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“Barnstar makes Bluegrass for people who hate Bluegrass. This ain’t your daddy’s Bluegrass. Except in the case of Jake Armerding. His dad is in the band.”

Barnstar! began as the brainchild of Zachariah Hickman (bassist for Josh Ritter, musical director for Ray Lamontagne) for a local bluegrass supergroup featuring some of Boston’s best musicians and songwriters. Using the familiar tools of the genre—guitar (Mark Erelli), fiddle (Jake Armerding), mandolin (Taylor Armerding) and banjo (Charlie Rose)—Barnstar! forges its own brand of song- based bluegrass, gloriously harmonized and raucously played.

The band debuted in 2011 with C’mon!, a mix of distinctive originals and unexpected covers (Neil Young, Dawes, The Traveling Wilburys) cut live in the studio. Despite juggling various high-profile sideman gigs behind other artists, the lads in Barnstar! managed to cause quite a stir with relatively few appearances. Whether playing above 10,000 feet in the Colorado mountains, dressing up like pirates on a boat cruising around Boston Harbor, or starting a small skirmish over the last CD in Shrewsbury, England – shouts of “C’mon!” followed the band everywhere they went.

Read much more at http://www.wearebarnstar.com/bio/

 

 

Community Support

Community Support

Peterborough Folk Music thanks these two local business for their ongoing support of what we do.

Dinning Option

PFM is very grateful to Harlow's Pub on Grove Street for providing our musicians with dinner. It is a wonderful place for our patrons to dine before you attend a concert. Go early they are very popular.

Overnight Getaway

Check out this wonderful fun folk package in downtown Peterborough available November 1st - April 30th. The Riverhouse by Weekender supports PFM by hosting our musicians. (Previously The Jack Daniels,) in Peterborough, NH. PFM thanks Riverhouse for their many years of supporting us. We love it when our patrons stay with them.