Sophie Mae Wellington & The Asheville Mountain Boys
Tickets will be on sale to the public 5/28 at noon. On sale to all Passim members 5/21 at noon. On sale to All Access Passim members 5/14 at noon.
All tickets have a $3 processing fee and a $2 preservation fee. The $3 processing fee is waived for tickets purchased at our box office.
Sophie Mae Wellington
- Fiddle
- Old Time
- Trad
Sophie Wellington is an old time fiddler, guitarist, percussive dancer, and jazz vocalist. Sophie grew up in Staunton, Virginia, raised in the music communities of the blue ridge mountains by acclaimed storyteller and musician Bill Wellington and expert classical pianist Lynne Mackey. Throughout Sophie’s life, music has been a center focus professionally and recreationally. Sophie graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2022 with a degree in vocal jazz performance and a concentration in American Roots Music. Since graduating, Sophie has toured nationally and internationally with Willi Carlisle, Evie Ladin, Olive Klug, and as a solo performer. Sophie has also taught fiddle, dance, and guitar at camps and festivals including Augusta Heritage Center’s Old Time Week and Old Time Retreat in Cass, WV, Olympia Old Time Festival, the Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week at Mars Hill, NC, the Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Dance, and various CDSS camps. Sophie’s recent work explores fiddle and ballad melodies in unique guitar tunings and arrangements for guitar and voice. This new creative direction explores Sophie’s distinct relationship to traditional music, stitching together different elements into a coherent and honest piece of music.
The Asheville Mountain Boys
- Bluegrass
The Asheville Mountain Boys are a traditional bluegrass band based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Located in the mountains of Western North Carolina, a region rich with bluegrass and string band history, the band draws its musical influences from the bluegrass of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The Asheville Mountain Boys offer people a way to hear a contemporary bluegrass band do old-school bluegrass material, and their originals center on timeless narratives that feature the same sort of powerful storytelling you hear in the traditional bluegrass recordings we know and love. Upon return from an international tour in Japan, The Asheville Mountain Boys recently released their debut album featuring their original songwriting alongside some of their favorite lesser known traditional bluegrass numbers. They’ve introduced their slogan as “No plugs, No pedals, Only bluegrass.” While they don’t have anything against pedals or modern electronics, they want to highlight the intimacy and energy of traditional bluegrass performed closer to how our favorite old acts did it!
