Erica has been playing fiddle since the age of 7. She has traveled throughout New England, Canada, and even Louisiana with the Maine French Fiddlers. Erica also performed as a special guest with Mac McHale And The Old-Time Radio Gang for five years.

Now, she is enjoying great popularity all over New England with her own five piece band, Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection. She returns to Jewett with the same band members that delighted us in May 2009: Matt Shipman on guitar & vocals, Ken Taylor on bass, Steve Roy on Mandolin and vocals, and Read McNamara on the 5-string banjo.

Erica is also a member of the country band, The Record Family Band. Erica was a recipient of a 2006 Maine Arts Commission Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Award and was recognized as a Master Artist by the Maine Arts Commission that same year. She has produced and released five CDs. Performance highlights include opening for Grammy-Award-winning country music superstar, Dwight Yoakam, as well as Grammy-Award-winning bluegrass performer, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. She is a faculty member of 17 Maine Street Community Music Center in Yarmouth and lives in Lewiston.

For more information on Erica and her Band, please visit their website: www.ericabrownonline.com