BIO: Like many great Southern storytellers, singer-songwriter Tyler Childers has fallen in love with a place. The people, landmarks and legendary moments from his childhood home of Lawrence County, Ke…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – Them Coulee Boys
BIO: Them Coulee Boys are a progressive folk band from Eau Claire, WI who play a brand of Americana that at once is both bursting in enthusiasm and sincerely thoughtful. Mixing folk, bluegrass, punk, …
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The Tillers
BIO: Musically, the band wears many hats. Their sound has proven to be an appropriate fit with a wide range of musical styles- traditional folk, bluegrass, jazz, punk rock and anything else they might…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The SteelDrivers
BIO: The SteelDrivers’ brand of bluegrass – intense, dark, poetic, and inescapably human – is a refreshing reminder of the timeless power of stringband music, and is captured perfectly on The SteelDri…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The Lil Smokies
BIO: With their roots submerged in the thick buttery mud of traditional bluegrass, The Lil Smokies have sonically blossomed into a leading player in the progressive acoustic sphere, creating a new and…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The Last Revel
BIO: From the budding music scene of the Upper Midwest comes the cutting edge Front Porch Americana soundscapes of The Last Revel. This powerfully talented trio of multi-instrumentalists from Minneapo…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The Infamous Stringdusters
BIO: Formed in 2006, and drawing on the talents of then up-and-coming Nashvillians Andy Hall, Chris Eldridge, Chris Pandolfi, Jeremy Garrett, Jesse Cobb, and Travis Book, the Infamous Stringdusters ma…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The Devil Makes Three
BIO: As a drummerless acoustic trio consisting of two guitarists and a string bassist, the Devil Makes Three are not your normal alt-country band. While deeply rooted in the blues and country music, t…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – The Brothers Comatose
BIO: Whether traveling to gigs on horseback or by tour bus, Americana mavens The Brothers Comatose forge their own path with raucous West Coast renderings of traditional bluegrass, country and rock ‘n…
Blue Ox 2018 Artist Profile – Sam Bush
BIO: If joy were a person, he’d bring both peace and frenzy. He’d be full of music, light, and energy that soothes even as it stirs us up. Eyes closed, wire-rim glasses in place, mandolin …