Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley

GRAMMY® Nominated Duo Rob Ickes (15-time IBMA Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year) & Trey Hensley (2023 IBMA Guitar Player of the Year) bring their high-octane picking to Arcadia Folk Festival 2024 in Northampton, MA on Saturday, August 24, joining Sarah Jarosz, The Felice Brothers, Mipso, Amythyst Kiah, and more! The festival kicks off Friday, August 23, with an evening performance at the Academy of Music in Northampton. On Saturday, August 24, there will be a full day of music running from 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary. These two events will be ticketed separately. This ticket link is to purchase a festival ticket for Saturday, August 24th at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary. The show at the Academy on August 23rd will be ticketed separately and will go on sale at a later date. This beloved musical event brings the community together around music in the heart of the Valley to celebrate and support the work at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary and to model a sustainable community event. You can support Mass Audubon’s important work by attending the festival and through donations, which can be made here: https://shorturl.at/euG4G 2024 Lineup: Sarah Jarosz, The Felice Brothers, Mipso, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, Amythyst Kiah, Heather Maloney, Alisa Amador, Mamma's Marmalade, Little Roots, The Moon Shells, and more! A FEW FESTIVAL TIPS: -General festival parking is in the Arcadia Meadows, 525 Old Springfield Rd. Northampton, MA. -Bring your water bottle (no water for sale here). Tap water will be available. -Bring bug spray - do it. -There is no ATM on site. Bring some dough- so much amazing plant-based food, beer, coffee, bands and festival merch, local makers galore! -Go for a hike; seriously, it's stunning! -Discover the intimate "In The Woods" stage. You will not be disappointed! -Cheer and clap super loud for these artists making the trek to Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary! -No pets allowed FOR FAQs VISIT: https://www.arcadiafolkfest.com/f-a-q Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge that Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the traditional, contemporary, and unceeded territories of the Nonotuck, Nipmuc, and Pocumtic Nations. These lands were stolen from the Indigenous people, creating a legacy of injustice that persists to this day. We acknowledge that Indigenous stewardship of the land kept its ecological and human communities vibrant, strong, and interconnected for thousands of years. To this day Indigenous peoples remain at the forefront of climate action, ecological stewardship, and environmental justice. Mass Audubon is committed to learning, listening, and evolving so that someday soon we may live in right relationship with the people who have been the rightful stewards of the land for thousands of years. ABOUT ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY: "Two musical phenoms" -NPR "An acoustic firestorm...Ickes & Hensley are changing the rules." -Vintage Guitar "Two bluegrass aces...Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley shred" -Rolling Stone "Hot-shot guitar picking...steel-string bluegrass with all the intensity of rock 'n' roll" -Acoustic Guitar "Dual lightning strikes in a bottle." -Guitar Player "Two of the finest musicians playing today" -No Depression "In this ever-changing world of country music, it's comforting to know that the real deal still exists." -Marty Stuart "I'm sure I don't make a true 'critic' since I'm already such a fan, but this album from Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley is a wonderful piece of work. And my songwriting side is truly overwhelmed. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -Merle Haggard Take Rob Ickes, the most decorated musician in IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards history with 15 IBMA Dobro Player of the Year honors, and 2023 IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Trey Hensley, a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy identified as “Nashville's hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine, and you have Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, a powerhouse GRAMMY®-nominated acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene. Noted for their guitar prowess (Ickes & Hensley were invited to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 in Los Angeles alongside some of the world's greatest guitarists), white-hot picking (as Acoustic Guitar puts it: "hot-shot guitar picking...steel-string bluegrass with all the intensity of rock 'n' roll"), world class musicianship, soulful stone country vocals and top-shelf songwriting, Ickes & Hensley cleverly meld bluegrass, country, blues, rock, jam grass, and more to create a signature musical blend that defies restrictions of genre. Ickes & Hensley were influenced by repertoires as diverse as The Allman Brothers Band, Earl Scruggs, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The duo has collaborated with Vince Gill, Taj Mahal, Tommy Emmanuel, Little Feat, Marty Stuart, Steve Wariner, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Leftover Salmon, Rodney Crowell, David Grisman, Jorma Kaukonen, and Hot Tuna, among many others. Ickes, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, former founding member of bluegrass "supergroup" Blue Highway and highly sought-after Dobro master, has graced the recordings and concerts of artists such as Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice and many more. Ickes was a key member of Willie Nelson's all-star band for the GRAMMY®-nominated 2023 Willie Nelson album, Bluegrass. Hensley, a native of Johnson City, Tennessee, made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, performing with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs (thanks to an invite from Stuart), and has since appeared on stage with the likes of Johnny Cash, Peter Frampton, Charlie Daniels and Old Crow Medicine Show. Hensley was chosen to perform in December 2022 as part of special 2-night-only engagement with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and many special guests celebrating the 50 Anniversary of Will The Circle Be Unbroken at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Ickes & Hensley are frequent performers at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and those performances can be heard worldwide on the WSM-AM broadcasts online. Their reach nationwide is vast via television: PBS' award-winning David Holt's State of Music; RFD-TV's Emmy-nominated TV series, My Bluegrass Story (they each had their own episode), PBS’ WoodSongs and Circle All Access’ Opry Live and radio: NPR’s Mountain Stage and WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour (on 537 radio stations around the world). The new critically acclaimed, song-centric Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley album, Living In A Song—produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/engineer/songwriter Brent Maher (The Judds, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Kenny Rogers, Tina Turner)—highlights the songcraft of Ickes & Hensley like never before. Featuring the title cut, “Deeper Than A Dirt Road,” and “Way Downtown,” Living In A Song was a Top 5 Bluegrass album, Top 10 Americana album and Top 40 Current Country album. On October 27, 2023, an album entitled A Tribute To The Judds was released worldwide by BMG. Ickes & Hensley collaborated with Molly Tuttle on "John Deere Tractor" for the project, alongside an all-star cast including Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, and many more. On March 8, 2024, the Taj Mahal Sextet (of which Ickes & Hensley are members) released Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa to acclaim from SPIN, Performing Songwriter, No Depression and more. For more information: robandtrey.com