Darol Anger Fiddler

This show will be at Potter's Craft Cider outside if weather permits. In the event of heavy storms, the show will be moved to their inside venue, where seating is first come first serve. Slice Versa Pizza will be onsite. If you haven’t heard of the cheerfully named supergroup Mr. Sun, you’ve certainly heard its proponents, four of the finest musicians on the American roots scene.

Featuring renowned fiddler Darol Anger, guitarist Grant Gordy, Scottish bassist Aidan O’Donnell, and mandolinist Joe Walsh, Mr Sun is a force de puissance calling on a vast musical heritage from the Isles to the Appalachias. We are beyond excited to have them. You'll remember Joe Walsh (the mandolin player, not the ex-eagle) from his last performance at Birdsong where he was joined by world class fiddler, Brittany Haas. Joe has put together a supergroup of acoustic musicians and we are lucky to catch them on tour as they support their recent CD release Extrovert on Compass Records.

A Mr Sun Concert at this hometown hotspot.

Founded in 1991, we are Warren Wilson College’s educational program of summer folk arts workshops held on our campus in the Swannanoa Valley near Asheville in the heart of North Carolina’s beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Each year, Warren Wilson College offers a variety of week-long programs in various forms of folk music and dance over a five-week period in July and August, taught by some of the finest folk artists and instructors in the world.
If you’re a fiddler who would like to learn the skills you need to play well in jams and casual gigs, Darol will draw from his vast bag of tricks developed over his years at Berklee College and his online school at Artistworks.com to find areas where we can grow as fiddlers and musicians. We’ll play and analyze classic fiddle solos from first-generation greats, as well as more recent ideas from straight-ahead bluegrass fiddlers. We’ll take the licks from those solos and apply them to other keys, so you can widen your comfort zone without having learning a zillion other licks. We’ll also delve into every aspect of being a good fiddler, including bowholds, kickoffs, endings, ideas for playing more in tune, how to play backup & fills (very important), working on our tone, and key basic improvisation skills. If you can tune your instrument, keep time, and play a few tunes all the way through at medium tempo, you’re the perfect student for this class. Don’t worry if you’re not comfortable with playing double stops or playing up the neck – tunes and licks will be mostly in first position, and double stops are always optional. All material will be taught by ear in classic Fiddle Camp style (don’t worry, we go slow and don’t stop until everyone’s on board) You’ll get handouts to take home so you can remember what you learned. Everything we’ll do hinges on the idea that Fiddling is Fun, and we get better so we can have more fun!

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Come celebrate the heart of summer with mountain music along beautiful Clear Creek in historic Idaho Springs, CO, the gateway to the Rockies. If you love acoustic music, cold beer, and a laidback small-festival environment, then you won’t want to miss this.

The 15th Targhee Music Camp is a 3½ day educational event, being held August 7-10, 2023 at Grand Targhee Ski Resort in Alta, Wyoming. This is the week leading up to the 33rd Annual Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival. Classes begin on Monday morning and end Thursday afternoon. Many attendees arrive Sunday night as we start at 9am on Monday morning. The festival begins on Friday and runs through the weekend. Music camp starts at 9am on August 7th and ends at 3pm on August 10th. For more information about the Grand Targhee Resort, please visit their website

This year's bands include, Greensky Bluegrass, Infamous Stringdusters, Sam Bush, WatchHouse, Larkin Poe, Del McCoury Band, Kitchen Dwellers, Travelin' McCourys, Mr. Sun, Big Richard, Jerry Douglas with Daniel Kimbro and many more! Here's our scheduled lineup:

Under the Sunny Skies Of Italy, a Week Of Immersion in American Roots Music and the Best Italian Food on Earth. Daily classes, seminars, and lots of jamming.

FreshGrass features roots music traditionalists and innovators on four stages and platforms throughout the museum’s 16-acre campus. Festival programming also includes FreshScores, a silent film with original live music; FreshGrass commissions and world premieres; instrument and industry workshops; pop-up performances and retail; and local Berkshire food and spirits vendors. The FreshGrass Festival is produced by the FreshGrass Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to creating and celebrating innovative grassroots music.