Erin Snyder
When: Wed., Jan. 11
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Where:
Hangin Art Gallery and Coffee House
92555 US Highway 93, Arlee Missoula
phone 406-726-5005
Description:
Get you mid-week bluegrass fix with Erin Snyder at the Hangin Art Gallery in Arlee, where they’ll be passing the hat for the gal. 6–8 PM.
Date: Feb 16, 2012
Time: 9-midnight
Where: Top Hat Lounge in Missoula (18+)
Description:Seafarer Entertainment & Stonefly Productions Present:
The Emmitt-Nershi Band
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Price 16$ /$18 $5 surcharge for 18-21
Tickets Avail @ www.seafarerentertainment.
With New Country Blues (September 29th, SCI Fidelity Records), the Emmitt-Nershi Band has fully realized its potential. With Emmitt on mandolin & vocals, Nershi on acoustic guitar and vocals, Andy Thorn on banjo and Tyler Grant on bass. Dig it!
Joy Kills Sorrow
Date: Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012
Time: 8-11pm
Where: Missoula Winery and Event Center
Description: Some people prefer pop music that behaves like math: once a few familiar variables have been determined—female vocals or male? Acoustic guitar or electric? — the end result should be easy to predict, and always sound
the same. That’s not the Joy Kills Sorrow method. This Boston-based string band favors a more unpredictable approach relying on musical chemistry and improvisation. Hence the title of their sophomore album, This Unknown Science. All of the members have been touted as virtuosos, and the early twenty-somethings effortlessly hunt for unexpected outcomes and new discoveries.
Mark Vosburgh - photo by Krista Miller Larson, Montana Photojournalist
By MARK VOSBURGH from MakeitMissoula.com
Wanna Jam? Missoulians, You are SO in luck.
It’s a bit ironic that in the digital age you can learn old time bluegrass over the Internet. YouTube videos and Internet mandolin instruction kept me busy for the first year or so with my new instrument.
I practiced in my living room, learning chords and a batch of fiddle tunes. After that year, I started yearning to make live music with others. Trouble was, I didn’t have a clue how to go about it, and the Internet was no help.
Missoula’s the Place for Bluegrass.
Missoula has a great bluegrass scene. I can easily count 15 area bands playing bluegrass, and we have a ton of great musicians. The Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association (MRBA) is the hub for area bluegrass festivals, camp-outs and jams.
Everyone doesn’t have it so good. “Here in Idaho Falls there is no bluegrass scene. I usually tell people that there are only five people in our area who play bluegrass, and they are all in our band!” says Fred Frank of New South Fork. Fred, his wife Emily and fellow band-mates routinely make the long drive to Montana to jam with area bluegrass musicians.
| 4:00 | Derailed | UC Theatre |
| 5:00 | Britt Arnesen | Break Espresso |
| 6:30 | Acousticals | Break Espresso |
| 7:00 | Mike & Tari Conroy | UC Commons |
| 8:30 | Gravely Mountain Boys | UC Lounge |
| 9:00 | Pinegrass | Break Espresso |
Mike & Tari Conroy
By JOE NICKELL of the Missoulian | Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:00 am | Comments
Mountain sound: Conroys reaping rewards of cultivating bluegrass in western Montana
“Nobody was really playing this kind of music around here back then,” says Mike, whose career playing music of the Appalachians in the Rockies goes back to the 1960s.
“When I was a kid, you’d go to the record store and you’d find a ‘various artists’ record every once in awhile,” he recalls. “That was pretty much our exposure to bluegrass around here. It just wasn’t the thing that it is now.” Read the entire article
Pert Near Sandstone in Bozeman photo by Max Lowe
The Minnesota-based band Pert Near Sandstone recently made a swing through Montana and played at the Top Hat. They are great musicians and they packed the room.
Here’s a link to an interview from The Moose in Bozeman.
http://mooseradio.com/pert-near-sandstone-played-the-filler-and-we-got-an-interview/
The Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association has a new web address. It is www.montanarockiesbluegrass.com.
The regularly schedule Thursday night jam at Tangled Tones (in Missoula) will not happen this week due to Thanksgiving and many of the regulars being out of town.
We’ll resume next week. Come on out next week and brush up on your jamming in preparation for the MRBA Annual Meeting/Christmas/Potluck at Ruby’s on Dec 3.