PROVIDENCE — All are invited to an Evening with the Hillbilly Thomists in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Diocese of Providence. This special event will take place on Thursday, April 21, from 7-9 p.m., in Peterson Recreation Center, Lower Level.
The Hillbilly Thomists, a band composed of Dominican friars including two of Providence College’s own chaplains, Father Justin Bolger and Father Peter Gautsch. will perform a concert of bluegrass standards and Americana favorites.
After playing music together for several years, they released their eponymous debut album in 2017, which reached #3 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart and mostly consisted in bluegrass standards and Americana favorites. Since then, the friars in the band have been doing what Dominican friars do: contemplating, studying, and preaching. They’ve also been writing songs. The fruit of all this is their new album, “Living for the Other Side,” released on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. Recorded at the Alberthaus in the Catskills, and predominantly featuring original songs, the new album is a resonant and at times rollicking meditation on grace, suffering, faith, conversion, and the soul’s dogged desire for what really matters. Their third album will be released in spring ‘22 followed by a tour in summer ‘22.
This is a ticketed event, please register online at www.eventbrite.com/e/289877570617. This event is co-sponsored by Providence College Campus Ministry.
For more information about this or upcoming events in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Diocese of Providence, visit dioceseofprovidence.org/150.
