Barbaro, Jes Raymond & the Blackberry Bushes

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Chris Taylor

Barbaro (left to right): Jason Wells, Isaac Sammis, Rachel Calvert, Kyle Shelstad.

Fast-rising Minnesota newgrassers Barbaro make their third visit to Madison in 2018, a year highlighted by first place band contest wins at both the John Hartford Memorial Festival and the Minnesota State Fair. Their recently released self-titled EP features fleet-fingered playing (expected), and also a gift for dynamics and restraint (not always a bluegrass hallmark). They are joined by Vermont-based Americana act Jes Raymond & the Blackberry Bushes.