Live Review: Hackensaw Boys and Charm City Junction @ Stages Music Arts — 05/21/21

Posted on 05/26/2021 by Casey Vock in Live Review and tagged Americana, bluegrass, Charm City Junction, folk, Hackensaw Boys, Stages Music Arts.

Hackensaw Boys perform at Stages Music Arts in Cockeysville on May 21, 2021. (Photo by Casey Vock.)

As live performances mount a comeback, venues in the Charm City and Baltimore County are quickly helping music lovers jump back into the swing of things as more and more dates fill the calendar.

This past Friday night gave acoustic roots fans a special opportunity to celebrate the craft at the Charm City Bluegrass Festival, hosted at Stages Music Arts, a cozy outdoor venue and recording hub tucked away up on Stenerson Lane in Cockeysville, Maryland.

Live Review: Charm City Bluegrass Festival @ Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, 4/26-4/27/19

Posted on 05/03/2019 by Matt Ruppert in Live Review and tagged Americana, Baltimore, Beside the Fire, bluegrass, Charm City Bluegrass Festival, Charm City Junction, Deer Tick, folk, Frank Solivan, Hawktail, Jeff Austin, Jeff Austin Band, Jon Stickley Trio, Maybe April, Melody Walker, music festival, Rob Ickes, Seldom Scene, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Bridge, Town Mountain, Trey Hensley, Wicked Sycamore.

Druid Hill Park in the wind after a storm during Charm City Bluegrass Festival. (Photo by Matt Ruppert)

Waking on Friday, the forecast indicated thunderstorms and heavy winds in the neighborhood of 3 to 7 o’clock. The hours passed slowly, work keeping me busy; periodic texts from my wife, little checks of the app, and nervous glances outside the windows of classrooms marked the passage of the clouds, the speed of the winds.