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After Nickel Creek disbanded in 2007, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile assembled an all-star quintet called Punch Brothers (the name originates from the Tag Twain short story Punch, Brothers, Punch!) with guitarist Chris Eldridge, previously from the Infamous Stringdusters; bassist Greg Garrison, that has used Ron Kilometers and Leftover Salmon; banjo …

Alan Munde was an Oklahoman banjoist who 1st emerged in 1969 while a new player with bluegrass guitarist Jimmy Martin’s music group. Munde continued to be with Martin until 1971, when he remaining to join Nation Gazette with Roger Bush (bass), Kenny Wertz (acoustic guitar), and Byron Berline (fiddle). The …

Bay Region newgrass jam music group Hot Buttered Rum have already been referred to as a rock-band playing bluegrass tools (the bandmembers themselves contact what they carry out “thin air California bluegrass”), along with music influences which range from blues, rock and roll, and jazz to Celtic and old-time string …

Tim O’Brien is among the spearheads of modern bluegrass. As co- creator and business lead vocalist of Scorching Rize and Crimson Knuckles & the Trailblazers, O’Brien offered being a bridge between your traditional sounds from the hill nation and the present day varieties of bluegrass within the 1980s. Because the …

The band profiled within this bio shouldn’t be confused with a Euro duo that’s also known as the Wayfaring Strangers; that acoustic twosome (which dates back to 1994) includes British guitarist/vocalist Neil Offer and German mandolinist/vocalist Martin Ahrndt, whereas the Wayfaring Strangers profiled within this bio (who may also be …

Bay Region newgrass jam music group Hot Buttered Rum have already been referred to as a rock-band playing bluegrass musical instruments (the bandmembers themselves contact what they carry out “thin air California bluegrass”), with music influences which range from blues, rock and roll, and jazz to Celtic and old-time string …

New Lawn Revival, shaped in 1972 by 4 former members from the Bluegrass Alliance, flourished in ten years when numerous organizations took traditional bluegrass and changed it to different levels. The group was effective enough to really have the group’s name turn into a common label: “newgrass.” The band’s picture, …

Genre-defying fiddle participant Casey Driessen collection his sights on the music career in age 6. His instrumental prowess was run by Suzuki lessons, the Berklee University of Music, and an enthusiastic hearing for the intensifying fiddle varieties of Vassar Clements, Darol Anger, and Byron Berline. He offers performed with Steve …

Psychograss was probably one of the most eclectic rings in the annals of American string music. Although rooted in the present day sounds of modern bluegrass, Psychograss integrated from folk, jazz and traditional music to Latin-American rhythms and pop music. A supergroup of top-rated acoustic music artists, Psychograss was conceived …

For a man who found mandolin quite casually, thinking about himself like a guitarist for the longest period, Jimmy Gaudreau has accomplished large things with the tiny instrument. Although some of his qualifications stage quite rightly to a pastime in intensifying bluegrass, he in addition has trilled his method in …