Hickory Robot

  • Local
  • acoustic
  • folk
  • bluegrass
  • americana
  • newgrass
  • original

Since their debut in 2008, Hickory Robot has steadily become one of the tri-state's pre-eminent Americana bands. Evolving through the years, they continue to weave the threads of bluegrass, folk, Celtic, country, jazz, and rock into a singular, evocative tapestry that has been met with popular and critical acclaim. To date, the band has released three albums- 2010's "Firefly", 2012's "Sawyer", and in March of 2019 their self-titled "Hickory Robot", which Citybeat magazine called "a deft

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