“Bluegrass On The Farm”

At BOTF we try to feature some of the best bluegrass entertainment from around the country and the Washington, DC area.

Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen are group of super musicians, song-writers, and vocalists. All are extremely talented instrumentalists but their vocals easily match the instrumental work. Frank spent much of his youth in Alaska and enjoys hunting and fishing but he is also a gourmet chef, a great singer and songwriter of ballads and of blazing instrumentals. Although his primary instrument is the mandolin, he plays every instrument extremely well. Their performance blends a powerful collection of hard-driving, contemporary acoustic music in old favorites and new material.  Add Lincoln Meyers’ guitar work, Stefan Custodi’s bass, and Mike Munford’s banjo and you don’t want to miss it!

The Gibson Brothers

The Blue Moon Cowgirls

 This Year’s Bands

Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

Of The Gibson Brother's ninth release, Ring the Bell, both brothers talk about the "feel" of the album. "Ring the Bell makes me think of being young and growing up in our small farming community in New York," Leigh explains. "It evokes memories of fellowship with the men who knew my Grandfather Gibson at church on Sunday mornings. We'd see folks at the hardware store or the bank during the week and then see them all again at church each Sunday. Ring the Bell seems to me to be a call to action for coming together in a world that sometimes seems intent on tearing itself apart. More than just nostalgia, it's a song about love of fellow man."

Eric agrees that there is an elated intensity to the album: "There is a lot of joy in the music. I think you can tell in listening that we poured our hearts out — not that you can’t tell on our other records — but the joy in our playing and singing. At the same time, it feels like our most hard-driving bluegrass album; there’s more thump on it, a bigger sounding record than we’ve ever had."

Band Schedule

 

. . . Subject to change

 

12:00  Blue Moon Cowgirls

 1:00   Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

 2:00   TBA

 2:40   Blue Moon Cowgirls

 3:30   Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

 4:30   Gibson Brothers

In 2009 The Gibson Brothers song “Iron and Diamonds” was nominated for IBMA Song of the Year, and this year “Ring the Bell” has consistently appeared on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown, peaking as the #1 song and the #1 album.