6.17.2005

The Future of (Newgrass) Music

Will be appearing in Charlottesville tonight (Friday, 6.17) at Starr Hill Music Hall.

Old School Freight Train has been around as long as I've been in town, and they've always been the serious ones, the ones that took their music REAL seriously, the ones who stuck it out through a couple personnel changes and dry spells with gigs, and have come out ready and firing. They're all smokin' hot pickers, but amongst them, the banjo-ist Ben Krakauer will blow your mind the furthest from your shoulders.

Between them and King Wilkie we've got some of the best new and old bluegrass in the country.

They're fresh off touring with David Grisman and doing an album with his label, Acoustic Disc Records. Check it out:

I always knew Santa Claus was a Jewish hippie. See you at the Hill, wookie!

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