Monday, September 23, 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Late Summer 2024 Album Release Tour!
Hello friends,
The Down Hill Strugglers are taking to the road, with a string of shows in September, promoting our new album, Old Juniper! It's our first album in 7 years and our first of all original songs and tunes. We're excited for the tour!
Sept. 5th - Kingston, NY
Sept. 6th + 7th - Hillsdale, NY
House Concert
7pm
$10-$20 suggested donation
RSVP email: dearnicolas [at] gmail.com
Sept. 6th + 7th - Hillsdale, NY
Oldtone Music Festival
Info and Tix at: oldtone.org
Sept. 8th - Putnam Valley, NY
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center
4pm - afternoon show
Info and Tix at: tompkinscorners.org
Sept. 10th - Durham, NC
7pm doors/7:30pm start
tickets: $20
House Concert
- For tix email: Sonya.badigian [at] gmail.com
Sept. 11th - Floyd, VA
Floyd Country Store
Sept. 8th - Putnam Valley, NY
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center
4pm - afternoon show
Info and Tix at: tompkinscorners.org
Sept. 10th - Durham, NC
7pm doors/7:30pm start
tickets: $20
House Concert
- For tix email: Sonya.badigian [at] gmail.com
Sept. 11th - Floyd, VA
Floyd Country Store
6pm doors/6:30pm start
Info and Tix at: floydcountrystore.com
Sept. 12th - Thomas, WV
The Purple Fiddle
The Red Room
at Normals Books and Records
425 E 31st Street
425 E 31st Street
8pm
w/ Midnight Son
Info and Tix at: redroom.org
Sept. 15th - Takoma Park, MD
4pm afternoon show
School of Musical Traditions
Takoma Spark
7112 Willow Park Ave
Info and Tix at: redroom.org
Sept. 15th - Takoma Park, MD
4pm afternoon show
School of Musical Traditions
Takoma Spark
7112 Willow Park Ave
Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge
102 E Palestine Ave
Madison, TN
7pm
Sept. 18th - Louisville, KY
B-Side7pm
Sept. 18th - Louisville, KY
1076 E. Washington Street
8pm doors / 8:30pm start
b-sidevenue.com
Sept. 20th - NYC
Jenkins House Concerts
Upper West Side, NYC
6:45 Door 7:30 Show
For details and tix RSVP to: sandilion49 [at] gmail.com
Sept. 21st - Brooklyn, NY
8pm doors / 8:30pm start
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
New Album On the Way!
The Down Hill Strugglers have a new album on Jalopy Records!
Old Juniper is their first album in seven years and also their first featuring all original songs and tunes.
Releases August 16, 2024
Available on all the music sites and streaming services.
— and pre-order the digital or special edition vinyl album:
“These guys are a first rate string band! Walker, Jackson and Eli have absorbed the old tradition, and the songs and tunes they wrote for this album are outstanding.”
- Tony Garnier
(Bob Dylan, Asleep at the Wheel)
“If it’s possible to be at the forefront of something old, The Down Hill Strugglers are right there with this new recording! Imaginative arrangements of interesting tunes played with soul, all while reaching back to the best of the old mountain sounds.”
- Bruce Molsky
Old Juniper is available via streaming, digital download, and in a beautiful special edition 140g vinyl LP with original cover art by Jeff Tocci, liner notes by Nathan Salsburg and lyrics.
Recorded by Jon Atkinson / Bigtone Records
Mastered by Don Fierro
Credits:
Walker Shepard: voice, guitar, banjo, fiddle
Jackson Lynch: voice, fiddle, guitar, banjo
Eli Smith: banjo, guitar, banjo-mandolin, pump organ, harmonica
with Hannah Shepard: cello on tracks 2 and 6
All songs and tunes by the Down Hill Strugglers
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| Photo by Fernando Armenghol |
Monday, June 5, 2023
A Few 2023 Summer and Fall Dates
The Down Hill Strugglers have a few dates this Summer and Fall, don't miss! And more TBA...
Wed. July 19th
The Jalopy Theatre
The Jalopy Theatre
Roots n Ruckus show - no cover!
Set time TBA
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Sat. July 22nd
The Stissing Center
2950 Church St.
2950 Church St.
Pine Plains, NY 12567
November 10th-12th
Brooklyn Folk Festival
Set times TBA
Monday, April 18, 2022
Spring 2022 "Mud Season" Tour Dates
Hello friends. After a long pause in touring due to the pandemic, the Down Hill Strugglers are taking to the road!
Here are our spring, "mud season", tour dates! We hope to see you out there.
Thurs. May 19th - Shelby, NC
Earl Scruggs Center
103 S. Lafayette St.
Shelby, NC 28150
Fri. May 20th - Townsend, TN
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center
Heritage Concert Series
123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend, TN 37882
Sat. May 21st - Nashville, TN
House Concert
Nashville, TN
For details and tickets contact:
DownHillStrugglers@gmail.com
Sun. May 22nd - Louisville, KY
Chapel of St. Philip Neri, Old Louisville
236 Woodbine Ave, Louisville, KY
7pm
Mon. May 23rd - Lexington, KY
Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center
300 E Third St, Lexington, KY 40508
Thurs. May 26th - Berryville, VA
Barns of Rose Hill
95 Chalmers Ct, Berryville, VA 22611
Fri. May 27th - Thomas, WV
Purple Fiddle
96 State Hwy 32, Thomas, WV 26292
Sat. May 28th - Pomeroy, OH
Fur Peace Ranch
39495 St Clair Rd, Pomeroy, OH 45769
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Remembering John Cohen
[John Cohen at the Jalopy Theatre. Photo by Eli Smith]
Dear Friends,
Through his work as a founder of the seminal string band the New Lost City Ramblers, his beautiful photography, films and field recordings and work as a record and concert producer, John Cohen had an indelible impact on American culture. It was not something that was supported by the music industry, and did not happen over night. Rather, the meaning and reach of John’s work continued to build over a long period of time, starting in the mid 1950’s and going up until the present time. His effect cannot be quantified. John’s work and ideas operated at a deep level and were revelatory for a great number of people.
