Past Bluegrass Related Events

/Cheryl & Mark Gardner
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Cricket Tell the Weather, CD Release Tour, at the Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Rockland, MA, Sat. April 12th

The Blue Moon Coffeehouse Channing Church, 45 Webster St. , Rockland , MA

On Saturday, April 12th at 7:30 p.m. the Blue Moon Coffeehouse features the progressive bluegrass band, Cricket Tell the Weather performing as part of their CD release tour. Winners of the highly competitive 2013 FreshGrass Festival Band Contest, Cricket Tell the Weather is a five-piece indie string band featuring bluegrass-inspired original music. Strongly influenced by American traditional music, Cricket also includes rock, pop, and jazz elements, contributing to the growing genre of progressive bluegrass. Award-winning songwriters Andrea Asprelli (fiddle) and Jason Borisoff (guitar) received a blue ribbon in 2011 at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival Songwriting Competition for their co-written song “Remington”. They are joined by Manhattan-based Doug Goldstein on the banjo, Dan Tressler on mandolin from Easton, CT, and Jeff Picker from Portland, OR. The band is excited to be featured at Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Del Fest, Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Brandywine Folk Festival, and FreshGrass Festival. Between sets by Cricket Tell the Weather, there will be an open mic.

$7 – $12

Honeysuckle, Boston Music Award Nominees for Best Folk Artist and Best Americana Artist, at The Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Saturday, Feb. 6th

Blue Moon Coffeehouse 45 Webster Street, , Rockland, MA

Saturday, February 6th at 7:30  p.m., The Blue Moon Coffeehouse in Rockland features the progressive folk trio Honeysuckle.  Honeysuckle was recently nominated for the Boston Music Awards in two categories: Best Folk Artist and Best Americana Artist. They also played at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival as the Converse Rubber Tracks Artist winners.  Holly McGarry, Benjamin Burns and Chris Bloniarz make up Honeysuckle. They currently have two releases, "Live at Rockwood Music Hall," and their new EP, "Arrows."  They were one of the recipients of Passim’s 2015 Iguana Music Fund Grants and, with its help, they will be finishing a full length CD, which will be released at Club Passim in March.  Between sets by the band there will be an open mike.  Tickets are $10 at the door. Children 12 and under are free. The address is 45 Webster Street, Rockland, MA.  For more information, visit www.thebluemooncoffeehouse.com or check out the Facebook page.  You can listen to the band at their website:  www.honeysuckleband.com or on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Qk7QdHHlYgg.

$10 – $12