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Thursday
September 19
7:30 pm
Mile Twelve
CD Release Tour: "City On A Hill"
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Mile Twelve is a fresh, hard-driving young band, beautifully walking the line between original and traditional bluegrass. Fast gaining recognition for their outstanding performances in bluegrass and folk circles the members of Mile Twelve write captivating songs and daring instrumental pieces from diverse influences. Banjo luminary Tony Trischka says, “Mile Twelve is carrying the bluegrass tradition forward with creativity and integrity.”
WINNERS OF THE 2017 IBMA MOMENTUM AWARD FOR NEWCOMER BAND WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO BLUEGRASS MUSIC!
Currently nominated for IBMA Best New Artist and Album of the Year.
Although their sound is rooted in traditional bluegrass, Mile Twelve surveys a broader landscape on their newest album, "City on a Hill". All five band members bring their own influences and observations into the music, resulting in a project that feels contemporary, thoughtfully crafted, and relevant.
The album title alludes to the idealized imagery of a shining city on a hill – a historical phrase that has often been applied to Boston, where the band got its start. Murphy adds, “We realized that many of the characters in these songs were in crisis, had been failed in some way, or were failing themselves. It’s an unintentional theme but it came out in the songwriting.”
We are extremely pleased to present Boston-based Mile Twelve...five of the most skillful musicians of their generation.
Evan Murphy - guitar
David Benedict - mandolin
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes - fiddle
Nate Sabat - bass
BB Bowness - banjo
$17 per person at the gate.
Kids and full-time students with ID: $5
LORENZO'S WOOD-FIRED PIZZA on-site
Recent winners at Akron Pizza Fest:
*Best Sauce
*Best Specialty Pizza
*Runner-Up, Best Pizza Overall
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
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NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless everyone in the party is a member of the family or you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
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Sunday
September 22
7:30 pm
Woody Pines
with
Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise
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OK, this is going to be a very unusual show for Riverdog. Woody Pines (one of our most popular mainstays) returns to do his thing and also interact with one of the most unique acts we have hosted: Kuf Knotz and Christine Elise, a curious amalgam of hip-hop, classical harp and singer/songwriter.
When we first proposed this to Woody, we thought he would be skeptical but it turns out he was just back from the Dominican Republic where he was working with the local youngsters in developing their own versions of hip-hop music.
The artists are really excited to see what develops here...so are we.
$17 per person at the gate.
Kids and full-time students with ID: $5
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
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NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless everyone in the party is a member of the family or you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
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Saturday
October 5 7:30 pm
at the barn
Heather Maloney
CD Release Tour: Soil in the Sky
We suggest you reserve early for good seats!
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Heather Maloney returns supporting her stellar new album, Soil in the Sky.
One of our best young singer/songwriters, Heather’s music is beautifully crafted yet highly personal and moving. Probably no other Riverdog performer has touched people as personally and deeply as Heather Maloney. We feel strongly she is one of her generation's most important artists.
“HER MUSIC IS RIVETING, HER VOICE ADVENTUROUS, HER LYRICS THOUGHT-PROVOKING…”
– NO DEPRESSION
$17 per person at the gate.
Kids and full-time students with ID: $5
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
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NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless everyone in the party is a member of the family or you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
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Friday
October 11 7:30 pm
at the barn
Old Salt Union
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Old Salt Union is a string band founded by a horticulturist, cultivated by classically trained musicians, and fueled by a vocalist/bass player who is also a hip-hop producer with a fondness for the Four Freshmen. It is this collision of styles and musical vocabularies that informs their fresh approach to bluegrass and gives them an electric live performance vibe that seems to pull more from Vaudeville than the front porch.
In 2015 they won the FreshGrass Band contest and found the perfect collaborator in Compass Records co-founder and GRAMMY winning banjoist and composer, Alison Brown, whose attention to detail and high standards pushed the group to develop their influences from beyond a vocabulary to pull from during improvisation and into the foundation of something truly compelling in the roots music landscape.
Jesse Farrar -vocals, upright bass
John Brighton -vocals, fiddle
Graham Curry -guitar
Justin Wallace -mandolin
Ryan Murphey -banjo
Old Salt Union blew us away in 2017 when the played the barn...we are excited to have them back!
$17 per person at the gate.
