The next big thing for the Mountain Drifters is our upcoming tour of Scotland and England. We’ll be starting way up in Rosehall in the Highlands on May 24, and then hanging around over that weekend to play at the second Arisaig Americana Music Festival. Working our way all the way down to London with some shows and then back to western Wales for the Fire In The Mountain Festival. Hope to see you along the way! https://www.facebook.com/tours/1143861999151226/ 

• Rosehall Village Hall à Brae Scotland - 5/24 
• Arisaig Americana Music Fest à Scotland - 5/25 
• Workshops - Edinburgh -  5/27
• House Concert - Edinburgh - 5/28
• The Vic à Menai Bridge Wales - 5/29 
• St Mary’s Music Hall à Walthamstow Eng - 5/30 
• Fire on the Mountain à Aberystwyth Wales - 5/31 
• The Pound Arts Centre à Corsham England -  6/1

"Closing The Gap" is a snapshot of the Mountain Drifters after a period of intense touring, of learning each other’s “isms” and instincts, and as a result slowly developing our collective “isms” and instincts as a unit. This album is MMD in our natural and instinctual state of BEING; raw, playful and free, the way the music is meant to be. The music is hopeful and optimistic and comes from the heart, and so we start the story off with this: “There’s a bright side somewhere, ain’t gonna rest until I find it,” . And we look at the world all around us, and that thought continues to resonate, The title track Allison de Groot's “Closing the Gap”  feels like a race. Each note tries to catch up with the next, narrowing the gap and steadily propelling the tune from one section to the next. . . 

Order the CD from our Online Store or for digital downloads and out of US CD orders: https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/MolskysMountainDrifters, or most anywhere you usually prefer to get your music! 

Yes, There's a Bright Side Somewhere Since we are new at building our audience on Spotify ,we would deeply appreciate your "Save" and do let us know what you think of the track! Click to "Pre-Save" this (very first single release for Molsky's Mountain Drifters from their upcoming record) to your Spotify song queue - and hear it automatically when released on Nov. 16!

red dots: 12/27-1/14 
12/27-1/1  Woodford Folk Festival, QLD 
1/2  Lefty's  Brisbane, QLD 
1/3  5 Church Street Bellingen, NSW 
1/4  Wauchope Community Arts, NSW 
1/5  Lizotte's Newcastle Lambton, NSW 
1/6  Metropole Katoomba, NSW 
1/7  Django Bar Marrickville, NSW 
1/9  Smith's Alternative Canberra, ACT 
1/10  Spotted Mallard Brunswick, VIC 
1/11  Mountain Mumma Sheffield, TAS 
1/12-14  Cygnet Folk Festival, TAS

Our first night and a wonderful audience and theater in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Big thanks to Phil and Jeremy and everyone who came out. Feeling welcome and ready to rock!! And big thanks to Richard Mountain for the photo. .  met lots of wonderful folks along the way, and out last night in London we were joined by... 

 John Paul Jones​ for some tunes and a tune on stage at Kings Place.Thanks, John! And thanks to Jonathon Cuff for the photos .

It's Official! Molsky's Mountain Drifters have been chosen as official Showcase Artists at IBMA's Bluegrass Ramble! In addition we are performing at a number of sponsored showcases and radio events during the week. Looking forward to seeing all our Bluegrass and Acoustic Music friends. Here's the schedule of where we will be: 

Official IBMA Bluegrass Ramble Showcases 

• Tuesday 9/26 8:00pm Pour House Music Hall - 224 S. Blount St. 
• Wednesday 9/27 9:20pm Convention Center - Rm304 

Sponsored Showcases 

• Tuesday 9/26 
  • 9:30pm Charm City BG - Marriott Presidential Ste 
• Wednesday 9/27 
  • 2:00pm Radio Bristol Session – Conv Ctr Rm201 
  • 4:00pm WHUP Radio Spot – Live (off site) 
  • 10:15pm Nefesh Mountain - Pour House Music Hall 
  • 11:30pm Boston BG Union - Marriott State Ballroom 
• Thursday 9/28 
  • 2:25pm Bluegrass Country Radio – Conv Ctr Rm204 
  • 11:30pm CA Bluegrass Assoc - Marriott Rm320 
  • 12:30am Rooster's Wife - Marriott Rm321

The Drifters got a couple of really nice shout outs from Billy Bragg - who caught us performing a cover of his great song, "Between the Wars" at Folks Alliance Kansas City - He Tweeted and Facebooked it!
https://www.facebook.com/billybraggofficial/posts/10154132207572471 

https://twitter.com/billybragg/status/839118789161672708