Ramblin' Jack Elliot is a National Medal of The Arts recipient for his contribution to American folk music, a five-time Grammy nominee and a two-time Grammy winner. He has recorded forty albums; wrote one of the first trucking songs, Cup of Coffee, recorded by Johnny Cash; championed the works of new singer-songwriters, from Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson to Tim Hardin; became a founding member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue; and continued the life of the traveling troubadour influencing Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Tom Russell The Grateful Dead and countless others.

At seventy-seven, Ramblin' Jack is still on the road, still seeking those people, places, songs and stories that are hand-crafted, wreaking of wood and canvas, cowhide and forged metal.  You'll find him in the sleek lines of a long haul semi-truck, in the rigging of an old sailing ship, in the smell of a fine leather saddle.


Ramblin' Jack Elliot closes out The Tenth Brooklyn Country Music Festival at The Bell House, Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 9pm.

Sheriff & The Goodtimers - "Sheriff Uncle Bob" is the host of the legendary Sheriff sessions, an accomplished singer and dobro player, leader of the Good Timers, acclaimed legend of the Alphabet City Opry at 9c, host of the Gaslight Sessions, the heart and soul of bluegrass in New York City. The one, the only, Sheriff Uncle Bob.

The Third Wheel Band is an American roots group from New York City led by Ryan Langlois and Steph Allen. Since the beginning in 2010, the band has made a name for themselves with their infectious style of feel-good old timey music. With influences ranging from bluegrass and country, to folk and talking blues, to early jazz and rock 'n' roll their sound digs deep into the past. Their original tunes carry on the traditions of the American Folk songs they include in their repertoire which they lovingly provide a fresh and modern twist to.

Every performance features a rotating guest musician (or “Third Wheel” if you will) on stage. Some of the past ‘Third Wheels’ include Zack Bruce, Doug Goldstein, Eric Lee, and Greg Barresi, who was an original founding member of the band. Known for their energetic live shows, the band has been described by The Huffington Post as "impossible not to dance to" and "New York's best hidden bluegrass treasure."

Jan Bell & the Maybelles features Jan Bell on lead vocals and guitar, Rima Fand on fiddle and harmony vocals, and Tina Lama on upright bass and harmony vocals. Jan Bell is a British born multi - award winning singer songwriter with six critically acclaimed albums, including Independent Music Awards Best Alt. Country album. A featured artist in The Village Voice, The Sunday Times, Nashville Scene, New Orleans City Life, Americana UK. Jan plays both sides of the pond from 'The Real Deal' Songwriter' Masters Stage at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, to Glastonbury Festival. NYC highlights include The Woody Guthrie Archives, Joe's Pub, Highline Ballroom, River to River Festival and opening for Emmylou Harris, Odetta, Wanda Jackson, Ferron, and Steve Earle. Jan Bell & The Maybelles are currently recording an album at Acme Hall Studios in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Demolition String Band - With a shared passion for country, rock ‘n roll, bluegrass and mountain music, Elena Skye (Chicago, IL) and Boo Reiners (Charlotte, N.C.) blur the lines between these musical styles with their NYC/Hoboken based Demolition String Band. Thrilling audiences for more than a decade now with their original material mixed with traditional and not-so-traditional songs, they’ve released five albums and toured the U.S. and Europe sharing bills with acts like The Avett Brothers, Ryan Adams, Joan Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Southern Culture On The Skids, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Roger McGuinn, and many others.

As the "Elena & Boo" duo they’ve logged many miles as well. “It started out as a way to deal with rising gas prices and a sagging economy and still be able to hit the road,” says Elena Skye. “But we really enjoy playing and singing harmonies around a single mic, swapping mandolin, banjo and guitars.” Touring all over New England, the southeast, the midwest, up and down the California coast and Ireland has made their show taut, dynamic and entertaining.

The Demolition String Band appear on the Grammy-nominated September 2014 release "My Name Is New York: Ramblin' Around Woody Guthrie's Town," a three disc set which includes a historic walking guide of all the places where Guthrie lived and wrote songs during his 27 year love affair with the city. “Go Coney Island Roll, On The Sand” is the rousing DSB track with lyrics by Woody Guthrie and music by Elena Skye which appears among other new collaborations from Del McCoury Band, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Jackson Browne, Jonatha Brooke and many others. The walking tour is narrated by Nora Guthrie and includes interviews with Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Bob Dylan and others. This release comes just as "21: The Best Of Demolition String Band" hits the streets, a collection of some of the band's best material from the past five albums, sure to please fans old and new alike.

Abby Hollander Band - Abby Hollander is a singer, bass player, and award-winning songwriter originally from Woodstock, NY. In 2013 she formed her band in Brooklyn, NY to perform her original songs in a traditional bluegrass setting. 

Ellery Marshall, from Los Angeles, provides the banjo sound that is one of the group’s trademark features. Jason Borisoff, a Romulus, New York native, plays guitar and sings harmony. The group is regularly joined by some of New York’s best fiddle players.

All the musicians play an active role in helping Abby arrange her songs, making the band a dynamic, collaborative experience rooted equally in the time-honored sounds of bluegrass and the 21st century city they call home.

Their self-titled debut album is now available for download on iTunes and Amazon, and on CD at any of their shows.

Mamie Minch is one of the youngest old-school blues guitarists and singers you've heard. She sings and plays songs of her own devising that sound like they've been stored in her National resonator guitar for decades. Raised on the music of John Hurt, Rev. Davis and Memphis Minnie, she can sometimes sound like her predecessors, but don't mistake her for a revivalist- she is most definitely a product of her own time. Her musicianship and writing are so singular that she establishes her own musical reality, with it's own stylistic chronology.  Mamie's past projects have included the Roulette Sisters, Midnight Hours, and a collaboration with Dayna Kurtz, with whom she made the critically-acclaimed EP For the Love of Hazel: Song for Hazel Dickens.   

She will be performing with her band Mamie Minch and Her Business.

Ramblin' Jack Elliot is a National Medal of The Arts recipient for his contribution to American folk music, a five-time Grammy nominee and a two-time Grammy winner. He has recorded forty albums; wrote one of the first trucking songs, Cup of Coffee, recorded by Johnny Cash; championed the works of new singer-songwriters, from Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson to Tim Hardin; became a founding member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue; and continued the life of the traveling troubadour influencing Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Tom Russell The Grateful Dead and countless others.

At seventy-seven, Ramblin' Jack is still on the road, still seeking those people, places, songs and stories that are hand-crafted, wreaking of wood and canvas, cowhide and forged metal.  You'll find him in the sleek lines of a long haul semi-truck, in the rigging of an old sailing ship, in the smell of a fine leather saddle.