Bio: Mighty Holler is what happens when a couple of couples get together to make music they love - and just can't stop. This husband-and-wife duo (x2) brings a lively, connected energy to the stage, mixing up old-time, bluegrass, and roots with a dash of fresh attitude and whole lot of fun. Whether they're putting a twist on a classic or rolling out one of their original tunes, Mighty Holler services up old-time sounds for modern crowds with toe-tapping jams and sweet harmonies. Brandy Ray (vocals, mandolin), Elle Michelle (vocals, banjo), Joshua Ray (vocals, guitar) and Joe Gibb (bass) combine years of experience. They've lit up stages at Tico Time Bluegrass Festival, Palisade Bluegrass Bash, Boulder Film Festival and more - sharing festival bills with bands such as Railroad Earth, Elephant Revival, Kitchen Dwellers, and Larry Keel's Electric Larry Land. Come for the tunes, stay for the holler!

Bruce comes back to Snowygrass with the brilliant, quirky and delightful Stash Wyslouch! After years together in the original Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, the two continue to stretch the limits of whatever musical styles they touch. Polish-Colombian guitarist/composer Stanislaw “Stash” Wyslouch is an avant-garde Bluegrass guitarist, singer and songwriter. His music delights in story-telling, improvisation and outer-space-worthy composition. Despite his Heavy Metal beginnings, Bluegrass music has been central to Wyslouch’s life for the past 15 years, touring and recording with groups such as The Deadly Gentlemen, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, The Jacob Jolliff Band, and Tony Trischka’s Early Roman Kings. His 4th and most recent album “Plays and Sings Bluegrass Vol. II” was released in 2021. Acclaimed fiddler and singer Bruce Molsky is also a serious threat on banjo and guitar. He’s “one of America’s premier fiddling talents” (Mother Jones) and a Grammy nominated artist. His collaborations with musicians from just about everywhere have allowed his own voice to grow in unexpected directions. His most recent recording "Bruce's Halling" with Swedish maestro Ale Möller brings together traditions in a new and fresh way, and "Lockdown Breakdown" with longtime friend and colleague Darol Anger explores new fiddle territory, from old-time to Scandinavian to Old School R&B. Bruce also keeps his creative fires lit through as the go-to guy for the next generations of roots players at Berklee College of Music, where he is the Visiting Scholar in their American Roots Music Program.

The Blue Canyon Boys are equal parts purists and innovators when it comes to Bluegrass: they stay true to the form’s roots while constantly reimagining their relationship to tradition. The result is a toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy original numbers—all built on the bedrock of their collective bluegrass mastery. Ever since founding members Jason Hicks and Gary Dark launched the Blue Canyon Boys in 2006, the Blue Canyon Boys have raised the bar for bluegrass bands. They bring it all: seamless brother-duet style, crisp instrumentation, unvarnished lyrics and subversive humor. After winning first place 2008 Telluride Bluegrass festival band contest, the Blue Canyon Boys went off at full tilt, taking the bluegrass circuit by storm, performing in illustrious venues across the country as well as internationally. Their distinctive sound, honed from over a decade of performing together, moves easily from instrumental wizardry to playful ribbing. Ultimately and repeatedly, they hit a high note—the rare confluence of harmony that leaves the soul ajar. The seasoned quartet features Gary Dark on mandolin, Jason Hicks on guitar, Drew Garrett on bass, and Chris Roszell on banjo. Their acclaimed album, eponymously called The Blue Canyon Boys, was their most polished and poignant yet. Classic bluegrass, clean and raw, blends effortlessly with the band’s homegrown compositions, then peppered with a judicious cover or two, such as the band’s riveting take on Pink Floyd’s “Time.”

Lost Penny is a harmony-focused string band, playing bluegrass-influenced Folk and Americana. Their original songs are gems, often evoking a smile about the lyrics, or getting the audience on the dance floor. Their arrangements of covers are fresh, giving unexpected new life to old standards of all genres. The band includes Nadine Sekerez on guitar and vocals, who writes most of the band's original songs, Erin Dahlby on mandolin and vocals, Lauren Harris aka Elle Michelle on banjo, Derek Ray Kirkman on bass, and Caitlin Anderson on fiddle, making up a fun and energetic group of friends and musicians. They are free-range and prone to sing about dogs, Dolly, and Elvis.

Front man, Clay Rose was raised between an outlaw, truck-driving father in the mountains of Colorado and a country song-writing mama in the sticks outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Clay’s penchant for open roads and trouble making are the backbone of the Gas Pops’ sound. The rest of the band consists of Don Ambory, Scott Coulter, “Bad” Brad Morse, and Kevin Matthews who all come equipped with music degrees from Chicago, Boston, Jacksonville, and Denver, respectively. They each add flavors of their own background and heritage, further diversifying the band’s signature sound. Fresh out of the legendary Dockside Studio in Lafayette, Louisiana, Gasoline Lollipops are promoting their new album, All The Misery Money Can Buy, which pursues happiness and the American Dream to the end of the rainbow and chokes on a pot of gold. Gas Pops collaborated with Clay’s song-writing Mama, Donna Farar (“Last Thing I Needed” recorded by Willie Nelson and Chris Stapleton) to create this politically-charged union of soul music and Southern rock. Gasoline Lollipops are three-time winners of Colorado Daily’s “Best Local Band” award, and two-time winners of Denver Westword’s “Best Country Band” award. Over the last four years, they have toured throughout the U.S., Belgium, the Netherlands, and Belize. In 2018 they made Billboard’s top 10 Spotify chart, as well as Pandora’s top 10 Trend Setters list. Today, the Gas Pops continue to bend genres and electrify live audiences with ferocious sincerity.

