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SUMMARY:Alison Brown
DESCRIPTION:“Brown’s banjo is an instrument possessed of a unique sonic signature and an inescapable beauty” – Billboard\n  \nOne of the most multi-faceted minds in roots music\, Alison Brown is a Grammy-winning musician and a Grammy-nominated producer. Additionally\, she is a former investment banker (with an AB from Harvard and an MBA from UCLA). Also\, she co-founded The Compass Records Group which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2023. \nAlison began her musical career as a teenager in the Southern California bluegrass scene. Now\, she has built a reputation as one of today’s most forward-thinking and innovative banjo players. She is known for taking the instrument far beyond its Appalachian roots by blending bluegrass and jazz influences into a sonic tapestry. Thus\, she has earned praise and recognition from a variety of national tastemakers. For example\, The Wall Street Journal\, CBS Sunday Morning\, NPR\, and USA Today. \nSteve Martin and Alison Brown released their debut collaborative album\, Safe\, Sensible and Sane\, in 2025. There\, it features guest appearances from Jackson Browne\, Vince Gill\, the Indigo Girls\, Tim O’Brien\, Jason Mraz\, Della Mae\, and more. Moreover\, Safe\, Sensible and Sane emerges as a captivating new turn in the evolution of banjo music. \nThere\, the album follows their chart-topping collaborations “Foggy Morning Breaking”\, “Bluegrass Radio”\, and “Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)”. Here\, these longtime friends and banjo aficionados have crafted a collection of banjo-inspired songs. Further\, they are built on Brown’s daringly inventive melodies and Martin’s idiosyncratic yet ineffably tender lyrics.  \nRecommended for fans of Steep Canyon Rangers\, Yonder Mountain String Band\, Della Mae and Béla Fleck.
URL:https://www.dakotacooks.com/event/alison-brown-nov10-2026/
CATEGORIES:Americana,Bluegrass
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SUMMARY:Big Richard
DESCRIPTION:“airtight playing and soulful harmonies… electrifying musicianship” – Denver Post\n  \nBluegrass band Big Richard makes music for the 21st century’s twisted cultural unease. Their latest album\, 2026’s Pet\, is a fierce\, provocative\, rejoinder to what troubles them and the world right now. They recorded it live to tape in order to capture the fervor of their live shows.  \n“Big Richard is so much about our energetic delivery\, and so I think it’s been really important for us as a group to figure out how to do that for a record\,” says mandolin and guitar player Bonnie Sims.  \n“We made the album all on tape and did it all in these single-shot performances\,” cellist Joy Adams adds. “The collection of songs\, we wanted to take our most hard driving\, heavy hitting songs\, we wanted to craft a banger set list. Like\, if we had a thirty-minute set\, what would we put on there that says the most\, and makes people feel the broadest bunch of feelings? And it was all these songs.”  \nAdams and Sims both studied music and toured and played extensively before (and outside of) joining Big Richard. Adams has three degrees in cello and toured with Darol Anger and Nathaniel Rateliff. Sims\, who grew up playing music with her family\, has a degree in commercial music\, with a specialization in yodeling. She’s toured and recorded extensively with her husband\, Taylor Sims (including a platinum-certified record). Fiddler Eve Panning studied violin performance and music education\, taught orchestra\, and played in bluegrass bands. Additionally\, she toured widely with classical group Barrage. Bassist Hazel Royer started out playing music with her dad Eric Royer in the Boston\, MA folk and rock scene. She also studied at the Berklee College of Music.  \nRecommended for fans of Yonder Mountain String Band\, Trampled by Turtles\, Sam Grisman and Pert Near Sandstone.
URL:https://www.dakotacooks.com/series/big-richard/2027-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Americana,Bluegrass,Country
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