PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of bluegrass and Americana music with the award-winning Claire Lynch Band and double banjo bluegrass quartet Hot Mustard at Next Stage on Friday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m.
The Claire Lynch Band - that's Claire (guitar, vocals), Matt Wingate (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Mark Schatz (bass, clawhammer banjo, percussive dance) and Bryan McDowell (mandolin, fiddle, vocals) - has the innate ability to perfectly interpret the beauty, subtlety and genre-defying sophistication of Claire's music.
Long recognized and praised as a creative force in acoustic music, Lynch is a pioneer who continually pushes the boundaries of the bluegrass genre. Her harmonies have graced the recordings of Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Jonathan Edwards, Dolly Parton, Donna the Buffalo, Pam Tillis, Jesse Winchester, and Ralph Stanley.
Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival band competition winner Hot Mustard features hard-driving double banjos, close harmonies, and old-time fiddle tunes, all hot and spicy.
The Vermont/New Hampshire-based quartet includes Bruce Stockwell (banjo, vocals), April Hobart (guitar, vocals), Bill Jubett (banjo, fiddle, vocals) and Kelly Stockwell (acoustic bass).