Happy 2014! After three years of hiatus, The Muellers reunited in early January for two reunion shows in central and midcoast Maine. It was wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces at the shows. Check out some video clips below!

The Muellers - Up and Around the Bend

The Muellers - Burying Ground

The Muellers - Gravel Yard

There may be another reunion show or two planned for this year, so stay tuned! Remember you can always get the most up-to-date Muellers news here and by liking us on Facebook.

We regret to inform you all that today's UMF concert has been cancelled due to weather! We promise it was not a set-up for a bad April Fool's joke. If schedules align, we'll definitely be trying to reschedule this one. Thank you and please drive carefully!

The Muellers wish to thank all of you for your continued interest in our band, other related musical activities, and Bob's upcoming trans-USA unicycle ride! We have two bluegrass dates currently on the calendar and hope you can make one or both! April 1st we'll be playing a benefit concert sponsored by the University of Maine Farmington with proceeds donated to Japanese earthquake relief. And on April 2nd, we'll be back in Camden for another appearance in the Friends of Music series sponsored by the First Congregational Church of Camden. Details can be found on our schedule.

Other dates of interest: Sunday, May 8th at 4 pm, The Tom Mueller Group, jazz quintet, at the First Congregational Church in Camden, Tom on piano performing fresh interpretations of jazz standards, as well as orginal compositions and arrangements. Approximately May 15th, Bob leaves from Portland, Maine on his unicycle, destination Seattle, Washington! Info will be posted soon at www.BobAcrossAmerica.com. Sunday, Aug 7th, 4 p.m., First Congregational Church in Camden, Tom Mueller, piano and Susan Poliacik, 'cello, will present chamber music featuring works of Debussy, Brahms, Beethoven, and a newly-commissioned 'cell sonata composed by Tom. Sunday, October 16, 4:00 pm, First Congregational Church of Camden, Tom Mueller will present a concert of North German organ and harpischord works.

Hope to see you at the April shows and other Mueller dates! There will probably be bluegrass shows added in Maine over the next few months, but my advice is catch us while you can, Muellers are starting to fly off in all directions!

Here's a photo from a recent performance in Camden, Maine. We played there again on Saturday, July 3rd as part of the annual "Music By the Sea" event in Harbor Park. Upcoming July appearances include Blue Hill and Brunswick - you can check out our schedule page here.

We're way overdue for an update! The musical Muellers are alive, well and holed up in Maine! After several years of touring, we are staying put in our home state, playing selected dates as we pursue some other interests. We've added a couple of dates to the calendar and have several dates pending, so please check back if you are in need of some pickin' and grinnin'.

Here's a little bit of what's going on with the family... Tom, while not playing guitar and singing in our band, is a world-class pipe organist on a mission--namely, he's presenting in concert everything that J.S. Bach wrote for the pipe organ, somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 pieces of music. He performed the first concert in January and is scheduled to achieve his goal (approximately 18 concerts) in October. You can read about him here. The younger Muellers are enjoying time home with serious piano study, something that had fallen by the wayside when we were on the road a lot. And while much of what we are doing is musical, Bob, 19, is training for a trans-USA unicycle ride! Here's a couple of links if you want to learn more about Bob's unicycling: www.onewheelrolling.com www.youtube.com/1wheelrolling

Thank you so much for supporting our family!

Hi everyone,

We hope that you are enjoying the summer! It's been one of the wettest, coolest summers on record (at least in our neck of the woods), but that hasn't stopped us from playing as much as possible!

I've just added a couple of new August dates to the calendar, so check it out and see if we'll be playing near you in the next few months. We'd love to see you at a show.

Tom M.

We are still sorting through the pictures from our last road jaunt, but here's a few standouts that I've discovered so far.

Hanging out before a gig at the KASU bluegrass series in Paragould, Arkansas.

Karen and Tom waiting outside the aquarium at the Omaha Zoo during one of our off days in Nebraska.

Warming up a couple of songs while waiting for a soundcheck.

Tastee Treet! This little restaurant in South Dakota is a local favorite that has been around forever.

Laurah and Tom with Danny, one of the staff musicians at Silver Dollar City.

Laurah, Sarah, and Tom, standing outside our favorite barbecue restaurant/gas station/gun shop in southeastern Missouri.

The album is done!

After a winter of late nights in the studio and 2 a.m. doughnut-and-coffee runs, our fourth album, The Muellers, will be available tomorrow. It features a bunch of originals and a couple of standards run through our tangy musical sensibilities.

Here's the track listing:

1) Drag the River

2) What a Beautiful Day

3) Love Please Come Home

4) Fire

5) Sound of a Lonesome Fiddle

6) Born Again

7) Train to Tennessee

8) Cold Hard Light

9) Bury Me Beneath the Willow

10) Silver Bells

11) Won't You Come and Sing for Me? 

Come listen to a bunch of new tracks on MySpace and let us know what you think! The album will also be available for purchase on our website within a day or two, and should be on iTunes and other online sites by the end of the month. 

After a successful and fun run at the Florida State festival, we are slowly heading west to our next engagement at the Two Rivers festival in Leakesville, Mississippi. Our grandparents are travelling with us, and with their Camry and our trusty van, we form quite a merry convoy.

Laurah and Grandma

Trying to capture Tom's infamous "something-is-out-of-tune" look

Grandpa and his dream fish.

For some reason, postmodernism has never established a foothold in the family portraiture business.

Hello all,

We are enjoying the sunshine and warm breezes of Florida! It's so different from Maine, especially during the spring (which Mainers euphemistically refer to as "mud season"). Last night we played our first set at the Florida State Bluegrass Festival amid heavy rain and tornado warnings, but we were pleased to see that quite a few people stuck around until the end of the night.

On Saturday, we will be presenting three different workshops for festival attendees. Tom will be presenting two: one on mandolin, and another on harmony singing and songwriting. After our set that afternoon, the entire family will be available for a Q&A session, talking about the nitty-gritty of being a family bluegrass band. We presented a similar workshop last year at Bean Blossom, and I was surprised at how many people it drew.