Sat. January 9 at 7 pm. Laslo Cameo with Shrimp

You will hear the influences of blues, jazz, country, R’nb, and sixties rock in both the writing and performance of their songs. The group is Randy Bulpin, guitar, dobro, and vocals, and Leslie Campos, fiddle, guitar and vocals. Randy is Australian and has played all over Australia and New Zealand. Leslie was in an all women bluegrass group in New York City before heading to Vermont. They met at the Greensboro Blues jam. They will be joined by Shrimp who has played with many of the finest Vermont musicians including Abby Jenne, Rebecca Padula and Mark LeGrand as well as doing solo gigs. He plays guitar and percussion. Find out more about them both at www.laslocameo.com and www.shrimptunes.com

Sat. February 6 at 7 pm
 
Chris Dorman and Friends

Chris has arrived to this area by way of Lansing, Michigan. He is a musician, a father, and a friend to the community. He writes about his friends, his family and his feelings and reflects upon the intrinsic value within a local culture that cannot be quantified or commoditized. He hopes his sounds will nurture and inspire all who hear them to appreciate that which is unique to them. So what is unique to him, you ask? Chris dreams of being an old man who tells funny stories over and over again even though he knows everybody already knows the punch line. He writes great songs with melodies that stick in your head. His album, "To Begin Again is one of the best recordings I've received all year, " says Lisa Sammet, who produces the Music Box concerts. "I can't get his songs out of my head."
    He will be playing guitar and bringing along some friends to add to the evening. You can visit his website: www.chrisdormanmusic.com which will also lead you to his www.myspace.com/chrisdorman and also to some You Tube videos of him performing. You will see why Tim Lane of Metrospace writes, "If there is an ounce of hesitation in the heart, a small part of the self stored away in the heart’s drawers and closets, as is the case with most of us, the textured combination of Dorman’s breathy, piercing vocals and the music on To Begin Again will coax it out and onward." 

Sat. March 13 at 7 pm. Atlantic Crossing
For over a dozen years, the Vermont band Atlantic Crossing has been thrilling concert audiences and contra-dancers with traditional songs and acoustic instrumental music from New England - music which has deep Celtic roots in the British Isles and in French & Maritime Canada - together with original compositions inspired by these traditions. The group includes Viveka Fox on fiddle and bodhran, Brian Perkins on mandolin, bouzouki, tenor banjo, feet, cornet, vocals, Rick Klein playing guitar and vocals, and Peter Macfarlane fiddle, low whistle, vocals) relocated to Vermont from the UK. More can be found about them at
www.atlanticcrossingvt.com

Sat. April 10 at 7:30 pm. SkelliG
Why SkelliG? It is the name of two islands off the west coast of County Cork, Ireland and the name goes well with a group which features Irish and Scandinavian music. SKelliG performs music from Ireland, Brittany, Scandinavia and beyond. Members Rachel Clark and Bob DeMarco of the band Wind that Shakes the Barley join John Drury, a veteran of the Quebecois and New England folk scene. Together they blend their talents to deliver traditional music with a rich and tantalizing flavor! Bob contributes fiddle, guitar, bouzouki, piano, vocals; Rachel lends her Flute, whistles, accordion, piano, vocals; and John finishes the mix with guitar, cittern, and vocals. They have many recordings as solo artists and with other groups. You can find out lots more about this group at http://skelligvt.com

Sat. June 26 at 8 pm. Woodchuck’s Revenge
  Formed in front of the fire on a winter's night in 1990, Woodchucks' Revenge brings together as a performing group three friends who have combined their lifelong love of music to offer their audiences an eclectic and refreshing mix of traditional and contemporary folksongs played with spirit and an old time country sensibility. The group includes Kristina Cady on fiddle, her husband, Peter on guitar and Sandy Morse on mandolin. The Woodchucks' repertoire, which has been described as encyclopedic, ranges from New England fiddle tunes to modern cowboy songs, from Irish ballads to 60's folk, blues and bluegrass. Songs about Vermont, mountains, and life in New England are staple of the group's performances, along with a healthy dose of humor and a small but growing number of originals. The Woodchucks have performed throughout Vermont and the adjoining states and in Wyoming and Montana, at colleges and community events and festivals, in coffehouses and summer concert series, country fairs and bluegrass festivals as well as the New England Folk Festival, and the Northeast Music, Arts and Dance Festival. They have performed on Public Radio in Vermont and New York, as well as local access television.
You can find out more about them at www.enkd.com/woodchucks