The Queen of Kentucky, 5 time IBMA Female Bluegrass Singer of the Year, 2016 Grammy nominee and 2017 Kentucky Music Hall of Fame inductee. She sings and plays guitar in an intimate solo setting.
4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival http://www.oldtonemusicfestival.com/ Frank Wakefield, Mike Bub, Anna & Elizabeth, Cedric Watson, Hubby Jenkins, new to the Lineup This Year Hillsdale, NY, April 11, 2018 The 4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 2018, September 6-9, 2018 Cool Whisper Farm, 1011 County Rt 21, North Hillsdale, NY, 12529. Oldtone Productions continue their carefully curated old-time music line up with the return of some Oldtone favorites and some exciting new folks. Roots music fans will be delighted to hear that the Appalachian Mountain duo Anna & Elizabeth (recently featured in the New Yorker) will be bringing their harmonies and their art to the Hillsdale festival. Also new this year are Oldtime Blues artist Hubby Jenkins (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Creole artist and former member of The Pine Leaf Boys Cedric Watson, well known upright bass player Mike Bub (Del McCoury band). Other new artists include Five Mile Mountain Road (bluegrass), cajun fiddlers Joel Savoy and Kelli Jones, roots trio Pete’s Posse, and the Balkan Romani Gypsy duo Eva Salina and Peter Stan. The returning lineup makes up Oldtone’s core, with some of the most exciting roots artists today. The Oldtone host band, is the well-known Foghorn String Band from Portland, OR, Oldtone’s favorite Cajun band Jesse Lege and the Bayou Brew will be returning to the Main and Dance Stages, as will the old time darlings Bill and the Belles. Bill and the Belles are the house band for Farm & Fun Time which is hosted by Radio Bristol producer and house band-leader Kris Truelsen, (the show is hot in the Roots music world right now). The Down Hill Strugglers are also making waves, and band member Jackson Lynch recently played … Read More »
Join Southern Rail for an exuberant evening of bluegrass! This promises to be another packed house, featuring lush harmonies, irrepressible good humor, and sparkling banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass
Bluegrass pickers and those who want to learn how to play Bluegrass music will have a chance to learn jamming from some of Maine’s best bluegrass musicians.
Courtney Hartman was the acclaimed guitarist, and a songwriter for nine years with noted all female bluegrass band Della Mae. Now working on her own projects, she teams up with Brooklyn's Taylor Aston on banjo, as they celebrate the release of their first duet album.