Marth Spencer & Wonderland
Martha Spencer is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician, and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and learned to play several instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, mandolin) and flatfoot/dog at a young age. She performs and has recorded with various groups and has been involved with several roots music projects. She has played shows, festivals, and led workshops across the US, Australia, UK, and Europe. Martha's first solo album has been featured in articles in Rolling Stone Country, No Depression, Wide Open Country, Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, PopMatters, and more.
She has also been included in articles in the NY Times, Austin Chronicle!, and Billboard, and was part of the Fiddlin' documentary movie.
The Wonderland Band has toured across the USA from California to Nashville, performing at venues such as the Brooklyn Folk Festival, Topanga Banjo Fiddle Festival, Buck Owens Crystal Palace, Ashkenaz Center, Richmond Folk Festival, and Song of the Mountains PBS, and internationally in Ireland, the UK, Germany, and Canada.
Reviews:
Holler Country Review for the Young Rover album
Rolling Stone Country Review of her first album
Website:
Opening Acts: SnowBelt Bluegrass, Chelsey Webb
(+++ ABOUT OUR OPENING ACTS +++)
Doors open at 6:15 p.m.; the concert begins at 7:00 p.m. with two opening acts. $15 general admission, $8 members and students with ID; free for ages 12 and younger (become a member before or at the show and $tart $aving right away!).
Tickets are now available for sale both at the door and in advance HERE.
+++ Free, off-street parking is available in the church lot across the street from our hall. +++
Baked goods, coffee, tea, and water are available for purchase in the Community Center.