(Flagstaff, Ariz.) May 2, 2014 – Back by popular demand, the neo-traditional string band Run Boy Run will perform and celebrate its new CD at the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Enjoy an intimate evening with the darlings of song and strings in the museum’s 200-seat Branigar Chase Discovery Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with Tucson’s award-winning acoustic duo Ryanhood opening the show. Run Boy Run takes the stage at 7:45 p.m.
Existing comfortably in the tension between tradition and the musical frontier, the group’s all-acoustic format blends bluegrass, folk and the old timey American vernacular with touches of classical and jazz. Band members include: Matt Rolland (fiddle, guitar), Grace Rolland (cello, vocals), Bekah Sandoval Rolland (fiddle, vocals), Jen Sandoval (mandolin, vocals) and bass player Jesse Allen. Three strong female voices, singing separately or in harmony, connect audiences to traditional American music.
Run Boy Run won Flagstaff’s 2009 Pickin’ in the Pines Band Contest and the 2011 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Contest and the band was featured on A Prairie Home Companion. To learn more about Run Boy Run, visit their website at http://www.runboyrunband.com.
Ticket prices for the concert are $13 for Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music and museum members, seniors, and students; $15 general admission; and $17 at the door. Tickets can be purchased by visiting MNA or calling 928.774.5213.
To learn more about the Museum of Northern Arizona, visit musnaz.org or call 928.774.5213.
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