COAL TRAIN Returns to Kingfly!

Coal Train is reuniting for a one-night-only concert featuring the original quintet:

Ben Hartlage (guitar)

David Long (mandolin)

John MacFarlane (fiddle)

Ben Opie (clarinet)

and Nathan Peck (upright bass)

Active figures in Pittsburgh’s vibrant music scene of the late 1990s, Coal Train amicably disbanded in 2001 as members pursued professional opportunities in other states. Over the years, each member has avidly continued their musical pursuits, engaging in study, teaching, performing, promoting, and composing.

Coal Train was founded on the shared impulse of maintaining a deep connection to—and a dialogue with—early American string band traditions. Since recent compositions from individual band members continue to fit that founding inclination, this reunion affords the chance to revisit favorites from the original catalogue while also exploring new material, imagining how the repertoire might have evolved given the opportunity to continue performing together.

The band will also have a brief radio appearance at 11am, Saturday, November 16, 2024 on The Saturday Light Brigade on Pittsburgh’s WRCT 88.3 FM (streaming at slbradio.org).

We’ll start checking guests in at 7pm, if you’d like to join us early, grab a cocktail and find your seat before the show starts at 8pm. This event will take place in Kingfly's spacious, 5,000 square foot Loft. Tickets are $20+ each, but will be sold by the table. Any additional seating requests must be sent to [email protected] in advance of the show and we will do our best to accommodate.

Host or Publisher Kingfly Spirits