[Folkus Project] This Friday, The Atkinson Family at May Memorial

[Upcoming Folkus events]

Folkus Fans!

This Friday, January 18, at 8 o'clock, THE ATKINSON FAMILY band  
performs at May Memorial.

Honed in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, the Atkinson  
Family Bluegrass Band has a sound reverberating with the traditions  
of Bill Monroe’s music, while incorporating new grooves and and fresh  
voices. This band swings and drives through Stanley Brothers-style  
mountain songs about life in the rural country, bitter bluegrass  
hollers about lost love and betrayal, gospel songs lamenting lost  
souls, and spooky murder ballads about, well, spooky murders. In  
addition to performing a range of bluegrass standards and  
contemporary tunes from Del McCoury, Gillian Welch, Iris Dement,  
Nanci Griffith, and the Grateful Dead, the band churns straight ahead  
with its freight train rhythm pulse on a host of original songs.  
Known for skillful playing and powerful vocals, the Atkinson Family  
features tight three-part harmonies from guitarists Liza and Shelene  
Atkinson and banjo linchpin Dick Atkinson and the driving rhythm  
interplay of mandolinist Adam Atkinson and bass player Jim Treat of  
Weedsport. Dave Bevins, a national dobro champion, lays on textures  
slippery with blues and sliding with melodic invention.


Gosh, it's nice to know you'll be coming! -- drop us an email or give  
a call and we'll save the seats up front for you! email  
tickets at folkus.org or call 315-440-7444 and tell us your name and how  
many seats to hold.

This is the music we love! This is who we are!
         Joe

UPCOMING FOLKUS CONCERT INFO & MORE AT http://FOLKUS.ORG

--To reserve seats at May Memorial/Folkus concerts, email  
tickets at folkus.org
          or call Jackie at 315-440-7444
--To reserve seats at Westcott Community Center concerts,
          call 315-478-8634

Directions to the venues can be found on the web at <http://folkus.org/>
          The May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society is located at
                  3800 East Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13214
          The Westcott Community Center is located at
                  826 Euclid Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210