Nashville-based Moon Taxi’s genre-bending musicality has born a boldly adventurous body of work, taking them to a run of late-night television appearances and leading festivals across the country. Their broad, sonic palette explores a rich spectrum from folk-rock to soul to inventively crafted electronic pop.
A virtuosic multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter and powerful player and the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association's Guitar Player of the Year Award. Highly regarded for her guitar prowess, Molly Tuttle returns to her Bluegrass roots with Golden Highway, driving the Bluegrass and Neo-Traditional genres forward in today’s musical landscape.
The critically acclaimed, two-time GRAMMY-nominated Funk band, all-reverent of long-standing tradition, and inspired by today’s social environment. Deeply rooted in the cultural phenomenon that is the music of New Orleans, "Honey" Banister is renowned for his traditional and intricately designed Mardi Gras Indian headdress and regalia. Cha Wa blends infectious groove with pure joy.
Shooter Jennings has defied expectation while expanding the parameters of Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and beyond. Son of anti-Nashville music icons Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter—singer/songwriter, guitarist, actor and producer—spent his first years on a tour bus. For 25 years Shooter has issued albums & EPs in his brand of genre-defying Outlaw Country and Southern Rock.
Buffalo Nichols’ music centers on a long-held view of a serious need for Black stories that avoid leaning on worn stereotypes. Buffalo Nichols has found a way... Challenging the narrative while bridging past and present, Nichols’ autobiographical anecdotes build upon his observational, narrative-based songwriting, bringing the blues of the past into the future.
With her highly personal and distinctly modern Southern storytelling, Georgia-born Katie Pruitt, explores complex emotional ground, covering topics such as mental illness and the frustration and difficulties of growing up gay in the Christian South. Katie Pruitt’s music is honest, vulnerable and absolutely beautiful.
You know Sean and Sara Watkins as two-thirds of multi-platinum, GRAMMY-winning Americana phenomenon Nickel Creek. Their Watkins Family Hour is now the next step in the singing/songwriting/red-hot picking siblings’ no-boundaries journey into Bluegrass, Folk and Pop—an energetic musical outlet for these amazingly talented siblings’ songwriting, arrangements, and experimentation.
Led by “Rappalachian” mastermind Rench, the group’s “Long Hard Times to Come” won an instant national audience as the theme for Elmore Leonard’s classic TV EMMY-nominated series Justified. Gangstagrass has continued successfully mining that unlikely mashup, finding common ground on the dance floors of both rural and urban America. Old school hip-hop meets that high-lonesome sound in Gangstagrass.
No Americana duo combines spine-tingling vocal harmonies with truly original and hilarious between-song banter like GRAMMY and America Award-winning singers and guitarists The Milk Carton Kids—Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan. If you’ve seen them before, then you already know… If you haven’t, you are about to meet one of your new favorites.
Executive produced by T-Bone Burnett, Adia’s debut 2021 album was titled, “Southern Gothic.” It featured guests Jason Isbell and Margo Price and nods to a rich legacy of Black Southern storytelling. The album’s title is a perfect description of the spell Adia weaves with eerily mysterious songs and a riveting presence.
No band in American Roots music is of greater legendary status than Asleep at The Wheel. Celebrating 50 years of the finest in Western Swing and Country and downhome Boogie, Ray Benson brings his Golden Anniversary tour to the Caverns. This gifted, one-of-a-kind band has kept the music of Bob Wills alive and jumping with a line-up of road-tested veterans and blazing young hot shots.
Disillusioned after years trying to work through Nashville’s Country music machine, Brit Taylor decided to do it her own way, mixing traditional Country with contemporary attitude, poetic ease and honesty, and a generous touch of her Eastern Kentucky Bluegrass roots. With support from Dan Auerbach, who co-wrote five songs for her 2020 debut release, "Real Me," her very real gamble paid off.
Proud, black and queer, Allison Russell carries stories of tremendous weight and commands the spotlight in doing so. Her sensual roots-country earned a spot in Rhiannon Giddens’ group “Our Native Daughters,” and her songs have earned 4x GRAMMY (Album, Song, Performance) and 5x Americana nominations, as well as top music industry awards in the UK and Canada.
West Virginian Sierra Ferrell says, “I want my music to be like my mind is—all over the place.” Swirling her spellbinding voice with time-bending sensibilities, Ferrell makes music that’s as fantastically vagabond as she is herself, transporting audiences with a repertoire that spans Bluegrass, Techno, Goth metal, Jazz, and cowboy music with undertones of Latin and the blues.
Martin Harley, Daniel Kimbro and Sam Lewis serve up slow-cooked songs reminiscent of an early American songbook; celebrative pieces highlighting Daniel’s Appalachia roots, Sam’s Nashville tones and Martin’s world-traveling blues. Individually, they have worked with some of the biggest names in the music business. This is thinking, soulful, acoustic Americana at its finest.
Drawing on the energy of a Rock band infused with the Laurel Canyon creativity of the ‘70s, The Lil Smokies are invigorating a new approach to roots music, turning their a lively “Grassicana” sound into music that beckons the mainstream. Formed in Montana, this group has found the means to pay heed to tradition, while defining an utterly fresh and contemporary credence.
Once known as the acclaimed Mandolin Orange, this duo—from roadhouses to The Ryman to Red Rocks—presents as a band at the regenerative edges of Americana/Folk-Rock, flagbearers of the Contemporary Folk world. As challenging as they are charming, Watchhouse’s songs offer an inspired search for personal and political goodness, singing sweetly about the hardest parts of our lives.
