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Email: Rockheartsbluegrass@gmail.com 

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PO Box 141 

Carolina, RI. 02812

615 Hideaway Records

Contact: Sammy3@the615Hideaway.com

Latest News

Live Stream, New Show Dates, and Education!  

We hope to see you at some of these newly announced shows!
Just a few tickets remaining for this weekend's GuitarTown CT 15th anniversary show in Hamden. Snag those last tickets here (Friday, May 5 - 7:30-10PM)

-->> Live Stream Tonight <<--

We've also just announced that we will be live streaming tonight at 8:30 PM EDT on the Rock Hearts Facebook Page, the 615 Hideaway Records YouTube Page, and the Bluegrass Music TV Facebook Page. We'll be chatting with guests about the new album, upcoming shows, and more!

Finally, please note the change of date for our Cambridge MA show at Lily P's and the brand new date added on June 18th where we will be Opening for Old Crow Medicine Show


All Tickets and info to these and our future shows can be found here: Rockheartsbluegrass.com/shows
Austin and Billy had a great time teaching at Mandolin Camp North! Check out this hot triple fiddling with friends on this rendition of "Sweet Blue Eyed Darling" Listen to Austin's Takeaways from camp here
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Have You Heard Our New Single?

Listen to "The Last Log Drive" on your favorite Steaming Platform today!

Learn with the Rock Hearts!

 We will be putting on a number of workshops this summer!

Rick Brodsky will be teaching a bass workshop at Jenny Brook

The whole band will be discussing Band dynamics at Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival (Read more here)

Austin Scelzo will be leading the kids academies at Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

Austin will also be teaching a Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class at Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival, Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Bearsville Bluegrass Festival, St. Johns Bluegrass Festival, as well as at the Ashokan Center Bluegrass Week with Kimber Ludiker, Joe Newberry, and Missy Raines/Allegheny and Silver Bay with Pete Wernick

Find out more about those classes here
 
Thats all for now!

Thanks for your support,
Alex, Joe, Billy, Rick, Austin
Thanks to our generous Crowdfunding supporters! The album is here and those who supported our project received digital links last week. We're putting CDs in the mail this weekend!

05/04/2023

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The Album is Here! "Wanderlust" and April Updates 

The Album is Here!

We couldn't be more excited to share with you an album two years in the making. We have the physical CDs in hand and will be carrying them with us wherever we go. The CD is not out for streaming yet so the only way you'll be able to hear it is if you pick one up at a show!

Rick Brodsky will tell you all about the new album "Wanderlust"
Check out the track listing below. We are so pleased to have featured almost exclusively bluegrass songwriters from the Northeast 
Thanks to our generous Crowdfunding supporters! The album is here and those who supported our project received digital links last week. We're putting CDs in the mail in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for believing in us and supporting our music.

Cant wait to hear the album? Stream our New Single on 615 Hideaway Records!

Listen to "The Last Log Drive" on your favorite Steaming Platform today.

“The Last Log Drive”  was written by Bill Thibodeau's father, Sam Tidwell. It tells the true story about the last logs that ever floated down the Kennebec River. Bill will tell you the story of when he woke up hearing his dad, Sam Tidwell singing it on "Good Morning America" Let us know what you think!

Catch us at a live show to hear "The Last Log Drive" in person!
 
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It takes a team to release a great song - thanks to producer Ned Luberecki, Engineer Stephen Mougin, and Dark Shadow Recording Studios
 

We Hope to see you this weekend in Rhode Island at the Blackstone River Theater

 Please call in your reservations for our April 8, 8:00 p.m. concert with Rock Hearts to 401-725-9272
Check out Alex MacLeod's Interview on WUN about the show or join Austin Scelzo in his Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class before the show

New CT Show Announced
We will be playing the 15th anniversary of Hamden, CT's GuitartownCT Series - one that has brought the likes of Dr. Ralph Stanley, Hot Rize, Sierra Hull, Doyle Lawson, Michael Cleveland, The Travelin’ McCourys, Dailey & Vincent, Della Mae, Dale Ann Bradley, Tim O’Brien, Blue Highway, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Bryan Sutton, The Grascals, The Gibson Brothers, Rhonda Vincent, The Punch Brothers, and Billy Strings.

To celebrate their 120th concert, GuitartownCT will host Rock Hearts on May 5 at Café Amici on Whitney Avenue in Hamden. Advance tickets can be purchased for $30 online. (Limited seating!)
 See the full list of our tour dates here 


*Please note that our April 15th Lily P's show in Cambridge has been postponed to June 10

 
Thats all for now!

Thanks for your support,
Alex, Joe, Billy, Rick, Austin

04/07/2023

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Latest single release: The Last Log Drive 

In 1975, the lumber industry in Maine decided to transport freshly-fallen timbers on trucks down the highways, thereby ending the long-held tradition of floating the massive logs down the rivers.  In response, Billy Thibodeau's father and New England Bluegrass pioneer, Sam Tidwell, penned the song about the last log drive on the nearby, Kennebec River, not far from their home in Cambridge, Maine. Sam said the The Last Log Drive was a protest song.

