Pocahontas Country Opera House

Banjo Nickaru & Blue Yonder at Pocahontas Country Opera House

17 Aug 2019 Marlinton , WV

Details

Time : 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Venue : Pocahontas Country Opera House
Address : 818 Third Avenue
State : WV
Zip : 24954
Phone : 304-799-6645
Contact Website : https://www.pocahontasoperahouse.org/event/banjo-nickaru-and-the-western-scooches-with-blue-yonder/
Over the past two years, Banjo Nickaru has built a solid following in the Eastern U.S. with a half dozen tours while also playing such prestigious events such as Falcon Ridge Fest, Kansas City Folk Fest, Folk Alliance, NERFA, WFUV Sunday Supper, Blue Plate Special, WMOT Finally Friday, WNCW Studio B Sessions, the Mid-Winter Folk Fest at Club Passim and recent showcase at APAP in NYC this past January.
Join both Banjo Nickaru & Blue Yonder at The Purple Fiddle with food, drinks and lodging!

Pocahontas Opera House

 

Here is our Banjo Nickaru video promo demo:
Our new album Get Us Out Of Fearland (https://soundcloud.com/user-852578791/sets/get-us-out-of-fearland) released in Sept after reaching #2 on Folk International DJ Radio Charts and has received some nice press:
“Unfailingly high-spirited.” London Times

“This is a band that must be heard to be believed!” John Platt WFUV
 
A heart as big as the sky…full of high energy and higher spirits.” –Elmore Magazine
Americana Highways premiered our latest video A Hundred Miles (a rollicking rendition of the 1800s train tune):
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Charleston, WV’s Blue Yonder is an acoustic honky-tonk trio that deftly navigates classic Country blues, hard-driving Western swing, toe-tapping Rockabilly, and rueful Appalachia with equal aplomb. Led by singer/lyricist John Lilly, renown for starring in the Hank Williams production, The Lost Show, which has run annually in Charleston for the past 18 years, the band’s original material and razor sharp musicianship flashes echoes of Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Willis, Asleep At The Wheel and early 70s Grateful Dead. Two-time national flat-picking champion Robert Shafer and upright bassist Will Carter, known for his work with the contra dance band, The Contrarians, round out the core trio, which often expands to a quintet with drums and pedal steel.
Appeared on Mountain Stage for the second time in October (sharing the bill with Kathy Mattea) https://www.mountainstage.org/archives/Pages/playlist.aspx?playlistid=152
Green Light” Live at Isis Music Hall
Well Acquainted With The Blues” Live at Isis Music Hall
“Blue Yonder is a serious West Virginia treasure.” – Vince Herman, Leftover Salmon
“Hard-driving Western Swing filled with lots of tasteful steel guitar.” — Bluegrass Unlimited
“Best Roots Music Albums of 2018. Ready for prime time on the Americana charts.” — Amos Perrine, No Depression
“A mix of virtuoso musicianship and original songwriting, Blue Yonder lives where classic country music meets western swing, a honky-tonk beat meets a beautiful ballad, and red hot country jazz guitar licks meet cool blue yodel vocals.” -Larry Groce, Mountain Stage
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