Best Local Bluegrass Act

www.dappledgrays.com. Multi-generational five-piece bluegrass outfit the Dappled Grays are fairly new on the scene, but they have quickly asserted their powers. In particular, the band’s ability to balance traditional picking and country harmonies with a subtle progressive streak (and unlikely fashion sense) broadens the group’s appeal across the genre’s great new/old divide. less...

www.bluegroundundergrass.com. . Blueground Undergrass has created a sound they lovingly call “hick-hop. With a diverse array of instruments, the band combines a healthy mix of bluegrass, blues, country, folk and rock into their music. Audiences have been groovin’ to the Rev. Jeff Mosier and brother Johnny in the band Good Medicine for nearly 23 years. Now the siblings bring their eclectic musical influences to the band that’s rounded out by Edward Hunter on fiddle and mandolin, Joseph Patrick Moore on bass, J. Vic Stafford on drums and Mark Van Allen on pedal steel and Dobro. The band’s sound is truly traditional, unique and at the top of its class. less...