Tannery Pond Center presents our Winter Coffeehouse Concert Series: Scott Hopkins & Joe Newberry, Banjo Heartbeat Tour
February 23 | 3 PM
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 Day of Concert, FREE for Youth 18 and younger.
For advance price tickets, please visit the TPC box office, or call (518) 251-2505, or purchase online thru Eventbrite. We have limited tickets available for "Day of Event" which will be sold on a first come first serve basis. We will also begin a wait list of names at the event window for tickets not picked-up. Tickets not picked up by 10 prior to the event will be issued to wait list customers.
Joe Newberry & Scott Hopkins are joining forces for the "Banjo Heartbeat Tour" in late February to showcase their love of the banjo and great tunes. Featuring Joe's infectious clawhammer banjo playing and his unforgettable songs along with Scott's unique 3-finger banjo playing, the show will be an unforgettable afternoon of storytelling, music and songs. The duo will double on other instruments, do a few solo numbers and throw in a barnburner here and there!
Scott Hopkins
With a public school music teaching career and a banjo-centric side-hussle spanning over 25 years, Scott Hopkins brings a unique approach to music and the banjo. Scott currently teaches 5-12 grade band at Duanesburg CSD with tuba as his primary instrument. On the banjo, he performs with his trio featuring originals, bluegrass, jazz and latin influenced tunes. He also performs with The McKrells and The Upstate Bluegrass Band, teaches at banjo and jamming camps throughout the northeast, and has a private studio of banjo students. Read more about Scott on his website HERE.
“Scott Hopkins has certainly proven he deserves to stand with the best instrumentalists in progressive bluegrass” - Bluegrass Unlimited
Joe Newberry
Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions 2016 tour. In addition to performing solo, Joe plays in a duo with mandolin icon Mike Compton, and also performs with the dynamic fiddler and step-dancer April Verch. Joe has also taught banjo, guitar, singing, and songwriting at numerous camps and festivals across the US and abroad. Read more about Joe on his website HERE.
“Appalachian veteran Joe Newberry allied his trenchant, raw-boned holler with lickety-split banjo picking” - The Scotsman Newspaper (Transatlantic Sessions review)
