presented by Music to Your Ears
Doors at 6 PM- Music at 7 PM
All Ages
Tickets: (Tickets will be best available upon purchase)
$22 Orchestra level-$17 Balcony Level
www.morgantownmet.com or Marilla Park BoParc Office 8:30-4:30 M-F
Rusted Root (Pitssburgh, PA) http://www.rustedroot.com/
Rusted Root will be releasing Stereo Rodeo, their first studio album in 7 years, on May 5, 2009. On March 13, 2009 the
album became available online. “We named our record Stereo Rodeo after a song that I started writing back when we were
recording our last studio record. It’s really just a great name,” says band founder/leader Michael Glabicki. “We were all just
so into the music,” says vocalist/percussionist Liz Berlin about the recording process, “the synergy and excitement on this
album is so fresh and energizing.” “It is one of the most powerful albums we have ever recorded,” agrees bassist/vocalist
Patrick Norman.
“[Stereo Rodeo] is filled with all the different styles you’ve come to expect from Rusted Root, definitely having all the
elements you want. From the energetic dance euphoria that Dance in the Middle evokes to the powerful epic sound of Weary
Bones,” writes Evan Levy (CBS Radio), of the long awaited eleven-song collection. “We are getting a lot of positive
feedback from fans,” says vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter, Michael Glabicki, “We are definitely heading in a lot of
different directions with this new CD.”
Stereo Rodeo blends the diverse influences of each member to create an album that explores a variety of musical styles
crossing and merging genres as usual. Original members Michael Glabicki (lead vocals, guitar), Liz Berlin (vocals,
percussion), and Patrick Norman (vocals, bass, percussion) are joined on this album by Jason Miller (drums, percussion),
Colter Harper (guitar), Preach Freedom (percussion) and Dirk Miller (guitar). “Labeling is dangerous and limiting,” said
Glabicki. “We are a band made up of individual musicians who come together collectively to create music, call it what you
want but we are simply creating music that has a message.” “That message has been resonating with fans for nearly 20 years”
writes columnist Rick Coats.
Rusted Root has sold more than 3 million albums worldwide. Formed in Pittsburgh by singer/guitarist Glabicki in the early ‘90s, Rusted Root’s worldly style quickly charmed fans of roots music and world rock. After debuting in 1992 with the self released Cruel Sun, Rusted Root signed with Mercury Records and released the 1994 platinum selling breakthrough When I Woke, which featured the hit songs Send Me On My Way, Ecstasy and Martyr. Not long after, the band scored on tours with
Toad the Wet Sprocket, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers Band, HORDE Festival and, perhaps most notably, the highly coveted support role on the landmark Jimmy Page/Robert Plant reunion tour. The hard-touring Rusted Root returned in 1996 with Remember, which was followed by 1998’s Rusted Root. Following some time off the band re-emerged in 2002 with Welcome To My Party. After leaving Mercury/Island Def Jam Records the
band’s sixth album, Rusted Root Live, was released in 2004. This double live album was the second release on the band’s Touchy Pegg label, following the re-release of the newly remastered Cruel Sun in 2003. Along the way, Rusted Root has also issued three EPs (Evil Ways, Live, and Airplane), a home video (Rusted Root Live) and miscellaneous film and TV
soundtrack tracks (Twister, Mathilda, Home For the Holidays, Party of Five, Charmed, Homicide, Ice Age). And interestingly, NASA engineers chose Send Me On My Way as “wake-up” music for the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, for Sol 21.
Fletcher’s Grove (Morgantown,Huntington WV)
Fletcher’s Grove is truly a big fish in a little pond. Widely regarded as one of West Virginia’s most promising up-and-coming band, the group of five has used their Appalachian successes to pack a variety of venues and festivals along the East Coast. Fueled by their 2010 debut album “All The Way Home,” the band effortlessly weaves funk, rock, and jazz influences into a completely unique, genre-fr…ee, and contagious sound.
Known for their high-energy shows, the band mixes pulsating bass lines, dual-guitar solos, and an eclectic percussion section that makes standing still nearly impossible. By maintaining a solid focus on perfecting musical intricacy and creating seamless improvisation, Fletcher’s Grove has captured the imaginations of thousands in the Mountain State and beyond.
The five-man-band is made up of Ryan Krofcheck (Vocals/Ryth. Guitar), Matt Marion (Vocals/Percussion), Wes Hager (Lead Guitar/Flute), Taylor Pratt (Bass), and Adam Greene (Drums). Aside from the music they grew up on their musical education and degrees have carried them throughout improvisational jams and intricate song writing. Throwing in heavy jazz rudiments and a diverse array of instruments from the mandolin to the flute.
2011 Festival Seaons:
-All Good Music Festival
-The Werk Out Music Festival
-Highland Jam
-Hookahnanny
-Hookah in the Hills
-Masquerade Ball
-Camp Barefoot
-WV State Fair
-Mon Arts Festival
-Woodlands Spring Jubilee
-Live on the Levee
-Recipe Family Cookout
-Halloween Masquerade Ball