Kids and full-time students with ID: $5
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
contact
NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless everyone in the party is a member of the family or you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
In 2015 they won the FreshGrass Band contest and found the perfect collaborator in Compass Records co-founder and GRAMMY winning banjoist and composer, Alison Brown, whose attention to detail and high standards pushed the group to develop their influences from beyond a vocabulary to pull from during improvisation and into the foundation of something truly compelling in the roots music landscape.
Jesse Farrar -vocals, upright bass
John Brighton -vocals, fiddle
Graham Curry -guitar
Justin Wallace -mandolin
Ryan Murphey -banjo
Old Salt Union blew us away in 2017 when the played the barn...we are excited to have them back!
$17 per person at the gate.
Kids and full-time students with ID: $5
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
contact
NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless everyone in the party is a member of the family or you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
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Saturday
November 1, 7:30 pm
in the Gallery
MikelParis
You've seen him on tour with O.A.R. and he has also played with Pink, Train, and Jewel. New York-based singer/songwriter MikelParis also does extensive solo work and has developed the art of guitar drumming. He has also created HouseTrek/TuneTrek, a travel and music show that grew out of his frustration of not sampling the history and people of all the places he was travelling to while on tour with O.A.R. He has been lining up TuneTrek visits with various interesting communities and he has selected Oberlin as his next project. He will be in town for a few days finding interesting spaces to photograph, video and make sound in. He usually does a concert during these visits and Riverdog will be the host for this one. link: HouseTrek
digitaltrends.com
This concert is done in association with Susan Flanigan who is sponsoring the multi-media project.
$15 per person at the door for all seats.
Complementary snacks.
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
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Sunday
November 17, 7:30 pm
in the Gallery
THE ARCADIAN WILD
Sunday
November 17, 7:30 pm
in the Gallery
THE ARCADIAN WILD
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The Arcadian Wild began in the fall of 2013 when a few choir students from Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN met up after class to jam for the afternoon. Five years later, the band now consists of guitarist Isaac Horn, mandolinist Lincoln Mick, and fiddler Paige Park. With roots running deep in formal vocal music, and influenced by progressive bluegrass and folk artists, The Arcadian Wild explores a unique acoustic sound that is simultaneously unified and diverse, offering up songs of invitation; calls to come and see, to find refuge and rest, or to journey and wonder.
"spine-tingling harmony and silky-stringed execution"
motherchurchpew.com
$17 per person at the door for all seats.
Complementary snacks.
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
contact
NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
The Arcadian Wild began in the fall of 2013 when a few choir students from Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN met up after class to jam for the afternoon. Five years later, the band now consists of guitarist Isaac Horn, mandolinist Lincoln Mick, and fiddler Paige Park. With roots running deep in formal vocal music, and influenced by progressive bluegrass and folk artists, The Arcadian Wild explores a unique acoustic sound that is simultaneously unified and diverse, offering up songs of invitation; calls to come and see, to find refuge and rest, or to journey and wonder.
"spine-tingling harmony and silky-stringed execution"
motherchurchpew.com
$17 per person at the door for all seats.
Complementary snacks.
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
contact
NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
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Friday November 22 7:30 pm
in the Gallery
Frances Luke Accord
Friday November 22 7:30 pm
in the Gallery
Frances Luke Accord
When Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers put their songs and their voices together, there is a delicate and powerful magic that commands the room to attention. The duo is known as Frances Luke Accord, and they are what NPR’s Mountain Stage calls “the definition of lean-in music.” Their soulful branch of indie-folk is orchestrated with spare and sophisticated acoustic threads woven into a lush backdrop for their intimate melodies. Rich, up-close tenor harmonies lend their timeless songwriting an urgency that honors the Simon & Garfunkel comparisons but pushes beyond into the world of progressive folk music.
Both raised in South Bend, IN, Gunty and Powers met and began performing together during their time at the University of Notre Dame. Relocating to Chicago in 2013, the duo honed their songwriting craft while releasing two more self-produced EPs, laying the groundwork for their breakthrough debut full-length, Fluke, in 2016. This immersive, philosophically rich album set them off on their first national tour.
This will be Frances Luke Accord's second visit to Riverdog and this time they will be performing with violinist Katie Van Dusen
$20 per person at the door for all seats.
Complementary snacks.
BYOB. Picnics and coolers welcome.
For free reservations:
contact
NOTE: Please restrict reservation requests to 4 seats unless everyone in the party is a member of the family or you wish to pre-pay. Additional guests may ask to be seated with you, but they should make their own separate reservation.
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