The Joe Cirotti Trio is a well-oiled string band from the shadows of Northwest Jersey’s Appalachian ridge. Friends of Roy’s Hall are no strangers to this abundantly talented aggregation, as members of the Trio have performed at Roy’s in various combinations and permutations numerous times over the years. In 2015, Joe Cirotti, Mike Alexander, and Pete Lister’s respective multi instrumentalist upbringings fused with a collective passion for the roots of American folk, country, and bluegrass music. In this way the trio’s bond is rooted in proximity, strengthened by a blue-collar passion for picking, and buoyed by their shared propensity for cigarettes and whiskey. Timmy Coyle has filled in for Mike since 2021 on multiple instruments, and they now occasionally play in tandem when the band plays as a quartet. The group also appears in various quartet and quintet line-ups, incorporating percussion or drums into the arrangements. Expect an extraordinary evening of the finest acoustic music mastery NJ has to offer from this band that has national recognition looming just around the bend.

Enjoy this live-stream video broadcast of the Trio from Roy’s Hall at the height of the pandemic. Joe’s guitar gets louder in the mix as the show progresses.