Concerts

Get ready for Rick and the Rick tones at The Blue Moon Coffeehouse in Rockland, MA on January 14th! This brand new band has some members I bet you already know and love. At the center of the music is banjo master Ricky Mier, co-founder of the band Twisted Pine, Cat and the Moon and a former member of Hot Day at the Zoo. He is accompanied by other incredibly talented musicians: bassist Charles Berthoud, JD Williams,  Meg Griffith and Thor Davidson. Their music is rooted in bluegrass, but has elements of Celtic, funk music, jazz, rock, classical, blues, and gospel. Ricky Mier is winner of the gold medal at the 2014 Freshgrass Banjo Contest and, with his band Twisted Pine, has won band contests at Freshgrass, Thomas Point Beach and tied for first place at Rocky Grass. Mier has performed on the main stages of other major festivals such as Grey Fox, Celtic Connections (Scotland), The Green River Festival, and Joe Val. He has performed with Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten and has shared the stage with acoustic heavy weights such as The Punch Brothers, Peter Rowan, Alison Brown, Hot Rize, The Gibson Brothers, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Sam Bush Band, Del McCoury Band, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, and more. Charles Berthoud is a world-class bass player who has won awards such as 1st place at the New Hampshire Bass Solo Competition. JD Williams, multi-instrumentalist with the acoustic Americana band, Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, has completed over a dozen international tours, been honored with the Sam Eisenson Award for Country Music. Here's a video of the band to check out: https://youtu.be/8xEkK686Xa. Hope you can make it! It's going … Read More »

Boston based Carolyn Kendrick and Jake Howard blend bluegrass and whiskey-fueled old-time into new roots music. Won 2016 Freshgrass Best Duo award. Performing as trio w/bass.

On Saturday, January 28th, The Blue Moon Coffeehouse in Rockland features The Page Turners. Winners of the 2016 Freshgrass Best Duo Award, Carolyn Kendrick and Jake Howard have a strong foothold in the acoustic music scene. They became musical friends as students of Berklee College of Music and started playing together through the Berklee American Roots Program. The Page Turners are known for their solid harmonies and soaring fiddle runs. They like to blend their love of bluegrass, whiskey-fueled old time, country music, swing, and fearless song writing into one all-purpose seasoning of good ole’ fashioned Roots music. They are have played at The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, the Berklee American Roots Roadshow and will be featured on the 2017 FressGrass stage. Tickets are $10 at the door; children 12 and under are free. The show starts at 7:30 pm. Between sets by the band, there will be an open mike.  The address is 45 Webster Street, Rockland, MA

Noam Pikelny, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “pros’ top banjo picker,” has emerged as the preeminent banjoist of his generation. Noam is a founding member of Punch Brothers, a string ensemble which The Boston Globe calls “a virtuosic revelation” and The New Yorker describes as “wide- ranging and restlessly imaginative.” Singer and songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, who appeared on the Series in 2016’s Use Your Voice with Patty Griffin and Sara Watkins, appears as a special guest.

Bluegrass hi jinks and the world’s best Carrot Cake! What could be better? Southern Rail brings their upbeat brand of Bluegrass and happy mayhem to the Homegrown Coffeehouse on Saturday February 25th. 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”. Come early before the Carrot Cake runs out!!

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