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Lonesome Ace Stringband – featuring banjo virtuoso Chris Coole

DATE
Friday, October 19, 2018
TIME
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
VENUE
MSU Community Music School
4930 S. Hagadorn, East Lansing
COST
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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This is old-time music for today's old soul. Chris Coole on banjo, John Showman on fiddle and Max Heineman on bass bring a deep respect for the roots of the music, a keen sense of innovation to the performance and material, and a passion for the sound that transcends both. "Three of the most accomplished Old-Time musicians on the planet, the Lonesome Ace Stringband does a masterful job melding their talents"-Brad Kolodner (WAMU Washington, DC)

The Lonesome Ace Stringband brings grit, skill and abandon to old-time, Appalachian folk songs and fiddle/banjo tunes.

These are songs and tunes for life and all of it’s occasions: festivals, dances, wars, parties and funerals. The music comes from a tradition that has inspired and brought together generations of people. It’s themes – love, loss, hard work and hardship, faith, and everyday life – speak to everyone.

Band members include Chris Coole on banjo, John Showman on fiddle and Max Heineman on bass. Together they bring a deep respect for the roots of the music, a keen sense of innovation to the performance and material, and a passion for the sound that transcends both.

This is old-time music for today’s old soul.

 

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