BkBC represents the top instrumental and vocal talent in the NYC bluegrass scene. Comprised mainly of professional, full-time pickers and singers, BkBC is the perfect group for your party or event! We customize our ensembles and song selections to fit your personality, your mood, and the vibe of our audience. Get in touch and let us know how we can help make your party awesome!
These guys are great! Friendly and professional, the crowd loved them. They played a very good repertoire of Bluegrass songs. Can't wait to see them again.
We hosted a holiday party in Brooklyn, and hired a duo from the collective to perform, and they did an amazing job. They managed to create a great atmosphere, were skilled at going with the flow, at times improvizing with the bizarre vocal performances of my guests, and were able to deftly handle (and greatly impress) an obnoxious bluegrass snob that I had invited. Very, very strongly recommend.
The Bluegrass Collective couldn't have been better. The weather questionable but the show went on in the carriage house. The quality of the musicians was superb and they were wonderful to work with. Considering rain threatened our event ....Bluegrass saved the day. We'd hire them again and recommend to all!
Thanks Bluegrass!!!!
Price Range: $375 - $9,125
Gig Length: 15 - 300 minutes
Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective isn't just one band, or one ensemble: The Collective is a modular, fully-customizable group that can be configured to bring your wedding, party, or event just the right look and vibe. We offer packages from just a solo guitarist or fiddle as you walk down the aisle, up to a full-on, hard-driving, foot-stomping bluegrass quintet. Wether you are a bride and groom, an event / wedding planner, or just someone looking to liven up your house party, the Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective has a band that's perfect for you! Make sure to check out our song list and our videos, and let us know how we can provide the soundtrack to the party of your dreams!
The acoustic musicians of Brooklyn form a community of vibrant artists who bring a variety of musical insight into the traditional canon of bluegrass tunes. With backgrounds in everything from trad jazz to Klezmer and zydeco, educations as far-reaching as Berklee School of Music and front porch pickin’, and influences that range from Bach to Ornette Coleman, the musicians you’ll find in this Collective offer an enormous breadth and depth to bluegrass. The Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective captures the best of talent and spirit that resides in the roots music community of Brooklyn, New York. Zack Bruce and Jason Borisoff formed the Collective in the fall of 2014 to record and showcase the expanse of musicianship and style that defines the diverse bluegrass community of Brooklyn. As two musicians working in the scene themselves, Zack and Jason saw a need to be filled by an organized, comprehensive, and musically rigorous cooperative, which strives to catalog the dynamic sound of Brooklyn bluegrass.
Regardless of the size of the ensemble you choose to book, we can be close-mic'ed (often SM-57's or equivalent are sufficient), or we provide our own large-diaphragm condenser mic to cover all instruments and vocals. Often the bass will go direct into the PA (we generally provide our own DI box). With a few exceptions, most of our instruments are not outfitted with internal pickups or preamps, so mic'ing is essential.
| May 15, 2021 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Wedding Reception |
| January 04, 2020 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| December 14, 2019 • 8:30pm - 11:30pm | Birthday Party |
| May 20, 2018 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm | Nonprofit Event |
| March 24, 2018 • 7:30pm - 9:00pm | Birthday (Adult) |
| May 27, 2017 • 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Dinner Party |
For a copy of this list in .doc format, please don't hesitate to email us! (email hidden)
Classic Bluegrass
A Hundred Years From Now - Flatt and Scruggs
Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains - Carter Family
I've Lived a Lot in My Time - Bill Monroe
Darling Corey - Bill Monroe
Sleep w/ One Eye Open - Dolly Parton
Old Crossroads - Skaggs and Rice
Down the Road - Flatt and Scruggs
I've Waited As Long as I Can - Tony Rice
Take Me in the Lifeboat - Flatt and Scruggs
Just When I Needed You - Flatt and Scruggs
I'll Never Shed Another Tear - Flatt and Scruggs
Home Run Man - Jimmy Martin
Hit Parade of Love - Jimmy Martin
Blue and Lonesome - Bill Monroe
Jesse James - Trad.
