Friday, February 10 - 8pm

Mike Compton & Joe Newberry

Mandolinist extraordinaire Mike Compton grew up in Mississippi, where he was exposed to music at an early age. A prolific composer, he has made a powerful mark in the old-time and bluegrass music worlds, including a fertile association with John Hartford in the Hartford String Band, as a long-time member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and with rock legend Elvis Costello. The multiple Grammy Award-winner treasures his memories of a friendship with his mentor, Bill Monroe.

Joe Newberry is a Missouri native and North Carolina transplant who has played music most of his life. Best known for his powerful and innovative banjo playing, he is a prizewinning guitarist, fiddler, and singer as well. In addition to his work with Mike Compton, Joe makes music with the string band Big Medicine, and with old-time music stalwarts Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, and Jim Watson. He writes songs that show up on the Bluegrass charts, does solo and studio work, and teaches and performs at festivals at home and abroad.

Joe and Mike are also members of the Jumpsteady Boys, a band they formed with friends Bruce Molsky and Rafe Stefanini that will be playing for us at the 2012 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall
420 Willa Road
Newark, Del., 19711

Tickets at the door: Public $17; Seniors $14; BFOTM Members $12; Ages 17 & under FREE!
Tickets available in advance online from TicketDerby
Phone: (302) 321-6466

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2012 Festival Lineup Features Marty Stuart, Doyle Lawson, J. D. Crowe

The 41^st Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival will take place on Labor Day weekend 2012 at the Salem County Fairgrounds in Woodstown, NJ, featuring Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives, J. D. Crowe & the New South, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Suzy Bogguss, The Grascals and the Boxcars.

The full lineup is posted online - see it here.

And just in time for your holiday giving, this year we will open sales for the 41st Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival on December 1, 2011.  The dates for the festival are Aug. 31 - Sept. 2, 2012 - mark your calendars now!

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Memories from Festivals Past

Our official Festival Photographer, Priscilla Warnock, now has a selection of photos she has taken at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festivals for sale on her web site.  This includes many from the 2008, 2009 and 2010 festivals and a selection of shots from previous festivals, too.  You have probably seen her work on the festival web site, in bluegrass magazines like Bluegrass Unlimited and even on a number of bluegrass CDs.

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The Koken-Milliner Collection of American Fiddle Tunes has been completed.  You can download a PDF file giving screen shots of the pages of music, various indices, and artists' profiles section, with explanations and ordering info. The book will be released in mid-February. Also check with www.mkfiddletunes.com for updates.

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