ArtsLink Presents Show With Long Point String Band
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NEW MARTINSVILLE -- ArtsLink's 2024-25 concert series season kicks off with a concert by the Long Point String Band at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at The Parlor Theater at Doolin Center, 253 Main St., in downtown New Martinsville.
Tickets for ArtsLink members are $10 for an individual and $20 for a family (two adults and kids under 18), for non-members $15 for individuals and $25 for a family, and student tickets are $5. All tickets will be available at the door. Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted. This event is being sponsored by Joel Potts.
Long Point String Band is an old-time acoustic "neo-traditional" outfit from southern West Virginia. They blend the authenticity of old-time mountain music, with the flare of bluegrass, regularly playing musical selections from West Virginia old-time and bluegrass pioneers. The group consists of the virtuosic stylings of Hunter Walker, Brian C. Bell, Lewis Prichard and Lars Swanson. The LPSB was honored to take home the first place blue ribbon in the old-time band category, at the 2017 Tazewell Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddler's Convention.
Hunter Walker is a multi-instrumentalist, champion mountain dulcimer and clawhammer banjo player. Brian Bell is also a native Appalachian, who has cut his teeth on the bluegrass circuits over the last several years. Bell is a first-call veteran guitar player whose rhythmic capabilities are sought after by respected figures in the bluegrass, and now, old-time music genres.
Lewis Prichard started playing guitar at age 8, and mandolin at 15. He grew up in a musical family and is originally from Charleston. Lars Swanson is an upright bassist from Beckley.
Swanson has played recitals with many prevalent jazz pedagogues, and frequently performs with the Marshall University jazz faculty group, as well as the Huntington Symphony.
Funding for this program made possible with assistance from West Virginia Northern Community College, the Antero Foundation, and WETZ/WYMJ Radio. This program is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.
This engagement of Long Point String Band is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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