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Ryan McKenna of the Steel City Rovers – 3/5
Ryan McKenna of the Steel City Rovers was kind enough to speak with me about his band from Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton, like Pennsylvania’s Steel City, is experiencing urban renewal – from steel to...
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Joel McKenna of the Steel City Rovers – 5/5
Joel McKenna is the guitarist for the Steel City Rovers – He has been playing acoustic guitar since a very young age and is able to capture the soul of the song in his playing and through backing...
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Artist Updates
Tim Connell who played at Chestnut House Concerts in 2014 and 2015 with Mando Planet also plays mandolin with the world renowned Ger Mandolin Orchestra. They recently performed in New York City, an...
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2013 Memories – I Draw Slow
Typically prior to a Chestnut House Concert show we use this website to write about the bands that are next on our performance schedule in hopes to improve attendance and to give the bands some...
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Roochie Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings
The first phonograph showed up in 1877, yet another invention by Thomas Edison – and even he was fond of this machine that could record and play back sound and would often reply to questions about his...
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Artist Updates
Laney Jones has a new band! Bass player Tré Hester and percussionist Brian Dowd join founding member Matthew Tonner (guitarist). If you want to hear Laney Jones and the Spirits they will be in...
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Cluck Old Hen
At the 2015 Grey Fox Music Festival Tim and I were able to attend a workshop on The Mountain Music Project with Abigail Washburn, Tara Linhardt, and several Nepali musicians -one who was playing the...
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Co-Bill: Tattletale Saints & 10 String Symphony
Returning to Chestnut House Concerts on Friday, October 23, 2015 are the 10 String Symphony and Tattletale Saints. The Nashville-based duo that is 10 String Symphony formed in 2012, when Rachel Baiman...
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The Honey Dewdrops
The Honey Dewdrops officially formed in 2007 and started receiving national attention one year later when, on a whim, they submitted an entry to Prairie Home Companion’s Talent Contest – and won....
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December 5, 2015 House Concert: Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer
To reserve a seat at this house concert contact Tim at tlehman9@gmail.com or call/text 71794 09311. Potluck at 6, music at 7.
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Carillon
I remember the first time I heard a carillon. Until that time I was most familiar with the single bell at our little country church that rang when the long rope in the vestibule was pulled. The church...
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Artist Updates
The Birds of Chicago will release their highly anticipated album “Real Midnight” February 19, 2016. The Wall Street Journal (entertainment section “speakeasy”) wrote a review of “Dim Star of the...
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March Music from Boston Bands
Next month Chestnut House Concerts is hosting two bands from Boston. On Saturday, March 5, Wrong is Right, a three piece band that met through a love of roots music at Berklee College of Music in...
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From Paris to Lancaster ~ Pierre Bensusan, the Bridge Builder
Tim arrived in Lancaster with an iPod full of music and a U-Haul full of wine. It took me much longer to review the inventory of the music than it did the wine. I scrolled through artist after...
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50 Never Looked So Good
On Friday, May 13, 2016 Chestnut House Concerts will host our 50th show. In 2012 when we started, we held 7 house concerts and each year after the frequency increased. People have asked us who our...
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Mile Twelve – May 27, 2016
Consider attending the Mile Twelve house concert on Friday, May 27 – it will be the perfect start to the Memorial Day weekend. This four piece bluegrass band is from Boston and since their formation...
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Dom Fisher of Wood & Wire
Bassist Dom Fisher is one of the founding members of Wood & Wire from Austin, Texas. Dom is a native of New York and obtained a degree in Jazz Studies (double bass) from Ithaca College. Dom...
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Trevor Smith of Wood & Wire
Trevor Smith at Greyfox Bluegrass Festival 2015. Photo by Tim Lehman One of my favorite songs on Wood & Wire’s album The Coast is Elucidation by banjo player Trevor Smith. It is an instrumental...
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