Bio The Warren G. Hardings are at the forefront of a fresh wave of Cascadian newgrass. There’s an abandon to their music that unites the carefree folk music of a time long gone with the red-hot roots music movement that’s sweeping the nation. Though the music they create has obvious nods to a rural American past, the songwriting is as fast-paced as Seattle city traffic, and owes more to the fierce politics of the Northwest than any kind of old-timey nostalgia. The Warren G. Hardings have been playing to hungry crowds all over the Northwest for the past several years, ever since meeting at underground bluegrass jams.
Bio This progressive bluegrass quartet from Portland, OR puts on a groovy, quirky, and lively genre-buster of a show. The Student Loan recently released their fourth studio album, 'Moonlit Toasters,' in June 2014. Produced by guitar-slinging extraordinaire Scott Law, this album marks a new stage of style and creativity for the band whose diverse sound transcends genre, fusing elements of jazz, blues, rock and jam with traditional bluegrass instrumentation. Along with regular appearances around the west coast of the US, the band has toured overseas to 16 different countries for the U.S. State Department's cultural exchange programs, performing and teaching workshops.
Bio Renegade Stringband is a five-piece ensemble based in Portland, Oregon. The band formed in the summer of 2010, uniting around their love of danceable acoustic music and bluesy vocal harmonies. Original music forms the heart of their repertoire, but the ba
Bio Live and direct from Seattle, Pickled Okra is in a unique category when it comes to bluegrass bands. A true cross-over band, they appeal to die-hard traditionalists as well as to folks who are ready for something completely different. 'Old-school, porch-s