The Dirty Grass Players & The Fitzkee Brothers at The Listening Booth on Jan 11th
🎟 For fans of Leftover Salmon, Billy Strings, The Infamous Stringdusters; Bluegrass 🎵
💙🌾Get ready to be blown away by The Dirty Grass Players! This spectacular bluegrass band blends old-time roots with a fresh, innovative sound, all while soaring with incredible vocal harmonies. Expect a captivating mix of tradition and progressive spirit, delivered with both precision and a touch of the unexpected. Don't miss them live at The Listening Booth – it's gonna be dirty!
With a nod to the past and glance to the future the Dirty Grass Players are keeping alive the long history of bluegrass while pushing the traditional genre into the next generation. The Dirty Grass Players are an energetic explosion of old- time pickin’, coloured with an inventive, newgrass hand, that is given lyrical life by their soaring vocal harmonies that exist on an ethereal plain. They live at the crossroads between the traditional, which is the backbone of what they do, and the progressive with their innovative forward-thinking approach. The Dirty Grass Players, with their steady, workman-like precision and loose adventurous spirit are a band that can both confound Bill Monroe and cause him to smile uncontrollably. Their music is progressive, traditional, experimental, imaginative, and at its core, Dirty.
The Dirty Grass Players formed in 2015 with guitarist Ben Kolakowski and mandolinist Ryan Rogers at a series of informal picking sessions in the Baltimore area. The band quickly started to garner attention in the area, culminating in them winning the competitive Charm City Bluegrass Festival Battle of the Bands in 2017. The band’s original bassist and fiddler left shortly after and they solidified around the addition of bassist Connor Murray. In 2024, Sam Guthridge joined on banjo and the band reemerged as a powerful four-piece. Since then they have released two albums, 2020’s Beneath the Woodpile and 2023 Shiny Side Up and established themselves as one of the most exciting young bluegrass bands around.
With their high-octane shows they have become a mainstay on the festival circuit, being invited to play at some of the the most prestigious gatherings from coast to coast including Delfest, Grey Fox, Kingman Island, Hot August Music Festival, Dark Star Jubilee, Ramble Fest, First Class Music Fest, and many others. Their latest album Shiny Side Up, produced by The Travelin’ McCourys’ Coldy Kilby, continues to further the evolution of bluegrass with its hard
🎸🥁Opening the night is Fitzkee Brothers Music! (Drew on Bass and Alex on Drums) who will be joined by 2 of the Dirty Grass players (Ben Kolakowski on Guitar and Ryan Rogers on Mandolin!)
The Fitzkee Brothers are known for their electrifying live shows and improvisational prowess, and are bringing their high-energy blend of jam band and rock to The Listening Booth! Inspired by legends like The Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead, they've shared the stage with Duane Betts, Robert Randolph, and even Post Malone. Don't miss this chance to experience their dynamic sound firsthand!
