Friday, October 15th, 2010
One of my favorite mandolin players, Will Patton, will be giving a workshop up at Vermont Instruments School of Lutherie on October 23rd. I met and studied with Will at Django in June a few years back. He’s an incredible talent and jazz musician. Will Patton has played his music all over the world, from [...]
Vermont Mandolin Workshop – Will Patton
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
The Goodtime band will be performing this Saturday, September 11th at the Lake Street Garden center in Salem, NH. This is one of our favorite annual gigs, so come out and join the fun! There will be live music, face painting, games and food! Psst… I’ll let you in on a little secret here too… [...]
Fall Festival at Lake Street
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and are in need of a beautiful, and delicious cake for a special occasion – do yourself a favor and call Rose! If you aren’t in need of a cake, bookmark her Web site for future reference: http://www.cakesbyrose.com Rose, (Goodtime fiddler Alice Malone’s mom) produces some [...]
Wedding Cakes by Rose!
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
New England has its share of bluegrass festivals, but IMHO none are better than Pemi Valley. You can have your huge Grey Fox and memories of Thomas Point Beach. If you really want to experience a great bluegrass festival – head up to Campton this weekend and hang out at Pemi. The band will be [...]
Bluegrass in Pemi Valley
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
You can help our friends The David Wax Museum perform at the Newport Folk Festival!!! All you have to do is VOTE FOR THEM here by JUNE 30: http://magichat.net/opener/voting Over 150 bands applied to this Magic Hat contest, and The David Wax Museum was chosen by the Newport Folk Festival Committee as one of the [...]
Help vote The David Wax Museum into the Newport Folk Festival
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Americana music, margaritas and maybe Irish stew. You can have it all tonight! If you are ready to get the weekend started, come see us tonight at Garcia Brogan’s, the only Mexican/Irish joint in Lowell and maybe the only one in the world. Tonight – Thursday 5/20 8-11 p.m. Garcia Brogan’s 131 Middlesex Street Lowell, [...]
Amy Black & RCR at Garcia Brogan's
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Sierra Hull and Adam Steffey, two giants of the bluegrass mandolin, will be appearing together in a rare Boston appearance at the RegattaBar in the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge on Thursday, May 6. The show begins at 7:30 and tickets are $18. Tickets are available on the Regattabar website www.regattabarjazz.com or by phone:617-395-7757 [...]
Bluegrass Mandolin Comes to Cambridge
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
The Goodtime Stringband was part of the film production: Furry Vengeance! Yes, it’s true – last summer the Goodtime Stringband was cast in the film production “Furry Vengeance“ shot in Topsfield, MA. We appear and our music is featured in the climatic “Forest Festival” scene towards the end of the movie. The premiere date is [...]
Furry Vengeance Bluegrass Band
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