Black Twig Pickers

Black Twig Pickers are an old time Appalachian string band with their eye on the future. "The rough carpentry of these songs lets the dust fly, lets the grain show, but the songs are all the purer, all the sweeter, for their scuffs," raved PopMatters. This foursome rooted in Southwest Virginia play an "exuberant blast of banjo, fiddle and hoedown rhythm," declared the Financial Times, "though the songs drift into more intriguing, avant-folk territory with the raga drones that hum hypnotically alongside the whiskery traditionalism." Pitchfork called their music "heavy on high-lonesome ambience yet deeply rooted in the clay of regional tradition." Live, the Black Twig Pickers have a joyful, unbridled energy, making old-time music seem new.

Picnics are welcome at Music in the Gardens. Food, drink, and frozen treats will available for purchase from The Palace International and Locopops. We regret that dogs are not allowed.