HILLBERRY and EUREKA SPRINGS! (17 October 2023)
 
What an amazing weekend and an incredible set at Hillberry! Big thanks to all involved in making it happen. Here's a couple of pictures (photos by Patti Steel and John Shute III), check the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thevinebrothers for more. We also had a great time running around Eureka Springs for the week, hitting up some of our favorite places.

























































HILLBERRY! (29 September 2023)

Super excited to be a part of this amazing festival in Eureka Springs, AR. Old friends and big name acts like The Wood Brothers will make this a special weekend. We will have an expanded lineup with Chris Peters on drums, Papa Rap on percussion, Matt Nelson on keyboards, and Candy Lee and Emily Rowland on backing vocals. Set time is Saturday afternoon October 7th at 12:45 PM.
Get tickets here:

https://stubs.net/event/4993/hillberry-music-festival-10-4-2023-10-8-2023

JUNE DATES (20 June 2023)
We have a packed weekend of shows in the Ozarks coming up. We return to Springfield, MO for the first time in years, then head to two of our favorite places to play: Eureka Springs and Fayetteville, AR. Sunday night's show has us opening for Patti Steel for her CD Release Party! This will be our last group of shows until October…

FRI (6/23) at Ernie Biggs, Springfield, MO

SAT (6/24) at Missy's White Rabbit Lounge, Eureka Springs, AR

SUN (6/25) at George's Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville, AR
 

LIVE SHOWS! (5 April 2023)

After three years on hiatus (thanks Covid!), The Vine Brothers are excited to finally be doing some live shows in Northwest Arkansas. It's going to be a blast!

WED (4/12) at Maxine's Tap Room, Fayetteville, AR

THURS (4/13) at Nyx, Eureka Springs, AR

LIVE ON GOOD DAY NWA (16 April 2020)

The folks at NBC affiliate KNWA TV in Fayetteville, AR recently aired a video segment featuring our single "Get Me To Arkansas", which we recorded with our good friends Melody Pond.  

Watch:

SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOW IN BENTONVILLLE

We will be doing a special New Year's Eve show in Bentonville, AR at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art North Forest Lights Concert Series. The show starts at 8 PM and will go until midnight, with a countdown every hour. Joining us for this show will be our friends Emily Rowland (from Melody Pond) on vocals, and Fernando Valencia on percussion, both of whom were a big part of recording our latest album Surfing Through the Looking Glass.
 

Tickets at the link here:
NEW YEAR"S EVE SHOW TICKETS 


 

SURFING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

We are proud and excited to announce that our fourth full length album is finally here! With brilliant and generous contributions from dozens of the most talented acoustic musicians in the Ozarks, the songs weave a narrative of trying to navigate through a world of deception, greed, hope, dreams, loss, anger, fear, perserverance, and the longing for home. It's been a hell of a ride, and we hope you come along and enjoy it for all it is worth.
 

You can get your copy here:
Surfing Through The Looking Glass:
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thevinebrothers3 

or at one of our upcoming shows:

5/25 - House Concert, 3224 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO - 3 PM (email us for details)

6/1 - Crystal Bridges Museum Forest Concert Series, Bentonville, AR - 7 PM
(This show will feature our 8 piece Arkiestra of musicians that are on the album)

6/2 - Fayetteville Public Library Mountain St. Stage, Fayetteville, AR - 2 PM 


 

FALL UPDATE - New Media

We had a great time this past month getting back on the road, seeing familiar faces, and meeting new ones. We had the pleasure of doing a couple of media appearances along the way, including Good Day NWA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp_ae-mg0pc 



We also stopped in to talk with our friends at KUAF in Fayetteville, AR on Ozarks at Large. Our segment begins at the 33 minute mark:
http://www.kuaf.com/post/ozarks-large-friday-october-5-2018#stream/0 


In addition, we spent a week at the home studio laying down ten tracks for the next album. The songs span a variety of genres and sounds, and will be featuring some special guests as well. Look for a release sometime in 2019. Cheers!


