2023 HIGHLANDS NC EXPERIENCE GUIDE
JULY 4 - SOUTHERN HIGHLAND BAND See June 23
JULY 28 - WE THREE SWING We Three Swing is a jazz collective based in Sylva, North Carolina. AUGUST 4 - THE WELL DRINKERS The Well Drinkers are a progressive, original bluegrass and Americana band based out of Western North Carolina who have performed at festivals and venues across the Southeast. Since the band’s creation in 2019, the group has striven to combine traditional roots of their Appalachian region with progressive instrumentation, songwriting and subject matter. The group doesn’t shy away from the opportunity to bring experimental jams, jazz, Cajun, classical and reggae into their live performances.
AUGUST 11 - NITROGRASS
JULY 7 - THE FOXFIRE BOYS Formed in the early 1980s, The Foxfire Boys grew out of its members’ participation in The Foxfire Fund’s Appalachian culture and music program in northeast Georgia. Performing bluegrass blends, the band has since graced the stage at the Grand Ole Opry. JULY 14 - CURTIS BLACKWELL BAND Since forming the band with Sam Cobb and others in 1960, Curtis Blackwell has led Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys and been honored in the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame.
JULY 21 - CARTER GIEGERICH AND FRIENDS
Carter Giegerich is a graduate of the East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music program, where he developed a love for the blending of musical tra- dition and innovation. That passion evolved into a unique musical style that blends contemporary and traditional sounds, drawing inspiration from bluegrass, old-time and Celtic music as well as funk, hip-hop and electronic art- ists. Carter has performed and recorded extensively as a guest artist with groups such as the Dirty Grass Players and the Jackson Grimm Band as well as in his own bands, Ol’ Dirty Bathtub and the High Mountain Pals.
In a world void of any real superheroes, NITROGRASS sprung to life from the heart of the rural Appalachians like unsightly mutants emerging from a hazardous chemi- cal spill, with one singular mission: to take the bluegrass world by storm, and with a deadly force. Nitrograss, both sonically unique and visually appealing in their perfor- mances, provides a carefree and exciting atmosphere of pure acoustic ear-fodder.
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