About the Band

Bear River Band

The Bear River Band is a five-member acoustic group that plays a variety of folk styles including Celtic and early American folk music. Featured instruments include the hammered dulcimer, Irish bouzouki, flute, fiddle, whistles/recorders, mandolin, guitar, string bass, bodhran, and hand percussion instruments. The band presents educational concerts and workshops, and offers entertainment for fundraising events, nonprofit organizations, private parties, and public concerts.

"The Bear River Band plays a unique blend of music... From the outstanding vocals of Shasta Smith to the sounds of Marty Smith’s hammer dulcimer, The Bear River Band completed the evening." - Cal Tatum, Uinta County Hearld October 24, 2006


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