Joe Newberry Visits DC Saturday, May 3, 2014 Clawhammer - TopicsExpress



          

Joe Newberry Visits DC Saturday, May 3, 2014 Clawhammer Workshop 10:00 am - noon & 1:00 - 3:00 pm $60 (includes concert) House Concert 7:30 pm in Springfield, Virginia $20 Internationally known for his powerful banjo work, Joe Newberry is a prizewinning guitarist, fiddler, singer, and songwriter as well. Joes songwriting is characterized by the same clean, elegant style as his banjo playing. Musicians in the folk and bluegrass world often record his songs. The Gibson Brothers’ version of his song Singing As We Rise, featuring guest vocalist Ricky Skaggs, won the 2012 IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance award. In 2013, Joe shared co-writing honors with Eric Gibson for “They Called It Music, the IBMA and SPGMA Song of the Year. A frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, Joe also performs in a duo with Mike Compton, and in a quartet with Mike, Bruce Molsky, and Rafe Stefanini as the Jumpsteady Boys. Another special side project pairs Joe with old-time music legends Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, and Jim Watson. Both foursomes play to enthusiastic audiences around the country as often as their busy schedules permit. A noted teacher of traditional music and song, Joe has taught at numerous camps and festivals, including Ashokan, Pinewoods Camp, Vocal Week and Old-Time Week at the Augusta Heritage Center, the Australia National Folk Festival, the Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week, and the Bluff Country Gathering. For the last six years he has served as coordinator of Old-Time Week at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV. Joe Newberry is a Missouri native and North Carolina transplant who has played music most of his life. He grew up in a family full of singers and dancers, took up the guitar and banjo as a teenager, and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. He came to North Carolina as a young man and quickly became an anchor of the incredible music scene in the state and is still going strong more than 30 years later. SPACE IS LIMITED RSVP to Lisa Bushman for location and to save your spot! littlelizajane at cox dot net
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:30:20 +0000

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