Not long after, as the Associate Press was covering this momentous and historical event in Maine, the song gained similar attention.  Billy recalls as a young boy, watching his dad write the song at the family's kitchen table. A few months later, Sam Tidwell and the Kennebec Valley Boys performed the song live on Good Morning America.  Though Sam Tidwell passed away several years ago, this song still resonates with the locals in Maine and Rock Hearts wanted to pay homage to Sam Tidwell, to the other pioneers of New England Bluegrass with hopes of keeping this story alive.   You can find it on your favorite streaming platform.   

03/19/2023

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Rock Hearts' WANDERLUST on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction 

In case you haven't heard the big news, our debut single with the 615 Hideaway Record Label, Wanderlust, is now being played on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction.  (Sirius XM Radio 62 and Dish Network 6062)

If you want to hear it, you can REQUEST that SiriusXM play Wanderlust by contacting their request line on Friday mornings - 1-877-98Banjo

Wanderlust, written by lead singer, Alex MacLeod, is somewhat of an examination of his life growing up as a Military Brat.  He says that being forced to move every 2-3 years of his young life, left ripple effects that cause him to not want to settle down, like there's a need to keep moving, as well as never being comfortable answering the question, "Where are your from?"

He dedicates to song to all Adult Military Brats who can relate. 

We were thrilled to have as a special guest on the recording, our friend and Grammy-award winner, Michael Cleveland.

Give a listen, make a request - and we hope to see you soon!

Blessings

11/30/2022

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Wanderlust #6 on Top 50 AirPlayDirect Singles & #10 Top 50 Albums for August 

It's been incredible.  We dropped Wanderlust on August 19th, 2022, with The 615 Hideaway Records label, and thanks to all of the DJs, we ended up as the #6 Top 50 APD Single and #10 Top 50 APD Albums for the Month of August.  For those keeping score at home, APD stands for Air Play Direct, the place where DJs from around the world go to download music for their programs.  Still charting in September. Thank you Robert and Lynda Weingartz of APD for your guidance and generosity.

Thank you for your support, encouragement and downloads!



 

09/20/2022

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Rock Hearts Spotlight on AIRPLAY DIRECT! 

Thank You, AIRPLAY DIRECT!

08/25/2022

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Rock Hearts releases Wanderlust on The 615 Hideaway Records; special guest, Michael Cleveland 

We are so thrilled to release our debut single release with The 615 Hideaway Records.  It’s called Wanderlust with special guest, Michael Cleveland.

Available for download and on all streaming platforms. https://ampl.ink/k3az0

08/19/2022

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615 Hideaway Records Announces Signing with Rock Hearts 

ROCK HEARTS SIGNS WITH 615 HIDEAWAY RECORDS 

Finishing Debut Album with Ned Luberecki Producing 

Nashville, TN (July 28, 2022) – The 615 Hideaway Records is proud to announce the signing of a multi-album deal with Bluegrass emerging band Rock Hearts. Sammy 3, owner of the label, has been friends with the band for over a year helping them distribute their videos through Bluegrass Music-TV with great success. As they say, one thing leads to another, and the conversation turned from helping the group with their video distribution to this exciting signing announcement. 

“It was clear after our very first get-together with Sammy3 that he understood us as a group and could relate to our goals and vision for what we want to achieve. What started as a friendly conversation about our band’s dreams, has developed into a mutual respect and admiration between us and Sammy3, with a commitment to working together to accomplish big things! From its inception, Rock Hearts has always felt like family, speaking the same “musical language” and it’s evident that Sammy3 speaks that same language as well. Rock Hearts believes Sammy3 has an exciting vision for 615 Hideaway Entertainment, and we’re honored to be a part of journey with him as we join The 615 Hideaway Records! “ – Alex MacLeod – Rock Hearts 

Rock Hearts are currently finishing up their debut album on 615 Hideaway Records with Ned Luberecki producing, and Stephen Mougin engineer extraordinaire at Dark Shadow Recording Studio. It was a winning formula for the band’s first album Starry Southern Nights and the band felt that their second album would again be the right place with these incredible musicians, professionals and all around great human beings. 

Formed in 2013, Rock Hearts brings together five veteran musicians from Southern New England who love to sing and pick bluegrass, old Country tunes, and seek out new tunes from other genres to “Bluegrass-ify”. 

Watch for news on their first single on 615 Hideaway Records coming soon.

 

 

07/29/2022

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ROCK HEARTS SIGNS WITH 615 HIDEAWAY RECORDS 

Rock Hearts sign with 615 Hideaway Records 

Posted on July 28, 2022 By John Lawless

 

Rock Hearts, southern New England’s fastest rising bluegrass group, has signed a multi-project deal with 615 Hideaway Records in Nashville. The label is run by Sammy Passamano III, son of Sam Passamano of Rural Rhythm Records, and is known in the industry as Sammy3. 

