From the fertile valley of Deer Lick Holler, deep in the heart of Appalachia, comes Hayseed Dixie who bring a sound that is old yet new.

In an area completely isolated from outside cultural and musical influence, this band of acoustic musicians grew up playing the traditional music of their forefathers.

The name of the band on the records was AC/DC, and though all they had on which to listen to them was an old Edison Victrola that only played at 78 RPM, the boys all agreed that it was mighty fine country music - a bit different, but mighty fine just the same. 


The boys then set about learning these new songs, injecting elements of their own traditional mountain style. And thus, from these unlikely beginnings, an entirely new musical and cultural synthesis was set in motion. Rockgrass was born.

'Let There Be Rockgrass', is packed with surging banjo-driven arrangements and high-lonesome hillbilly harmonies – a mind-bending and genre-blending must for fans of any style of music.

Hayseed Dixie will play the Róisín Dubh this Friday, 29 February, at 9pm. Tickets, €20, are available from the Róisín Dubh on Dominick Street.

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