The Bodarks: Hootenanny String Band

THE BODARKS are a high-energy “hootenanny” string band with fiddle, banjo, upright bass, washboard, and other traditional instruments - perfect entertainment for rustic-themed events, festivals, house parties, outdoor weddings and engagement parties, etc. They've been described as having "delightful harmonies that had the audience singing along to their songs as if it were their favorite karaoke jam" (Blitz Weekly). Selected as a “Shiner Rising Star” finalist in their first year by 95.3FM (Dallas), they were said to exhibit "all kinds of cool elements from bluegrass to ragtime that really connected with the crowd."

THE BODARKS' conversion of popular songs into a hoedown appeals to the interests of a diverse crowd. And their original music has earned them accolades from local and nationwide talent searches. In review of their first album, Buddy Magazine touted them as “a genre-creating string band…that's developed its own unique Americana music.” Since their inception in 2012, they have side-staged for popular country and rock acts such as Kansas, Pat Benatar, Wade Bowen, Gary P. Nunn, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

As a string band, they are flexible and affordable, allowing you to add/subtract members to suit your budget or venue.

"It's a porch-stompin', fiddle-sawin', bass-spankin' hootenanny!" - Lifestyle Frisco

The Bodarks are “a genre-creating string band...that's developed its own unique Americana music,” says Buddy Magazine. Selected as a Shiner Rising Star finalist in its first year (2013), the Dallas-area band was described by SRS judge Donnie Nelson as having “all kinds of cool elements from bluegrass to ragtime.” And Chuck Taylor of KHYI 95.3FM likened them to Old Crow Medicine Show, Pokey LaFarge, and The Avett Brothers. The Bodarks have side-staged for Kansas, Pat Benatar, The O’s, Wade Bowen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. They are now a local favorite, entertaining pubs and house parties, weddings and music festivals around north Texas.

"It's a porch-stompin', fiddle-sawin', bass-spankin' hootenanny!" - Lifestyle Frisco

THE BODARKS can provide sound for indoor or outdoor events for audiences of up to 500 guests, or they can play smaller events purely acoustically.

THE BODARKS can add or subtract members to suit varying budgets and venues - from small acoustic solos to full jug-band hootenannies of as many as seven members (including washboard, accordion, mandolin, cajon or drums, etc.). They have played festivals and stadium concerts to small pubs and house parties.