Description

The Martha Redbone Roots Project is “a brilliant collision of cultures…” The New Yorker Magazine; Ms. Redbone and her ensemble of masterful musicians take their audiences on an American music journey through times past and present, weaving the sounds of her childhood and her ancestral homelands in coal country, Harlan County, KY, celebrating the music of her multi-cultural Southeastern heritage. Music that conjures up stories from the early days of the mountain, embodying the folk, blues and gospel sounds from the ancestors of the Black migration mixed with Indigenous foundation of the region. Martha Redbone and her band invite you through sound and story to her HOME.

The Martha Redbone Roots Project are:

Martha Redbone: Vocals, percussion
Aaron Whitby- Piano
Charlie Burnham- Violin
Fred Cash, Jr. – Bass