Friday, June 27
Doors: 6:00 PM / Show: 7:00 PM
Tickets: $20
The Wild Shoats will be at Struthers Library Theatre on Friday, June 27, at 7PM. Presented by Roots Rising Concert Series. Sponsored by Warren Concert Association. Emerging from the in-between realms of Morgantown, WV, and Millheim, PA, The Wild Shoats write an alt-folk soundtrack to the strange times they find themselves in. Characterized by the plaintive sound of fiddles and mountain singing, The Wild Shoats call on their collective background of Appalachian Old-Time, folk songs, and the high-lonesome to reimagine the songs and sounds of their home. The Wild Shoats won the Appalachian String Band Music Festival’s Neo-Traditional Band Competition in 2023, and released their debut album, Yell In The Shoats, in February of this year. The band is comprised of brothers Gus and Huck Tritsch (Millheim, PA), Mary Linscheid (Morgantown, WV), and Alex Heflin (Morgantown, WV).
Mary Linscheid calls herself a “songwriter, fiddler, and student of Appalachian singing traditions.” She cut her teeth in the Morgantown, WV, music scene as a solo performer and for playing with the likes of Charles Wesley Godwin, Andrew Adkins, Chris Haddox, and Jesse Milnes. Mary released her EP “A Place to Grow Old” in June of 2022—original songs and a fiddle tune that explore her connection with her Appalachian home. Gus Tritsch has toured internationally with roots artist/scholar of Black folk music, Jake Blount, including performances at The Kennedy Center, San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, and KEXP radio in Seattle. Both brothers performed with Jake Blount for his NPR Tiny Desk Concert in January of 2023, and have won or placed in numerous categories at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV. Alex, originally from Los Angeles, CA, has recorded music for Klei Entertainment, Disney, Adult Swim, and has had his music featured in Bojack Horseman and Ari Aster’s “Beau is Afraid.”
The Wild Shoats released their debut album, Yell In The Shoats, in February of this year. Old Time fiddling and singing run throughout (they took the title from a fiddle tune of the same name) but presented through songs and tunes of their own. In the last year, they played shows opening for the Steep Canyon Rangers, Charles Welsey Godwin, and The Local Honeys, and joined Colorado string band sensations Big Richard on a tour of the east coast this February.
Roots Rising is a new Struthers Library Theatre concert series focusing on original American roots music. The series aims to build community and inspire creativity by presenting nationally recognized blues, country, folk, bluegrass, and Americana artists. Join us in our mission to connect friends, families, and neighbors with affordable, high-quality entertainment. The series consists of ticketed main-stage events and free Sally’s Encore Theatre Bar events. Sponsored by Warren Concert Association.