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March Music from Boston Bands
Next month Chestnut House Concerts is hosting two bands from Boston. On Saturday, March 5, Wrong is Right, a three piece band that met through a love of roots music at Berklee College of Music in...
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From Paris to Lancaster ~ Pierre Bensusan, the Bridge Builder
Tim arrived in Lancaster with an iPod full of music and a U-Haul full of wine. It took me much longer to review the inventory of the music than it did the wine. I scrolled through artist after...
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50 Never Looked So Good
On Friday, May 13, 2016 Chestnut House Concerts will host our 50th show. In 2012 when we started, we held 7 house concerts and each year after the frequency increased. People have asked us who our...
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Mile Twelve – May 27, 2016
Consider attending the Mile Twelve house concert on Friday, May 27 – it will be the perfect start to the Memorial Day weekend. This four piece bluegrass band is from Boston and since their formation...
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Dom Fisher of Wood & Wire
Bassist Dom Fisher is one of the founding members of Wood & Wire from Austin, Texas. Dom is a native of New York and obtained a degree in Jazz Studies (double bass) from Ithaca College. Dom...
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Trevor Smith of Wood & Wire
Trevor Smith at Greyfox Bluegrass Festival 2015. Photo by Tim Lehman One of my favorite songs on Wood & Wire’s album The Coast is Elucidation by banjo player Trevor Smith. It is an instrumental...
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Billy Bright of Wood & Wire
The 4 piece bluegrass band Wood & Wire’s mandolinist is Billy Bright, a veteran player who has worked with legendary artists Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, and Vassar Clements. Bright attended Berklee...
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Tony Kamel of Wood & Wire
Tony, Dom and Trevor – Greyfox Bluegrass Festival – photo by Tim Lehman Toney Kamel, Greyfox Bluegrass Festival photo by Tim Lehman Wood & Wire has been a band for about five years and Tony...
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Artist Update: Eggs for Honey
On December 5, 2015, Chestnut House Concerts hosted Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer just over 2 years from their first house concert here in 2013. Mandy and Dave co-write their songs, and as time passes,...
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“I will stand with my people as one” ~ Kaia Kater
On August 22, 2016, Chestnut House Concerts will host artist Kaia Kater at a Monday evening performance. Kaia released her debut album Sorrow Bound in 2014 and followed it up with Nine Pin in June...
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Zoe
Although she now lives in Asheville, NC with her husband John and daughter Cady, Natalya Zoe Weinstein is a native of Massachusetts. Natalya was raised with music as a big part of her life; her...
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Cloyd
John Cloyd Miller is a is a twelfth generation North Carolina native and the grandson of pioneering bluegrass fiddler Jim Shumate. Some of our Chestnut House Concertgoers may recall banjoist Riley...
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Aoife Scott ~ September 25, 2016
Aoife Scott and band are undertaking a lengthy US tour in September 2016 in support of her new album ‘Carry The Day’. The tour starts on 10th September at South Shore Irish Festival in Marshfield...
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Kaia Kater on World Cafe with David Dye
Kaia Kater performed at Chestnut House Concerts on August 22, and the next day she headed to Philadelphia for an interview with David Dye on World Cafe. Below is the recording of that interview. What...
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Skipping Rocks
Regarded as one of the most influential hammered dulcimer players and old-time fiddlers in the US, Baltimore’s Ken Kolodner has joined forces with his son Brad Kolodner, a rising star in the clawhammer...
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IBMA Industry Involvement Award – Brad Kolodner
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) added the Momentum Awards in 2012. These awards are focused on artists and business people who are in the early years of their careers in bluegrass...
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First Show in 2017: Twisted Pine
We’ve been following this band for a couple years and their hard work and commitment to a quality sound has made them rising stars in the string band world. We bring you Twisted Pine on January 7,...
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Ultra Faux – January 21, 2017
Chestnut House Concerts is happy to welcome Baltimore gypsy jazz trio Ultra Faux on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Potluck at 6 pm and music at 7 pm. Contact Tim to RSVP at tlehman9@gmail.com or...
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