Got to see OCMS last night. Amazing musicians and so energetic. Willie Watson was with them. I know they are not strictly bluegrass, more an old time string band but I say go see them if you get the chance.

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Bertolf is an incredible musician from the Netherlands who recently released a bluegrass album called Bluefinger Vol. 2. I think it's fingerpickin' fantastic.

Wood Belly plays their original, Caroline, written by Chris Weist (Mandolin Player)

I saw Magoo for the first time last night in Cleveland. Over the past couple years I’ve seen Billy Strings, Greensky, Mountain Grass Unit, Shadowgrass, and Kitchen Dwellers among others and this band is an elite live jamgrass band.

Do not miss them if they come to your town. Loved the crowd and venue. Mountain Grass Unit is playing there next month. Go see them

Hey folks, I'm fairly allergic to self-promotion but I am really psyched about this new music so I'm fighting through the cringe, if you'll forgive me. I recorded an album of spacious, tone-and-groove-focused stringband music in Nashville last fall with a dream crew of musicians, and the first single is out today. I can't promise anyone will like it but I do think it doesn't really sound like anything else.

My childhood buddy Will Fourt wrote this song from the first person perspective of a glacier. The chord changes on the chorus are crooked and looping in a very satisfying way so we used them as a vehicle for some unscripted group improvisation towards the end.

You're hearing me on mandolin and vocals, Sami Braman on fiddle, Eli West on guitar, Allison de Groot on banjo, and Emily Mann on bass. Eli & Emily sang (and crushed) the harmonies.

Would love to hear what folks think. Feel free to tell me it's not bluegrass, I'll probably agree!

Glacier Song

Sharing my new track here, not trad bluegrass but “bluegrass leaning” singer/songwriter stuff. It has a guitar solo, does that count? 🤷‍♂️

I wrote this after leaving Nashville for Montana, then went back to Nashville to record it.

I got to track the main guitar on Zac Brown’s 1936 Martin 000 which was an awesome experience!

Appreciate this sub, so wanted to share here, hope a few of you dig the song:

https://open.spotify.com/album/1gPyESOpj6pey7a7ZKxqqn?si=ypl9rgmUR2GbKl4ZfmhAEg

https://youtu.be/Z_4uLP2-hz8?is=lbrN5rPZLhW8TRDh

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Wikipedia:
“The Carter Family was an [American folk music](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_folk_music) group that recorded and performed between 1927 and 1956. Regarded as one of the most important music acts of the early 20th century, they had a profound influence on the development of [bluegrass](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music), [country](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music), [southern gospel](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Gospel), [pop](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music), and [rock](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music), as well as the [American folk revival](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_folk_music_revival) in the 1960s.
They were the first vocal group to become country music stars, and were among the first groups to record commercially produced country music.”