Wood Flower’s combination of tight harmonies, driving banjo, soulful mandolin, and ripping twin guitars, all supported by a solid bass line, are highlights that define this up-and-coming bluegrass band. Their unique yet traditional approach to bluegrass music was formed in the spring of 2022 between a music teacher and his former guitar student from ten years prior who had recently graduated from Berklee College of Music. A Wood Flower performance mixes original songs with bluegrass classics and an occasional outside-the-box cover tune. https://woodflowerbluegrass.com/
7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek
579 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, DE 19711 (near Paper Mill Road)
Tickets online:
https://bfotm-concert-tickets.square.site/
Tickets at the door:
Public $25
Seniors $20
BFOTM Members $15
Students with ID $15
Ages 17 & under FREE!
More info: concerts@brandywinefriends.org, or (302) 321-6466
Mac and Hanna Traynham are a talented father/daughter duo from Floyd County, Virginia. Both are multi-instrumentalists known for their delightful playing and singing. Mac is an accomplished luthier who carries the traditional sound of old-time music of the original people of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia. (His Sunny Mountain Serenaders played for us in 2015.) Hanna also is an accomplished ceramic artist, occasionally designing intricate inlays for the instruments Mac builds. They each devote countless hours to teaching young musicians. http://mactraynham.com/music/
7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek
579 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, DE 19711 (near Paper Mill Road)
Tickets online:
https://bfotm-concert-tickets.square.site/
Tickets at the door:
Public $25
Seniors $20
BFOTM Members $15
Students with ID $15
Ages 17 & under FREE!
More info: concerts@brandywinefriends.org, or (302) 321-6466
Award-winning performers Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones of Hillsville, Virginia are partners in life and in music. Their performances weave heartfelt Southern harmony singing with soaring fiddle tunes and intricate guitar, mandolin, and banjo accompaniment.
Erynn learned directly from older fiddlers and singers across Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina, carrying forward the deep traditions of Appalachian music. Carl toured and recorded with Norman Blake & the Rising Fawn Ensemble and his song Last Time on the Road was featured on the Grammy Award–winning album Unleashed by the Nashville Bluegrass Band.
Together, Erynn and Carl have shared their music across Canada, Europe, Australia, and China. Between them they have released seventeen recordings, including their two duet albums Sweet Memories Never Leave and Old Tin. They are also featured on Old-Time Sweethearts along with 10 other old-time music couples from across North America.
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7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek
579 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, DE 19711 (near Paper Mill Road)
Tickets online:
https://bfotm-concert-tickets.square.site/
Tickets at the door:
Public $25
Seniors $20
BFOTM Members $15
Students with ID $15
Ages 17 & under FREE!
More info: concerts@brandywinefriends.org, or (302) 321-6466
Baltimore-based acoustic roots quartet Charm City Junction weaves together a tapestry of tones
spawned in the rolling hills of Ireland through the hollers of Appalachia. They play with an intensity and sensitivity only close friends can have. Since forming in the winter of 2014, the band has rocketed to prominence through their engaging live performances and innovative approach. The band is comprised of four of the most talented roots musicians in the country: Patrick McAvinue on fiddle, Brad Kolodner on clawhammer banjo, Sean McComiskey on button accordion and Alex Lacquement on upright bass. [more info]
7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek
579 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, DE 19711 (near Paper Mill Road)
Tickets online:
https://bfotm-concert-tickets.square.site/
Tickets at the door:
Public $25
Seniors $20
BFOTM Members $15
Students with ID $15
Ages 17 & under FREE!
More info: concerts@brandywinefriends.org, or (302) 321-6466
The powerhouse duo of Amy Gallatin and renowned resophonic guitarist Roger Williams–respected veterans of the New England music scene–explore their mutual love of country standards, served up with an acoustic treatment in the bluegrass vein. The result is a toe-tapping blend of heartfelt vocals, soaring harmonies and red-hot picking, traditional yet modern and distinct. The two are enhanced on mandolin and vocals by Roger’s son, Berklee College of Music grad JD, and veteran bassist Bob Dick, formerly of the award-winning bluegrass band Front Range. [more info]
7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Society of Mill Creek
579 Polly Drummond Hill Rd, Newark, DE 19711 (near Paper Mill Road)
Tickets online:
https://bfotm-concert-tickets.square.site/
Tickets at the door:
Public $25
Seniors $20
BFOTM Members $15
Students with ID $15
Ages 17 & under FREE!
More info: concerts@brandywinefriends.org, or (302) 321-6466
