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Cricket Tell the Weather w/ Herb & Hanson
"[;;Asprelli's];; down-to-earth, unaffected vocal delivery is refreshing, and both Jeff Picker's and Goldstein's solo[;;s];; will give you chills. " - New York Music Daily
Cricket Tell the Weather is a Brooklyn based string band with its roots deep in the bluegrass tradition, and embracing American folk and Appalachian old-time as a backdrop for their original songwriting. Winners of the 2013 FreshGrass Award, Cricket formed in the fall of 2012 and has toured the Northeast, establishing a base throughout the bluegrass and folk festival and concert series circuits. They've been featured at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Del Fest, Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, and Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival. The band has twice been awarded the Neighborhood Arts & Heritage Grant from the City of Bridgeport, and is actively involved in providing bluegrass workshops to students of all ages under their "American Roots Revival" workshop series. In 2014, Cricket released its independent eponymous debut album of original music, recorded at Signature Sounds studio in Pomfret Center, CT. Bringing with them heart, enthusiasm, humor, and an appreciation of tradition, Cricket's voice is personal in a way that stretches against categories, and familiar in a way that honors those who have come before.
Award-winning songwriter Andrea Asprelli (fiddle) came to the east coast from Colorado's front range, and was shaped by local bluegrass communities scattered across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, before co-founding Cricket Tell the Weather and setting up shop in Brooklyn, NY. Winner of the 2011 Podunk Songwriting Competition, Andrea teamed up with New York native Doug Goldstein on banjo after meeting at one of the region's bluegrass festivals. Doug's style embraces melodic and traditional bluegrass, as well as influences in old-time, Classical, and a particular interest in Indian traditional music. They are joined by Portland native Jeff Picker, a guitarist and bassist in the Northeast acoustic scene, whose style has found a home with bluegrass, country, swing, bebop, folk, and rockabilly. They are joined by Sam Weber on bass.
The acoustic duo,Herb & Hanson,features two songwriters expressing themselves with little more than a guitar, a mandolin, and their respective voices. Based out of Virginia, these restless ragamuffins have performed for audiences from Alaska's gold mines to California's grape-vines. They've wowed crowds from the Great Lakes to the Carolinas; from the dry deserts of the southwest to the wet wilderness of the north east. Their voracious work ethic noticeably shines through as their vocal harmonies intertwine with their adept instrumental work to bring their original compositions alive to any able listener.
Herb & Hanson perform songs written and composed from their unique life experiences and the myriad of musical inspirations from Americana's oldest influences. Incorporating the blues styles of both the Piedmont and Delta regions, the lyrical themes of the Blue Ridge hills, and the Ragtime bounce of America's oldest cities into their songwriting and live show, this prodigious pair seeks to relay these traditions in a contemporary way for their audience to ruminate.
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LocationStone Room Concerts @ Bikenetic (View)
201 West Jefferson St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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