sam Sikema - bass Band website Band Facebook page Back to Schedule

Bolt Hill is a New England bluegrass band performing throughout the greater Seacoast region of New Hampshire. Rick Watson on guitar, "Lonesome Dave" Kiphuth on banjo, Justin Quinn on mandolin and Todd Robertson on bass bring bluegrass instrumentation to favorite country, Americana, classic rock, and folk songs. Band Website Band Facebook page back to schedule

Ass Kickin' Redneck Stringband Music The sound of the Portland, Oregon's Foghorn Stringband could have come barreling through the grille-cloth of those big console radios in the living rooms of the 1950's, when the traditional sounds of rural America were still on the minds of young musicians transferring the old-time music to a distinctively modern age. Their tight instrumental work is reminiscent of early bluegrass, but their powerful approach is whole-heartedly authentic old-time.  While the members of Foghorn Stringband are not strict recreationists in costume; yet neither are they experimentalists of the digital age. Whether it's on stage in a rock venue, a bluegrass festival, or at a dance in the Grange Hall, they further this great tradition through a profound belief that old-time music, played in a traditional way, is still relevant and very much alive in the 21st century. Caleb Klauder (Mandolin/Fiddle)  Reeb Willms (Guitar)  Nadine Landry (Bass)  Stephen "Sammy" Lind (Fiddle/Banjo) Band website Band Facebook page Photo credit: Betse Ellis ©2014

Classic old school Country, Honky Tonk & Rockabilly music about Drinkin' Truckin' & Love Gone Bad With a deep, rumbling voice reminiscent of Jr. Brown or Ernest Tubb and his biting sense of humor, Roy Sludge has been entertaining roots music fans for over 3 decades.   The Boston based Roy Sludge Trio have been playing the New England area for over 5 years, their live shows have been described as "lightning in a bottle." Roy Sludge (Guitar)  Jim Scoppa (Guitar)  Johnny Sciascia (Bass) Band website Band facebook page Photo credit: Nancy Nutile-McMenemy ©photosbynanci.com

These RI & MA friends known as Sinners Pie perform acoustic original music in Bluegrass and Americana stylings, collaborating on arrangements of Nelson's melodies and lyrics. Of course they each bring a handful of favorite covers to the mix as well. Nelson Hiller (Guitar) Dave Carney (Bass)  Carol Campbell (Mandolin/Banjo) Band Facebook page

J. Bird and the Sparrowhawk is an old-timey, appalachian folk duo from southern NH playing a mix of original and traditional fiddle-banjo flavored songs.  With the release of their cd, "All Around the Briar Patch", Amy and Rich are excited to bring their closely knit harmonies and original songs to the Joe Val Showcase stage. Amy Snedaker Hamilton (Fiddle)  Rich Hamilton (Fiddle/Banjo/Guitar) Band Facebook page

JD & DV mix together tunes from old-time, contra-dance, and classical traditions, adorned with twists and turns both modern and elegant.  After overhearing their late-night picking, we drafted them to fill a snowed-out empty showcase slot last year.  We are thrilled to have them back. DV Lavern (Tenor Banjo)  JD Williams (Mandolin) DV Lavern's Facebook page JD Williams Facebook page  

These two old friends say "We want to keep whatever tune we are playing as original as we can... as the old saying goes, be yourself because everyone else is taken. Whatever song we are playing is the song we love playing... everything from fiddle tunes to contemporary acoustic music." Bob Ray (Guitar)  Dave Arnold (Guitar/Mandolin)  

These Berklee College of Music students and OctoPladd members are each accomplished instrumentalists in their own right, but together create a progressive bluegrass ensemble sound bigger than the sum of the parts - perhaps in an ideal world, all the band members would be wearing two plaid shirts at the same time - OctoPladd! Ethan Setiawan (Mandolin)  Noah Harrington (Bass)  Sam Leslie (Guitar)  Julian Pinelli (Fiddle) and  Avery Merritt (fiddle) Band Facebook page