Ocean of Diamonds - Jimmy Martin
Maybe You Will Change Your Mind - Johnson Mtn Boys
I'm On my Way Back To the Old Home - Bill Monroe
On and On - Bill Monroe
Sunny side of The Mountain - Jimmy Martin
I'm Coming Back but I Don't Know When - Bill Monroe
I Believe in You Darling - Bill Monroe
Old Home Place - JD Crowe and the New South
9 Pound Hammer - Doc Watson
Molly and Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe
Don't You Call My Name - Johnson Mountain Boys
Unwanted Love - Johnson Mountain Boys
Dark Hollow - Bill Monroe
Sophronie - Jimmy Martin
Over in the Gloryland - Stanley Brothers
Blue Ridge Cabin Home - Flatt and Scruggs
Fox on the Run - Country Gentlemen
Your Love is Like a Flower - Flatt and Scruggs
Nobody's Love is Like Mine - Stanley Brothers
You Are What I Am - JD Crowe and the New South
Toy Heart - Bill Monroe
Blue Yodel #3 - Jimmie Rodgers
Footprints in the Snow - Bill Monroe
Is It Too Late Now - Flatt and Scruggs
Till the End of the World Rolls Round - Flatt and Scruggs
Doin' My Time - Flatt and Scruggs
Model Church - JD Crowe
Ocean of Diamonds - Jimmy Martin
Hold Whatcha Got - Jimmy Martin
If I should Wander Back Tonight - Bill Monroe
Bury Me Beneath the Willow - Skaggs and Rice
Gonna Settle Down - Flatt and Scruggs
How Mountain Girls Can Love - Stanley Brothers
Sittin on Top of the World - Bill Monroe
I Hope You Have Learned - Bill Monroe
If You're Ever Gonna Love Me - Country Gazette
Workin on a Building - Bill Monroe
I'll Stay Around - Flatt and Scruggs
Walkin' - JD Crowe and the New South
Two Dollar Bill - Kentucky Colonels
Wall Around Your Heart - Bluegrass Album Band
It Takes One to Know One - Jimmy Martin
Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone - Stanley Brothers
Their Fields Have Turned Brown - Seldom Scene
Modern Country / Contemporary Bluegrass / Newgrass
Lonesome Blues - Country Gazette
Wish We Had Our Time Again - John Hartford
Country Roads - John Denver
I’ve Got Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
Is It Still Over - Randy Travis
Forever and Ever Amen - Randy Travis
Oh Me Oh My - George Strait
When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley
Brother Jukebox - Keith Whitley
Born with a Hammer in My Hand - Blue Highway
Blue Night - Hot Rize
Another Day Another Dollar - Alison Krauss and Union Station
Who Can Blame You - Alison Krauss and Union Station
Nellie Kane - Hot Rize
Hobo Song - Old and in the Way
Midnight Moonlight - Old and in the Way
Lonesome Blues - Country Gazette
Ginseng Sullivan - Norman Blake
Who Needs You - Lonesome River Band
In the Gravelyard - Blue Highway
Say You'll Stay in My Arms - Special Consensus
Pikeville Flood - Blue Highway
Leavin’ - James King
I'll Take the Blame - Lonesome River Band
Little Sadie - Tony Rice
Old Train - Seldom Scene
Man in the Middle - Hot Rize
Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On - Dan Tyminski
Teardrops in My Eyes - Flying Burrito Brothers
Speak Softly You're Talking to My Heart - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
It's Hard to Be Forgotten By the One You Can’t Forget - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
Thunderclouds of Love - Tony Rice
Nellie Kane - Hot Rize
Who Needs You - Lonesome River Band
Classic Country
The Race is On - George Jones
Real Deal - George Jones
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
Ragged But Right - George Jones
Blue is the Color of the Blues - George Jones
Cup of Loneliness - George Jones
When You Say Nothing at All - Keith Whitley
Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
Streets of Baltimore - Gram Parsons
$1000 Wedding - Gram Parsons
Sin City - Gram Parsons
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash
