musicians
Kirsten Lamb
Kirsten Lamb is an upright bass player and vocalist who moonlights as a clawhammer banjo player and viola da gambist. Originally hailing from the widely under-appreciated state of New Jersey, she grew up in a musical family and was exposed to an eclectic varitey of music from an early age. She graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied bass and Ethnomusicology, and currently lives in Boston. Her ability to play her instrument is surpassed only by her ability to maneuver her instrument through large crowds and up tiny stairwells.
You can sometimes find Kirsten hiding in trees thinking up new recipes for delicious vegan pastries.
Alice Malone
is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and has studied violin since the age of five. Fine art studies at Brown University brought her to the East coast and ultimately the Greater-Boston area. In 2012, Alice returned to the group after a year of teaching (foul language) abroad.
A stint as a National Park Ranger in the forests of California helped Alice develop chain-saw wielding skills that should make you nervous. Her baking skills are unrivaled in the old time musical community.
Bob Sevigny
is a Massachusetts native that has been playing guitar in numerous stringbands in the Northeast region over the past decade. A self taught musician that has played music for more than half of his life, he has become proficient at bluegrass, old time and swing rhythm guitar. Bob has played at many of New England’s notable music festivals and has shared the stage with the area’s finest musicians.
Bob has “dreamy” eyes and is probably the strongest guy that you know.
Andy Sicard
is a multi-instrumentalist who has been performing with regional roots music and bluegrass bands for the past ten years. Born and raised in the Boston-area, he attended UMass Lowell as a music major but eventually graduated with a degree in art.
Andy was the recipient of a 2007 New Hampshire State Council on the Arts grant that enabled him to study bluegrass mandolin with famed Monroe-stylist Skip Gorman. Andy also plays the upright bass and bluegrass banjo, but never at the same time (so please don’t ask him to do this).
He has a “black belt” (tho not the karate kind), and is a lover of domestic light beers.
GOODTIME EXTENDED FAMILY
Corrie Jones
(a preacher’s daughter) was raised on hymns and a capella spirituals in the church. Later, at about 12 years old, she started listening to and singing along with early Bonnie Raitt albums. Miss Jones is a recovering musical theater buff and for a time studied theater at NYU. It was during college that Corrie was lured into the bluegrass music, and, subsequently, classic country music.
Co has an amazing shot glass collection from her childhood and can eat grapes and oranges like nobody’s business. She’s currently teaching abroad.
Aaron Cross
Aaron Cross grew up around New Haven, CT. He began violin lessons at the age of four, and has been playing ever since. While a music major at Carleton College in MN, he fiddled with the bluegrass band The Last Known Whereabouts. Back home in New England, he’s once again able to look after his two cacti, which miraculously survived his absence.
Aaron is looking to buy a quality pogo stick. Do you have one for sale?
Spencer Breunig, Esq.
Spencer is a self-taught multiinstrumentalist who has been playing in bands throughout the New England area since he was a teenager. He plays guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and fiddle. He has written, recorded, and performed music on a regular basis throughout his musical career and is best known for his work on the soundtrack for the Concord River Greenway Project documentary.
Spencer will provide sound legal advice in exchange for a good “Knock, knock…” joke.
Davina Yannetty
Davina Yannetty is a piano teacher and performing musician who grew up on the mean streets of East Boston. She began playing piano at age five and since then has gained proficiency on a host of other wacky instruments including melodica, ukulele, French horn and kazoo. She has studied at Berklee College of Music and has been performing professionally since the age of seventeen.
You can sometimes find Davina playing hilarious, comedic, original songs accompanied by Ferruccio (her acoustic-electric ukulele)
Here are some press clippings for your reading enjoyment!
Click here to see The Goodtime Charlies bluegrass jam as featured in the Nashua Broadcaster
Click here to read an article about the Goodtime Charlies published in the Nashua Telegraph (August 2005)
Nashua Hippo Article “Home-grown hangouts: Cool music without the long drive”
Click here to read an article/interview Andy wrote about Mike Holmes and Banjo Camp North