Members of The Bow Ties and other great Bluegrass players!

The Sullivan Sisters have dazzled audiences since childhood with their unique blend of fast bluegrass picking and captivating sibling harmonies, with music ranging from lyrical originals to timeless folk classics to blazing instrumentals. Inspired by the bluegrass community in North Carolina where they were born and raised, Soraya and Luciya began taking guitar and banjo lessons at ages 8 and 6. Their music drew influence from the bluegrass community surrounding them, and they carried their love of the genre with them when they relocated to Chicago. Over the past ten years, The Sullivan Sisters have toured the country as featured performers at Merlefest, the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum’s Romptober Festival, IBMA’s Bluegrass Live Festival, the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, and the Evanston Folk Festival. Their instrumental talents have garnered them national distinction, including First Prize in Banjo and Third Prize in Guitar at Rockygrass 2023, and Second Prize in the 2024 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention Bluegrass Banjo contest. The sisters have recently formed a five-piece band by joining forces with three phenomenal teen pickers and longtime friends: Oscar Caudell on mandolin, Finn McGuinness on fiddle, and Sammy Mougin on bass. The new band launched its debut to a sold-out, standing room audience at Evanston SPACE in January 2025, and has multiple tours planned for 2025 and beyond.

The band’s recipe for tasty contemporary bluegrass contains three main ingredients. Geoff Union’s ‘Outsider Songwriting’ makes use of poetic lyric ideas that stretch beyond the ‘normal’ country themes to include personal, and even historical, stories, often presented in creative rhyme meter. Ragged Union sets their sometimes obscure-in-a-good-way lyric content to ‘Timeless Melodies’ that are new, yet sound familiar and classic. The songs are further enhanced with ‘Unexpected Arrangements’. Changes in feel, tempo, and time signature, along with rich compositional ideas, and atypical song structure (like putting the bridge at the end of the song) set Ragged Union’s original material apart. All of these concepts come together in an impressively exciting live performance that is equally at home at the festival, concert series, or nightclub. The band has released four albums, 2015’s Hard Row to Hoe; 2017’s Time Captain, and Live at Leeds (recorded live at the Seven Arts Theatre in Leeds, England) and 2022’s Round Feet, Chrome Smile. A new release is in the works for the winter of 2024-25. The Lineup Geoff Union - flatpicker, singer, songwriter, Fayetteville, NC. The primary songsmith and long-standing leader of Ragged Union, Geoff is known for a songwriting style that’s light and bouncy on the surface, but lyrically deep and complex, with plenty of twists and turns in the music to make the listener come back again and again. Elio Schiavo - mandolin and vocal, Philadelphia, PA. With a unique, soulful voice and wildly skillful mandolin playing, Elio introduces elements of R&B, funk, rap, reggae, and classic rock absorbed during his long and varied recording and producing career. Elio is a creative instrumental composer and skilled audio engineer as well a founder of one of Brooklyn’s most popular longstanding bluegrass jam sessions. Rebekah Durham - fiddle and vocal, Midland, TX A world-class violinist, Rebekah trained at Juilliard and has played at local and international festivals. Past groups include the internationally touring indie band, San Fermin, and Colorado’s own The Ginny Mules. She continues to perform with orchestras and at select events, and her classical upbringing fosters a perpetually growing appreciation for fiddling and the intricacies of bluegrass and string band music’s scope and potential. Chris Elliott – banjo, Houston, TX An award-winning banjo player, Chris joined Ragged Union from 2014 until 2019, and the band is happy to have him back on stage again in 2024. He has been a staple of the Colorado bluegrass scene for over twenty years, performing with Spring Creek, Blue Canyon Boys, and Chain Station, and Foggy Mt Spaceship. Chris also teaches banjo technique via the Elliott Banjo School. Ian Haegele – bass Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Highly skilled in jazz and classical music, as well as bluegrass, Ian has worked with many top-shelf groups in Colorado over the years, including Long Road Home, Thunder and Rain, and the Martin Gilmore Trio. He also appears in theater productions, and earned his Masters in Music Performance from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley.

Friendly Reminders is an indie folk-grass string quartet comprised of songwriter Ian Foster on acoustic guitar and vocal, Meg Rice on upright bass, Their music is an artful blend of energetic bluegrass, soulful jazz, and dynamic folk music, and the duo is regularly joined by a rotating cast of talented pickers and singers alike. Friendly Reminders pick and groove their songs through the air and send sultry sound waves into the hearts of folks eager for insightful lyricism and beautiful harmonies. The unit creates beautiful vocal layers over driving rhythms, needle-drop moments, and skillful solos that weave in and out, over and under, out and through. Every song contains thought-provoking lyrics that leave the listener ready to queue it up for a second listen.

With a passion for music deeply rooted in his upbringing, Silas Herman has honed his skills to captivate audiences with his soulful melodies and heartfelt performances. From intimate venues to large stages, such as the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, his musical journey has taken him far and wide, earning him recognition for his unique sound and virtuosic playing. Inspired by the beauty of his hometown in Nederland, Colorado, Silas infuses his music with elements of new acoustic, folk, bluegrass, psychedelic, and Americana, creating a sound that is uniquely his own. Silas has appeared on stage alongside notable artists and bands such as Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Billy Strings, The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Railroad Earth, Elephant Revival, The Kitchen Dwellers, and The Lil Smokies, to name a few. From intimate acoustic sets to highly energetic shows, Silas continues to enchant audiences with his musical prowess and unwavering passion for song.