Brian is an artist at enunciating exciting harmony lines that give expression to the soulfulness and meaning of bluegrass and old-time music. He also has a knack for finding just the right runs that give body to the band's lyrics with both his guitar and mandolin. If Brian were the worst musician in his family, [...]

Grammy Award winning artist Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys are currently touring in support of their 2019 Stanley Family Records release, the Billboard chart topping ‘Lord Help Me Find The Way.’ This is their second release after dropping a self-titled album in 2017 that was the first release for the group since [...]

The Baker Family is a high energy bluegrass band which comes to Westcliffe from south central Missouri. As such, they perform in the old Ozark bluegrass numbers as they have been handed down through the generations, or as the New Lost City Ramblers once called those songs, music from the true vine. The family is [...]

When Long Road Home was formed by Justin Hoffenberg and Martin Gilmore in 2005, they struggled with defining the band’s personality and style. While other young bands often moved away from bluegrass, then found themselves moving toward it. Attracted to its power, simplicity, and honesty, they focused all the more on staying true to the [...]

The Southwest Bluegrass All-Stars are making their international debut at this year’s HMHF. This band brings together four well-known instrumentalists, singers and songwriters from New Mexico and Texas that perform an entertaining mix of bluegrass, country, folk, swing and gospel music. Banjo player Bill Evans is this year’s recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize [...]

Uncle Shuffelo and His Haint Hollow Hootenanny is a seven-piece, old-time string band from Rover, Tennessee, with musical influences by the Carter Family, Gid Tanner, Uncle Dave Macon, the Coon Creek Girls and many other old-time bands from years past. Uncle Shuffelo and the Hootenanny have won many accolades including old-time band championships at the [...]

Brian Aldridge, known nationally for his spectacular mandolin work, his expertise regarding bluegrass instruments in general, his playing and singing in Dry Branch Fire Squad, and his ability to present bluegrass music in its original and powerful form like the founding fathers (and mothers) of the genre did, will bring his southern Ohio bluegrass group, [...]

The Blue Canyon Boys are equal parts purists and innovators when it comes to Bluegrass: they stay true to the form’s roots while constantly reimagining their relationship to tradition. The result is a toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy original numbers—all built on the bedrock of their collective bluegrass mastery. Whether calling [...]

A driving traditional bluegrass band from the hills of North Carolina. Randy, Butch and Mark first started playing music together right after high school in 1979. Years later they met Wes, who lived in the area as well. He added his superb mandolin and fiddle talents to the group. Most recently fiddler extraordinaire, Bob Frankot, [...]

Higher Ground Bluegrass (HGB) has established itself as a premier Bluegrass band in New Mexico. Founded by "Duke" Weddington (Banjo, Guitar, Vocals) in 1998, HGB is now venturing into their 24th year as a musical ensemble. Band members include Dave Devlin (Mandolin, Resophonic Guitar), Fred Bolton (Guitar, vocals), Pat Mahoney (Fiddle, Vocals), Laura Leach-Devlin (Bass, [...]

The Red Mountain Boys are a hot new bluegrass supergroup lighting up the Pikes Peak region.  A longtime staple of the scene, Alan Begley (Willie Bean Bluegrass) fronts the Boys with his Martin flat-top guitar.  Lewis Mock (Kansas State Hall-of-Fame musician, Radford & Lewis Band)  brings the fire with his five-string banjo.  Jon Murphy (Grandpa’s [...]

Profiled in the 2019 documentary “Bluegrass Court Jester,” singer / songwriter / instrumentalist / comedian Ron Thomason founded Dry Branch Fire Squad in 1976 and is known to enjoy music–making more now than ever. His professional music career started when he was 13 years old, and he has collaborated with the likes of The Clinch [...]