Connecticut Bluegrass: Jean-Baptiste Cardineau and the Local Heroes

Connecticut Bluegrass at The Granite Jean-Baptiste Cardineau and the Local Heroes Friday, August 28, 8 PM (Doors 7 PM) Tickets: $25 Jean-Baptiste Cardineau and the Local Heroes is a bluegrass group that mines in the fertile grounds of traditional bluegrass, early country and old time mountain music. Franco-American Jean-Baptiste's mandolin playing and musical style is influenced by the early innovators Bill Monroe and notably by his friend and former mentor Frank Wakefield. This Boston-based band carries the torch of a bygone tradition with hardcore numbers, powerful three-part harmonies, gospels and their own original music. In his final year at Berklee College of Music and with a debut record coming out in the Spring featuring some of the Northeast's most mythological figures (Stash Wyslouch, Max Wareham, Sam Stage, Chris Sartori, Jack Holland, Noah Harrington and more), JB has already been given to savor the honor of being proclaimed the winner of PSB Records' Song's for Social Change contest and Berklee's Songs for Social Change Contest as well as first place in mandolin at the 2025 Freshgrass Awards. The record highlights his unique mandolin playing as well as his original songwriting style. Jean-Baptiste has appeared in: Joe Val Bluegrass Festival(JB and Cardineau Sin) 2026 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (Jean-Baptiste Cardineau Show) 2025 Taffeta Music Hall (solo opening for Tray Wellington and The Cody Sisters) 2025 Club Passim (JB and Cardineau Sin) 2025 Freshgrass Awards (first place in mandolin) 2025 Crooked River Festival 2025 Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival 2024 Learn more at jbcardineau.com