Philadelphia-based Mass Folk
Commons are a family of a band.
The guitarist Garret Pilbeam and
bassist Cara Pilbeam are married.
His brother, Andy, the band’s lead
vocalist and banjo player, is dating
their manager, Tiffany Harned, an
award-winning artistic photogra-
pher who considers Cara to be like
a sister.
Both of them are from Middlesex
County, Cara from Piscataway and
Tiffany from Woodbridge. Mass
Folk Commons’ multi-instrumen-
talist, Andrew German, also is from
Jersey, Trenton, where the band’s
tattooed-punk mix of Celtic, Appa-
lachian and other roots music of-
ten can be heard at the cherished
Irish pub Tir Na Nog.
On Oct. 21, Mass Folk Commons
will get their spook on at Roxy &
Dukes, the Dunellen oasis for the
strange and wonderful, where
Harned used to be a bartender
and will celebrate her birthday not
only with the band’s edgy take on
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traditional Irish and American mu-
sic, but an exhibit of her fiery pho-
tographic artwork. The fourth and
final Makin Waves Rock Circus also
will feature the psycho-billy trio
The Silverhounds, the roots duo
Coach N’ Commando, world music
instrumentalist Anthony Carrera,
Jersey burlesque queen Vivi Noir,
the exotic aerial acrobatics troupe
Vertical Fixation, and sword swal-
lower Dean Formica. The spooks
‘n’ roots evening also will include
a Halloween costume contest for
cash prizes and a free drawing to
win concert tickets.
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