Members of the group became friends with Sammy during the 2021 World of Bluegrass Convention in Nashville, which led to them filming and distributing their music videos through 615 Hideaway. 

Alex MacLeod, guitarist and lead singer with Rock Hearts, says that joining up with Passamano was a simple decision. 

“It was clear after our very first get-together with Sammy3 that he understood us as a group and could relate to our goals and vision for what we want to achieve. What started as a friendly conversation about our band’s dreams, has developed into a mutual respect and admiration between us and Sammy3, with a commitment to working together to accomplish big things! From its inception, Rock Hearts has always felt like family, speaking the same ‘musical language,’ and it’s evident that Sammy3 speaks that same language as well. Rock Hearts believes Sammy3 has an exciting vision for 615 Hideaway Entertainment, and we’re honored to be a part of journey with him as we join The 615 Hideaway Records!” 

For their first 615 Hideaway album, the band is working once again at Dark Shadow Recording, with Stephen Mougin engineering and Ned Luberecki producing. 

In addition to Alex, Rock Hearts is Joe Deetz on banjo, Billy Thibodeau on mandolin, Austin Scelzo on fiddle, and Rick Brodsky on bass.

07/29/2022

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Nashville Recording Project #2 is Done! 

We are happy to report that our sophomore project has been recorded.  In April, we spent a week in Dark Shadow Recording Studio with the dynamic duo of owner and engineer extraordinaire, Stephen Mougin, and producer, Ned Luberecki.  The Mougins (Stephen and Yana) are wonderful hosts and have a fabulous studio together!

It was a winning formula for our debut project, Starry Southern Nights, and we were happy as can be that we were able to record our second project with these three incredible musicians, mentors, professionals and all around great human beings.

Our intentions, as they have always been, was to record a high-quality bluegrass project that folks would be excited to listen to.  The majority of the tunes are originals with mostly New England-based songwriters, with a couple other contributors from elsewhere.  We are beyond thrilled to have a few special guests appearing on our album as well. (Can't say just yet, but folks are gonna love it!)

In a week, we were able to record a complete project complete with originals, straight up bluegrass, instrumentals, gospels, and a classic country cover.  We also shot a video at the 615 Studios with Sammy and Sam Passamano.  

Got to see, pick and have dinner with our good buddy, Jesse Brock, as well.  

In all, it was a very busy, productive, and enjoyable time in the studio and we're excited to share our new material with everyone.  

It would not have been possible without the support and generosity of friends and families, crowdfunding contributors, etc... From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!

Be on the look out!  We're excited to see you all at several summer festivals including Blistered Fingers, Jenny Brook and Thomas Point!

05/16/2022

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Saturday, June 10 @ 7:00PM Sat, Jun 10 @ 7:00PM Rock Hearts CD Release Stop at Lily P's Lily P's, Cambridge, MA. 02142 Lily P's, Cambridge, MA. 02142
Friday, June 16 — Sunday, June 18 Fri, Jun 16 — Sun, Jun 18 58th Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival Maine, Litchfield, ME 04350 Maine, Litchfield, ME 04350
Sunday, June 18 @ 12:00PM (EDT, UTC-04) Sun, Jun 18 @ 12:00PM (EDT, UTC-04) CD Release Party - Father's Day @ the New England Free Jacks Rugby - with the Old Crow Medicine Show Veterans Memorial Stadium , Quincy, MA Veterans Memorial Stadium , Quincy, MA
Thursday, June 22 — Sunday, June 25 Thu, Jun 22 — Sun, Jun 25 22nd Annual Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival Tunbridge Fairgrounds , Tunbridge, VT. Tunbridge Fairgrounds , Tunbridge, VT.
Saturday, July 15 Sat, Jul 15 Private Show Coburn Gore, ME. Coburn Gore, ME.
Thursday, July 20 Thu, Jul 20 Hometown Benefit Concert Richmond, RI Richmond, RI
Wednesday, July 26 @ 8:30PM (EDT, UTC-04) Wed, Jul 26 @ 8:30PM (EDT, UTC-04) Nick-A-Nees - Bluegrass Throedown Nick-a-Nees, Providence, RI. 02903 Nick-a-Nees, Providence, RI. 02903
Friday, September 1 — Saturday, September 2 Fri, Sep 1 — Sat, Sep 2 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival Thomas Point Family Campground, Brunswick, ME. 04011 Thomas Point Family Campground, Brunswick, ME. 04011
Sunday, September 3 Sun, Sep 3 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival New Jersey, Woodstown, NJ New Jersey, Woodstown, NJ
Sunday, September 10 Sun, Sep 10 2nd Sunday Concert Series New Haven, CT. New Haven, CT.
Sunday, September 17 Sun, Sep 17 Bluegrass in Heaven Silver Bay, NY, Silver Bay, NY 12874 Silver Bay, NY, Silver Bay, NY 12874
Saturday, October 21 @ 7:00PM Sat, Oct 21 @ 7:00PM Center Theater Dover Foxcroft Maine, Dover Foxcroft Dover Foxcroft Maine, Dover Foxcroft
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