Building on a 70-year history as one of the most influential bluegrass bands in the region, the New Dismembered Tennesseans today bring a new lineup, new repertoire, and new energy to the band founded by Tennessee master fiddler and philanthropist Fletcher Bright and his high school friends back in 1945. Make that “mostly” new lineup, […]
Honoring the songs and styles that have shaped our country from Traditional Folk to Ragtime, Old-Time and Early Country, The New Quintet features storyteller and musicologist Nicholas Edward Williams (Guitar, Vocals), Emma Dubose (Fiddle, Vocals), Jade Watts (Upright Bass, Vocals), Gordon Inman (Clarinet) and Cody Ray (Guitar, Lap Steel). The ensemble's big harmonies, intricate melodies […]
Old time fiddle and mandolin players Ken Waldman and Adam Tanner will offer a Laurel Folk School workshop "GOING FURTHER WITH FIDDLE (OR MANDOLIN)." This will be an inclusive workshop, so no matter your experience and ability, you'll leave with something new, whether a new tune, or resources on how to better learn, or some […]
Ken Waldman combines old-time string-band music, original poetry, and Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his. Twelve CDs have received wide radio airplay. Twenty books include sixteen full-length poetry collections. Since 1995 he has appeared from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the Dodge Poetry Festival to the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, Australia. Reviewers […]
Lineup (subject to change): Friday (6-10) Epworth Old Harp Singers (shape note singing, local) Lincoln Park String Band (old time, local) Gladson Family Band (old time and bluegrass, East Tennessee) Kindred Valley (folk, West Virginia) Newfound Gap (bluegrass, North Carolina) UT Appalachian Strings (bluegrass, Local) Count This Penny (folk, Local) Saturday (6-10) Tennessee Stifflegs (honky […]
Allumé is a collaborative project between Nashville’s Miss Tess, Thomas Bryan Eaton (Miss Tess, Bertha), and Lafayette, Louisiana-based K.C. Jones (Feufollet, The Daiquiri Queens), and Trey Broudreaux (The Revelers). All four are accomplished multi-instrumentalists, accompanying each other on guitars, pedal steel, fiddle, harmony vocals, bass, and stripped down drums, to make one big cajun-country-cozy supergroup. […]
Grammy nominated fly fisher (and bass and guitar player) Daniel Kimbro has worked as a recording and touring musician with artists across the industry, and is particularly noted for his collaborations with Jerry Douglass, Sam Lewis, and Martin Harley. This is part of his release tour for his new solo album Carpet in the Kitchen. […]
Four Leaf Peat is Tennessee’s premier Traditional Irish Band and has been performing locally and regionally since 2004. Traditional Irish music ranges from vibrant dance tunes to soulful songs, and Four Leaf Peat’s performances are always marked by a keen sense of the tradition, mixed with just the right amount of influence from the rich […]
This North Carolina based duo is touring to support the release of their fourth full length album Be Real With Me and enjoying the afterglow of the successful nationwide syndication of their PBS series, “On the Road with Chatham Rabbits.” Austin and Sarah McCombie quit their day jobs in 2018 to devote their full focus […]
Fourth Thursdays of every month. Traditional Southern square dance with calling and instruction from Stan Sharp and live music. This is a welcoming social dance open to people of all experience levels. No partner required and instruction provided as we go. $10 general admission at the door, $5 for JCA members, seniors, and students.