The Barley Jacks with special guest AJ Srubas and Rina Rossi
Saturday, February 4, 2023
7 pm Doors // 8 pm Music
$30 Reserved Seating
$25 Advance General Admission
Ticket Purchases are Final and Non-Refundable
All Ages
THE PARKWAY WELCOMES BACK PERENNIAL BLUEGRASS FAVORITES THE BARLEY JACKS!
THEIR MUSICIANSHIP, SONGWRITING AND DELIVERY ARE IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN.
“Wicklund’s fiddling rings in pristine tonality… Superb originals.” — IndieMusic.com
"Wonderful original tunes, gorgeous harmonies and a level of musicianship that few can dream of matching" — Inside Bluegrass
“They raise the notch by performing innovative bluegrass, engaging the audience and making every performance unique.” — City Pages
"The Barley Jacks are musicians' musicians playing seriously good music. If you can sit there and listen to these guys without smiling or tapping your toe, check your pulse.” — Ron Arsenault, Rock Bend Music Festival
"The Barley Jacks had the crowd standing, clapping, dancing and shouting for almost the entire final hour. They are one finely tuned machine And absolute treat!" — Greg Schmitz, Sioux River Folk Festival
"I LOVED the band... The Barley Jacks are dynamic, exciting and just plain fun!” — Mary Doub, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Masters of the fiddle, guitar, bass and drum — The Barley Jacks meld their divergent backgrounds of blues and bluegrass, classical and Celtic, R & B and bebop — and inspire each other to create something entirely new. Their third and latest album Coming Down the Mountain is a project from a band that has come into its own — at once mature, confident and innovative.
Virtuosity, magic, and a little danger combine to make every performance by The Barley Jacks unique. Audiences are struck with how much fun the band has when they perform. These Minnesota–based veterans of years in the musical trenches enjoy making music together so much that they sometimes giggle like little kids!
The Barley Jacks are:
Brian Wicklund – fiddle, mandolin, vocals
Mike Cramer – guitar, vocals
Joel Arpin – drums, percussion, banjo
Keith Yanes – bass
AJ Srubas and Rina Rossi front the Midwest-based old-time/bluegrass project Steam Machine. As an old-time player, AJ has won ribbons three times in both fiddle and band competitions at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival, one of the country’s premier old-time events, and performed and taught nationally and internationally for over a decade. Rina first came to old time music as a clogger and then square dance caller, performing across the midwest and Europe with the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers. She later took up bass and guitar and has quickly become known for her rock solid backup rhythm and straight ahead singing. While not purists, Steam Machine does listen closely to the “old stuff” and strives to capture the essence of what makes these tunes and songs special, as they hear it, aspiring to keep midwest style old time bluegrass music alive and well wherever they go.
