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I Was an Oak Tree
One of my favorite advertisements in the folk/bluegrass music industry is by Northfield Mandolins. An instrument is being formed from a tree. Yes, what an after life indeed. Trees have been made...
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Artist Updates
Diplomas and the Double Bass Upright bass player Kirsten Lamb of Cold Chocolate, a Boston based four-piece band that played at Chestnut House Concerts last summer, graduated from the New England...
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A Chestnut House Concert Interview with Ian Foster
An interview with singer – songwriter Ian Foster. Karen: Ian, if I were to visit you in St. John’s, the city you call home, and had just one day, what would you want to show me during the visit? Ian:...
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Jess Gold of the Steel City Rovers (1/5)
Jess Gold is the percussionist for the Steel City Rovers from Hamilton, Ontario. Jess has been playing drums for over seven years,and although her playing style is often described as electric funk, she...
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Mark Fletcher of the Steel City Rovers – 2/5
Mark Fletcher got his musical foundation on the piano after which came classical and flamenco guitar styles. The complex finger work of these styles allowed Mark to adapt to other instruments quickly....
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Ryan McKenna of the Steel City Rovers – 3/5
Ryan McKenna of the Steel City Rovers was kind enough to speak with me about his band from Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton, like Pennsylvania’s Steel City, is experiencing urban renewal – from steel to...
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Dave Neigh of the Steel City Rovers – 4/5
Meet Dave Neigh, fiddle player with the Steel City Rovers. When Dave is not playing with the Rovers he can be found playing guitar, bass, Irish tenor banjo, mandolin, tuba and harmonica. But not all...
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Joel McKenna of the Steel City Rovers – 5/5
Joel McKenna is the guitarist for the Steel City Rovers – He has been playing acoustic guitar since a very young age and is able to capture the soul of the song in his playing and through backing...
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Artist Updates
Tim Connell who played at Chestnut House Concerts in 2014 and 2015 with Mando Planet also plays mandolin with the world renowned Ger Mandolin Orchestra. They recently performed in New York City, an...
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2013 Memories – I Draw Slow
Typically prior to a Chestnut House Concert show we use this website to write about the bands that are next on our performance schedule in hopes to improve attendance and to give the bands some...
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Roochie Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings
The first phonograph showed up in 1877, yet another invention by Thomas Edison – and even he was fond of this machine that could record and play back sound and would often reply to questions about his...
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Artist Updates
Laney Jones has a new band! Bass player Tré Hester and percussionist Brian Dowd join founding member Matthew Tonner (guitarist). If you want to hear Laney Jones and the Spirits they will be in...
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Cluck Old Hen
At the 2015 Grey Fox Music Festival Tim and I were able to attend a workshop on The Mountain Music Project with Abigail Washburn, Tara Linhardt, and several Nepali musicians -one who was playing the...
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Co-Bill: Tattletale Saints & 10 String Symphony
Returning to Chestnut House Concerts on Friday, October 23, 2015 are the 10 String Symphony and Tattletale Saints. The Nashville-based duo that is 10 String Symphony formed in 2012, when Rachel Baiman...
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The Honey Dewdrops
The Honey Dewdrops officially formed in 2007 and started receiving national attention one year later when, on a whim, they submitted an entry to Prairie Home Companion’s Talent Contest – and won....
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December 5, 2015 House Concert: Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer
To reserve a seat at this house concert contact Tim at tlehman9@gmail.com or call/text 71794 09311. Potluck at 6, music at 7.
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Carillon
I remember the first time I heard a carillon. Until that time I was most familiar with the single bell at our little country church that rang when the long rope in the vestibule was pulled. The church...
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Artist Updates
The Birds of Chicago will release their highly anticipated album “Real Midnight” February 19, 2016. The Wall Street Journal (entertainment section “speakeasy”) wrote a review of “Dim Star of the...
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