Concerts

The Canterbury Historical Society presents an evening of Bluegrass music with Long Island's Feinberg Brothers and the debut of a new band honoring the music of the Country Gentlemen, Redwood Hill.  This show will be held at the Canterbury Town Hall Community Room, One Muncipal Drive, Canterbury CT  06331.  Showtime is 7PM.  Tickets are $18 in advance; $15 for Seniors (60+) and Children (14 & under).  All tickets will be $20 at the door.  To purchase in advance, send check payable to "Canterbury Historical Society" to CHS, PO Box 2, Canterbury CT  06331.  Cutoff date for advance sales is March 1st.  For more information, call 860-237-1243 or visit www.CanterburyHistorical.org

On Saturday, March 11th at 7:30 pm, The Blue Moon Coffeehouse in nearby Rockland features Rob Flax and Friends, fresh from their appearance at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival. Rob Flax is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator from Evanston, IL with a playful heart and an open mind. Now making his home in Boston, he is becoming known as a border-crossing, genre bending, multi-instrumentalist. His shows combine great instrumentation with some high energy, zany fun. Tickets are $10 at the door; children 12 and under are free. The address is 45 Webster Street, Rockland. Between sets by the band, there will be an open mike.

Y'all come! March 18 at The Eliot Church of Newton, UCC Join us for a Bluegrass Fundraiser featuring a Chili Supper at 6:00pm and the Birch Hill Ramblers at 7:00pm. Proceeds will support Newton's CAN-DO - Affordable Housing & the Newton DREAM FAR high school marathon club. $15 for chili and the concert; $10 for concert only; $50 cap for a family of four or more. You can reserve your tickets online at: http://www.eliotchurch.org/bluegrass-fundraiser-3182017.html

Southern Rail brings their upbeat brand of Bluegrass and happy mayhem to the Medway Public Library on Sunday March 26. This promises to be another packed house, featuring high-energy exuberant bluegrass with lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar and mandolin. Southern Rail will be celebrating the release of their eagerly anticipated 12th CD, “Voices in the Wind”. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and free for children under 12.  Tickets can be reserved after March 1st by calling the library at 508-533-3217.   Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the concert.

Come on down for a night of bluegrass music, honkytonk dancing, refreshments, cash bar, prizes and games! All proceeds will go directly to cancer research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, as part of the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge. Mile Twelve, an incredible Boston based bluegrass band, will be holding down the fort. miletwelvebluegrass.com Tickets are tax deductible and sold on a sliding scale. For more information and to purchase tickets visit: danafarberbarndance.eventbrite.com Tickets also available at the door.

Railroad House is a six piece band featuring lush 2, 3, and 4 part vocal harmony and playing a diverse blend of Americana music, from straight ahead Bluegrass to Western Swing, and beyond. “Jonathan Campbell sings with heart with a strong lead vocal, and I enjoyed the band's versatility/interchangeability of the banjo/Dobro.” - Ken Irwin, Rounder Records “Railroad House was extremely polished. I especially liked their sense of dynamics; they would save their beautiful harmonies for choruses or key emotional points in the songs. Vocal-driven tunes are where this band shines, whether plucking a couple tunes from Steve Earle!…, serving up a standard like "Blue Ridge Mountain Home," or adapting a country tune like ‘Rough Around the Edges.’ All in all, it was entertaining, diverse, and impressive.” -  DaveArchie.blogspot Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, and are available at BrownPaperTickets.com. See RailroadHouseBand.com for more information on the band.  

A life full of music. That's the story of Ricky Skaggs. By age 21, he was already considered a "recognized master" of one of America's most demanding art forms, but his career took him in other directions, catapulting him to popularity and success in the mainstream of country music. His life's path has taken him to various musical genres, from where it all began in bluegrass music, to striking out on new musical journeys, while still leaving his musical roots intact. Ricky struck his first chords on a mandolin over 50 years ago and this 14-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. With 12 consecutive Grammy-nominated classics behind him, all from his own Skaggs Family Records label (Bluegrass Rules! in 1998, Ancient Tones in 1999, History of the Future in 2001, Soldier of the Cross, Live at the Charleston Music Hall, and Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe in 2003, Brand New Strings in 2005, Instrumentals in 2007, Salt of the Earth with The Whites in 2008, Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 in 2009 and Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved along with Mosaic in 2010), the diverse and masterful tones made by the gifted Skaggs come from a life dedicated to playing music that is both fed by the soul and felt by the heart. https://youtu.be/jAgtL5N5zzE <a href="http://thecabot.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GGG-Love-and-Protest-Color-Press-photo.jpg"><img src="http://thecabot.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GGG-Love-and-Protest-Color-Press-photo.jpg" alt="" width="4808" height="3295" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1928" /></a> <strong>Girls Guns And Glory</strong> <strong>Ward Hayden</strong> – Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals <strong>Josh Kiggans</strong> – Drum Kit <strong>Paul Dilley</strong> – Upright & Electric Bass, Vocals <strong>Cody Nilsen</strong>-Lead Guitar, Vocals <strong><em>Love and Protest</em></strong>: two concepts that seldom go hand in hand. Until you … Read More »

Ol' Delmer's at it again!!! Come and visit with the boys at the next Montague Open Mic. Ol' Timey Music in a fun venue.