 

NEW RELEASE "Get Me To Arkansas"

We are happy to announce that we have released our newest single "Get Me To Arkansas" just in time for our Fall Tour 2018. Recorded live with our friends from Melody Pond providing gorgeous harmony vocals, the song is now available on YouTube for your listening pleasure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIx9cbdnmK4 

In addition, as a stop on the Northeast leg of our upcoming tour, we will be hitting Leesta Vall Studios in Brooklyn, NY for a very limited edition, one-of-a-kind direct to vinyl recording session. This is a PRE-ORDER ONLY session where you the fan pick what song (or songs) you want us to record and we record a unique live direct to vinyl take of that song on a 7" record. YOU WILL OWN THE ONLY RECORD OF THAT TAKE. "Get Me To Arkansas" is one of the songs available for this session. Also available are "Sweet Eyes", "Black Sky", "The Well", and "The Sure Thing Myth". To order and find out more, click here:
https://leestavall.com/products/thevinebrothers 

And of course, we will be BACK ON THE ROAD in just a couple of weeks! The Fall Tour 2018 will bring us to some of our favorite clubs as well as our first appearances at the Sag Harbor American Music Festival and at First Friday Bentonville.

9/19 - Nietzsche's - Buffalo, NY
9/20 - Abilene - Rochester, NY
9/21 - Cellar Tavern at the Bull's Head Inn - Cobleskill, NY
9/22 - Sarah Street Grill - Stroudsburg, PA
9/27 - Still Partners - Sea Cliff, NY
9/28 - Grey Horse Tavern - Bayport, NY
9/30 - Sag Harbor American Music Festival - Sag Harbor, NY
10/1 - Leesta Vall Studios Live Session - Brooklyn, NY
10/4 - Maxine's Tap Room - Fayetteville, AR
10/4 - Good Day Northwest Arkansas (Live TV appearance on KNWA) - Fayetteville, AR 9 AM
10/5 - First Friday Bentonville - Bentonville, AR
10/6 - L&J Orchard Harvest Party - Niangua, MO
10/6 - Mercury Lounge - Tulsa, OK
10/12 - Black Apple Crossing - Springdale, AR
10/14 - Huey's Midtown - Memphis, TN


 

2018

We've been on an extended break this year to catch up with our families and home life. The past five years on the road have been exhilarating, rewarding, challenging, and above all lots of FUN! After last year's fall tour, we decided to take time to reconnect with our families and work on other musical projects, as well as see what kind of new musical fruit would ripen from time away from The Vine Brothers' touring schedule.

We are happy to report that Greg and Joe have written some new songs and there are more in the works. This year, we plan on doing more recording, including our songwriter series videos, and a special limited edition vinyl session sometime in the fall. We also will be releasing our first ever single in the coming months.

In September, we will finally get ourselves back on the road, starting in the Northeast. In the meantime, you can keep up with our individual projects by following our social media postings. Stay tuned...

 

September Tour and Later With Jason Suel

We've got a full month on the road in the Northeast and Midwest, and are excited to be playing some new venues and cities along the way. Starting with a return appearance at Bradstock on Long Island on Labor Day Weekend, we will spend two weeks in the Northeast before making our way west. New venues in Sea Cliff, NY, Richmondville, NY, Cleveland, OH and Jefferson City, MO.

9/3 - Bradstock  - Moriches, NY
9/7 - Still Partners - Sea Cliff, NY
9/8 - Thai Rock - Rockaway Beach, NY
9/9 - Harborfest - Sag Harbor, NY - 1 PM
9/9 - Sarah Street Grill - Stroudsburg, PA - 9:30 PM
9/10 - Music at the Mill  - Richmondville, NY - 4 PM
9/12 - Wilbert's - Cleveland, OH
9/15 - The Bridge - Jefferson City, MO
9/16 - Black Apple Crossing - Springdale, AR - 7 PM
9/16 - Fayetteville Film Fest Afterparty at Stage 18 - Fayetteville, AR - 10 PM
9/18 - Fayetteville Public Access TV - Fayetteville, AR
9/18 - Maxine's Tap Room - Fayetteville, AR
9/19 - JJ's Bar and Grill - Bella Vista, AR
9/21 - Landry's - Fort Smith, AR
9/23 - Westport Saloon - Kansas City, MO


We recently appeared on an episode of Later With Jason Suel, broadcast on Fox 24 in Northwest Arkansas and did a performance of "The Well" from our No Candy album. It was a blast and the production crew did an absolutely fantastic job with the video. Visit our Facebook page  or the Later With Jason Suel  page to view it.