John Cohen had a feeling and an idea about music, visual art and culture that he followed for his entire life. He advocated for that idea relentlessly across various disciplines for 70 years. If you knew John, you knew that he had a very strong will. His work meant a great deal to him and he was tireless in that work. He also had a seemingly endless supply of great, mostly corny jokes and was always ready for a pun. Oh lord.
We met John at the home of our mutual friend and musical collaborator Peter Stampfel in 2007. In 2008 we started working with John and we became close friends. He toured the country with us as part of our string band, we played countless shows together. He was a teacher to us as well as a bandmate. We recorded three albums together, and he and Eli worked to produce two albums of historical reissues.
We are very sorry to announce the passing of our dear friend and bandmate John Cohen (1932 - 2019). John passed away peacefully on Monday evening at his home in Putnam Valley, NY.
John Cohen was one of the last of the first. His life and work spanned the arc of the “folk song” movement and movement towards traditional music, which he helped to create, here in New York and around the country. His breadth of knowledge and experience will not be seen again and his acuity of thought was remarkable and singular.
John Cohen was one of the last of the first. His life and work spanned the arc of the “folk song” movement and movement towards traditional music, which he helped to create, here in New York and around the country. His breadth of knowledge and experience will not be seen again and his acuity of thought was remarkable and singular.
[John Cohen with the Down Hill Strugglers at the 2019 Brooklyn Folk Festival. Photo by Brian Geltner]
Here is an obituary from the New York Times with more information about John’s life and work.
Here is an obituary from the New York Times with more information about John’s life and work.
Through his work as a founder of the seminal string band the New Lost City Ramblers, his beautiful photography, films and field recordings and work as a record and concert producer, John Cohen had an indelible impact on American culture. It was not something that was supported by the music industry, and did not happen over night. Rather, the meaning and reach of John’s work continued to build over a long period of time, starting in the mid 1950’s and going up until the present time. His effect cannot be quantified. John’s work and ideas operated at a deep level and were revelatory for a great number of people.
John Cohen had a feeling and an idea about music, visual art and culture that he followed for his entire life. He advocated for that idea relentlessly across various disciplines for 70 years. If you knew John, you knew that he had a very strong will. His work meant a great deal to him and he was tireless in that work. He also had a seemingly endless supply of great, mostly corny jokes and was always ready for a pun. Oh lord.
[Warming up with John before playing at the 2019 Brooklyn Folk Festival. Photo by Brian Geltner]
Playing music and simply talking with John was a great pleasure. He raised the level of any project he worked on and taught us so much about how to hear, play and think about music.
We will always remember cooking with him in his old kitchen at his house, having band practices there, listening to music and to his stories and learning from John.
We played with John at every Brooklyn Folk Festival since the beginning, as well as at every Washington Square Park Folk Festival, many shows here at the Jalopy Theatre and many more all across the country, including at the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, the Newport Folk Festival and more.
[The Down Hill Strugglers with John Cohen at the Washington Square Park Folk Festival]
John helped shape the ideas about music and culture that we are working with today. Without John’s work and work by the NLCR and associates such Ralph Rinzler, Izzy Young and others, as well as his work with the Beat Generation poets and writers and more - we would not be doing what we are doing now. We would never have even thought of it.
John meant a great deal to us as an artist, cultural worker and as a friend. We will miss him very much and continue in the spirit of his work.
We send our love to his family and many friends around the world.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Spring, Summer + Fall Tour Dates
The Down Hill Strugglers are taking to the road once again 2019! More dates TBA...
April 7th
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Folk Festival
4:15pm
With the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen
Full schedule and tix:
www.BrooklynFolkFest.com
June 13th
Buckhannon, WV
Square Dance!
Details TBA
June 15th
Hancock Shaker Village, MA
Northeast Fiddlers Convention
With the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen
www.oldtonemusicfestival.com/northeast-fiddlers-convention
June 23nd
Brooklyn, NY
with the Calamity Janes
Janes at 7pm, Strugglers at 8pm
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
www.jalopytheatre.org
July 27th
Newport Folk Festival
John Cohen with the Down Hill Strugglers
For info and tickets:
www.newportfolk.org
September 6th & 7th
North Hillsdale, NY
Oldtone Roots Music Festival
With the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen
See website for set times and tix:
www.oldtonemusicfestival.com
September 11th
The Public Option
Doors: 6:30pm
Show: 7:30pm
1601 Rhode Island Ave NE,
Washington, DC
September 14th
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center
729 Peekskill Hollow Rd
Putnam Valley, NY
www.tompkinscorners.org
September 21st
Brooklyn Americana Music Festival
6pm
Power House Arena
Brooklyn, NY
www.bkamf.com
Washington, DC
September 14th
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center
729 Peekskill Hollow Rd
Putnam Valley, NY
www.tompkinscorners.org
September 21st
Brooklyn Americana Music Festival
6pm
Power House Arena
Brooklyn, NY
www.bkamf.com
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