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Dig into the official FreshGrass 2017 playlist via Spotify or YouTube — and get ready for outdoor concerts, late-night hoedowns, camping, live music scored to silent films, jam sessions, luthier demos, the FreshGrass Award, local food and drink, and free admission to the MASS MoCA galleries. It's a rollicking good time, and there's nobody we'd rather spend it with than you. 

For a few years I worked as a clinician for the Martin Guitar Company. My picking buddy Dix Bruce and I toured up and down the #westcoast doing in-store clinics. It was a blast, getting to play the finest guitars in the world–a dream job.

My name is Nell Robinson and my partner, Jim Nunally and I have a band that is performing in Kansas City next week at the Folk Alliance International Conference.  Jim and I also have a new music and arts company, Whippoorwill Arts, and an activist project called the Music Home Project. Howdy, nice to make your acquaintance!

Featured on the home page of the No Depression website! Article about the OneMic session which showcases the "folkbilly" sound of The Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally Band. 

“In 1986 I came upon a cool-looking, beat-up old 1946 D-18 Martin Guitar in a pawn shop in Vallejo, California. I would go into that place now and again because I worked a few years earlier as a welder at Kaiser Steel shipyard in Vallejo. I asked the guy how much for the guitar. He said he didn’t know because it was a friend of his who was storing it there.

What an amazing 2+ weeks. Made friends, shared music, visited old and new wonders…

Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally Band have been added to appear in the official showcase lineup.
Thursday, February 16th at 8:45pm, Washington Park Place

Our new album East features songs inspired by favorite novels. The Cat’s Table (Michael Oondatje) inspired Tempest, The Summer Book (Tove Jannson) the song Sophia, and Snow Hunters (Paul Yoon), Tree. My great-grandfather’s poem My Soul is put to music as well.