Old School Freight Train February 2, 2007

Old School Freight Train, a five-member band acclaimed for their original sound that blends jazz, bluegrass, and Latin rhythms, returns to the Williamsburg Library Theatre for two nights of great music on Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $15 for adults, $12 for students with ID and $7 for those under 16. They can be purchased at the Williamsburg Library, 515 Scotland Street, two blocks north of Merchants Square, or with MasterCard or Visa at (757) 259-4070. This is another in the Librarys Dewey Decibel Concert Series.
The Charlottesville-based Old School Freight Train plays innovative contemporary acoustic music that combines thought-provoking lyrics, captivating melodies, soulful vocals, virtuosic instrumentals and imaginative arrangements. OSFT gained accolades from mandolin genius David Grisman, who chose to produce the band's recent album. "After forty years of recording acoustic music, it is not very often that a new band catches -- and keeps -- my attention," Grisman says. "Old School Freight Train has done that and more."

Old School Freight Train offers a unique musical experience that's both tangible and of superior quality, raising the bar in acoustic music. The Boston Globe says of the quintet, "These Virginia neo-bluegrassers pick up where jazzy innovator David Grisman left off, and their breathless instrumental excursions could leave (California new-grass band) Nickel Creek gasping for air. But they are also incisive and serenely melodic songwriters. If this is the future of bluegrass, the old music is in for some very exciting times."

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