The Joe Cirotti Trio, a well-oiled string band from the shadows of Northwest Jersey’s Appalachian ridge, fuses their multi-instrumentalist upbringings with a passion for the roots of American folk, jazz, country, and bluegrass. Their bond is rooted in proximity, strengthened by a blue-collar passion for picking, and buoyed by their shared propensity for roots music and whiskey. Formed in 2015, the current line-up – Joe Cirotti: guitar, Pete Lister: upright bass, and Timmy Coyle: mandolin and guitar – continues to craft a sound steeped in tradition, yet infused with modern twists.

Opening will be Western Skies, a quartet who thoughtfully craft songs you can live your life by. Love, music, friendship and a pinch of humor. Imagine Crosby, Stills and (a female) Nash with Jimi Hendrix on lead guitar, and you’ve got a pretty good idea. Real songs, Real harmony, Real guitar, Real people.

This event is part of The Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series, sponsored by The Folk Project each Friday evening at the Fellowship. Admission is $20.00 per adult at the door, $15 for Folk Project members. Children 12 and under are free. For further information, call 973-335-9489, or visit www.folkproject.org. The Folk Project website offers music samples of Troubadour performers at troubadour.folkproject.org.

The Folk Project is New Jersey’s leading acoustic music and dance organization, and has been showcasing acoustic and traditional music in North Jersey for over 45 years.

Funding has been made possible in part by funds from Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.