Cantara Loop & Red Dog Ash - Bluegrass @ The Green Room
Advertisement
Two great bluegrass bands, one fantastic venue! Grab your tickets and join us at The Green Room Social Club on December 11th.
---
Cantara Loop is a Gold Country bluegrass band bringing hard-driving picking, rich three-part harmonies, and deep musical chemistry to the stage. Featuring Brian Burke (guitar, One Button Suit), Tom Shewmake (mandolin, One Button Suit), Finn Tobias (banjo), Andy Lentz (fiddle, Rita Hosking, The Town Howlers), and Emily Triplett Lentz (bass), the group honors traditional bluegrass while making room for modern influences.
The band was brought together by the late Kathy Barwick, a beloved multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and pillar of the California bluegrass scene. A Sacramento native who later made her home in Grass Valley, Kathy introduced the five musicians at a jam at her house, hinting that she had a knack for bringing people together who wound up forming bands. She was right again. After her passing in 2025, the group gathered to play in her honor, and were so energized by the sound that they decided to keep the music going.
Cantara Loop takes its name from one of Kathy’s original tunes, a favorite among her friends and students. Some of the band’s members were lucky to study with her and see her as a mentor; all of them counted her as a friend and inspiration.
With a repertoire that balances barn-burning instrumentals with lonesome waltzes, Cantara Loop celebrates both the roots and the living, breathing present of California bluegrass.
Red Dog Ash is an award-winning bluegrass band from California’s Central Valley. Now in its twelfth year, Red Dog Ash plays with an easy familiarity, confidence, and a sound all its own. It is, as Country Chart puts it, “a surprisingly fresh and exciting bluegrass band.” Al Shusterman of Backroads Bluegrass Radio adds that Red Dog Ash has left its mark on the West Coast bluegrass scene with a unique style that “grabs you and won’t let you go.”
The band takes its name from red dog, the byproduct of uncontrolled coal waste fires—a metaphor for its hard-driving tunes, authentic bluegrass vocals, and high-lonesome harmonies. Red Dog Ash shows feature a variety of original songs and tunes, along with material ranging from the Stanley Brothers to Dawg Music. The band features Mark Eagleton on bass, Shane Kalbach on fiddle and vocals, Mark Peet on banjo and stage banter, Randy January or Ida Winfree on mandolin and vocals, and Jason Winfree on guitar and vocals.
---
Cantara Loop is a Gold Country bluegrass band bringing hard-driving picking, rich three-part harmonies, and deep musical chemistry to the stage. Featuring Brian Burke (guitar, One Button Suit), Tom Shewmake (mandolin, One Button Suit), Finn Tobias (banjo), Andy Lentz (fiddle, Rita Hosking, The Town Howlers), and Emily Triplett Lentz (bass), the group honors traditional bluegrass while making room for modern influences.
The band was brought together by the late Kathy Barwick, a beloved multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and pillar of the California bluegrass scene. A Sacramento native who later made her home in Grass Valley, Kathy introduced the five musicians at a jam at her house, hinting that she had a knack for bringing people together who wound up forming bands. She was right again. After her passing in 2025, the group gathered to play in her honor, and were so energized by the sound that they decided to keep the music going.
Cantara Loop takes its name from one of Kathy’s original tunes, a favorite among her friends and students. Some of the band’s members were lucky to study with her and see her as a mentor; all of them counted her as a friend and inspiration.
With a repertoire that balances barn-burning instrumentals with lonesome waltzes, Cantara Loop celebrates both the roots and the living, breathing present of California bluegrass.
Red Dog Ash is an award-winning bluegrass band from California’s Central Valley. Now in its twelfth year, Red Dog Ash plays with an easy familiarity, confidence, and a sound all its own. It is, as Country Chart puts it, “a surprisingly fresh and exciting bluegrass band.” Al Shusterman of Backroads Bluegrass Radio adds that Red Dog Ash has left its mark on the West Coast bluegrass scene with a unique style that “grabs you and won’t let you go.”
The band takes its name from red dog, the byproduct of uncontrolled coal waste fires—a metaphor for its hard-driving tunes, authentic bluegrass vocals, and high-lonesome harmonies. Red Dog Ash shows feature a variety of original songs and tunes, along with material ranging from the Stanley Brothers to Dawg Music. The band features Mark Eagleton on bass, Shane Kalbach on fiddle and vocals, Mark Peet on banjo and stage banter, Randy January or Ida Winfree on mandolin and vocals, and Jason Winfree on guitar and vocals.
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
The Green Room Social Club, 251 Main Street,Placerville, California, United States
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.
Host or PublisherCantara Loop
![The Slackers! [NYC SKA] + Red Dirt Ruckus](https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czIvYmFubmVycy8wZTE1ZDllNDIyZGRiYzAxOTk3MjA5ZWZjM2E4ODI4OTY2ODA2MWZkODA5ZTMzNjg1NmMyYWQ0OWZhOWIzMDRiLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDYzMi1kY2E4YTg5OC1nbWlyP3Y9MTc5MzY3NTcxNw.avif)
