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We’re currently booking shows for 2024! Contact us at localfreight@gmail.com for booking and more information.

Check out our new Music page, featuring our debut original CD! If you like what you hear, you can purchase and download it from Amazon Digital Music or the iTunes Store. We have a limited number of CDs available, and will have them with us at shows. We hope that you will enjoy listening to our first release, and as always: Thank you for your support!

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About

Bluegrass band Local Freight features clean harmonies, strong pickin’, and a solid groove. Seasoned musicians John Tibert (mandolin/vocals), Lynne Fountain (bass/vocals), Rich Piccarreto (guitar/vocals) and Gretchen Bowder (banjo/vocals) bring their varied musical backgrounds together on original songs and bluegrass classics alike, crafting a fresh, original sound, with solid traditional underpinnings.

Common threads entwined to bring this project together: a love for the music, and chance meetings at area jams and festivals that became friendships, and musical collaboration. Now in its 10th year, the band has demonstrated its experience and versatility at shows ranging from harvest and farm days, to weddings, nightclubs, coffeehouses, corporate events, private parties, and various New England area festivals and fundraisers. We look forward to playing your venue/event!

Read More: Member Biographies

Booking/Info: LocalFreight@gmail.com

Music

Local Freight CD Cover
  1. Until the Sun comes Out Again
  2. I’m Hoping Someday
  3. Heading Out
  4. Tenney Hill
  5. Never Go Back
  6. Brown Chicken Brown Cow
  7. Breaking Point
  8. Living in the Country
  9. You Can’t Break a Heart
  10. I’ll Be Your Whiskey Tonight
  11. Last Leg Home
  12. When Opportunity Comes Knockin’

All Songs (sample clips)

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 © Copyright 2018 Local Freight.
All rights reserved. Recorded and Mastered 2017-2018 in Lowell, MA at Hillyard Studios. All songs written by John Tibert, except Tenney Hill and Living in the Country, written by Richard Piccarreto.

Press/Reviews

“Hire Local Freight for your wedding or event now! They are such amazing and fantastic pickers. We were so pleased with their music at our wedding … They were very responsive and accommodating to our special request. We had them play our cocktail hour, and my only regret is not having them play the whole reception. If you’re a fan of bluegrass look no further, this is the band you want. Thank you for making our special day extra special with your amazing sound for us to get down!”  Ryan – Montpelier, VT

“Thank you so much for playing for our party on Friday night. We had a blast!!! Local Freight was a huge hit and made our weekend all the more special.”  Brian – Portland, OR

“You guys sounded so great! The vibe you put out there really was exactly what we were hoping for and it helped shape the event.”  Ari – Boston, MA

“A Timeless New England Wedding at a Newport Mansion” Martha Stewart Weddings coverage of a July 2015 gig.

“Local Freight’s slogan is “Bluegrass that delivers,” and they make good on their promise by delivering clean harmonies, strong instrumentation, and a solid groove. While the band itself is fairly new to the bluegrass scene, it features four talented veteran bluegrass players: John Tibert on mandolin and vocals, Rich Piccaretto on guitar and vocals, Pete Fein on banjo and vocals, and Lynne Fountain on bass and vocals. They are regular features at The Bluegrass Throedown at Nick-a-Nees in Rhode Island and will be on the main stage at the Bluegrass on the Bogs festival in Hanson this spring.”   – Rockland News, January 2015

John Tibert featured in Westborough’s Community Advocate, August 2017

Past Shows

  • Bluegrass Tuesdays at Lily P’s, Cambridge, MA

    February 7, 2023 by

    Good times headlining at Lily Ps! Every week on Tuesday night, Lily P’s Fried Chicken & Oysters in Kendall Square in Cambridge serves as home to one of the most successful bluegrass nights in the country. Bluegrass Tuesdays fill both the restaurant and bar with bluegrass music from early in the evening until closing time.… Read more

  • Old Sturbridge Village Cider Festival

    September 24, 2022 by

    So much fun playing at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA! It was a beautiful fall day, featuring music all afternoon on multiple stages, exhibits, and hard cider makers from across New England. Many thanks to the staff and event organizers, and to everyone who stopped by the Grist Mill Porch to listen. Thanks also… Read more

  • Podunk Bluegrass Festival

    August 13, 2022 by

    The 25th Annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival was a blast! Thanks to everyone who came to see us play and stopped by our campsite to pick! Thanks also to the organizers and to the many volunteers who made us feel so well cared for throughout the weekend. And thanks to Paul Wolf for this photo. We’re… Read more

  • SAC Park Midsummer Festival

    June 24, 2022 by

    Great time at the SAC Park in Shrewsbury, MA kicking off their Midsummer Festival weekend! Thanks to everyone who came out for some barbecue and live music! Thanks also to Hans Berg for this photo.

