Vocal Workshop with the Five Cent Fireballs

Come sing and learn with the Five Cent Fireballs. Warmups, techniques, harmony, and joyful singing. All levels encouraged to sign up.

The Manship Artists Residency and The Cape Ann Guitar Society proudly presents Five Cent Fireballs, an all female alt-bluegrass group in residence at Starfield. Throughout their residency week, in keeping with the Cape Ann Guitar Society’s purpose of listening and learning, members of the group will teach workshops on bluegrass string instruments and singing. All levels of musicians and singers are encouraged to register for the workshops.

Based out of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Fireballs are coming up to Cape Ann for a week of composing and rehearsing material for their debut album. The Five Cent Fireballs: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.