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SUMMARY:Whitetop Mountaineers @ Dorrigo Gazette Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday 18th March 2020 at the Dorrigo Gazette Theatre (10 Hickory Street Dorrigo) for an evening with The Whitetop Mountaineers! \nTea\, coffee and homemade cakes available during intermission. \nDoors 6:30pm\, music 7:00pm. Tickets: Adults $30\, Youth $15 cash at door. Bookings & Enquiries to bridget.reees24@gmail.com 0428415078 \nThe Whitetop Mountaineers\, are a young duo\, Martha Spencer and Jackson Cunningham\, that hail from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Steeped in the mountain music traditions\, their shows are a combination of country duet singing\, fiery instrumentals\, and high energy Appalachian dancing. Their love of music and their region are evident in their performances; Mountain Ears Magazine says of the Whitetop Mountaineers: “they hold a deep historical respect for their past and a healthy appetite for the old time creaks\, weeping strings\, fiddling\, banjo picking\, and traditional bluegrass of their forefathers. Whilst their sound is technically perfect\, there’s also real personality and attitude mixed in there which makes it all highly believable and heartfelt with such emotion emanating from every pluck\, twang\, and vocal outburst.” Martha and Jackson first began playing together after meeting at a local festival in Whitetop and since then have performed at festivals\, venues and workshops across the USA as well as toured in the UK\, Ireland\, and Australia. Both Martha and Jackson also play in the Whitetop Mountain Band\, which is a long-running\, old time family band that has origins back to the 1940’s. The band is a very popular dance band in the Blue Ridge and has been featured in many documentaries\, books\, tv shows\, radio programs and articles including “A Hotbed of Musicians”\, “Strings of Life”\, “In Good Keeping”\, “A Guide to the Crooked Road”\,”The Keepers”\, PBS\, and CMT. The Whitetop Mountaineers have released two\, highly acclaimed albums\, “Home on the Mountain” and “Go Away With Me”; both combine a mix of traditional numbers (many learned from local musicians and sources) with originals written by Martha as well. Several of the songs such as “I Can’t Sit Down”\, “Jenny Jenkins”\, and “Let Me Fall” are done in a call and response style that showcase their vocals and have a playful\, uplifting tone to them. Other numbers like “You Don’t Tell Me You Love Me Anymore” are done in a classic country duet style that invokes sounds of Porter and Dolly\, or Johnny and June\, with Martha and Jackson trading off on leads and harmony parts. Jon Lohman\, Virginia state folklorist\, says in review of their album: “Whether they are performing a honky-tonk duet\, an old time ballad or traditional fiddle tune\, they always attend to their craft with obvious passion\, exuberance\, and soul”
URL:https://www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au/event/whitetop-mountaineers-dorrigo-gazette-theatre/
LOCATION:Dorrigo Old Gazette Theatre\, 10 Hickory St\, Dorrigo\, NSW\, 2453\, Australia
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