A family band playing original music with old-time/bluegrass/country instrumentation and aesthetic--banjos, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and standup bass.

7 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, COUNTRY: Americana

Show all album songs: Waiting Songs


Details:
Grassmarket consists of three young musicians who take their influence from early American folk music, southern Appalachian, Scottish, and Cape Breton fiddle tunes, and contemporary singer/songwriters. Multi-instrumentalists, they cover ground on banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, double bass, trumpet, and harmonica. Whether they're playing bluegrass standards, clawhammer tunes, or original songs, Grassmarket's passion for traditional music is clear--and contagious. Their live show consistently converts city-dwelling skeptics who'll listen to "anything but country" to unabashed Hank Williams and Doc Watson enthusiasts. Their first EP, Waiting, is a collection of seven original inspired by the traditional music Grassmarket loves to play.

Dan and Scott MacCormack are from Cape Breton, and Penelope Jackson moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia six years ago. They live, work, and play in Halifax.