For the final concert of the “Appalachia in the Bluegrass” series, on Friday, November 16, 2018, The Wooks will bring their own bluegrass style to the University of Kentucky. This free public concert will begin at noon, at the Niles Gallery, located in the Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center in Lexington. In addition, the band will play The Wooks Songwriter Session at 4:00 pm in Worsham Cinema at the Gatton Student Center.
“The Appalachia in the Bluegrass” concert series celebrates the old-time roots of American folk music by featuring a diverse range of traditional musical expression. The concert series showcases 12 different artists, duos and groups from southern Appalachia ranging from artists straight off their front porch to those who have earned international acclaim.
The Wooks include CJ Cain on lead guitar, Harry Clark on mandolin, Arthur Hancock on lead vocals, and Roddy Puckett on bass. The band bring to the stage the rich storytelling traditions and string-music heritage of Kentucky with the new musical influence of rock n’ roll and jam.
In a recent review of The Wooks, Bluegrass Unlimited described the band as “a promising new group, comfortably straddling the borderland between traditional bluegrass and jamgrass. Their strengths are many, not the least of which is a sensitive ear for arrangement that keeps each track fresh and interesting, and some consistently crisp and solid instrumental work from band members.”
For more information, contact Revell Carr, director of the Niles Center, by email to Revell.Carr@uky.edu or see: http://finearts.uky.edu/music/niles.