Doors open at 7 - Music at 7:30 - $20 advance tickets - $25 at the door
This will be a fully seated listening room style show.
Get ready for a feel good night of pickin' and grinnin' with a repertoire that spans Bluegrass, Americana, Country, and Folk, with a few surprises. Two Alluvion debuting artists in one evening. Featuring the award winning duo known far and wide: Compton & Newberry plus special guests and Northern Michigan natives: The North Carolines.
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About the artists:
COMPTON & NEWBERRY
Mike Compton and Joe Newberry, masters of old-time mandolin and banjo/guitar, dig deep into early country music and blues. Their duet-singing, two-man string band ranges between traditional songs, instrumentals, ‘mother’ ballads and original tunes. It’s not about the number of notes with Compton and Newberry, but telling the truth and respecting the song.
Mike Compton is a Grammy award winner, IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year nominee, a steady sideman for John Hartford from 1994 until Hartford’s death in 2001, and mandolinist for the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Mike is inarguably the world expert on Bill Monroe-style bluegrass mandolin, and is also steeped in old-time fiddle tunes, early string band music and Delta blues. He’s entertained from Carnegie Hall and the White House.
Known far and wide for his powerful banjo playing, Joe Newberry is a prizewinning guitarist, songwriter, and singer to boot. In addition to his work with Mike, Joe plays with fiddler and step-dancer April Verch. He was a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions. He won the songwriting prize for “Gospel Recorded Performance” at the 2012 IBMA Awards for his song, Singing As We Rise, and was co-writer, with Eric Gibson, of the 2013 IBMA Song of the Year for They Called It Music.
Learn more on their website
THE NORTH CAROLINES
The North Carolines are a Northern Michigan based collaborative project led by Caroline Barlow that tap into folk, Americana, bluegrass, country, and more.
Learn more on their Facebook