Five Cent Fireballs in Concert

The Manship Artists Residency and The Cape Ann Guitar Society proudly presents Five Cent Fireballs, an all female alt-bluegrass group. Based out of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Fireballs are coming up to Cape Ann for a week of composing, rehearsing material for their debut album, and offering instrumental and vocal workshops. Come hear this new material and more at their concert in the Manship barn studio in Lanesville, Gloucester, MA.

Malia Furtado (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Clara George (guitar, keyboards, Scruggs-style banjo, vocals), and Emma McDowell (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, vocals) bring together their own musical styles to create a perfect union of the alternative and bluegrass worlds. Displaying instrumental virtuosity with stunning three-part harmonies, their repertoire includes original songs as well as covers that pay tribute to women in bluegrass/folk such as Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens, pioneering women of bluegrass, and Nanci Griffith (folk/country). Throw in a few traditional bluegrass tunes, “Talk About Suffering,” and “Pretty Fair Maid,” and you have a show that respects and reimagines bluegrass culture.