 

Summer Tour Dates and Buffalo Infringement Festival

7/28 - Dancing Cat Saloon - Bethel, NY
7/29 - Grey Horse Tavern - Bayport, NY

Buffalo Infringement Festival 2017:

8/4 - Hydraulic Hearth - Buffalo, NY
8/5 - Bidwell Famer's Market - Buffalo, NY - 9:30 AM
8/5 - Daily Planet Coffee - Buffalo, NY - 3 PM
8/5 - Nietzsche's - Buffalo, NY - 10 PM

 

Spring Is Here! Tour

We're hitting the road this May for a tour that takes us from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the banks of the Missouri River. It's been a longer than usual break for us, but now we are ready to hit the road running for a busy year of dates across the US, starting May 12th:


5/12 - Sarah Street Grill - Stroudsburg, PA
5/13 - Grey Horse Tavern - Bayport, NY
5/16 - JJ's Dickson - Fayetteville, AR
5/17 - Americana Alley KPSQ 97.3 FM - Fayetteville, AR - 8 PM
5/18 - Landry's - Fort Smith, AR
5/19 - Stage 18 - Fayetteville, AR
5/20 - Westport Saloon - Kansas City, MO
5/21 - Block Street Block Party - Fayetteville, AR
5/23 - JJ's Rogers - Rogers, AR
5/24 - Later With Jason Suel taping - Springdale, AR
5/26 - MJ's Pizza - Springdale, AR
5/27 - Black Apple Crossing - Springdale, AR
5/28 - Huey's Midtown - Memphis, TN 
 

New Videos From -No Candy-

IMEA Awards

We won for Best Americana Group 2016! 

October Tour

As the leaves begin to change color in the Northeast and a big hurricane edges its way towards the Southeast, The Vine Brothers will be heading straight to the Great Middle. Our first stop will be Tennessee. We've had the honor of being nominated in three categories for the IMEA Awards and will be headed to the Tucker Theater in Murfreesboro this Saturday to meet with all the talented musicians, writers, management, theater performers and producers who have also been nominated. Full list of nominees here:

http://www.imeaawards.com/nominees/2016-nominees/  

One of those nominations is for Best Americana Album for our latest No Candy. If you don't yet have it, you should! We think it's our best yet (though it's a little like picking your favorite child), and the reviews have been great. It is available just about anywhere you buy music online, including here:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thevinebrothers2 

For the next two weeks, we'll be returning to the places we have come to know and love so much over the course of these last five years of touring. Starting in Memphis and wrapping up in Kansas City:
10/9 - Huey's Midtown, Memphis, TN
10/12 - Maxine's Taproom, Fayetteville, AR
10/14 - Landry's New Orleans Cafe, Fort Smith, AR
10/18 - JJ's Grill, Rogers, AR
10/19 - JJ's Grill, Fayetteville, AR
10/20 - Duffy's Tavern, Lincoln, NE
10/21 - Westport Saloon, Kansas City, MO

Weather permitting, we may make a couple of side runs and do some street performing that we have always loved, but haven't had the chance to do as much as we used to...follow us on social media for real time updates...
 

September Northeast CD Release Tour

We're hitting the road this Friday, September 2 to begin a two week swing through the Northeast to bring our latest album No Candy to some of our favorite cities. We've been so pleased by the response so far, even earning three nominations in the Americana category, including Best Album, for the IMEA Awards this October.

