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Nashville-by-way-of-Texas-based bluegrass quintet Cadillac Sky are led by singer/mandolin player/guitarist/violinist Bryan Simpson and show Matt Menefee (banjo, straight piano, drums, glockenspiel), David Mayfield (guitar, percussion), Ross Holmes (mandolin, Mellotron), and Andy “Panda” Moritz (piano, percussion, bass). The group authorized to the Skaggs Family members label and released its debut recording, …

Ohio-based Americana singer/songwriter David Mayfield offers deep roots within the bluegrass and folk moments. The Kent indigenous was raised playing bass and touring along with his family’s bluegrass music group, later embracing acoustic guitar and mandolin as an adolescent and earning nationwide honours for his deft flatpicking design. He offers …

American string band Uncle Earl shaped in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2000. Founded by vocalist/songwriters K.C. Groves and Jo Serrapere, the band’s early years arranged the tradition of the all-female lineup that included Amanda Kowalski, Casey Henry, Sally Truitt, and Tahmineh Gueramy. This preliminary lineup yielded the 2002 individually released …

A single vehicle for singer/songwriter and ex-Cadillac Sky frontman Bryan Simpson, the Whistles & the Bells focus on an evocative mixture of Southern folk, gritty alt-country, and indie gospel, invoking titles like Wovenhand, Jason Isbell, Support Moriah, and Blitzen Trapper. The long-gestating task began percolating soon after Simpson abruptly still …

A string band having a big, expansive audio, Michigan’s Greensky Bluegrass approach vintage Americana designs with an exploratory, progressive heart. Claiming to attended to bluegrass through the trunk door, the bandmembers cite rock and roll affects as their gateway into even more traditional acoustic designs. Formed in nov 2000 by …

Specializing in a distinctive mixture of what may be known as bluegrass soul, the SteelDrivers possess featured several veteran Nashville session players including Richard Bailey on banjo, Mike Fleming on bass, Mike Henderson on mandolin, Tammy Rogers on fiddle, and Chris Stapleton on guitar and lead vocals. Stapleton’s bluesy, hoarse, …