Northern Lights Bluegrass, Music Barn summer benefit party, Brooklyn CT

NORTHERN LIGHTS Website

Northern Lights, the Northeast's superlative veteran string band, doesn't qualify as typical traditionalist. But in three decades the band has created its own tradition - a constant exploration of new musical territory without ever losing its acoustic and vocal bearings. From 1990's "Take You to the Sky," to 2005's "New Moon" (Fifty-Fifty Music), the band has fused an eclectic mix of traditional roots music, rock, country, soul and gospel with the high, lonesome vocal sound and instruments of bluegrass.

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The late Vassar Clements occasionally joined them on fiddle, and Jonathan Edwards still does for full sets. They have performed at the Newport Folk Festival, Barns at Wolf Trap, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Festival sur la Route de Tullins, Strawberry Music Festival, and the American Folklife Center. They have recorded 10 albums, including “Three August Nights”, a live CD with Vassar Clements, and three of their CDs reached the top ten of Bluegrass Unlimited’s National Bluegrass Survey.

"Smooth, likeable bluegrass in a New Grass style, with some terrific gospel touches...these Northern Lights don't shine, they glow." -- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"...hot enough to peel the paint off your walls..." -- NASHUA TELEGRAPH

Band members
Bill Henry on guitar (No. Stonington, CT),
John Daniel on acoustic bass (Leeds, MA),
Ben Demerath (Easthampton, MA) on guitar,
Mike Barnett (Longmeadow, MA) on fiddle,
and Joe Walsh (Cambridge, MA) on mandolin.

How do I get an invitation?
It's EASY!!!
all you need to do is care about children
and you can ask for a JUNE 7th invitation(s)
also
if you voluntarily pledge to bring a cash or other donation
with you to the Barn on the day of the party, you will be automatically entered into the fundraising raffle.