SEPTEMBER TOUR:
9/2 - Dancing Cat - Bethel, NY
9/3 - Stroudfest - Stroudsburg, PA 4 PM
9/3 - Sarah Street Grill - Stroudsburg, PA 10 PM
9/4 - Bradstock, Center Moriches, NY 12 noon
9/7 - Cyber Cafe West, Bingamton, NY
9/8 - WRUR Live In Studio - Rochester, NY 11 AM
9/8 - Sticky Lips BBQ - Rochester, NY
9/9 - Tap at Humboldt - Hazleton, PA
9/11 - Harborfest - Sag Harbor, NY 1 PM
9/14 - Rockwood Music Hall - NY, NY 11 PM
9/15 - Thai Rock - Rockaway Beach, NY
9/16 - Nietzsche's - Buffalo, NY (w/Tough Old Bird)
 

Thank you to the International Music and Entertainment Association (IMEA) for the recent nominations for Americana Album of the Year for No Candy, Americana Group of the Year, as well as Americana Song of the Year for "The Well."  We look forward to seeing you all in Nashville this October.  http://www.imeaawards.com/nominees/2016-nominees/  

No Candy CD Release Tour

We are very happy to announce that our third album, No Candy is completed and will be available on our upcoming tour through Middle America in the coming weeks. Recorded at the home studio in Arkansas over the course of a couple of weeks last fall, the eight original songs represent The Vine Brothers' continuing evolution as an acoustic trio exploring new ideas and sounds while at the same time remaining fully rooted in the timeless musical influences that have preceded us. We had the pleasure of working with some of our most trusted musical accomplices to make the album all that it could be: from the sweet harmony vocals of Candy Lee to the mood altering vibraphone of Adams Collins to the thunderous funk of Anthony Ball's drums to the syncopated wall of percussion courtesy of Fernando Valencia. Each one of our guests gave just the right amount of shine to the foundation the three of us constructed on every song.

The CD will be available at all of our shows and will soon be available at most online outlets as well. Here's where you can find us in the next month:

7/8 - Mercury Lounge, Tulsa, OK
7/9 - Westport Saloon, Kansas City, MO
7/10 - Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville, AR
7/11 - Meteor Guitar Gallery, Bentonville, AR (with many guest musicians!)
7/13 - Maxine's Tap Room, Fayetteville, AR
7/14 - Barleycorn's - Wichita, KS
7/15 - Bodega's Alley, Lincoln, NE
7/16 - The Cathouse, Eureka Springs, AR
7/17 - Private House Concert, Springfield, MO

 

Spring Tour and More - March 2016

We've had a great time on the Spring Tour so far, and have a full weekend of shows coming up , bringing us to Baltimore, DC, and Long Island.  Along the way, we recorded some videos in Arkansas with Richard Burnett and Jon Dooly, as well as a couple of just the Vine Brothers trio. Check them out on our YouTube page.  

While in Binghamton, we got a great writeup in the Triple Cities Carousel:

"The Vine Brothers are a trio that formed in the South, but its members are spread all across the country.  They come together to form one of the best and most innovative bluegrass-Americana bands in the U.S.  Their original material pushes the boundaries of Americana, with heavy influences from jazz and classical music, and their arrangements of cover tunes are on point: check out their cover of "The Ghost of Stephen Foster".  A classic string band, the trio consists of a mandolinist, guitarist, and upright bassist.  Their shows are always high energy and fun, sometimes including medleys of Star Wars tunes, and other times incorporating spacey jazz improvisations.  They are always locked on to each other, and their love of playing with each other, and for others, spills off the stage.  They arguably hold the mantle of Americana music."

Recent Media

We've had the pleasure of doing some media on the road across New York, including an appearance on Scott Regan's wonderful show Open Tunings on WRUR 88.5 FM in Rochester, NY. Joe sat down to talk with Phil Westcott of Binghamton's Triple Cities Carousel for a rolling interview, and Frank DeBlase of Rochester City Newspaper gave a nice preview of our stay in Rochester:

Triple Cities Carousel "Catching Up With The Vine Brothers" (11/3/15) Phil Westcott 

Rochester City Newspaper "ALT-BLUEGRASS/Vine Brothers" (11/4/15) Frank DeBlase 

 

Fall Tour

Back on the road in two weeks starting in one of our favorite venues - The Westport Saloon in Kansas City, MO.   The following three weeks brings us around our old familiar territory in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Memphis.  We're happy to be returning to some of the places that we started out in and have missed the past couple of times through, namely Springfield, MO and Eureka Springs, AR!  We'll begin tracking for our third record during this run, then take off a week or two before heading east for a month of shows in the Northeast, hitting a bunch of cities we played over the summer in NY, PA, MA, and MD.  See you on the road!
 

