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Joe and Mike are coming back again.  They are the absolute masters od thrie genre.  This should not be missed.

Check this band out, I had never heard of them but I have been getting calls from people who are excited about finally getting a chance to see them.   Amazing harmonies, tasty instrumentals, creative originals, and excellent covers.

Natalie is coming back, this time with Quinn Bachand.  Quinn is an incredible  multi-instrumentalist from Canada.  They will be coming west for Montana Fiddle Camp.

This will be an amazing duo.  Quinn may play the harmonica as well…..

We finally succeeded in getting these superb pickers…..mark this date down.

Here’s the bio:

Nick Dumas – Nick grew up in Brier, Washington, and was introduced to bluegrass music at a very young age by his dobro-playing grandfather. He often listened to his grandfather’s country gospel band rehearse and was so inspired by the fiddle player that he started learning to play the violin in his school orchestra class when he was 12 years old. Nick soon began taking private fiddle lessons and then joined the family band The Three Generations. After learning to play mandolin, guitar and banjo and to sing lead and harmony vocals, Nick became a co-founder of the popular Northwest-based bluegrass bands Northern Departure and the North Country Bluegrass band! In 2015, Nick performed across the world with Chicago based Special Consensus. In his time with the band, they received three IBMA awards and a Grammy Nomination. In addition to playing with this trio, Nick also fronts his own touring band “Nick Dumas & Branchline” and has been signed by Nashville based Skyline Records, releasing his newest solo album “Details” in 2023.

Chris Luquette – Chris is one of the hardest working musicians from the Seattle music scene. Now living in New York City, Chris’ musicianship reflects the multitude of musical influences he turns to for inspiration. His acoustic guitar playing really stands out, but this virtuosic, multi-instrumentalist is equally at home playing mandolin, drums, bass, electric guitar, banjo, and Greek bouzouki! Chris spent 11 years as the guitar player for the fantastic Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen! They have seen the world in their travels and also received multiple IBMA awards and a Grammy Nomination as well! In addition, Chris was a founding member of Seattle-based, Northern Departure, and has found himself sitting in with Jerry Douglas, Emmylou Harris, Rob Ickes, The Steep Canyon Rangers, Kenny and Amanda Smith, The Boxcars, Yogi and The Yogini’s and many others.

Andrew Knapp – Andrew is truly one of the best bass players you will find in the region and beyond! He is also a talented singer. He currently plays with the fantastic Seattle-based bluegrass band, The Warren G. Hardings! Andrew makes a perfect match with Nick and Chris’ sound and adds a very important and fantastic role to the trio! Andrew has also been traveling on the road with “Nick Dumas & Branchline” playing at many top tier festivals and venues across the country.

Dawn Clement (piano, vocals) and Naomi Moon Siegel (trombone) come together for the first time ever as a duo in what promises to be a night of exciting, intimate, creative music.

Dawn Clement is a joyful and formidable force in modern creative music. “In all this world of jazz, there are very few individual voices, but Dawn has come up with a voice that’s unique…” says legendary jazz trombonist Julian Priester. Her albums showcase an impressive range from master of the jazz piano trio style, to avant garde improviser, to an expressive songwriter and vocalist. Clement has collaborated with artists including Jane Ira Bloom, Ron Miles, Matt Wilson, Rene Marie, and GRAMMY-winning ensemble säje. She is also a member of Esthesis Quartet, which includes flutist Elsa Nilsson, drummer Tina Raymond, and bassist Emma Dayhuff.

Award-winning trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel is changing the way the trombone is seen in music. She has “crafted a truly unique aesthetic, combining elements of straightahead, fusion and modern jazz with world-music flavors in a way that sounds entirely of the 21st century” (JAZZIZ).  A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Siegel has received the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero Award, Montana Art Council’s Artist Innovation Award, Chamber Music America’s Performance Plus Grant, and an Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award for Emerging Artist of the Year.

