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Jon Stickley Trio

Skyflight Productions presents an evening with Jon Stickley Trio on Thursday August 17, 2017 at The Albert S. George Youth Center at Barnesville Memorial Park in Barnesville, OH. On the tail of their critically acclaimed 2015 album, Lost at Last, Jon Stickley Trio independently released a brand new 5-song EP, Triangular, on December 2, 2016. With roots in gypsy jazz, bluegrass, and hip-hop in an exhilarating all-acoustic swirl (Acoustic Guitar Magazine), Jon Stickley Trio combines Jon Stickleys rapid-fire flatpicking guitar with the sultry and wild, yet refined, melodies of Lyndsay Pruett on violin set over the deep groove of Patrick Armitage on drums.
In a time when a lot of instrumental music feels more like math than art, Jon Stickley Trio's Triangular reminds us of the pure joy that can be created and shared through music, says Greensky Bluegrass Anders Beck.
The New York Times Nate Chinen writes theres hardy cohesion among the players no less on the Gypsy standard Valse de Wasso than on Darth Radar a turbocharged original with a ska upbeat and a shredding melody. And when Mr. Stickley and friends turn to bluegrass, as on The High Road, by Tim OBrien, they sound both respectful and free. Premier Guitar Magazine also took note of Darth Radar, with Jason Shadrick calling it, a rapid-fire take that moves from a serious ska beat to burning surf-style runs that would make Dick Dale proud.
With the success of Lost At Last making it into rotation on radio stations both nationally and internationally, the Trio has traveled over 50,000 miles, performing at over 100 festivals and venues across the country in 2016 (Including the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC), attracted attention of thousands of new fans, and teamed up with a national booking agency. Jon Stickley Trio heads into the studio in early December to record the yet unnamed full length album with Dave King, who also produced Lost At Last which garnered praise from The New York Times, NPR's Heavy Rotation, NPR's World Cafe, Premier Guitar Magazine, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and many others.