Upcoming Shows
Oct 26 (Sat) KENNEBUNKPORT, ME Trolley Museum
The Trolley Museum has moved our Oct. 31 concert
to the spring. New date TBA soon!
Nov 9 (Sat) CUMBERLAND, RI Blackstone River Theater
549 Broad Street, Cumberland, Rhode Island. (7-9)
Long standing popular acoustic music series in a gorgeous
historic building. (401) 725-9272.
For more info
For tickets
Nov 16 (Sat) SHIRLEY, MA Bull Run Restaurant
215 Great Road, Shirley, MA 01464. Phone: 978-425-4311
We'll be performing in the upstairs Ballroom. (8 -10 pm)
Special concert menu in the upstairs Ballroom.
Reservations are highly recommended.
Bullrun tickets/
Seating limited. Reserve your ticket today!
Dec 7 (Sat) NEEDHAM, MA Homegrown Coffeehouse
A Bluegrass Christmas! 1st parish UU Needham (7:30)
Homegrown Coffeehouse
781-444-0823 Ticket link on Brown Paper Tickets
Home made carrot cake!
(Note earlier start times next season.)
Dec 21 (Sat) HOPEDALE, MA A Bluegrass Christmas!
Hopedale Unitarian Parish, 65 Hopedale Street,Hopedale, MA 01747
A joyous evening of Bluegrass Gospel and Holiday favorites!
Wonderful home baked holiday goodies during intermission.
Concert 7-9, doors open 6. For more info:
Phone: 508-473-0745 or Email: hopedaleunitarian@verizon.net
Website: hopedaleunitarian.org
For tickets
Jan 18, 2025 (Sat) BEDFORD, MA New Song Music Series
(7:30) Bedford Town Hall Auditorium, 10 Mudge Way
Ticket info to come.
New Song Music Series
Feb 8, 2025 (Sat) SUDBURY, MA Sudbury Meetinghouse Concerts
(4:30) **Mardi Gras night! *** Bluegrass & Southern Buffet!!
First Parish Sudbury. 327 Concord Rd., Sudbury, MA
Doors open at 4:30 for appetizers. Buffet 5-6. Music 6-8.
Cash bar open all evening.
Dinner plus concert $45. Ages 6-12 are $20. Under 6 are free.
"Concert only" tickets also available: $25.
For tickets
Snow Date: Sunday Feb. 9 (1 pm)
Mar 1, 2025 (Sat) WRENTHAM, MA OCC Coffeehouse
(7-9) Bluegrass and blueberry buckle!! (yum!!)
Original Congregational Church of Wrentham 1 East St.
(Rescheduled from Oct 26, 2024)
The OCC Coffeehouse returns!!!!
Tickets will be available at the door.
Advance tickets can be purchased in person at the Church office.
Phone: 508-384-3110 email: office@occhurch.net
Last year's concert was packed!
Come early before the blueberry buckle runs out!!!
Mar 9, 2025 (Sun) WELLESLEY HILLS MA UU Wellesley Hills
An exuberant program with the marvelous Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus
309 Washington St., Wellesley Hills (5-6) Note new location from last year!
Ticket link to come!
Apr 13, 2025 (Sun) SPRINGVALE, ME Sanford Springvale Historical Museum
505 Main St. (3–5 pm, doors open 2:15)
Tickets at the door, or by reservation. gcauger@me.com 207 651-1980
Apr 26, 2025 (Sat) CONCORD, MA Concord Conservatory of Music
(7-9) American Roots Series
West Concord Union Church, 1317 Main Street.
concordconservatory.org
Preceded by a Band Scramble! Ticket link to come!
Videos
Here are some YouTube videos from our recent Cable TV appearance on "502 Sessions" in Dedham, MA.
502 Sessions features bands playing their own original material. These are all originals
(except for "Children Go Where I Send Thee", which is a traditional song with our own arrangement).
Carolina Lightning
Do You Know
Just a Little Man
Tractor Pull
I Didn't Ask
Field Of Glory
Last Leg Home
Voices In the Wind
My Old Friends
Walk Your Way To Heaven
Chidren Go Where I Send Thee
Road Trip
RIBA (Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance)
inducted Jim and Sharon into the RIBA Bluegrass Hall of Fame
in April, 2019.
This is quite an honor, and a tremendous way to kick off the band's 41st anniversary!
Southern Rail Recordings
Our newest CD Voices In the Wind is here!
Fifteen songs, including a live bonus cut. Available now!
Purchase with credit card or PayPal via the Buy Now button below.
Other recordings available (Coal Tattoo is back!):
You can also order a CD or DVD from us directly for $15 (+ $2 postage per order). Send email
to SouthernRail.BluegrassBand@gmail.com and we will reply with details of how to continue.
Previous Recordings
- The Early Years (1987-1989)
- Coal Tattoo (2002)
- Wasting My Time (PRC-1080 Pinecastle Records, 1998)
- Glory Train (PRC-1050) Pinecastle Records, 1995.
Nominated for Gospel Recorded Performance Of The Year (1996) by IBMA!
- Carolina Lightning (TR-5090) Turquoise Records, 1993.
- Roadwork (TR-5083) Turquoise Records, 1992.
- Drive By Night (TR-5047) Turquoise Records, 1991.
- Home (Track-0589) Track Records, 1989.
- Looking For the Lighthouse (Track-0587) Track Records, 1987.
While these are out of print, many of these can be found on iTunes.
You'll find a complete listing of our available recordings.
Here are some useful links:
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/southern-rail/id4461746
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/southernrailbluegrass
Contact Southern Rail
Contact us by email at:
SouthernRail.BluegrassBand@gmail.com
or see our entries on:
GigSalad
CreativeGround
Fee support for Southern Rail may be available to nonprofit
organizations through the New England States Touring
(NEST) program of the
New England Foundation for the Arts.
Visit
www.nefa.org" for more information.
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