Bluegrass at Parkside Lounge

Live bluegrass music can be heard somewhere in NYC every night of the week, if you know where to look for it. (See end of this post for bluegrass resources).

The Parkside Lounge hosts Bluegrass every Monday. In addition, Orrin Star will present bluegrass guitar & mandolin workshops on April 19 & 20 for interested musicians.

Here is this month's bluegrass lineup at Parkside Lounge:

Bluegrass Mondays at Parkside Lounge
Monday, April 7
7pm: Matt Campbell (folk/country performer)
8: Cheatin' Hearts (bluegrass band)
9:30: Michael Daves' hosts his monthly open bluegrass jam
Michael can "play anything as long as you don't beat it or blow into it"
(free with instrument)

Wednesday, April 9
10pm: The Death of Socrates & friends

Monday, April 14
7pm: Matt Campbell (folk/country performer)
8pm: Copper Kettle
9pm: The Shade & friends

Saturday, April 19
7:30pm: Orrin Star Trio

Monday, April 21
7:30pm: Matt Campbell & his Bottom Line Band
9:30pm: The Expedition Quartet

Monday, April 28
7:30pm: Matt Campbell


Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St. (Attorney St.)
New York, NY
(212) 673-6270
ParksideLounge.com


Bluegrass Workshops at Parkside Lounge
Award-winning guitarist and mandolin player & teacher Orrin Star will hold three workshops this month at Parkside Lounge.

Cost: $45 per workshop.
Level: Geared to novice through intermediate players.
To register, email Orrin at orhay@aol.com

Saturday April 19: 2:30-4:30pm
Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar:
This workshop takes a hands-on, detailed and entertaining look bluegrass rhythm guitar moves. Learn the cool bass runs and strums and how to apply them. If you strum folk, bluegrass or country music on an acoustic guitar this workshop is for you.

Sunday April 20:
Mando Workshop Day
2:30-4:30pm - 'Making Your Mando Sing'
One of the hurdles facing mandolinists on the road from memorizing solos to making music is learning how to incorporate rhythm moves into their leads. Using the classic song "New River Train", this workshop will introduce you to a tool-kit of strums and double-stops that can be used to transform a simply vocal melody into a full-sounding mandolin solo. It also introduces some essential middle- and end-of-phrase licks.

5 - 7pm - Rounds on the Mandolin: A Music-Making Workshop
Rounds—those infectious melodies that magically harmonize when sung at staggered intervals — sound great on the mandolin. And because of their simplicity, they can be learned and played almost immediately — so most of this workshop will be devoted to actually making music! Explore six rounds of varying degrees of complexity.

Links:
ParksideLounge.com
Parkside Lounge (myspace)
Parkside Lounge (murphguide)
BluegrassNewYork.com
Orrin Star
Orrin Star (myspace)
NYCBluegrass.com (all things Bluegrass, Old Time & Roots in NYC)
Banjo Ben's NY & Tri-State Area Bluegrass/Old Time Music Scene
MurphGuide's Directory of Live Music Venues in NYC