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“There’s this great duality to our band,” reflects Greensky Bluegrass mandolinist, vocalist, and songwriter Paul Hoffman. “We’re existing in a few different places at once: we’re a bluegrass band and a rock band, we’re song-driven and interested in extended improvisation.”

“We play acoustic instruments,” adds dobro player Anders Beck, “but we put on a rock’n’roll show. We play in bigger clubs and theaters, there’s a killer light show, and we’re as loud as your favorite rock band. It’s not easy to make five acoustic instruments sound like this – it’s something we’ve spent years working on.”

From these seemingly irreconcilable elements, the five members of Greensky Bluegrass have forged a defiant, powerful sound that, while rooted in classic stringband Americana, extends outwards with a fearless, exploratory zeal. The tension and release between these components – tradition and innovation, prearranged songs and improvisation, acoustic tones and electric volume – is what makes them so thrillingly dynamic, in concert and on record. “In theory,” Hoffman explains, “greensky is the complete opposite of bluegrass. So, by definition, we are contrasting everything that isn’t bluegrass with everything that is.”

Eclectic, improvisational rock from Richmond, VA

The Toosday Night Band (TNB) is a Harrisburg, PA area band that fit comfortably into the jam band genre. The band is lead by Chris ‘Buzz’ Deardorff on guitar with Paul Kruis on rhythm guitar, Jason Hennessey on bass, and Marshall Deasy on drums. Paul and Buzz share lead vocal duties with backups from the rest of the group. Their songs feature exciting guitar solos, interesting grooves, fun dynamic changes and jams that at times lean toward psychedelic and experimental. TNB will often offer their own style to cover songs, which include material from their influences Phish, Wood Brothers, Talking Heads, Stones and Allman Brothers, along with deeper covers from artists such as Ween, Joe Strummer, the Decembrists and Black Keys. A handful of originals by Buzz have been included by request in their 2014 shows and have been writing ever since.

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