The Black Rose Acoustic Society Present Sandra Wong at Meadowgrass Friday Night

The Black Rose Acoustic Society is partnering with Meadowgrass again this year for the first day of the festival, Friday, May 27. The Friday program starts earlier this year. Gates open at 1pm and the Boulder Acoustic Society kicks off the festival at 3pm. We were asked to recommend an act for Friday and offered Sandra Wong who we were planning to introduce to the BRAS audience this year. Sandra and band will take the stage after the Boulder Acoustic Society set at approximately 4:30pm. Following Sandra will be 2011 Grammy winners Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, winners for Best Zydeco Album. Capping the Friday night entertainment will be San Francisco bay area band, Hot Buttered Rum.

Before we get into the rest of the festival weekend, I'd like to introduce you to Sandra Wong and her band. The first time I saw Sandra was in Lyons, CO where she opened up for

Three Ring Circle

at a High Street Music concert last May. You may recall that we hosted

Three Ring Circle

for a concert last April 30. I tagged along to two other shows on their Colorado mini-tour that ended in Lyons. Sandra performed that night on fiddle and nyckelharpa, an instrument that was featured in our recent concert with Mike Marshall, Darol Anger and Väsen. I was so impressed with Sandra's talent and stage presence that I knew the BRAS audience would enjoy her too.

For the show at Meadowgrass, Sandra's band will feature tabla player Ty Burhoe and mandolin wunderkind, Dominick Leslie. Some of you may recognize Dominick from his performances recording with Grisman Quintet guitarist, Grand Gordy. We're really excited to have Sandra and band represent the Black Rose Acoustic Society at Meadowgrass this year. Friday's lineup is going to be great from start to finish. We'll be there; we hope you will too.

Of course, Friday just gets things started. The Saturday and Sunday lineups are not to be missed either. Saturday starts off with the Lindsay Weidmann & Jeremy Facknitz whom you may recall as a recent BRAS open stage performer. Following Lindsay and Jeremy are local folky Joe Johnson, the Colorado bluegrass band Spring Creek, The Haunted Windchimes from Pueblo, Horse Feathers from Portland, OR, alt-country-folk band Yarn, and finishing off the evening is musician-actor John Doe.

Sunday keeps up the pace with local folk duo The Mitguards followed by Nathan McEuen, Westcliffe's Sons & Brothers, singer-songwriter Damien Jurado, roots music artist D.B. Rielly and Sunday headliner, Canadian singer-songwriter and ex-Be Good Tanyas band member, Frazey Ford. Black Rose Acoustic Society and KRCC members can get discounted tickets to the festival. Please note that we will only be selling Black Rose member discount tickets. Member tickets will be available at our May 13 open stage and on our website. For general public and KRCC ticket purchases, see the Meadowgrass website: http://www.meadowgrass.org/ for Black Rose discounted tickets see the Black Rose website: www.blackroseacoustic.org.

By Jeff Smith
Vice President, Black Rose Acoustic Society