GRACE MORRISON & THE RSO and THE WHISKEY BOYS at SANDYWOODS 5/16

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 - GRACE MORRISON & THE RSO and THE WHISKEY BOYS

7:30 pm, doors open 7 pm
BYOB & BYOF (food)
$12 advance, $15 at the door

Reserve advance tickets by calling 401-241-7349. Leave message with your name and number of tickets desired. You'll pay the advance price at the door.

Grace and the RSO (really small orchestra) are Boston's Americana indie-folk/bluegrass quintet. The band consists of Grace Morrison (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, accordion), Benjamin Moniz (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Max Judelson (vocals, bass), Marta Rymer (violin, vocals), and Nate Tucker (percussion). 

Grace and the RSO use bluegrass and folk instrumentation, such as banjo, accordion, mandolin, upright bass, and violin. All five musicians began learning music at a young age with classical training. The band is rooted in the traditional sense with their instruments and their songs' subject matter, but they have plenty of modern flair that breathes new life into their Renaissance-inspired music. Visit www.graceandtherso.com to learn more about the band. 

The Whiskey Boys are a Boston-based modern bluegrass and Americana band led by Berklee graduate David Delaney. They tour throughout the Northeast and have sold out such notable folk venues as the legendary Club Passim in Cambridge, MA and the Firebox in Hartford, CT. They have opened for national acts such as Lori McKenna, Man Man, and four-time Grammy nominee and country artist Trace Adkins. 

The Whiskey Boys performed at the Berklee International Folk Festival in 2009, the 2011 and 2012 New England Americana Festivals, the 2012 Jamaica Plain Music Festival, the 2012 North Branch Bluegrass Festival, the 2013 Bluegrass on the Bogs Festival, and the 2013 Down Home Up Here Bluegrass Festival. 

In 2010, they were the featured entertainment at the National Governors Association annual conference held at Fenway Park, and in 2011 and 2012 the Whiskey Boys were selected as the premiere country act at the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival. 

Among their many other accomplishments, The Whiskey Boys hold the title of "Most Romantic" from the Unofficial Boy Band Competition at the Clifftop Music Festival in West Virginia for their performance of "The Rolling Rock Bottle Song."