Two days after seeing an amazing video of Richard with Tommo Emanuel, he wrote and asked for a show.  This will be killer!

• 1999 AFG Golden Thumbpick Award
• 2001 National Finger­style Guitar Champion
• 2008 Thumbpicker of the Year
• 2009 National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Induction
• Played with Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Nato Lima, Boots Randolph, Tommy Emmanuel, John Jor­genson, Marcel Dadi, Tommy Tedesco, Joe Pass, Biréli Lagrène, Mark O’Connor, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Martin Taylor, Jorge Morel, Earl Klugh, Suzy Bogguss, Victor Wooten, John Cowan and countless more.

https://www.richardsmithmusic.com/solo

Smith was born in Beckenham, England. He picked up the guitar when he was five years old after watching his father playing an Atkins and Travis version of “Down South Blues”. He begged his father, a longtime Atkins admirer, to introduce him to the fingerpicking style. Smith soon became a child prodigy on the guitar. As a kid he could play the entire discographies of Django Reinhardt and Chet Atkins. At the age of 11 he shared the stage with his idol when Atkins invited Smith to play with him at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.^[1][2] He was also influenced by guitarist Big Jim Sullivan and briefly studied jazz guitar with Shane Hill at Warlingham School, Surrey.^{[citation needed]}

He formed the Richard Smith Guitar Trio with his brothers Rob and Sam before marrying American cellist Julie Adams and moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1999.^[3] He founded the Hot Club of Nashville, a jam band with a varying lineup that included John Jorgenson, Pat Bergeson, Bryan Sutton, and Stuart Duncan, combining gypsy jazz and western swing. Smith performs as a solo act and a duo with his wife. His repertoire includes country, bluegrass, blues, ragtime, folk, jazz, pop, and classical music.^[4]

Larry & Joe were destined to make music together.

Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe, after a decade in South America, got stranded back in his stomping grounds in the pandemic. Larry worked construction to make ends meet. Joe’s acclaimed “latingrass” band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, and he shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Then Larry met Joe.

Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no borders. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend of their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that music and social movements coalesce.

FIDDLE WORKSHOP AT 3 PM

BRUCE MOLSKY – FIDDLE BANJO GUITAR & SONG

Chris Luquette, Nick Dumas & Andrew Knapp

Nick Dumas

Longstaff House has been trying to wrangle a show with our good friend, Nick Dumas, for a few years. And now the stars have aligned, both of our schedules have allowed a match! Nick is bringing his excellent friends, guitarist Chris Lucquette and bassist Andrew Knapp to entertain our Longstaff House audience. These kids are on the front line of the Chris Thile – Billy Strings – Molly Tuttle new generation of killer pickers. We enthusiastically invite you to come and see them!

One of the top emerging artists in bluegrass, Nick Dumas is one of the most diverse singular talents in the industry today.

Nick, born and raised in Washington State, was raised in a musical family and constantly surrounded by music. Nick first cut his bluegrass chops with his family band Three Generations. Nick later stepped out with other musicians and founded the high energy group Northern Departure, and subsequently co-founded the band North Country. In 2014, Special Consensus, one of the most prominent bands in bluegrass, hired Nick as one of their lead singers and mandolin player. Nick toured the globe with Special Consensus and recorded two albums, including one album that was nominated for a Grammy and also won the IBMA “Album of the Year” award in 2018.

In 2019, Nick put out his first album independently which received rave reviews and spent a significant amount of time on the bluegrass radio charts. In Spring 2022, Nick, recently signed with Skyline Records, releasing his second album titled “Details,” demonstrates Nick’s musical diversity, maturity, and composing ability. Further, “Details” contains a roster of heavy hitting musicians and songwriters.

Montana has a strong Bluegrass community, and this is the time of year that top-shelf Bluegrass bands come to Big Sky Country. Come to Longstaff House and be a part of the fun on Thursday, May 30th.

https://www.nickdumasmusic.com/