Tickets Now Online for The Wicked Pickers “Original Newgrass” Event

WESTFORD, MA: The Wicked Pickers are your spiritual buddies for acoustic folk, jazz, Celtic, Latin, blues, R&B and soul, with bluegrass instrumentation and even some hints of classical and funk! They're 98.6% genre-fluid and lovin' it! On February 24, the Pickers are coming to the Parish Center for the Arts to play a range of new original songs and a few old favorites. Tickets are $18 for PCA Members/In advance and $23 at the door. Seating will be cabaret style. Feel free to BYOB and snacks. For more information, call (978) 692-6333.

Sarah Friedman heads up the vocals for the band. She brings a background of R&B and Blue Eyed Soul to the Pickers fusion style. Friedman has performed with a variety of groups including Family Soul, Taylor Made, Celebration, Center Stage and The Vin LaFleur Band, and has recently performed at the Kennedy Library and Top of the Hub as well as Back Room at the Burren. Joining Friedman will be Bill Morris on Guitar, a sideman with a number of bands since attending Berklee College in the late 1970s. Bill has developed a fluid, melodic playing style that crosses many styles. Paul Green will be on Bass/Vocals. Since moving to Boston area, Paul has played fretless electric bass in the mini-Big Band "Feed the Meter", and Afro-Cuban jazz with JP Tropicale. On Violin will be Gordon Hill, who has taken his strong interest in blending multiple styles. Hill has performed at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston City Hall Plaza, and the Wilbur Theater among other venues. Before joining the Wicked Pickers, George O'Connor played with the Boston-area bluegrass band Jumpin' Willie. In 2007, George was a finalist in the WUMB Folk Festival Song Writing Contest for his song “By the Riverbank”.

Between them all, The Wicked Pickers feature acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin, upright bass and percussion... so what do you call the genre of the band's music? Americana? Folk? Jazz? Soul? Pop? How about you call it “Original Newgrass,” but definitely don’t forget to call for your tickets for February 24.

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