McIntyre Hall Presents: Scarlet Locomotive & Br'er Rabbit

The Scarlet Locomotive runs out of Bellingham, Washington to parts unknown. The band is powered by fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and the shared vocals of Arielle Luckmann and Ted O'Connell. Call it Americana or Story Music, this duo thrives on songwriting. Both Arielle and Ted pick with The Prozac Mountain Boys.

Though all four Br'er Rabbit grew up running around wooded areas of the same small town in the farthest Northwest corner of Washington State, brothers Zach and Nathan didn't meet Miranda, the third founding member, until they had all ended up in New York City. This kind of backyard folk seasoned by the edges, polish, and fervor of big-city inclinations is at the root of the style they call folk-stomp Americana. The group revamps classic string band instrumentation with homespun percussion and the unique integration of six-string ukulele and cello.