About this event
Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm $25 Michael Daves and Jacob Jolliff, two of America’s premier bluegrass talents, are celebrating the release of their new duo album We Like Jim & Jesse!, out on Wild Geranium Records. The recording pays homage to first-generation bluegrass innovators Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, combining a studied interpretation of those classic recordings with the improvisational fire and rafter-lifting harmonies that Daves & Jolliff have become known for through years of collaboration. Daves, a “leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” (New York Times) is Grammy-nominated for his work with Chris Thile and has performed with many luminaries including Tony Trischka, Andy Statman, Bruce Molsky, Peter Rowan, and Bryan Sutton. His gritty and distinctive guitar and vocal style harkens back to the high lonesome origins of bluegrass while pairing effortlessly with modern influences. Jolliff has become one of the country's most notable contemporary mandolinists, touring with Béla Fleck as part of My Bluegrass Heart, with Yonder Mountain String Band, and with his own quartet. His unique musical vocabulary as an improviser and elite technical skill puts him in a league with today’s very best instrumentalists.