Jamestown, NY
America’s Got Talent competitors Gangstagrass to perform at Reg Lenna Center for The Arts Saturday, April 26 at 7:30pm.
Gangstagrass is a multi-racial collective of musicians who demolish every preconception you have about country music and hip-hop music. These string pickers and MCs create a shared cultural space for dialogue and connection between folks that usually never intersect. The boundaries are gone and Gangstagrass is out there doing things nobody thought would work but when you hear it you know, down in your soul, that it does work. Gangstagrass is here to help us party together with an irresistible blend of America’s rural and urban music traditions.
Gangstagrass’ Rench, MC’s Dolio the Sleuth and R-SON the Voice of Reason, Joshua Jimmerson and Sleevs mix America’s rural and urban music traditions featuring rapping, fiddle, banjo, guitar and vocal harmonies. They were quarterfinalists on America’s Got Talent. Their Emmy-nominated song “Long Hard Times to Come” was featured in the opening titles to the FX crime drama Justified. Gangstagrass has shared music festival stages with John Oates, Beausoleil, The Travelin’ McCourys, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Eric Bibb and more.
Tickets for the concert range from $27.50 and $38.50 and are on sale at the Reg Lenna Center for The Arts box office (116. E. 3rd St. – (716) 484-7070) Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12-5pm and from 6-8pm before movie showings on April 18 and April 23. Tickets are available online 24/7 at reglenna.com. The Reg Lenna Center for The Arts’ programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.