Jan Bell:

Saturday 9/25 Pearl St. Stage (curated by Jan Bell)

3pm: Strung Out String Band (Appalachian style Brooklyn jug band)
4pm: Jesse Lenat (As seen at Farm Aid!)
5pm: The Maybelles (Old time, Alt.country Award winning trio)
6pm: Shotgun Party (Original Fiery Texas Swing)
7pm: Will Scott (Soul Americana, Roots Blues)

3pm - Strung Out String Band six piece acoustic band dedicated to interpreting "Old Time Southern" music. Virginal Reels, Slip-Jigs, Hoedowns, Work Songs, Murder Ballads, Jigs, Rags, Square Dances, Originals and an AC DC Cover or two.
www.strungoutstringband.com

4pm: Jesse Lenat is a singer songwriter and actor living in Brooklyn. He opened Farm Aid 2007; was in the original Off Broadway cast of 'Rent'; performs a solo show about Woody Guthrie and plays a principle role in a musical featuring the music of Jeff Buckley.
www.mypsace.com/jesselenat


5pm: The Maybelles
"British born, Brooklyn residing Jan Bell leads The Maybelles in up tempo soulful country" Time Out, NY. Independent [...]

4 Stars! The real deal - NOW Toronto
Gorgeous old timey spareness - Village Voice
Completely won me over! - Sing Out!



Ten years or so ago Nebraska native Melissa Carper and Yorkshire lass Jan Bell sat on a bench in the heart of Eureka Springs, Arkansas singing old time country songs. They were soon on the road, spending Winter playing the streets of New Orleans. Over the years, they came home to Eureka, opening for Emmylou Harris, Odetta, and playing the long running Ozark Folk Festival. As the rhythm section for their New Orleans pal, Opal Fly, they also opened for Ray Charles.
A few years later, they returned to Jan's adopted hometown of New York City - where they met up with fiddle player Katy Cox. Despite being based in three different states,(AR, NY, TX) the three had a busy few years. In 2009, they played Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and folk festivals in the UK. They also went back to where it all began, Eureka Springs to headline their own show at The AUD. Thousands of miles [...]

Hoedown in the home counties - journalist Tim Cooper of The Sunday Times, London.
'Call it ‘Anglicana', 'Americana' or even 'UK Americana', these bands are giving authentic country music a British spin.'
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7048594.ece

Annual extravaganza hosted by Dock Oscar and the Ambassadors of Love lasts all weekend long! Many other luminaries from the Brooklyn and NYC country music realm.
Friday night
9pm The Whistling Wolves
10pm Jan Bell
11pm Vincent Cross and Good Company

Saturday night
8pm The American String Conspiracy
9pm Dock Oscar & The Ambassadors of Love
10pm Jen Larson with members of Straight Drive
11pm Greg Garing

Sunday night
11:30am The Calamity Janes 2 sets
2 pm Blue Harvest 2 sets
4pm Intermission
5pm Bobtown
6pm Kelli Rae Powell
7pm Alex Battles

Near F train (York St.)
www.kingscountyopry.com
Dinner reservations recommended.
718 243 9005.

Feed The Fish - A Film by Michael Matzdorff Original Music by TD Lind, with songs by Jan Bell