Rock Hearts with Rusty Rails

Rock Hearts | Opener: Rusty Rails | Bluegrass | Sunday, January 25th | Pump House Music Works, Wakefield, RI | Doors at 6pm, Music at 6:30pm | All ages | Full Bar | Free Pizza 6pm-7pm | $20 adv./$25 at door

Formed in 2013, Rock Hearts brings together five seasoned musicians from Southern New England who love to sing and pick bluegrass, old country tunes, and seek out tunes from other genres to “bluegrass-ify.” Named an Official 2021 IBMA Showcase Band, the band is enjoying national radio and Chart activity. they are a sought after band for major festivals. They are 615 hideaway record label artists and work closely with label owner, Sammy Passamano in nashville, tn. their first independent project, Starry southern nights, put them on the national radar. A year later they signed with Sammy Passamano and released their first 615 hideaway records label single from their new project, wanderlust, which continues to receive outstanding fanfare and radio attention. The album has since released multiple hits. Rock Hearts has shared the stage with some of the top bands in the industry including, Del McCoury, Dale Ann Bradley, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Jonathan Edwards, Danny Paisley, The Gibson Brothers, Dan Tyminski, the Seldom Scene, Larry Sparks, and many more. The band consists of founding member and banjo player, Joe Deetz, lead man and guitar/vocals, *Alex MacLeod, the newest Kentucky Mandolin endorsed artist, *Billy Thibodeau, bassist, Rick Brodsky, and fiddler/2023 IBMA Mentor of the Year nominee, *Austin Scelzo.