BRAHM is excited to host a 3-day artist residency with the band Zoe & Cloyd.
Saturday March 8, BRAHM & Joe Shannon’s Mountain Home Music are excited to partner with the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country in Boone, NC to present Zoe & Cloyd live in Concert. This concert will feature their full band performing the album Songs of Our Grandfathers.
This FREE concert is made possible in part by a grant from America 250 NC, an initiative by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
“A musical collaboration that demands to be heard.”
– Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine
The innovative “klezgrass” music of Zoe & Cloyd springs from the rich traditions and complementary styles of fiddler/vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Descending from a lineage of klezmer and jazz musicians, Natalya trained classically in her home state of Massachusetts before moving south in 2004. John, a twelfth generation North Carolinian and grandson of pioneering bluegrass fiddler, Jim Shumate, is a 1st place winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest and the Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. Based in Asheville, NC, Zoe & Cloyd delight audiences with soaring harmonies and heartfelt songwriting, seamlessly combining original bluegrass, klezmer, old-time and folk with sincerity and zeal.
In 2023, Zoe & Cloyd released their fifth studio album on Organic Records, entitled Songs of Our Grandfathers. The project is an homage to their respective bluegrass and klezmer roots and has been enthusiastically received with feature articles in Bluegrass Unlimited, No Depression and the Bluegrass Situation. In 2024, Zoe & Cloyd performed at numerous events including the Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival in Ireland, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in upstate NY, and will be returning as hosts of A Swannanoa Solstice at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in Asheville. Zoe & Cloyd delight audiences with soaring harmonies and heartfelt songwriting, seamlessly combining original bluegrass, klezmer, old-time and folk with sincerity and zeal.
https://www.zoeandcloyd.com/press/
With support from the Rich Mountain Pickers
John and Orson Cornett are a father son duo from Boone, NC who love to play music together. John got his start within his family of musicians at a young age, mostly playing the drums and trumpet, but he eventually picked up the mandolin after moving to the area and realizing how rich the mountain music scene is here. Thirteen year old Orson got his start on the piano when he was four, and soon found he loved Appalachian music and instruments as well, including the mandolin, fiddle, and recently he’s been learning to play the dobro. Neither has had much formal training, but together, through the Jones House and the JAM program in Boone, and other local jams, they have brought themselves to a deeper understanding of Bluegrass, Old Time, and Celtic music, and in turn, the music has brought them closer to one another and to sharing the joy of the craft.
Presenting sponsor for this exhibition is The Mountain Times: The High Country's Art and Entertainment Source and Watauga Democrat: Watauga County's independent news source and newspaper of record since 1888.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from America 250 NC, an initiative by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Presented in partnership with Joe Shannon’s Mountain Home Music and the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country.