PineCone's 2009-2010 Down Home Series

Upcoming Concerts
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Bluegrass Music Festival
New Date: March 21, 2010, 2 p.m.*
*was originally scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 31 as part of the Winter Music Festival

Meymandi Concert Hall
Tickets: $40-$50 PineCone members, $45-$55 public

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PineCone is celebrating 25 years of bringing the best in traditional music to North Carolina! The program originally scheduled for Jan. 31 has been rescheduled to March 21. Dedicated to the bluegrass fans who have helped PineCone grow over the last 25 years, this event highlights some of the best in bluegrass, from the traditional to the contemporary. Learn more

2 p.m. Claire Lynch Band
3 p.m. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
4:15 p.m. Dale Ann Bradley
5:30 p.m. Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

The Wailin' Jennys
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Fletcher Theater
Tickets: $30-$28 PineCone members, $32-$30 public
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Two years ago, the Canadian acoustic trio The Wailin’ Jennys performed to a sold out house in Fletcher Theater. Because you demanded it, the Jennys are back for what is sure to be another evening of brilliant harmonies and meaningful lyrics. Soprano Ruth Moody (guitar, banjo, accordion, bodhran) and mezzo Nicky Mehta (guitar, harmonica, ukulele, percussion) are charter members who've anchored the Jennys since the first line-up formed in their Winnipeg hometown. The critical third voice, an alto who fills out the chordal range of the group’s brilliant harmonies, is stand-up bass player Heather Masse. Don’t miss your opportunity to catch the Jennys while they are back in Raleigh.

The Wailin' Jennys' website

Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
Friday, May 14, 2010
Fletcher Theater
Tickets: $23-$21 PineCone members, $25-$23 public
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An acoustic harmonica-guitar blues duo who are uniquely able to showcase the synthesis of African and European elements that co-exist in the blues. Featuring call-and-response interplay between the harmonica and guitar and complementary rhythms, and incorporating traditional and original elements, this new partnership is a must-hear!

Learn more about Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris
Photo Credit: Tina Poffenbaugh Terry


Past 2009-2010 Down Home Concerts

The Greencards
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Fletcher Theater

With two Australians and an Englishman, The Greencards may well be the best Americana artists with no native claim to North America. Mutual love and respect for American bluegrass, country, and blues music brought Carol Young (vocals, bass), Kym Warner (vocals, mandolin), and Eamon McLoughlin (vocals, fiddle) together in 2003.  With their distinctive brand of progressive acoustic music that defies classification, The Greencards have gained legions of fans in the U.S. by touring relentlessly (including a summer tour in 2005 opening for Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson) and releasing hit albums – one of which received a Grammy nomination and charted number one on Billboard’s Bluegrass Music Charts. They are currently touring in support of their fourth release, titled Fascination (2009, Sugar Hill). Come see why many have fallen for a sound that is so familiar, yet so delightfully foreign.  

The Travelin' McCourys
Friday, November 13, 2009
Fletcher Opera Theater

Brothers Ronnie and Rob McCoury, the sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury, continue their father’s work—a lifelong dedication to the power of bluegrass music to bring joy into people’s lives. With fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram, the Travelin’ McCourys extend the roots of bluegrass music into the new century.

The Travelin' McCourys website

PineCone Winter Music Festival
Saturday, January 30, 2010

6 p.m. Bearfoot
7 p.m. Tony Rice Unit
8:15 p.m. Tift Merritt
9:30 p.m. Kris Kristofferson

Photo Credit: Marina Chavez

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Allen Toussaint
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Meymandi Concert Hall


Allen Toussaint is one of America’s greatest musical treasures, and in August 2009 he was inducted into the Lousiana Music Hall of Fame. Also, his album "Bright Mississippi" has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, the New Orleans native has been making hit records for more than 40 years. His indelible influence on American music reaches deep into the roots of rhythm and blues, pop, country, musical theater, blues, and jazz. Backed by an all-star jazz combo, Allen Toussaint will perform selections from his vast and legendary catalogue, along with tunes from his 2009 release on Nonesuch Records, titled The Bright Mississippi – an album that reinterprets some of the classic New Orleans jazz and blues standards of the past.

Learn more about Allen Toussaint
Photo Credit: Michael Wilson

Special thanks to the Irregardless Café for feeding all of the Down Home Series artists! Please patronize them and tell them "thank you" for supporting live music in the Triangle.

The award-winning Irregardless Café has been nourishing our community with delicious meals, attentive service and music from talented entertainers from around the Triangle since 1975. The Café also offers live entertainment nightly. Talented, local musicians perform the fiddle, ballads, folk, blues, jazz/swing and folk, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday nights are traditional music nights at the Café! www.irregardless.com

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