We had to cancel our late January shows in Knoxville and Asheville due to extreme frigid temps and snow (gotta love winter in the south!), but we’ve already rescheduled for March. Seeya then!
3/21 - Jubilee Arts Festival Knoxville
3/22 - Cork & Keg (Asheville)
3/26 - Rialto Club@Hotel Indigo (Athens) (Support for Molsky & Anger)
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Join Hog-eyed Man's Jason Cade (fiddle & banjo) and Rob McMaken (lap dulcimer, mandolin, guitar & banjo-uke) to explore the rich old time music tradition of western North Carolina. We’ll focus on archaic and fun music from four neighboring counties—Madison, Buncombe, Yancey, and Mitchell—tracing a dozen or so tunes back to the local source musicians who played them in and around the very area where Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week takes place. Through this focused regional approach, participants will gain a deeper appreciation for the remarkable depth and variety of traditional music within this beautiful corner of Appalachia. Beyond the great tunes and their stories, the class will delve into developing the skills that bring this music to life, with a focus on style, arrangement and attentive listening in various ensemble settings. All acoustic instruments welcome! Details and registration here
We made six albums from 2014 - 2025, three on Yodel-Ay-Hee and three on Tiki Parlour Recordings. Two are duo records, the others have guests/friends like Art Rosenbaum, Beverly Smith, Nancy & Charlie Hartness, Tom Baker, Brendan Doyle, Maxine Gerber, John Grimm, Paddy League, Michael Starkey, and David Bragger. Who’s got all six??
Thanks to Brad Kolodner for shouting us out in his Best Albums of 2025 countdown on the Old Time Jam!
It’s time for FIRST ROUND GRAMMY VOTING!! If you or any of your comrades are voting members, please consider Hog-eyed Man’s “Across the Sea” in the “Best Folk Album” category!
”Together, these four string wizards explore the many possibilities that arise at the intersection of traditional sounds from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The results are vibrant, immersive, and fun.” — Ben Salmon, The Best Country Music on Bandcamp July 2025, The Daily
“Performed deftly and thoughtfully, it’s full of nooks and crannies to be explored.” —Flagpole (Gordon Lamb).
“Ace old-time fiddler Jason Cade has a broader vision for the music. His new album has the same great fiddling but also features Paddy League, whose Irish guitar and greek bouzouki accompaniment meshes wonderfully with the tunes , plays off lively mountain dulcimer, and calls to mind great Irish/old-time mashups of old.” — Devon Leger, Songlines Magazine
“The tune selection is great and the execution is powerful and rhythmic. I give it my highest recommendation.” —Folkworks (Steve Goldfield)
We’re thrilled to finally have the new record out there on Tiki Parlour Recordings. It’s an amazing feeling when your vision for a project like this one becomes a tangible reality! Read more about it and check out the amazing musicians who played on it here. Howard Rains did a wonderful job with the art and design. If you want to experience the project in its best form (and help support our work!), pick up a physical or digital copy from our Bandcamp page. Adam Hurt thinks you’ll love it. Ben Salmon calls it “vibrant, immersive, and fun.” Dave Matthews had forgotten that we even played oldtime music.
we are super stoked to have our far flung friends coming to Athens in August to finish up a recording project and do a couple shows with us. although still very much centered in the oldtime music traditions that we try to carry on, this transatlantic collaboration takes us down a little bit of a different path… Tasteful bouzouki, bodhran, & open-tuned guitar really opens up new textures, and our friend Michael’s super precise banjo playing is a revelation. we’re loving this cross-atlantic musical conversation and think you will too.
another audio/video teaser!
We had a nice chat with Pat Mac, in which he got deep into our musical memories, how we came to oldtime music, and our new album “Kicked Up a Devil of a Row.” Features some videos from the new album as well.
Our new CD, “Kicked Up a Devil of a Row,” is now fully available with almost two dozen tunes. Fifteen of the tracks feature Maxine Gerber (banjo), Brendan Doyle (banjo), and/or David Bragger (guitar). The rest are dulcimer-fiddle duets. There is one fiddle solo. You will like it.
Our new album of oldtime music will be released July 14, 2023 but is now available for pre-order! Almost two dozen (mostly) archaic fiddle tunes from the Southern Appalachians. Fifteen of the tracks feature honorary west coast Hog-eyed Man band members Maxine Gerber (banjo), Brendan Doyle (banjo), and/or David Bragger (guitar). You can find it in one of these places now, and we thank you so much for your support!
22 deep cuts of Southern Appalachian music, featuring David Bragger (guitar), Max Gerber (banjo), and Brendan Doyle (banjo)!!!
Details and Preorder available very soon.
We had a blast dusting off our Irish jigs and reels (and Irish-influenced oldtime music) for two St. Patrick’s Day gigs. On March 17 we played to a capacity crowd at Hendershot’s as part of the UGA Willson Center’s Humanities Festival. Then on Saturday morning we did a (slightly) more educational version of the show for families at the Athens-Clarke Public Library. Super fun times, and look forward to doing it again! Some clips below, including a little goat on goat fiddle and drum video action at the library.. ;) Pics to be added soon.
Thanks to david bragger for recording and guesting on our version of Salyer’s classic tune Lost Girl!
October 2021. A show like no other. People were hungry for music. We drove to the countryside as the sun was setting. Then this happened. It felt like a dream.
We’re thankful to our pal Tommy Jordan for throwing down an mp3 recorder that evening, resulting in "Live from a Pandemic Speakeasy," which we released April 1.
hogeyedman.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-a-pandemic-speakeasy
Here are the tunes and songs we played on fiddle, banjo, lap dulcimer, mandolin, guitar, & banjo-uke:
Part 2:
Nancy Dawson
Georgia Horseshoe
The Snowstorm
Bill Cheatum
Winder Slide
Bile ‘Em Cabbages Down
Spike Island Gals
Part1:
Green River/Cacklin Hen
Brad Walters
Hello John D
Cumberland Gap
Vance No More /Buck Hoard
Shady Grove
Folks, it's Christmas Eve. We're building up the fire, hanging stockings, and singing carols with our kids. Before we turn off the phones for the next week, we wanted to let you know how much we've appreciated your support of traditional music and our small part in it. If you feel like gifting our music to friends or family, we'd love that. But more importantly: take some time off. Pick up the banjo. May peace be with you and your loved ones.
We've been wanting to do an album of our favorite traditional carols and winter tunes for a long time and it all came together when our pal Cameron DeWhitt invited us as guests on their excellent podcast Get Up in the Cool a few weeks ago for a special holiday show. This short bandcamp release is just the tunes we played (you can check out the full episode with all the talky-bits here: getupinthecool.fireside.fm/277). You should totally subscribe to Get Up in the Cool wherever you listen to podcasts. These are old carols collected from Wales, England, and France, while the tunes are some of our favorites from North Carolina fiddlers Marcus Martin and Byard Ray and Kentucky fiddlers Isham Monday and Darley Fulks:
1. The Holly & the Ivy / Joy to the World
2. Marcus Martin's Jig / Snowbird
3. Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella / Christmas Eve
4. Coventry Carol / Polly Put the Kettle On
We hope you enjoy these tunes as much as we do, and wish you joy and peace this holiday season.