  • Shelburne Farm Apple Harvest Festival

    October 3, 2021 by

    We provided some organic, free-range Bluegrass music for this perennial event in Stow, MA, which also featured apples & pumpkin picking, warm cider donuts, hay rides, kids play areas, food trucks and more!

  • Vermont Rare Gravel Ride

    October 2, 2021 by

    Bike race organizer Jack Bailey is passionate cyclist with a cause: building community and advocating for families living with rare disease. We were happy to bring some bluegrass to the finish line and after party at the Wild Wings Ski Touring Center in Peru, VT for the volunteers and race participants!

  • Old Sturbridge Village Fall Folk Festival

    September 25, 2021 by

    We enjoyed a stunning New England fall day playing on Old Sturbridge Village’s Grist Mill Stage with good friends Rich Gosselin on fiddle, and Keith Hillyard on banjo as part of the Old Sturbridge Village Fall Folk Festival, which featured 7 bands on 4 stages at historic locations around the museum, and many other attractions… Read more

  • Nick’s Worcester

    August 27, 2021 by

    After a year-long hiatus, it seemed only fitting that one of our our first shows should be at the legendary Nick’s Bar and Restaurant in Worcester, MA! Don’t we look happy to be back at it? Thank to Mud Rocheleau-Demers for this photo!

  • Podunk Bluegrass Festival

    August 13, 2021 by

    What a warm & wonderful weekend at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival, where there was much pickin’, grinnin’, and celebratin’ Rich’s first place win in this year’s songwriting contest for “Tenney Hill”! Thanks so much to the organizers and to the many volunteers who made us feel so welcome and well cared for throughout the weekend.… Read more

  • Nick’s Worcester

    March 1, 2020 by

    We played a couple of sets at the legendary Nick’s Bar and Restaurant in Worcester, MA during their Sunday Bloody Bar! Thanks to everyone who came to listen and spend a relaxed Sunday afternoon with us! Thanks also to Hans Berg for this photo.

  • Homegrown Coffeehouse

    October 5, 2019 by

    We’re had a great evening kicking off the Homegrown Coffeehouse’s 37th season in Needham, MA! Thanks to the wonderful volunteers and to everyone who came out for the show.

  • Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival

    August 29, 2019 by

    We enjoyed a fun-filled week at the Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival where we placed second in the Showcase Competition – with featured performances by 2018 winner Beg, Steal Or Borrow, 2013 winner Lonely Heartstring Band and headliners Della Mae! We were thrilled to share the day with so many talented musicians! Thanks to everyone who… Read more

  • Lakefalls Lodge

    August 3, 2019 by

    Another beautiful summer evening at Lakefalls Lodge in Stoddard, NH where we provided some background (and later foreground!) music for a private event.

  • Framingham Summer Concert Series

    August 2, 2019 by

    We enjoyed a beautiful summer evening, playing for a large crowd on the Village Green in Framingham for their Summer Concert Series! Framingham Source write up:  https://framinghamsource.com/index.php/2019/08/06/local-freight-play-concert-on-the-common/?fbclid=IwAR1hZQlkPBVz8BVHMZrBn7dOado4qU2KtO-4STX2wNo9HTdQ-v916uBPXso

  • Linden Tree Coffeehouse

    June 25, 2019 by

    We had a great time playing for a packed house at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse in Wakefield, MA. This  stage setup had us feeling right at home! Thanks to Bob Tanner for this photo.

  • No. 6 Schoolhouse

    June 18, 2019 by

    We had fun playing for a lively crowd packed into the Leominster No. 6 Schoolhouse for an evening  benefit event featuring bluegrass and fresh strawberry shortcake! Our good friend Rich Gosselin joined us to add some sweet fiddle sounds to this show.

  • 34th Annual Joe Val Festival

    February 16, 2019 by

    What a weekend we had at the Boston Bluegrass Union’s 34th annual Joe Val Festival!! Good friends, great fun, hot pickin’, tons of workshops, and awesome inspiration on both stages all weekend! Thanks to Bob Tanner for this shot of our Saturday night performance on the Showcase Stage!

  • Nick-A-Nee’s

    October 10, 2018 by

    We had a mighty fine time playing for our Providence friends at another Bluegrass tHrOEDOWN night at Nick-A-Nee’s!

  • Shelburne Farm

    October 7, 2018 by

    We had a great time playing two beautiful, fall weekends at Shelburne Farm in beautiful Stow, MA where additional attractions included apple and pumpkin picking, cider and donuts, fresh produce, hay maze, tractor playground, hay rides, lunch options from the applewood grill, and more!

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