The Homegrown String Band™ - An Anthology of American Folk Music: A Celebration of American Music from 1927 to 1932

Join us, The Homegrown String Band™ at 2 pm on "Super" Sunday, February 5th, as we present our show "An Anthology of American Folk Music" at The Port Jefferson Free Library.  This show will feature original arrangements of songs that were included on Harry Smith's 1952 seminal six LP collection, as well some other country and blues music that  was recorded between 1927 and 1932, "The Golden Age of American Music." This was an important period in the history of American popular music that took place from the time that new technology made high quality recordings and radio broadcasts possible up until the downturn of the "Great Depression."

The show is FREE, you can call ahead to reserve your seat. 631-473-0022

The Port Jefferson Free Library

100 Thompson Street

Port Jefferson, NY 11777

631-473-0022

South Country Library - 7 pm, Friday January 20, 2017

We started playing music together as a family in 1994. Our first stage performance was in January 1997, 20 years ago this month. Later that year we branded our nuclear family band; The Homegrown String Band™ - "The Family That Plays Together."

Join us on Friday January 20th, from 7 to 8:30 pm, as we celebrate 20 years of family style acoustic American music and dance.

South Country Library

22 Station Road

Bellport, NY 11713

631-286-0818

20 Years of Family Style Acoustic Music - 1997 - 2017

Happy Holidays, From Our Homies to Yours!

. . . . The Unbroken Circle . . . A Never Ending Story . . . .

On Saturday November 12th at 2:00 pm, in Meeting Room B of The West Babylon Public Library, The Homegrown String Band™ will be once again presenting their Unbroken Circle program. This popular progarm features traditional songs and stories that have stood the test of time, surviving hundreds of years and making their way into the canon of  20th and 21st century contemporary pop and rock performers; including Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan.

West Babylon Public Library

2016 - 211 Route 109

West Babylon, NY 11704

Shelter Rock Public Library October 23, 2016

Sunday October, 23 at 3:00 pm The Homegrown String Band™ will be presenting their Unbroken Circle program which features traditional songs, performed on acoustic instrument, that have have been recorded by 20th and 21st century contemporary pop and rock performers including, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Nirvana, Janis Joplin, Woody Guthrie, Jack White . . .   

The Shelter Rock Public Library

165 Searington Road

Albertson, NY

516-248-7363 ext 233

East Meadow Public Library - Fri. October 14 - 7:30 pm

- photo by Mark Shanholtz

This Friday, October 14, 2016, The Homegrown String Band will be bringing their Neo-Traditional Acoustic American Roots Music and Dance back to the East Meadow Public Library. The show is free and the music begins at 7:30 PM.

 East Meadow Public Library

1886 Front Street
East Meadow
NY 11554-1700

516-794-2570