Upcoming Bluegrass Related Events

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Dale Ann Bradley

Amazing Things Arts Center

On March 29th, Dale Ann Bradley will be performing a very special Sunday 7:00 PM evening concert at ātac: downtown arts + music center in Framingham.   Raised in the coal fields of Appalachia, Dale Ann Bradley has been a Grammy nominee as well as recipient of IBMA's Female Vocalist of the Year Award. In 2019 she and her band-mates in Sister Sadie were awarded IBMA's "Vocal Group of the Year" for their critically-acclaimed album Sister Sadie II.   

$22.00 – $25.00

Mile Twelve

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

Although their sound is rooted in traditional bluegrass, Mile Twelve surveys a broader landscape on their newest album, City on a Hill. All five band members bring their own influences and observations into the music, resulting in a project that feels contemporary, thoughtfully crafted, and relevant. “Original bluegrass music, written and played by young people, is very much alive,” says band member Evan Murphy. “I hope people take away that songwriting and arranging really matter. It’s about the material and playing it in a way that feels honest. This album isn’t political in the sense that we’re beating people over the head with anything, we just tried to tell stories that feel authentic.”The album title alludes to the idealized imagery of a shining city on a hill – a historical phrase that has often been applied to Boston, where the band got its start. Murphy adds, “We realized that many of the characters in these songs were in crisis, had been failed in some way, or were failing themselves. It’s an unintentional theme but it came out in the songwriting.” The Mile Twelve lineup offers five of the most promising young musicians in bluegrass: David Benedict (mandolin), Catherine “BB” Bowness (banjo), Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Evan Murphy (guitar, lead vocals), and Nate Sabat (bass, lead vocals). All are credited as songwriters because everyone in the band helped shape the material throughout the writing and arranging process. Murphy and Sabat initiated most of the lyrical ideas for City on a Hill while Benedict wrote the instrumental track, “Rialto.” “We all inspire each other and recognize that everyone has different strengths,” Murphy says. “What makes this band so collaborative is that everyone in the band can do something at … Read More »

$20.00

inSPIRE Concert Lounge Series – Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

The Spire Center for Performing Arts is excited to present the all-new inSPIRE Concert Series in the Spire Center Performance Lobby. Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards blend distinctively rich harmonies with a wide range of accompaniment (guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, ukulele, clarinet, penny whistle, electric bass), featuring original songwriting, witty humor and meaningful audience engagement.

$10

inSPIRE Concert Lounge Series – Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

The Spire Center for Performing Arts is excited to present the all-new inSPIRE Concert Series in the Spire Center Performance Lobby. Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards blend distinctively rich harmonies with a wide range of accompaniment (guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, ukulele, clarinet, penny whistle, electric bass), featuring original songwriting, witty humor and meaningful audience engagement.

$10

Sanford Springvale Historical Museum presents Southern Rail

SANFORD-SPRINGVALE HISTORICAL MUSEUM 505 MAIN ST (RT 109), SPRINGVALE, ME

Southern Rail welcomes spring with their exuberant blend of upbeat bluegrass and riveting vocals at the acclaimed Sanford Springvale Historical Museum. This promises to be another packed house, featuring lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass. Southern Rail will be celebrating the recent induction of guitarist Jim Muller and bassist Sharon Horovitch into the RIBA Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Tickets available in advance and at the door. Bring the family. Children under 18 are free! Refreshments during intermission.

$15 – $18

Sanford Springvale Historical Museum presents Southern Rail

SANFORD-SPRINGVALE HISTORICAL MUSEUM 505 MAIN ST (RT 109), SPRINGVALE, ME

Southern Rail welcomes spring with an evening of  high energy bluegrass and riveting vocals at the delightful Sanford Springvale Historical Museum. Southern Rail will be celebrating the recent induction of guitarist Jim Muller and bassist Sharon Horovitch into the RIBA Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Tickets will be available in advance and at the door. Bring the family. Children under 18 are free! Refreshments during intermission.

$15 – $18

Online Rollick

The Ashokan Center 477 Beaverkill Road, Olivebridge, NY

Old-time immersion weekend ONLINE! Starts TODAY! ashokancenter.org/online-rollick-2020

$50

Supper at Quincy Point Congregational Church w/Southern Rail

Quincy Point Congregational Church 444 Washington St., Quincy, MA

Join Southern Rail for a classic Church supper at the Quincy Point Congregational Church.  An evening of awesome home cookin' followed by a high spirited Southern Rail bluegrass concert.  What could be better? The cooking is amazing, and Southern Rail's past 2 supper concerts were completely sold out. Doors open 5:30.  Dinner is served at 6:00 and music starts at 7:00.  Reserve your tickets soon!

$5 – $50

Kathy Mattea – “The Acoustic Living Room” w/ Bill Cooley

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

Hailed by The Washington Post as ‘one of Nashville’s finest song interpreters,’ Kathy Mattea has enjoyed the kind of success many artists only dream of: two GRAMMY wins, four CMA Awards, four #1 country singles, and five gold albums (plus a platinum collection of her greatest hits). Grammy Award winning singer Kathy Mattea and her longtime collaborator, guitarist Bill Cooley, have shared one of Nashville’s most musically rich partnerships for over two decades. The duo meets as old friends, welcoming you into The Acoustic Living Room to share songs and stories near and dear to their hearts — including Kathy’s beloved classics such as “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses,” “Where’ve You Been?,” and many other hits, plus a handful of more eclectic and often requested tunes from her extensive catalogue, and a sprinkling of brand new material, all reinterpreted for the duo format. Her 18 albums are woven through with bluegrass, gospel, and Celtic influences, and have garnered multiple CMA, ACM, and Grammy Awards. A genuine storyteller, Kathy draws inspiration from her Appalachian roots and is a torchbearer for often overlooked musical legacies like those of Hazel Dickens and Jean Ritchie. Her most recent album, Calling Me Home, is a collection of songs that celebrates the Appalachian culture of her native West Virginia and expands the vocabulary of acoustic roots music that has always served as her artistic center.  web: www.mattea.com

$46

Darrell Scott

Spire Center for Performing Arts 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth, MA

Multi-Instrumentalist and Singer-Songwriter Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moments, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest, lilting, blooming, and resonating. The words he fosters allow us to make sense of the world, what is at stake here, and our place in it. And ultimately, Darrell knows the sole truth of life is that love is all that matters, that we don’t always get it right, but that’s the instinctive and requisite circuitous allure of things, why we forever chase it, and why it is held sacred. There is an absence of light, before the light.  A simple bare stage in the waning gloaming, and I can see Darrell make his way to a lone microphone.  He is here to shine that light on matters of the heart─the grit, grease, gristle, and most importantly, the marrow beneath the breastbone.And what is the path that shapes us as we go along, those true defining moments without which we would be hollow versions of our current selves?  For Darrell, it was coming from a musical family with a father who had him smitten with guitars by the age of 4, alongside a brother who played Jerry Reed style as well.  From there, things only ramped up with literature and poetry endeavors while a student at Tufts University, along with playing his way through life.  This would never change. When those hands of his make their way across the strings and fretboard, there is palpable loss of air in the theater, as the listeners, our feet and bodies firmly on the ground, watch his sonic wings take him upwards in flight, and realize we are as along for … Read More »

$27