Singer-songwriter Samuel "Sam" Ervin Beam, known by his stage name Iron & Wine, has released 13 live and studio albums over 20 years time, capturing the emotion and imagination of international fans with finely wrought, distinctly cinematic songs. Orbiting the genre planets of Americana and Indie-Folk, Iron & Wine has been critically compared to Simon & Garfunkel, John Fahey, and Neil Young.
GRAMMY-awarded and a 6-time GRAMMY nominee, Peter Rowan's career started back in 1964 with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys; the legendary Monroe thought Rowan sounded like himself. Then, adding a twist to Bluegrass with David Grisman and Jerry Garcia to form the seminal band Old & In the Way and songwriting for such great acts as New Riders of the Purple Sage.
GRAMMY-nominated and a National Heritage Fellowship honoree Cedric Burnside is a 3rd-generation Blues Man: son of Blues drummer Calvin Jackson and raised in the Mississippi home of his blues singer/guitarist grandfather, R. L. Burnside. Proudly carrying the mantle of Mississippi Hill Country Blues around the world, Burnside’s songs deliver bruised but unfettered truth.
Della Mae formed in Boston in 2009 with the goal of disrupting the male-dominated Bluegrass scene. The band fearlessly pushes the genre, creating sonically adventurous and powerfully resonant work, viewing their lack of restraint as an imperative for the all-female band. GRAMMY-nominated with 30 countries in the tour wake, Della Mae is about creatively changing the conversation for women.
Darin & Brooke swing through The Caverns backing their incredible 9th album together. Grand Ole Opry regulars, Darin is a former member of The Country Gentlemen and Brooke the 4-time consecutive winner for Female Vocalist of the Year for the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA). Together, they won the IBMA’s nomination for 2021 Vocal Group of the Year.
For over 30 years, 3-time GRAMMY winner Bill Miller’s music has amplified the whispers of Native peoples’ hearts. Miller’s Mohican name is Fush-Ya Heay Aka (meaning "bird song"), and his songs have been deeply spiritual, exploring his Christian faith in his indigenous language while bridging cultures around the world with his signature sound.
This quartet twists a kaleidoscope of Bluegrass, Folk, and Rock genres in offering a rich, homegrown mythology of Western wanderlust in ‘acousta-delic’ hues. Amassing 5 million+ streams, the Kitchen Dwellers share timeless American stories from the heart of one of its treasured panoramas: Montana.
With an eclectic blend of urban-Latino and global influences, Ozomatli’s musical artistry mirrors the cultural tapestry of Los Angeles. Over 27 years, they've earned two Grammy Awards, a Latin Grammy, and the title of U.S. Cultural Ambassadors.
Shane Smith's music journey began in Austin, where he formed The Saints, a group known for their four-part harmonies. The songs on the band's upcoming album, Norther, are filled with all the electricity and eclecticism of their high-energy live shows.
Celebrated singer-songwriter Lindsay Lou masterfully combines progressive Americana and folk with bluegrass roots. Her journey, marked by personal revelations and profound loss, is showcased on her latest solo album, Queen of Time, where she explores self-discovery and resilience.
West Coast troubadour Evan Honer is influenced by esteemed artists like Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and Colter Wall. He's become a prolific songwriter, masterfully crafting captivating stripped down songs with clever lyrics that have won over modern outlaw country, indie-folk and pop fans across the country. Honer’s catalogue is growing fast, and his fan base even faster.
With a 30+ year career, Dan Tyminski is known for his iconic bluegrass voice, popularized in the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" He's won 14 Grammys and contributed to projects by Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Rob Thomas, to name a few.
Hailed as a "musician's musician," Hart’s artistry has drawn praise from legends like Bob Dylan, as well as guitar virtuosos like Gary Moore and Mick Taylor. Born in 1963, his nomadic upbringing influenced his eclectic musical journey.
Born of a blend of Southern and punk rock, these long-touring Roots Rockers earn critical acclaim with comparisons to Springsteen, early Rolling Stones and Drive By Truckers—a driving Alt-Country tour de force offering unapologetic songs for the blue collar Everyman on life, loss, salvation and the cracks and highlights of domestic life.
Formed in 2021 in Denver, Colorado, Clay Street Unit infuses southern country, folk and Appalachian bluegrass into their high-energy, fresh take on Americana traditions. Their debut EP A Mighty Fine Evening showcases their evolving, unique sound.
Originally from Wildwood, Florida, Elizabeth Cook is a much-lauded Nashville artist with a sharp, surprising style. Beyond her singing/writing talents that have gained multiple Americana Award nominations, Elizabeth has built an enormous fan base as a SiriusXM Outlaw Country DJ, a Grand Ole Opry regular, and as the beloved Tammy on Adult Swim’s "Squidbillies."
Hailing from Castlewood, Virginia, 49 Winchester formed when its members were teenagers. Hundreds of shows and thousands of miles later, the rapidly rising band’s latest album, Fortune Favors the Bold, reflects their hard-earned ethos.
A ‘band of ringers” based in Dallas and Austin, The Texas Gentlemen are a versatile collective known for genre-blending skills, from pop-soul to country funk. They’ve served as a backing band for many A-List’ers (G. Strait, K Kristofferson, etc.) and are regularly compared to such legendary groups as LA’s Wrecking Crew and Muscle Shoals’ Swampers.
Colorado's neo-acoustic supergroup, Big Richard, formed in 2021, is impressive with virtuosity, harmonies and eclectic repertoire. By reinventing traditional tunes and their own original storytelling, they're poised to make waves in Americana music.
