From left Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge.
Howlin Brothers from left Ian Craft, Jared Green and Ben Plasse.
(Earlville, NY – Aug. 2014) Red-hot bluegrass converges at the historic main stage of the Earlville Opera House on Saturday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m.
Guitar prodigy Julian Lage displays masterful chops, distilling guitar traditions from prebop swing to bluegrassy flash into an original sound. Here he duets with fellow ax man Chris Eldridge, whom you might know from the Punch Brothers,” Time Out. The show opens with a set by the Howlin Brothers of Nashville.
As a member of Punch Brothers, guitarist Chris Eldridge has been at the vanguard of bluegrass music for much of the past decade. The band has released 3 critically acclaimed albums, received 2 Grammy nominations and toured around the world. Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage, who at age 8, was asked to sit in with Carlos Santana joins him. Lage made his debut on record at age 11, on David Grisman’s album Dawg Duos. Lage and Eldridge perform on their respective 1939 Martin guitars.
Eldridge talks about their partnership, “While he has been celebrated in the jazz world from a young age as one of their great talents, he’s always had this dirty little secret of loving folk music and bluegrass and songs,” said Eldridge. “So this tour is a chance for us to try and find some common ground and hopefully create some beautiful music together.”
The high energy Howlin’ Brothers are a three-piece string band with original and traditional music, featuring the sounds of slide banjo, harmonica and old-time fiddle. In their June review in TheAlternateRoots.com, “The Howlin’ Brothers need no intro for the advanced state of bluegrass that the band serves up. Their recent release, Trouble, follows full studio effort Howl and E.P., the Sun Studio Sessions, in a little over twelve months’ time…Trouble is The Howlin’ Brothers as top shelf musicians and songwriters…” Trouble is #6 on TheAlternateRoots.com Top 50 releases for 2014.
Tickets are available online or by calling EOH at $20, $18 EOH members, $15 students. Premium seating applies in the first 4 rows. The EOH Theater is wheelchair-accessible with a ramp and a lift.
For more information, or to reserve your seats, call 315-691-3550 or order online at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com.
The Opera House is located at 18 East Main Street in Earlville.