Bluegrass Bands for Hire
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| State | Band | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CT | Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters | Amy is at home singing various musical styles — country, folk, bluegrass or western swing–branding each song with soulful sincerity. Her influences are diverse, ranging from old and contemporary cowboy tunes learned out West, to great country artists like Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, and the Everly Brothers. |
| CT | ShoreGrass | ShoreGrass is a bluegrass band from the Connecticut shoreline comprised of Frank & Barbara Shaw (banjo & guitar), Louis Audette on bass and various musicians on mandolin, fiddle and Dobro. |
| CT | Too Blue | Traveling freely between the genres of bluegrass, swing, Celtic and jazz, a Too Blue performance is a dynamic dose of serious fun. Smooth harmonies and adventurous musicianship bring stellar arrangements to life and leave the listener anything but “blue”. |
| CT | Nick Anderson and Shady Creek | Traditional Bluegrass. Check them out and get your feet wet with Nick and Shady Creek! |
| MA | Stoneface Mountain | Bluegrass band from Massachusetts. Hard-driving group of friends proudly preserving traditional music. |
| MA | Bagboys (The) | For over 25 years Boston’s Bagboys have been dazzling music-loving audiences from festival, concert, and nightclub stages all throughout New England with their irresistible, from-the-heart acoustic string music. The Bagboys are available for all types of gigs, including pubs and concert halls, private functions, house concerts, and festivals. |
| MA | Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Band | Blackstone Valley Bluegrass was formed the summer of 1998 and the original band members all had ties to the area, so the band was aptly named Blackstone Valley Bluegrass, following a tradition in bluegrass music for naming yourself after your locality. |
| MA | Sandy Ridge Boys | The Sandy Ridge Boys play traditional, straight-ahead bluegrass, along with interesting twists on some familiar old favorites. |
| MA | Cold Chocolate | Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own. |
| MA | Crab Grass | Cape Cod’s “premier Bluegrass band.” CrabGrass is comprised of Les Beavan on banjo, Chris Miner on mandolin, Dan Fortier on guitar, Billy Hardy on fiddle, and Ted Mello on bass. The sound is a mix of old and new; the shows always incomparably entertaining. |
| MA | CrossTracks | CrossTracks is an Americana band. We play blues, folk, jug, bluegrass, old (real) country, and all points in-between. |
| MA | Four Bridges | A hard driving acoustic band performing Traditional & Contemporary Bluegrass, Old-Time , and Folk. |
| MA | Frank Drake | Frank Drake plays, writes, and teach music. Frank also creates digital (and on occasion analog) art. |
| MA | Local Freight | Bluegrass band Local Freight features clean harmonies, strong pickin’, and a solid groove. Seasoned musicians John Tibert (mandolin/vocals), Lynne Fountain (bass/vocals), Rich Piccarreto (guitar/vocals) and Gretchen Bowder (banjo/vocals) bring their varied musical backgrounds together on original songs and bluegrass classics alike, crafting a fresh, original sound, with solid traditional underpinnings. |
| MA | Railroad House | Railroad House is a six piece band featuring lush 2, 3, and 4 part vocal harmony and playing a diverse blend of Americana music, from straight ahead Bluegrass to Western Swing, and beyond! |
| MA | Reiner Family Band | The Reiner Family Band, from Lexington, Massachusetts, features the lively fiddle – banjo duets of champion fiddler Dave Reiner and his wife Cindy Eid. Their sons Andy Reiner and Eric Eid-Reiner play fiddle and piano, respectively. John Robinson, Paul Harty, and other honorary family members join in on occasion on guitar, mandolin, and vocals, in a repertoire ranging from traditional bluegrass and oldtime styles to Irish, Cape Breton, swing, ragtime, Klezmer, and Cajun. |
| MA | Reunion Band (The) | Traditional bluegrass from local heroes Richard Brown, Dave Dillon, and Margaret Gerteis. |
| MA | Deborah McDonnell Band (The) | Bluegrass/Americana Band Cool singers – Hot pickers |
| MA | Slo-Grass | SloGrass plays a mix of vocal and instrumental songs, drawing on various traditions including Bluegrass, Blues, Jazz, Folk, American Songbook, Americana, World Music and a few originals. While the name implies a strong connection to Bluegrass music, we love all kinds. Roughly three quarters of our repertoire comes from outside of Bluegrass. |
| MA | Southern Rail | Southern Rail has been delighting acoustic music audiences, coast to coast, for decades. Southern Rail’s bluegrass is high energy exuberant fun with stunning harmonies, irrepressible good humor and sparkling banjo, guitar and mandolin. |
