With its bold new brand of acoustic music, Joy Kills Sorrow pushes right through the envelope and out the other side. The Boston-based stringband brings a decidedly modern sensibility to an old-world sound, channeling the prodigious talents of its individual members into elegant arrangements and well-crafted songs. While the group pays due homage to its Bluegrass roots—its name refers to one of the first radio stations to broadcast the music of Bill Monroe—the band truly excels in its rich and textured treatment of more contemporary material.

Darkness Sure Becomes This City, 2010

08-24-2010 Bozeman, MT
Filling Station

08-25-2010 Billings, MT
Garage Pub Stage at Yellowstone Valley Brewing

08-29-2010 Duluth, MN
Beaners Central

09-02-2010 Toronto, ON
Hugh's Room

09-03-2010 North Umberland County, ON
Shelter Valley Folk Festival

09-15-2010 Durham, NC
Casbah

09-17-2010 Knoxville, TN
Blue Plate Special

09-18-2010 Bristol, TN
Bristol’s Rhythm and Roots Reunion

11-05-2010 New Freedom, PA
Wagon Shed Concert Series

11-06-2010 Winchester, MA
Private

11-12-2010 Newtown Square, PA
Burlap and Bean

11-17-2010 Cambridge, MA
Harvard University

11-18-2010 Portland, ME
One Longfellow Square

11-19-2010 Cambridge, MA
Club Passim

11-20-2010 Northampton, MA
The Iron Horse

12-04-2010 Arden, DE
Arden Concert Series

02-24-2011 Bellevue, WA
Wintergrass

02-25-2011 Bellevue, WA
Wintergrass

06-09-2011 Wimberly, TX
Blue Rock Studios