BRATTLEBORO — McNeill's Brewery presents contemporary folk and bluegrass music quartet The Stockwell Brothers on Friday, Feb. 19, at 9 p.m.
Bruce, Barry, Alan, and Kelly Stockwell's music spans traditional and progressive styles, but their trademark acoustic sound features new singer/songwriter material recast with banjo, alternative rhythms, and three-part harmonies.
They cover straight-ahead bluegrass songs, finger-picked acoustic guitar ballads, full tilt breakdowns and traditional mandolin tunes mixed in with more unusual fare -Americana melodies riding world beat grooves and Celtic, jazzy, even neo-classical instrumentals.
Featuring 2005 Merlefest bluegrass banjo contest winner Bruce Stockwell, The Stockwell Brothers have performed alongside artists from Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, and Earl Scruggs to Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Jonathan Edwards, and Asleep At The Wheel and have recorded with Mike Auldridge and Phil Rosenthal of the bluegrass supergroup The Seldom Scene. They have toured the United States, Canada, and Europe.
As a trio, they have released two albums, Stobro and Leave My Dreams Alone.