| MA | Splinters (The) | 5 piece bluegrass string band with a relentless groove to accompany their 3 part harmonies. Versed in the classics, pushing the boundaries. |
| MA | Tony Watt and Southeast Expressway | Taking their name from the primary north-south thoroughfare into downtown Boston, Tony Watt & Southeast Expressway make hard-driving bluegrass music. And as anyone who’s ever been on the Southeast Expressway at rush hour would expect… they can definitely jam! Southeast Expressway strives to make modern bluegrass music that is at once both beautiful yet powerful, hip yet traditional. |
| MA | Zink & Company | Corey and his band blend his stylistic and heartfelt written songs with his most requested songs from many of America’s best known traditional country music hit makers. It’s good clean family fun and toe tapping music. Something for the entire family to enjoy. |
| MA | Blue Train | Blue Train performs an eclectic mix of bluegrass and jazz tunes with vocal harmonies and instrumental panache. |
| MA | Rock Hearts | Formed in 2013, Rock Hearts brings together five seasoned musicians from Southern New England who love to sing and pick bluegrass, old country tunes, and seek out tunes from other genres to “bluegrass-ify.” |
| MA | Twisted Pine | What started as a (semi-)traditional bluegrass band in the trenches of the storied folk, bluegrass, and Americana scene in Boston a decade ago has bloomed into an ensemble of players who shapeshift across genres |
| MA | Hot Day at the Zoo | New England’s genre-bending American roots string band, Hot Day at the Zoo, is spreading their “zoograss” sound nationwide. The high-energy quartet mixes folk, blues, ragtime and jazz with progressive bluegrass and Americana-infused rock and roll. Hot Day |
| ME | World Famous Grassholes | The World Famous Grassholes play high-energy bluegrass (yes, a little bit like that Billy Strings guy, but also like Greensky and Leftover Salmon and Mighty Poplar, etc.), a mix of original compositions, classics, and cool covers. |
| ME | Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Band | Blistered Fingers is an Awesome, Fast moving Traditional Bluegrass Band from the Central Maine area that travels extensively around the Northeast and Eastern Canada cranking out incredibly enthusiastic music to audiences. |
| ME | Erica Brown and Bluegrass Connection | Maine fiddler with a couple of high powered bluegrass bands. |
| ME | Breakin Strings | Nashville Recording Artists – Breakin’ Strings is a Maine based bluegrass band who is Hard Drivin’ |
| NH | Monadnock | The band members enjoy playing bluegrass music and will provide an upbeat, energized performance in all settings. This group of talented musicians has developed a song list of traditional, contemporary and original bluegrass tunes allowing their musical abilities to shine. |
| NH | Bow Junction | Bow Junction is a quartet based in central New Hampshire delivering a diverse blend of harddriving bluegrass and folk with a touch of Celtic and gospel. |
| NH | High Range Band | High Range – We’re a New Hampshire-based band playing both original and cover songs featuring fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, upright bass and drums. Making music together since 1999. |
| NH | Hot Mustard | Two Banjos ~ No Waiting |
| NH | Seth Sawyer Band | Seth Sawyer originally hails from the great state of Maine and now makes his home in Westminster, Vermont with his family. He has a beautiful voice and fans love to hear his original compositions! |
| NY | Atkinson Family Bluegrass | A refreshing sound rooted in the Adirondack Foothills! |
| NY | Moonshine Creek Bluegrass Band | High Energy String Band |
| MA | The Heather Mumford Project | The music of The Heather Mumford Project is a beautiful Americana harmony of Country, Bluegrass, Folk and Blues. Come for an inspiring evening of pickin’, grinnin’, and heartfelt roots music. |
| ME | Stillwater | Stillwater is a bluegrass quintet founded in 2023 on the banks of the Stillwater River in Old Town, Maine. Stillwater features Trip Nickel (guitar), Yoni Musher (mandolin), Kiera Luu (double bass), George Horvat (fiddle), and Jack Pasternak (dobro). Stillwater incorporates modern renditions of traditional American folk and bluegrass tunes with contemporary jamgrass, respectfully exploring their creative freedom within the wide world of improvisational music and songwriting. |
| NH | The Bottom Dollars | Featuring Betsy Green, Dave Shaw, and Tim FitzPatrick, this New England trio delivers bluegrass songs, original numbers, and lively tunes. With heartfelt harmonies, driving banjo, and soaring fiddle, The Bottom Dollars are a sure bet! |