8:00PM | The Vic Theatre 7:00pm | 8:00pm show THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS Travis Book – bass; Andy Falco – guitar; Jeremy Garrett – fiddle; Andy Hall – dobro; Chris Pandolfi – banjo A band should never stop progressing. Forward motion belies creativity and evolution. A staunch and unwavering commitment to progression is how an unassuming…
8:00PM | Maurer Hall – Old Town School of Folk Music Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush doesn’t seem old enough to be a musical legend. And he’s not. But he is. Alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the…
9PM DOORS | 9:30PM SHOW | 21+ The Wandering Boys and Lawrence Peters present two full sets of CCR! The Wandering Boys Since joining forces in 2014, the boys have refined a unique craft of rapid picking, clever arrangements and crisp four-part harmony. They’ve made a name for themselves with a weekly Thursday residency at…
Sundays, Jan 19-Mar 22 11am-1:30pm (ex. 2/2,2/16) Evanston, IL Evanston American Legion Post 42 Tuition: $200 Aaron Dorfman is a full-time freelance musician in Chicago, proud to make music education the primary focus of his career. Aaron played guitar for the well-known Chicago-based bluegrass band, Henhouse Prowlers for 3 years, touring the US, Europe, and with…
JANUARY 11 @ 7:30PM Dominican University, Lund Autitorium This Grammy Award-winning sextet has spent nearly two decades blending the bluegrass aesthetic with elements of pop, country, and folk rock to create something original. Since coming together in 2000, Steep Canyon Rangers have developed a remarkable catalog of original music that links them to the past…
DOORS 7:00 | SHOW 8:00PM FOX CROSSING This all-female bluegrass group from Chicago has been winning hearts with their beautiful harmonies, original songwriting, and entertaining stage presence ever since forming in November 2016. Following their debut performance at Winter Roots Festival in February 2017, they’ve gone on to perform at many festivals and events across…
APPEARING FRIDAY DECEMBER 27TH @ 9pm Chicago’s own Henhouse Prowlers are joined by acclaimed fiddler Jeremy Garrett to close out an amazing 2019 at Martyrs! Jeremy is best known for his work on fiddle and with writing songs for the GRAMMY award-winning The Infamous Stringdusters and The Henhouse Prowlers have forged their own path through…
Dobro master and 14-time GRAMMY winner Jerry Douglas is to the resonator guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric guitar, elevating, transforming, and reinventing the instrument in countless ways. Additionally, Douglas is a freewheeling, forward-thinking recording and touring artist whose output incorporates elements of country, bluegrass, rock, jazz, blues, and Celtic into his distinctive musical vision.
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