Slow Boat Home’s next Boston-area show is September 27, 2026 at Square Root.
Slow Boat Home is a Boston-area Americana ensemble blending original songs with carefully chosen classics from the first half of the 20th century, drawing on country, blues, jug band, and folk traditions. The band plays a colorful instrumental spread — harmonica, mandolin, resonator guitars, banjo, keyboards, and percussion — and is known for their stellar ensemble vocals and loose, good-time energy. Their influences range from Mississippi John Hurt and Bessie Smith to Bonnie Raitt and Toots & the Maytals.