Sicilian-American songstress, Michela Musolino presents the rich, storied music of her ancestral island. Accompanying herself on the tamburo, a frame drum typically played by women, Michela shares songs expressing the joys and woes of daily life for countless generations of Sicilians. Tickets available at TicketLeap (jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com), by mail or at the door 30 minutes prior […]
Bill Gooch and Meg Mabbs will discuss and demonstrate the relationships between traditional music and dances from Scandinavia. Participants will also have the opportunity try out dances from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden and are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes that can spin easily on the floor. Event is Free
Having individually played at the Laurel with many established ensembles including the Tennessee Shieks, the Dismembered Tennesseans, Circus No. 9, Don Don & Po, and Strange Company, the various Cassells have coalesced. The band is Don Cassell, Thomas Cassell, Will Cassell, Nicholas Cassell and Vince Ilagan. Tickets available at TicketLeap (jubilee-community-arts.ticketleap.com), by mail or at […]
Loretta Kelley and Andrea Haag are featured in a special edition of Scandinavian Dance night, in collaboration with the Trollkretsen Dancers. Loretta is one of the foremost performers and teachers of Norwegian harbinger fiddle and Andrea is a renowned performer of Swedish traditional fiddling. Loretta Kelley Andrea Hoag $10 requested donation at the door.
From early days with The Bothy Band to his celebrated solo performances, Kevin Burke is considered one of Irish music’s luminaries. The recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the NEA in the US, and in Ireland the prestigious Gradam Ceoil award, he is acknowledged as a master of the tradition. Although Kevin has spent […]
Inspired by their 1941 wooden Admiral radio, this South Carolina-based husband and wife duo creates an Americana sound with tight vocal harmonies, endearing storytelling and authentic energy. Admiral Radio has shared stages with critically-acclaimed acts like Del McCoury, Chatham County Line, Judah & the Lion, and more. The duo has produced two albums ('Sounds Like […]
Nora Brown started learning music at the age of 6 from the late Shlomo Pestcoe. From his tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn, Pestcoe instilled in her the belief that music is meant to be shared. Nora plays traditional music with a focus on southern Appalachian banjo and guitar playing. Along with mentors in the noratheast […]
Eddie Lynn Snodderly was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, to a father who was a Fuller Brush salesman and a mother who was, in his words, a “housewife extraordinaire.” Snodderly’s grandfather was a farmer and old-time fiddler, who, along with his brother, won several ribbons at Knoxville-area fiddlers’ conventions in the 1920s and ’30s. […]
Knoxville’s first Poet Laureate, singer and songwriter, playwright and band leader RB Morris returns to his “pulpit” at the Laurel Theater. RB Morris is a poet who writes emotionally intense songs full of ideas and unexpected word-play and sings them in arrangements that emphasize the rhythmic interchange between words and music. His most recent album […]
Stillhouse Junkies are on the forefront of breaking through the genre with their free-flowing musical interplay that weaves roots, classical, texas-swing and blues into a high-energy, intricately composed yet expansively improvised tapestry of sound. The quartet of close friends Fred Kosak (guitar, mandolin), Alissa Wolf (fiddle), Eric Lee (mandolin, fiddle, guitar), and Matt Thomas (bass) […]