R.A. Fountain General Store

06/04/2026

Americana • bluegrass • old-time • original music concert tomorrow night. Hildaland is mandolin picker of the year Ethan Setiawan & Scottish fiddler Louise Bichan, who met while students at Berklee College of Music. Don't miss our last show until September. [Lorraine Jordan canceled June 13.]

05/30/2026

Our second ever gig in NC will be at the RA Fountain General Store! We can't wait!

6/04 The Arts Center, Carrboro NC
6/05 R.A. Fountain General Store, Fountain NC
6/26 Saccarappa Concert Series, Westbrook ME
7/08 The Bandstand, Cornish ME
7/25 Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Hiram ME
7/30 Loading Dock Concert Series, Portsmouth NH
8/1-7 Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, Bremerton, WA
9/5 1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem MA
9/6 New World Festival, Randolph VT
9/26 Merryall Center, New Milford CT

05/29/2026

Saturday night bluegrass at the Crossroads: Travis Frye & Blue Mountain play RAF for the first time as part of their farewell tour which ends 2 decades of picking, touring & recording. A 5-piece multi-generational band with beautiful harmonies, they honor their Appalachian heritage with excellent trad & original bluegrass & bluegrass gospel--with contemporary twists.

05/13/2026

04/19/2026

John & Landy perform “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You”

04/19/2026

Hayes Carll’s “Beaumont,” performed by John Benson & Landy Spain

04/19/2026

John & Landy perform “Poison Love”

04/16/2026

John & Landy: good friends making great music, Saturday Apr. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Sit down & listen for a while to John "Singer" Benson & Fountain's own Landy Spain picking hits & obscurities in East Carolina's finest space to hear live music.
12 & under free admission.

04/04/2026

“Down on Penny’s Farm,” performed by Lightnin Wells, describes hardships of tenant farming with a difficult land owner. (We hope the Dupree family was treated more kindly on their Falkland farm!)

02/06/2026

Sweet new podcast is out❤️

Podcast Episode · Foolin' Around with Lightnin' Wells · 02/06/2026 · 38m