Raisin Pickers to play free folk, bluegrass concert at Michigan Medicine

The Raisin Pickers will play a free concert on Thursday.

The Raisin Pickers are a Manchester-based string band that plays rustic Appalachian, old time swing, bluegrass and Louisiana music.

Carol Wells Palms is a classically-trained string bass player; Mark Palms (banjo, fiddle, guitar, accordion) is a composer, player and proponent of American musical heritage; Billy King plays guitar; and they all sing.

They were the first-place winner in the Appalachian Stringband Festival Non-Traditional Band Contest in West Virginia.

On Thursday, they’ll play a free concert as part of the Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art Summer Courtyard Concert Series. Look for live stream video of the concert on the Gifts of Art Facebook page.

What: Gifts of Art free concert

When: Noon – 1 p.m., Thursday, July 11

Where: University Hospital Courtyards

Rain/heat location: University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.