Summer 2015 Tour

After a great run through New Mexico and Colorado, we make our way back east starting with a show in Lincoln, NE at the Bourbon Theater, opening for Elephant Revival. Barley Street in Omaha, Westport Saloon in KC and Maxine's in Fayetteville, AR round out this leg before we cross the long middle to get to Eastern Pennsylvania for a performance at the Madsummer Meltdown Festival. The band takes a brief break before a jam packed summer in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic.  New songs, new videos, and new cities on the way!
 

April Tour 2015

Tune To Go Live January 2015

Recorded live at The Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall - Fayetteville, AR

January 2015 Tour

Long Island Columbus Day Weekend
 

We're doing a short run on Long Island, NY in mid October, hitting a couple of venues we played this past summer...Grey Horse Tavern, Martha Clara Vineyards, and Quogue East Pub...check the Calendar Page for full details. 

August 2014 On Tour
 

Back in Kansas City for a few days resting up for the Westport Saloon show on Wednesday Aug 20th. August has been a wild ride from the Buffalo Infringement Festival to all over Virginia and the Appalachians to the Midwest to Memphis. Great times and great memories all along the way. Follow the Facebook page for lots of photos and links to everywhere we’ve been. We had some really cool pictures taken on Federal Hill in Baltimore by the excellent Susan Clark, with some of them featured at our Photo Page. Next up Wichita, Tulsa, and a week in Fayetteville for our second appearance at the Fayetteville Roots Festival, with shows at various venues around town all week! 

Northeast Summer 2014 Tour!
 

We had a great time in the Midwest in May, and are looking forward to getting back to the Northeast for July.  We'll be in all corners of New York State from Long Island Wine Country to Plattsburgh to Buffalo, Ithaca, Binghamton, Poughkeepsie, and Brooklyn, and are excited for our first forays into new territory in VT, MA, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA. Into August, we've got a bunch of shows lined up in VA, TN, IL, and IN as we work our way back West for an end of the month run in Kansas City, Wichita, and Tulsa, ultimately ending up in Arkansas for our second time playing at the Fayetteville Roots Festival. Whew!  As always, more dates to come...check the Calendar Page for a full gig lineup. 

Recent Media
 

As we roll through the spring tour, we've had some local writeups along the way:
MOVE Magazine (5/21/14), Columbia, MO Katie Connor 
F5 Paper (5/8/14), Wichita, KS Torin Andersen 
Columbia Daily Tribune (5/18/14), Columbia, MO Columbia Tribune 
F5 Paper (5/1/14), Wichita, KS Torin Andersen 

 

Spring 2014 Tour Dates!
 

After a winter break, we're heading back on the road in May.  We'll be going up and down the middle of the map with dates in OK, AR, MO, KS, MN, IA, including performances at Festy Fest outside of Lawrence, KS and Harmony Revival at beautiful Harmony Park in Minnesota.  As always, more dates to come...check the Calendar Page for a full gig lineup. We'll have copies of the new CD The Devil and the Deep Black Sky with us, and we will be playing some new material we've been working on over the long cold winter months.

 

Star Wars Medley
 

In the studio during the December Tour:

December 2013 Dates
 

Springfield, MO, Wichita, KS, Northwest Arkansas and more. Still finalizing the schedule...check the Calendar Page for a full gig lineup. We'll have copies of the new CD The Devil and the Deep Black Sky with us.
 

The Devil and the Deep Black Sky

We are excited to present our latest CD The Devil and the Deep Black Sky!!  Our follow up to 2012's Low Rent, this group of songs was recorded in Fayetteville, AR during the Spring Tour and features guest appearances by some of the area's top musicians, including RJ Mischo on blues harmonica, Adams Collins on vibraphone and banjo, and Ken Everts on drums and percussion.  Miles Ralston recorded and mixed it with us.

We love it and think that you probably will too.

We'll have the CD with us in the next few weeks as we play the Fayetteville Roots Festival, Wakefest, and everywhere else we play live.  Full lineup of our dates are HERE.

