Get Tickets Having toured internationally, sharing stages with both African and American luminaries including Kojo Antwi, Amakye Dede and Victor Wooten, Ghana born drummer and composer, Paa Kow, (pronounced Pah-Ko), has recently produced his third studio album entitled Cookpot. The album takes listeners on a journey that boldly explores the music of the African Diaspora by fusing Ghanaian highlife […]
Get Tickets $25 Presale $30 Day Of Show Skatalites: The Skatalites are Jamaica’s premier ska band since 1964 who backed artists like Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe and most of the singers of the day. Their infectious brand of bluesy, jazzy ska spread like wildfire around the island and spawned […]
Get Tickets Doors open at 6 pm Bear Grass: Located in Troy, NY, Bear Grass is built around the quirky songs of Katie Hammon. Her sultry pipes leave them devastated, but the band's blend of folk, rock, and homespun trip-hop soothes their wounds. Hammon's roots in the pacific northwest shape the character of the music […]
Get Tickets Nell & Jim Band As featured on the PBS Music Gone Public TV Series, Vancouver Folk Festival and FreshGrass Nell & Jim Band bring all of your favorite elements of authentic music together, creating a genre-busting sound that combines Americana, folk and bluegrass music. The “beloved Bay Area bluegrass stars” (San Jose Mercury […]
Get Tickets New album Wild! Wild! Wild!, a collaboration with rock-and-roll royalty Linda Gail Lewis, is coming August 10th, 2018. "The best duo of our time." —Jerry Lee Lewis Wild! Wild! Wild!, the new collaboration between Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks and rock-and-roll royalty Linda Gail Lewis, gleefully lives up to its title. It’s Americana music that’s as butt-shakin’ as […]
Reservations In 50 years, what’s changed? In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was enacted marking the beginning of the end of voter suppression and disenfranchisement of blacks and people of color in the U.S.Soon afterwards the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Southern Christian Leadership Council issued a call to students […]
Get Tickets Dwayne (Dopsie) Rubin hails from one of the most influential Zydeco families in the world. Although inspired by tradition, Dwayne has developed his own high energy style that defies existing stereotypes and blazes a refreshingly distinct path for 21st century Zydeco music. This singer/songwriter and accordionist has performed all over the world since […]
Get Tickets Kevin McKrell, Brian Melick, Michael Eck, Greg Haymes and Katie McKrell—harks back to the first great folk scare of the 1940s, borrowing from The Weavers, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and more; becoming an Almanac Singers for today. With roots in the McKrells, Blotto and Ramblin Jug Stompers, Tin Can Alley, hot off a […]
Get Tickets Swing lesson at 7 pm with Jason Fenton. Don't miss a night of dancing with Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones Hi-Flyin' Rockabilly, Roots Rock n Roll + Rhythm & Blues. Named the "Best Up-and-Coming Band" by Hudson Valley Magazine! Biography: Winner of the 2017 Ameripolitan Music Award for Best Female Rockabilly Artist, and […]
Buy your tickets online! Shawn Holt is the son of Blues Legend Magic Slim. The high energy, hard-driving sound of The Teardrops is still alive and well and if you like what Magic Slim and The Teardrops have been doing for the last 35 years, you can continue to enjoy that unique sound and energy […]
Buy your tickets online! From the heart of Mali’s Niger Delta, in his teenage years Kelly ventured to Niafunke seeking to study music with the legendary master, Ali Farka Toure. Over the past 30 years he has played beside Ali Farka Toure, accompanied Afel Bocoum as a key member of the band, Alkibar and performed […]
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