Upcoming Concerts

With one foot in the field and the other in the factory, The SteelDrivers are a beacon beaming their own version of rhythm'n'bluegrass far across the musical landscape. Highly regarded behind the scenes as songsmiths and session men - with innumerable hits, cuts, and licks to their credit - The SteelDrivers are stepping out at long last. In their ten capable hands, back-country high-lonesome collides with Delta soul, resulting in the freshest sound to emerge from Music City in recent memory. Via...

Grasstowne is a new band comprised of three very well respected veterans in bluegrass and acoustic music. Phil Leadbetter and Steve Gulley have known each other since the mid-1970s when they performed in local bands in the Knoxville, TN area while in their teens. It was during this time through their friendship their paths crossed with mandolin ace Alan Bibey.

Well, here we are 30 years later and we find all three men as partners in the hot new band Grasstowne!

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To this day, creating and performing bluegrass is a delicate balancing act. Even in its earliest era, the music’s innovative elements (the startling instrumental virtuosity, towering high harmonies, the furious tempos, etc.) were carefully cloaked in songs that brought to mind more timeless, traditional values and concepts: the little cabin home on the hill, or the rose of old Kentucky. Bluegrass that is inventive and relevant to modern audiences while still resonating with the music’s deeply he...

Great musicians will always find a way to make good music, but for great musicians to make great music, they must find a bond – one that more often than not goes beyond the purely musical to the personal. For The Grascals, that bond has been forged at the intersection of personal friendships, shared professional resumes and an appreciation for the innovative mingling of bluegrass and country music that has been a hallmark of the Nashville scene for more than forty years. As their two Grammy®-...