With talents on loan from Punch Brothers, Crooked Still, and the acoustic music world at large, the four piece Hawktail is made up of fiddler Brittany Haas, bassist Paul Kowert, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie. From winding melodies and sparse vigils to feisty barnburners, this quartet shines on stage with a grace and … Continued
Three generations of some of the sharpest minds in the American string band universe come together for Darol Anger & Mr. Sun Legendary fiddler, Darol Anger, is at home in countless musical genres — some of which he helped to pioneer — and is a member of the original “nuclear” generation of pickers who extended … Continued
“One of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets” (Rolling Stone), we first met Chattanooga-bred Amythyst Kiah as part of Our Native Daughters. The all-women-of-color supergroup — Kiah, Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell — earned a Grammy nomination for the Kiah-penned standout “Black Myself” and won Song of the Year at the 2019 Folk Alliance International … Continued
Alison Brown is one of the most celebrated multi-hyphenates in the ‘roots’ music genre. She is a GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, and composer, a former investment banker, and co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Nashville-based Compass Records Group, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2025. The first woman to win an instrumentalist of the year … Continued
Bonny Light Horseman — the Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson, veteran multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman (The National, Josh Ritter), and Anaïs Mitchell, writer of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Hadestown — repaints centuries old folk ballads for our disconcerting present. Quietly charming us all last year with their eponymously titled debut album the folk supergroup earned … Continued
From early gigs at local pizza shops to world tours with Nickle Creek, brother-sister duo Sean and Sara Watkins grew up playing music side by side — and thankfully, somethings never change. Watkins Family Hour serves up down-home familial folk, blending intricate guitar picking, elegant fiddle, with the siblings’ honeyed voices into musical magic that’ll … Continued
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
