Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Howdy folks! We are very excited to announce that Goodtime Stringband vocalist/bassist/banjoist Kirsten Lamb will be joining Andy and Bob on stage at Life Alive in downtown Lowell, MA this Thursday evening, January 26th!! 6-8pm The venue is a wonderful little vegetarian restaurant-www.lifealive.com-they have the best smoothies this side of the Merrimack River:) Come on down to [...]
Lamb at the Vegetarian Place?!
Tags: lamb, Music, vegetarian
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Amazing news! The Goodtime Stringband is a recipient of the 2012 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award. This award recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ are awarded solely [...]
2012 Bride’s Choice Award!
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Goodtime Stringband members, Bob Sevigny and Andy Sicard perform every Thursday evening from 6-8pm at Life Alive in Lowell,MA. The acoustic duo, plays old time, bluegrass, fiddle tunes and some songbook standards. It’s only a half hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts and fifteen minutes from Nashua, New Hampshire – Come down and hang out!
Bluegrass and Old Time Music this Thursday Night
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival will be held on February 17-19, 2012 at the Sheraton Framingham in Framingham, MA. Looks like a great line-up this year! Michael Cleveland and FlameKeeper (Sat) The Whites (Sat) Special Consensus (Sat) Sierra Hull and Highway 111 (Fri) Steep Canyon Rangers (Fri) The Claire Lynch Band(Sat) The Spinney Brothers (Fri) Bill Keith and Jim Rooney Reunion (Sat) [...]
Joe Val Bluegrass Fest 2012!
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Goodtime Stringband members, Bob Sevigny and Andy Sicard perform every Thursday evening from 6-8pm at Life Alive in Lowell. The acoustic duo, plays old time, bluegrass, fiddle tunes and some songbook standards. Come down and hang out!
Bob and Andy – Every Thursday Night!
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Just had my blond 3/4 upright bass fixed up by Kurt at Johnson Strings in Waltham. He did a fantastic job, and at a very reasonable price! The problem: Kay and Engelhardt upright basses have a thinner neck profile, and it is not uncommon for them to twist or turn a little bit. My [...]
The Bass Shop at Johnson Strings
Tags: boston, repair, upright bass
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Another AP story focused on bluegrass music! | By CHRIS TALBOTT – AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers turned the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards into funny business Thursday night. Martin and his group of crack bluegrassers took entertainer of the year, the night’s top award at [...]
Steve Martin gets bluegrass award, injects comedy
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
Visiting artist Bill Evans will give a lec-dem on the history of the banjo in Killian Hall (next to the Hayden Library – 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA, 02133 ), Monday, Sept. 19, 7:30-9 pm.? Admission is free. He will be joined by Paul Sedgwick, who will present the Jola akonting, an instrument from Senegal [...]
History of the Banjo Lecture/Demo at MIT
Tags: Banjo, cambrifge, MA, MIT
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