NORWOOD -- The Norwood Village Green Concert Series welcomes The Gibson Brothers for a bluegrass concert on Sunday, July 24, at 6 p.m. and The Brass Firemen for a July 28 show.

Three days before the Gibson Brothers take the stage, Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters are slated to perform an acoustic blend of country, folk, bluegrass and western swing at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 21.

The Brass Firemen will hit the stage Thursday, July 28 at 7 p.m.

Also known as The Norwood Fire Department Band, the legendary group will be performing its signature community concert. The band has been ambassadors of community, of good times, of street music, of brass bands, of national heritage. And they also have a saying: “What happens on the bus, stays on the bus”, making them ambassadors of domestic tranquility.

In the long and colorful history of the group more than 200 members, past and present, attest to its formula for success. Another part of the heritage of the group is “Table down”. Relative to this is the saying “Get Tim”. For more information ask a member of the group.

The Gibson Brothers were voted 2013 Entertainers of the Year at the IBMA World of Bluegrass 24th Annual Awards Show in Raleigh, N.C. for the second year in a row. They also won the Vocal Group of the Year; Song of the Year ("They Called It Music"), and Eric was named the Songwriter of the Year.

The Gibson Brothers were named the 2012 Entertainer of the Year Award at the 23rd Annual IBMA Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the first time a brother duet has won this award. The same night they won the “Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year” award for “Singing As We Rise.”

“Help My Brother” their tenth album, won the prestigious 2011 IBMA Album of the Year Award. They were named the 2011 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, the first time a brother duet has won this award. “Help My Brother” held the #1 position on the Bluegrass Unlimited Album chart for 8 months. It definitely had staying power, with songs charting on the BU Top 30 more than a year after its release.

These awards followed on the success of “Ring the Bell”. The title cut of that album won the 2010 IBMA Song and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year. Their 11th release, “They Called It Music”, was #1 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Album Chart for six months in 2013. The title cut spent three months as #1 on the BU Song Chart.

In July 2014 they signed with Rounder Records, a label they always equated with quality. Their first release on the label, Brotherhood, is homage to the brother duos that have inspired them since childhood. They chose fifteen songs from country, bluegrass and early rock 'n' roll brother acts including some who will be familiar to most listeners, such as Phil & Don Everly, Charlie & Ira Louvin, Jim & Jesse McReynolds and Carter & Ralph Stanley. Brotherhood also features covers of songs recorded by some lesser-known acts, including the Blue Sky Boys, the Church Brothers and the York Brothers.

This will be the 5th appearance by the Gibson Brothers for the Norwood Village Green Concert Series, twice as teenagers and three times as Bluegrass giants and coined by Joe Liotta as “The North Country’s Gift to the World of Bluegrass”.

Admission is free but there is a “pass the bucket.

Info: nvgcs.org or 353-2437.