Streets of Bakersfield - Buck Owens
My Heart Skips a Beat - Buck Owens
White Freight Liner - Townes Van Zandt
Hickory Wind - Gram Parsons
Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
Jackson - June Carter and Johnny Cash
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Jambalaya - Hank Williams Sr
Move It On Over - Hank Williams Sr
Back to the Barrooms - Merle Haggard
Crying Time - Ray Charles
Fool Such As I - Hank Snow
Sin City - Gram Parsons
Are You Afraid to Die - Louvin Brothers
Classic Rock / Folk / Americana
Wouldn’t It Be Nice - Beach Boys
I’ve Just Seen a Face - Beatles
Ripple - Grateful Dead
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead
I Know You Rider - Grateful Dead
Ramblin’ Man - Allman Brothers
I Will - Beatles
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Don't Think Twice - Dylan
Threw it All Away - Dylan
Blowin in the Wind - Dylan
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Yakety Yak Don’t Talk Back - The Coasters
Leaving of Liverpool - The Pogues
Steve’s Last Ramble - Steve Earle
My Girl - The Temptations
Billie Jean - MJ
Graceland - Paul Simon
Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Never Ending Song of Love - Bonnie and Delaney
More Pretty Girls than One - Woody Guthrie
Today's Favorites
Ho Hey - Lumineers
Home - Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
I Will Wait - Mumford and Sons
Believe - Mumford and Sons
Instrumental
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Slipstream - Bela Fleck
Whitewater - Bela Fleck
Salt Creek - Traditional
Blacks Fork - Matt Flinner
Sally Goodin - Traditional
Tallahassee - Bill Monroe
Cherokee Shuffle - Traditional
Cattle in the Cane - Traditional
Red Haired Boy - Traditional
Old Dangerfield - Traditional
Big Sandy River - Traditional
Jerusalem Ridge - Kenny Baker and Bill Monroe
Nelia's Dance - Bryan Sutton
Stoney Creek - Tony Rice
Old Joe Clark - Tradional
Hangman's Reel - Traditional
Goodbye Liza Jane - Traditional
Bill Cheatam - Traditional
Pike County Breakdown - Flatt and Scruggs
Theme Time - Tony Trischka
Devils Dream - Traditional
Clinch Mountain Backstep - Stanley Brothers
Tennessee Blues - Bill Monroe
Doug's Tune - The Dillards
Daybreak in Dixie - Stanley Brothers
New Chance Blues - Tony Rice / Norman Blake
Wheel Hoss - Bill Monroe
Dawg's Due - Bela Fleck
Big Sciota - Traditional
Roanoke - Bill Monroe
The Open Road - Bela Fleck
Bluegrass Breakdown - Flatt and Scruggs
Groundspeed - Flatt and Scruggs
Dear Old Dixie - Flatt and Scruggs
Alabama Jubilee - Roy Clark
Pickalong - Flatt and Scruggs
Hamilton County Breakdown - Johnson Mountain Boys
Blackberry Blossom - Traditional
Hot Burrito Breakdown - Country Gazette
Temperance Reel - Traditional
Bluegrass Breakdown - Flatt and Scruggs
Kentucky Mandolin - Bill Monroe
Sweet Georgia Brown - Traditional
Brown County Breakdown - Bill Monroe
Down in the Swamp - Bela Fleck
High Road - Tim O'Brien
Old Town - Butch Baldassari
Ode to a Butterfly - Nickel Creek
Forked Deer - Traditional
Whisky before Breakfast - Traditional
Land's End - Tim O'Brien
Lost Indian - Jimmy Martin
Arkansas Traveler - Traditional
Beaumont Rag - Traditional
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - Bill Monroe
Cuckoo's Nest - Traditional
Rebecca - Herschel Sizemore
Cotton Patch Rag - Traditional
Farewell Blues - Flatt and Scruggs
Back Up and Push - Traditional
East Tennessee Blues - Doc Watson
Under the Double Eagle - Traditional
Daley's Reel - Traditional
New Camptown Races - Frank Wakefield
Cheyenne - Bill Monroe
We require a PA system for all performances. If the client will not provide one, we can travel with a small PA system, for an added fee.
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