Since we know how busy you are this weekend, just a short thing on our upcoming show, which takes place at the Narrows on Friday, August 5.It's Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops, who are giving you a big "howdy" in the photo. If memory serves, our show will be their last before they play the Newport Folk Festival. So you can see 'em on the cheap!
Here's a little write-up from their website:
Jim and Jennie met in 1998 in the wilds of eastern Pennsylvania. Jennie Benford grew up in a bluegrass-lovin' family but spent her teen years, like most of us, trying to figure out the cover art of 'Houses of the Holy.' Jim Krewson spent his formative years immersed in hardcore punk and experimental rock, not flipping for the bluegrass until he heard his dad's Flatt & Scruggs Mercury recordings. After meeting up with banjo prodigy Brad Hutchinson, they set out to fulfill their ambition of winning over both the bluegrass crowd and a broader audience that wasn't necessarily familiar with it but would respond to their energy and inventiveness.
Since then, they have released two studio albums, a live tour-only CD, toured the world, contributed backing skills to Neko Case's recent live CD, and made good on their promise to rocket roots music into the 21st Century.
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