Italian Band, La Terza Classe to Play at Masonic Amphitheatre on Friday, May 5
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Clifton Forge, VA (April 24, 2017) - La Terza Classe will perform live at The Masonic Amphitheatre on Friday, May 5 at 7:00 pm.
La Terza Classe was formed in Naples, Italy in October 2012. The band started to produce music and shows playing traditional and modern American folk songs: from Bluegrass to Dixieland, also called Early Jazz, up to Jug Band songs, combining each one of the styles with typical Neapolitan “theatricality”.
In 2013 the band made a first LP, “Ready to Sail”. In May 2016 the second studio work came out, “Folkshake”, which included eight new tracks and one original song; this is distributed on Amazon, Spotify and iTunes.
Over the years the band has performed in many European countries (Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands) and especially in the United States; the band has been featured on many American radio shows and had the honor of playing for three years in a row at “Music City Roots” in Nashville,TN.
In 2015 the band participated at the “Bluegrass Contest” in the town of Anderson, S.C., and won second place and had the opportunity to perform on the Main Stage of the “Boograss Bash Festival”, together with internationally recognized artists like Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent and Flatt Lonesome.
In 2016 the band has performed in a series of concerts, in the south of Italy, with the Grammy awarded musician Jim Lauderdale.
La Terza Classe has produced a documentary “Flat Tyre”,which shows the story of the first trip to the USA that led the band to discover the roots of American folk music. The documentary, directed by Ugo di Fenza and edited by Paolo Ielpo, won the 2016 edition of the Napoli Film Festival.
“They have studied the traditional tunes and learned the runs and harmony on each old tune. The audience loves the novelty of Italians singing traditional bluegrass tunes in their slightly broken English. They are sweet and genuine guys and always arrive with smiles and kisses and the audience love them each time they visit. La Terza Classe will take you back in time with some good old bluegrass and gosple favorites.”- Red Hicky, WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville TN
Tickets are $5.00 and may be purchased online at www.historicmasonictheatre.com, or by calling the Theatre Box Office at 540 862 5655 and at the entrance gate prior to the performance. For more information on the Masonic Amphitheatre, visit the website and Historic Masonic Theatre and Amphitheatre Facebook page. | | | | | |
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