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MAN ABOUT A HORSE

MAN ABOUT A HORSE
DOORS: 6:30 PM
MUSIC: 7:30 PM

Breathing new life into a classic art form.
Greg Jones, Ear to the Ground

Their high energy and harmony is sure to make you want to dance!
Sierra Hull, Rounder Records recording artist

This quintet is known for its vocal harmoniesto which all five members contributeits uptempo, high-energy sets, and its rock-solid, authentic songwriting. While bluegrass music is sometimes typecast as the sleepy, back porch sing-along, Man About a Horse infuses its music with flurries of sixteenth notes on banjo, fiddle, and mandolin that makes their shows hearken to bluegrass roots as dance music.

Put it this way: at a Man About a Horse show, the question isnt if someone will don the bands signature horse-head mask and dance-trot around the floor, but when in the set it will happen.

Each of the five Yankees in the band found their own unique avenue to bluegrass and acoustic roots music in their youths, and their paths didnt cross until adulthood. As children of the 1990s, they also have pop music in their blood, and cant resist re-interpreting modern popular music in an acoustic stringband context (Radiohead, anyone?), balanced with the fresh originals and ripping bluegrass standards that comprise their setlists.

Man About a Horse has performed at festivals around the northeastern U.S., and shared bills with the likes of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, The Travelin McCourys, Danny Barnes, Donna the Buffalo, Wood & Wire, and many others.

Their debut album (The EP, 2015) earned national airplay and rave reviews. In spring 2017 they self-released their debut full-length album, which debuted at #11 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart.