art and music
Tricia Spencer & Howard Rains are both fiddlers, guitar-players, and singers who preserve and build upon the traditions of their home states of Texas and Kansas. The husband and wife duo are known for their distinct twin fiddling and close-knit vocal harmony. Both multi-instrumentalists, they are steeped in family musical tradition and are dedicated to the preservation, performance, and sharing of old time music. They are also both artists, Howard in watercolor and Tricia in pen and ink, and their artwork weaves in closely with their music.
TOUR DATES
2024
March 17, Lawrence, KS
String Band Class at the Lawrence Arts Center
March 18-April 26, Lawrence, KS
March 21-23, Palestine, TX
Gaslight with the Wakarusa Roundabouts
March 30, Lawrence, KS
April 12, Lawrence, KS
Oddball Hoedown with Halfsider
April 13, Kansas City, MO
Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music
April 26, Newark, DE
May 10, Lawrence, KS
May 17, Lawrence, KS
Flint Hills Contra Dance with the Wakarusa Roundabouts
May 24, Manhattan, KS
Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week
June 9-15, Mars Hill, NC
June 28, Lawrence, KS
Barn Dance with the Wakarusa Rounbdabouts
July 13, Lawrence, KS
August 12, Lawrence, KS
Midtown Hoedown with Halfsider
September 14, Kansas City, MO
Farm to Fork Pizza Club with the Wakarusa Roundabouts
September 27, Lawrence, KS
JM Collingwood Barn
November 2, Pretty Prairie, KS
Focal Point
November 22, St Louis, MO
Dance TBA
November 23, St Louis, MO
Festival of Texas Fiddling
December 7, Blanco, TX
December 14, Lawrence, KS