The Devil and the Deep Black Sky is available for download at all major online sources (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) OR you can get a copy of the CD right now at CD Baby:

 

No Desire Official Video

We're very happy to present our debut video of "No Desire", which will be on our forthcoming album The Devil and the Deep Black Sky. Enjoy!!!

Video Blog for June Tour

Spring Tour Dates Announced
 

Lawrence, KC, Ft. Smith, Fayetteville, Wichita, Eureka Springs, and COLORADO! We're coming your way. We'll be on tour for six weeks beginning on Memorial Day Weekend through the end of June. Tracks for the upcoming CD The Devil and the Deep Black Sky are just about done. No release date yet, but in the meantime, you can enjoy the first CD "Low Rent", by going to the Vine Brothers Store Page.   More shows to be posted as they come in... to see where we're headed, go to the Calendar Page

Live on KUAF Fayetteville, AR



February/March Tour Dates Announced

We'll be heading from New York to Kansas to Mississippi and many many spots in between in the coming months.  Along the way, we're also going to be performing and recording a brand new batch of songs for the next album.  In the meantime, you can enjoy the first CD "Low Rent", by going to the Vine Brothers Store Page.   There will be some more shows posted as they get finalized in the next couple of weeks... to see where we're headed, go check out the Calendar Page.  See you soon enough!

November Dates

New dates in Fayetteville, Eureka Springs, Springfield, and Topeka listed for November on the Calendar Page.  

Radio Airplay!

We are happy to announce that "Low Rent" has been played on over 100 stations in the US and Canada, and so far has charted on five of them, including CJSW in Calgary, AB; KAOS in Olympia, WA; KLCZ in Lewiston, ID; WVIA in Pittston, PA; and a #1 spot on KRZA in Alamosa, CO for the week of 9/10/12!  

New Tour Dates Added

Headed to New York to start the next leg of the tour with shows in NYC and the Hamptons before we head back west mid August.  Look for us in St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Fayetteville and Eureka Springs, AR, Springfield, MO, and more.  Full tour date listings on the Calendar page.

Summer Festivals!

We're traveling the Ozarks to perform at  two outdoor camping festivals in the coming weeks:

SATURDAY, July 21st at Acoustic Vacation, Noel, MO - midnight set!

 Acoustic Vacation online

SATURDAY, July 28th at Backwoods Arts Gathering, Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, AR - 10:30 PM

www.backwoodsartsgathering.com

Low Rent Now Available Online

The CD is now available online at CD Baby for purchase.  You can get either the physical CD or you can download the tracks one at a time or all together.  Soon, we will also be available at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and more, so keep a look out!  Here's the link:

 

Low Rent is Here!

We are very excited to introduce to you our debut full length CD Low Rent.  It is the fruit of a yearlong recording, re-recording, mixing, mastering process that began last January in the depths of the 2011 Kansas City SNOWPOCOLYPSE!  The original Bread Sessions recordings (so called because we happened to come into an inordinate amount of various breads, which became breakfast, lunch, and dinner many times) were done in Lee's Summit at the home of Western Automatic front man Scott Devouton.  Two weeks of nonstop writing, recording, mixing, snow, beer, rum, tobacco, and other various elements produced a trove of recordings which became the heart of what is now Low Rent.  More tracks were added and tweaked and more guests appeared over the course of the Spring and Fall 2011 until the track list and mixes became finalized.  We then had the CD mastered in Brooklyn, NY by Mitch Rackin as a final proverbial cherry on the top.  Joe and I are grateful and thankful to all of the people who helped make this project happen, including but not limited to: Scott Devouton for housing the entire tribe and the inevitable madness that ensued, Garrett Jones from Fayetteville, AR and Papa Joe Credit for the bass, Scott Devouton and Reggie Scott for the drums, Amory Bottorff and Coleen Dieker for the violins, Ziggy from Dumptruck Butterlips for the accordion, Lisa Johnson for the sweet backing vocals, Antonio Perez and Jerry Lewis for the djembes, Mimi and Rocket for the bread, wine, meals, and multiple other forms of support, and Charlene for putting up with and supporting my absence so that all of this could happen.

The CD will obviously be available at our shows, and soon will be available online for purchase and download.  We hope you dig it!

-Greg