Sun 1/22 @ 8PM
Acoustic instrumental ensemble Hawktail only formed in 2017. But the musicians who comprise the bluegrass-inspired quartet all have deep musical roots and long personal connections. Three of the members — fiddler Brittany Haas, bassist Paul Kowert and guitarist Jordan Tice — made up the trio Haas Kowert Tice, which released You Got This in 2014. Kowert performed with the Punch Brothers, and both Haas and Kowert perform with David Rawlings, while Haas has also released her own solo work. Tice has also released solo albums and performed as a sideman to such progressive bluegrass stars as Tony Trischka.
But before Haas Kowert Tice could follow up You Got This, they added mandolinist Dominick Leslie, a long-time friend, to their permanent lineup and renamed themselves Hawktail. They released their debut album Unless, produced by Chris Eldridge of the Punch Brothers in early 2018, followed by Formations, also produced by Eldridge, along with the band, in 2020, and their most recent, Place of Growth, with Kowert and Haas at the helm, last summer.
They’ll be at Peninsula’s G.A.R. Hall for a concert this weekend. General admission tickets are $25. Go here to get them.