Moose Gronholm's Profile

Noah Smith is from our very own Cincinnati, Ohio well...Brown County, but close enough! He has been playing music and studying since a young age when he got his first telecaster. He then went on to study at the University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music. Through all of this he has,...

Dan Van Vecthen is a man with a guitar and a voice. Soft spoken at times and a person who enjoys the fine rough points to a song. A guy who simply is honored to be able to do whatever it is that he does that people seem to enjoy. His words not mine, by the way. Within a recent conversation over...

The Fairfield Four are an a cappella group that has been around for nearly 90 years. This group started off with just two members that was created in the 1920’s by the pastor of Fairfield Baptist Church down in Nashville to occupy his sons, Harry and Rufus Carrethers, they became a gospel trio...

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper are a traditional, to say the least, bluegrass band from Indiana and Louisville. These group of guys call certain parts of Indiana home and Kentucky. They bring the bluegrass tradition to new levels with Michael Cleveland’s award winning fiddle. Along with his...

Lonesome Jared & the Heart Attacks are Jared Schaedle on guitar and lead vocals, David Rhodes Brown on triple neck lap steel, and Marc Hoffman on the double bass. The Heart Attacks formed a couple years ago, but each of these musicians have been playing for far longer than that. At the back of...

Konrad Wert as his family knows by is “Possessed by Paul James” who when you listen to him or see him live plays as if he is possessed. Konrad, as we’ll call him from here on out, plays guitar, banjo, and fiddle all three equally take songs that he has written or not and molds around a voice...

Swear and Shake hail from Brooklyn and are an indie folk quartet. The band is fronted by the guitar songstress Kari Spieler, and the left handed guitar and banjo picker Adam McHeffey, and old friends Ben Goldstein on drums and Shaun Savage on bass guitar. Kari and Adam wrap the vocal around...

Clifton Hicks and Jake Book have come together to play the old songs from Scots Irish, the British Isles, and songs that eventually made their way to the Appalachian Mountain country. They bring these old songs to us, all the while putting their own twist on them. With their twist, or their take on...

Al Scorch and the Country Soul Ensemble call the windy city of Chicago their home and through maddening, lightning fast clawhammer banjo there is no shortage of high energy with these folks. With songs that penetrate a different way of thinking, these are original tunes that incorporate a cast of...

Hailing from New York City, Spirit Family Reunion bring a brand of folk music that takes you to a place where old and new come together. Where the country and city brought together and dance around each other. From banjo frailing, to sawing fiddle, and at times double percussion they keep you...

Jeremy Pinnell and The 55’s are a straight to the teeth, bare knuckles, pedal steeling country honky tonk band. We here in Ohio and Kentucky have the pleasure of being able to see these fellas on a regular basis. For those that do not have this opportunity, well then take the time out to run a...

The Lone Bellow are Zach Williams, Brian Elmquist, and Kanene Pipkin they call New York home and are currently on tour for their debut record which is self-titled. Zach and Brian have been good friends for a long time. Back in 2010, at Dizzy’s Diner in Park Slope, Brooklyn Brian was working a...