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Allison Brown and Friends play the Music of The Band at FreshGrass 2016. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA.

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Annual folk, roots and bluegrass festival at Mass MoCA in September

A woman lifts a child in a courtyard full of people listening to live music at FreshGrass. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA
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#FreshGrass music festival rises up singing — #berkshireweekend

September 21, 2023
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Something about moving through familiar spaces with the energy of brilliant voices who were halfway across the country or the world a few days ago … draws me back to FreshGrass every year.

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The crowd waves and cheers around the outdoor stage at FreshGrass 2017. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA.
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FreshGrass — Fall comes in with festivals #Berkshireweekend

September 22, 2022
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What I remember about FreshGrass festivals in the last 10 years or so is all over the map. It’s a mild fall day and I’m in the courtyard playing Farewell to Whiskey …

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Allison Brown and Friends play the Music of The Band at FreshGrass 2016. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA.
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International musicians enliven FreshGrass — #flashback

September 21, 2022
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Yacouba Sissoko, one of the most sought-after kora musicians in the world, has joined a growing and global group of musicians who have come to the Berkshires for FreshGrass.

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The Del McCoury Band performs during the FreshGrass Bluegrass Festival at Mass MoCA in North Adams.
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Rana Santacruz brings Mexican folk to FreshGrass — #flashback

September 21, 2022
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The tuning of a banjo blends into the tempo and strum of son jarocho, Mexican folk music from the Gulf coast, as Rana Santacruz sings his own original music.

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Vocalist and musician Amythyst Kiah will perform at FreshGrass 2021. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA
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Books and bluegrass are sparking new stories — #berkshireweekend

September 23, 2021
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She sang and she held the room in her hands. Her voice was clear alto, almost tenor, and guitar chords and percussion built an inexorable rythm in love and anger and grief. I can still remember shivering with it.

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The crowd dances at FreshGrass, Mass MoCA's annual bluegrass festival in September. Photo courtesy of Mass MoCA
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FreshGrass tunes up at Mass MoCA

September 22, 2016
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Sunny, breezy and Saturday morning — Tony Pisano plays the first run of a dance tune from Quebec, and fiddles, mandolin, guitars, standing bass and bodhran come in around him …

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Twisted Pine will perform live at the Parlor Room. Press photo courtesy of the band.
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Twisted Pine plays FreshGrass

September 22, 2015
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In the expanding Boston bluegrass scene, the band Twisted Pine feels an energy in its free-shifting improvisation — like Irish music and jazz combined.

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Trampled by Turtles performs at FreshGrass. Photo Courtesy of Mass MoCA
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FreshGrass impressions in early fall

September 17, 2015
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Any day that begins with Sandy Boys played fast under the upside down trees and ends with an actor and a musician invoking the entire force of the people of Troy … is a good day.

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