Grammy award-winning songwriter and musician Aoife O’Donovan is one of the most sought-after singers and songwriters of her generation. She has released 3 critically-acclaimed solo albums, is co-founder of the bands I’m With Her and Crooked Still, is the featured vocalist on The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris … Continued
Recently picking up her fourth Grammy Award — Best Americana Album — for her 2020 World on the Ground, Sarah Jarosz was last at FreshGrass with the all-star trio I’m With Her, Jarosz, Sara Watkins, and Aoife O’Donovan. 2021 will be Jarosz’s first solo set since her show stopping 2017 FreshGrass Composition Commission, Blue Heron … Continued
After their blazin’ late-night set in 2018, a hollerin’ Friday night kick-off in 2019, we’ve invited Steep Canyon Rangers back, this year as the second annual FreshGrass Artist-in-Residence. With a presence all three days, Steep Canyon Rangers will not only showcase their unparalleled cohesive magic with their own main stage set but will also premiere … Continued
Alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Grammy-winning mandolin player Sam Bush has perhaps more than any living musician helped to expand the horizons of bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, funk, and other styles. He’s the co-founder of the genre-bending New Grass Revival and a player who … Continued
Since their first FreshGrass performance in 2013, Watchhouse — formerly known as Mandolin Orange — has quietly become one of North Carolina’s most significant bands. The husband and wife duo carry a deep understanding of tradition and shape it into a thing of beauty. They craft simple songs that go beyond chord progressions and vocal … Continued
Few artists — in any genre of music — have done more to expand the horizons of their instrument than the banjo wizard Béla Fleck. With a total Grammy Award count of 14 won and 30 nominations, he has been nominated in more categories than any instrumentalist in Grammy history. His ensembles and collaborations are … Continued
Marriage, birth, death, departure; for Dispatch’s Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan, the only constant these past few years has been change. Add to that the divisive political climate, long-overdue reckonings on racial justice and gender equality, and a global pandemic, and you’ve got an idea of the tensions fueling the band’s extraordinary upcoming album. Marking … Continued
Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Billy Strings won Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards for his critically acclaimed record, HOME. Released on Rounder Records, HOME was produced by Glenn Brown and furthers Strings’ reputation as “one of string music’s most dynamic young stars” (Rolling Stone). Of the album, Associated Press proclaims, “it … Continued
Old Crow Medicine Show formed when the guys started busking on street corners in 1998 in New York State and across Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. They eventually found themselves in Boone, North Carolina, where they caught the attention of folk icon Doc Watson while playing on the … Continued
One of the world’s foremost ambassadors of New Orleans music, musical virtuoso and jazz legend Troy Andrews — better known as Trombone Shorty — stands taller than his moniker suggests. Bandleader by the age of six, stepping from high school graduation onto a world tour with Lenny Kravitz, and more recently an ever growing list … Continued
