Richie & Rosie

@ Join us at The Floyd Country Store on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm for a live concert with Richie Sterns & Rosie Newton. Tickets are $20 general admission, $25 reserved seating, $10 for kids under 12. Available for sale online and in the store. ABOUT RICHIE & ROSIE Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton grew up a 150 miles and few decades apart. While both were raised by professional cellist, Richie started playing banjo at 14 and Rosie began classical piano lessons at eight, eventually moving to classical viola as a teen. Both shared incredibly unique, musically-immersed childhoods: Richie’s family founded the iconic GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance (which he is now President of) and by her junior year of high school, Rosie was playing fiddle and touring with folk rock band The Mammals. During that time, the two were introduced at Saratoga Springs’ Flurry festival — a meeting that would spark a fated friendship and unique musical bond. During Rosie’s freshman year, the two finally began touring together regionally as part of the Evil City String Band, where they were joined by bass player Ben Gould, Steve Selin on Fiddle (in addition to Rosie), and guitarist Paddy Burke. Eventually, they decided to pursue a more intimate project as a duo and in 2013, released Tractor Beam, a 12-track mix of originals and classics, including Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You” and “Say Darlin’ Say”, a traditional lullaby. Being their first exclusive release as Richie and Rosie, the pair wanted to give fans a polished recording of the songs that they played live. After three years of touring and writing, the duo returned to the studio last December to record their second full-length album, Nowhere in Time. The record finds itself at a junction of Americana, old-time, and folk, bringing a new sound to traditional music. Recorded with producer Alex Perialas at Pyramid Sound Studios, the album highlights the incredibly-refined skill of both musicians — and while the majority of the album is a simple combination of fiddle, banjo, and captivating melodies, the duo manages to pack an incredibly full sound. “At the beginning, we were thinking it might be a project with lots of other people involved, more of a big production. As we went through it, we realized that the magic lies within the duo. We have an intimacy of music and we feel the power of two people playing. That’s who we are,” said Rosie. Buy Tickets Online Can’t make it to the show? Livestream it on Floyd Country Store TV! Livestream the Show Check out Floyd Country Store TV The Floyd Country Store and Handmade Music School have come together to share their magic with as many people as possible, regardless of location. Floyd Country Store TV offers high-quality content from The Floyd Country Store, including concerts, dances, Friday Night Jamborees, music lessons and educational content from the Handmade Music School, and more. Floyd Country Store TV is produced by Handmade Music School and all subscriptions support HMS’s scholarship fund and programming (501c3). Didn’t get tickets to that sold out show? Live too far away? Want to relive the magic of a concert you already attended? Interested in learning how to dance, play a musical instrument Appalachian-style, or exploring the history of music from Southwest Virginia and the Blue Ridge Plateau? Experience the magic of The Floyd Country Store from anywhere in the world with Floyd Country Store TV.