Bluegrass
Bluegrass shows for SMF 2012
GEORGIA GROWN GOSPEL & BLUEGRASS: SWEET SINGING HARMONY HARMONEERS/IIIRD TYME OUT
Charles H. Morris Center
March 22
5:30PM, $30 buy tickets
Led by the incomparable bluegrass tenor Russell Moore, winner of the IBMA's (International Bluegrass Music Association) Male Vocalist of the Year award for the last two years, North Georgia's IIrd
GEORGIA GROWN GOSPEL AND BLUEGRASS: SWEET SINGING HARMONY HARMONEERS/IIIRD TYME OUT
Charles H. Morris Center
March 22
8:00PM, $30 buy tickets
Led by the incomparable bluegrass tenor Russell Moore, winner of the IBMA's (International Bluegrass Music Association) Male Vocalist of the Year award for the last two years, North Georgia's IIrd
BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES - THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP
Trustees Theater
March 22
8:30PM, $55, 45, 35, 25 buy tickets
For the first time in 20 years, the original Flecktones puts pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside banjoist/composer Béla Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/drumitarist Roy "Futureman"
NOON30: IIIRD TYME OUT
Charles H. Morris Center
March 23
12:30PM, $15 buy tickets
Led by the incomparable bluegrass tenor Russell Moore, winner of the IBMA's (International Bluegrass Music Association) Male Vocalist of the Year award for the last two years, North Georgia's IIrd
AMERICAN LEGACIES: THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND WITH DEL MCCOURY BAND
Trustees Theater
March 23
8:00PM, $60, 50, 40, 30 buy tickets
Boasting a direct lineage from the earliest incarnations of New Orleans jazz, the current roster of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band features some of the Crescent City's finest and most
NOON30: SLAVE SHOUT SONGS FROM THE GEORGIA COAST: MCINTOSH COUNTY SHOUTERS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 24
12:30PM, $20 buy tickets
National Heritage Fellows, the McIntosh County Shouters are foremost practitioners of a very unique segment of Georgia's musical history, the "ring shout." The ten-member ensemble consists of the songster, stickman,
MIKE MARSHALL & EDGAR MEYER
Charles H. Morris Center
April 1
6:30PM, $40 buy tickets
Acoustic music virtuosos Mike Marshall on mandolin and Edgar Meyer on bass have been playing music together for twenty years. During this time, they have developed a fully realized concept
CHRIS THILE, MANDOLIN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 3
8:00PM, $35 buy tickets
Mandolin master and composer Chris Thile returns to SMF, this time in a solo context, in which he'll perform a mixture of Bach and his own original works. Whether leading
NOON30: ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 5
12:30PM, $20 buy tickets
If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one's model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition.
BLAZING BANJOS: TONY TRISCHKA & BRUCE MOLSKY/ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 5
6:00PM, $35 buy tickets
This SMF original double-bill features the formidable duo of Tony Trischka and Bruce Molsky. In a career that has now encompassed four decades, acclaimed banjo innovator Tony Trischka has created
BLAZING BANJOS: TONY TRISCHKA & BRUCE MOLSKY/ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 5
8:30PM, $35 buy tickets
This SMF original double-bill features the formidable duo of Tony Trischka and Bruce Molsky. In a career that has now encompassed four decades, acclaimed banjo innovator Tony Trischka has created
BRUCE MOLSKY, FIDDLE/BANJO
Charles H. Morris Center
April 6
1:00PM, $20 buy tickets
Bruce Molsky stands today as the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia's timeless folk music traditions. In addition to a prolific solo career, performing on
STRINGBAND SPECTACULAR FEAT. MIKE MARSHALL, TONY TRISCHKA, JULIAN LAGE, BRUCE MOLSKY/ACOUSTIC MUSIC SEMINAR FINALE
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
April 6
6:00PM, $35, 25, 15 buy tickets
This major concert represents the culmination of a week of workshops, masterclasses and rehearsals dedicated to advancing American acoustic music. Curated by AMS Associate Director Mike Marshall (mandolin, mandocello), it
