Lutsen Mountains

Charlie Parr
9:00pm – 10:30am
Charlie Parr captures the intense sound of the folk music of America’s frozen north. His raw voice, lightning finger picking and plaintive but wry songs have made him one of the most important contemporary protagonists of the American folk tradition. (Bath International Music Festival)
Charlie’s music cannot be absorbed in one hearing or even several. There’s just too much far-from-simple human reality going on. The songs take their power from their cumulative effect, which comes in the eventual recognition that chunks of coal mined by genius shine like diamonds. (Ramblings).

Emmit-Nershi Band
10:30pm – 1:00am
With years of collective experience under their belts, Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi exemplify the forward-thinking modern bluegrass musician. As linchpins of two legendary jam-bands –Drew with Leftover Salmon, Bill with the String Cheese Incident–both men have done the stadium-filling, high-profile rock ‘n’ roll thing to perfection. Along the way, however, they’ve honed their songwriting and playing chops and studied the bluegrass, rock and jazz masters they admire. Above all, Drew and Bill

Travelin' McCourys
9:00 – 9:54
No other band today has the same credentials for playing traditional and progressive music. As the sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Rob McCoury on banjo continue their father’s work—a lifelong dedication to the power of bluegrass music to bring joy into people’s lives. And with fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram, the ensemble is loved and respected by the bluegrass faithful.

Bluegrass Ball
10:30 p.m.
Born of late night festival jams, the Travelin’ McCoury’s host a Bluegrass Ball. Serving as the house band for a host of guest musicians, this night is all about music in the moment, unfolding as the night plays on. Stay tuned for a detailed list of guests.

Absnyth Quintet
Time: 9:00 - 10:30 p.m.
Recently featured as Band of the Month on Gratefulweb.net, Absynth Quintet melds the familiar and the avant-gard with a unique and provocative palette of tone and texture. This is streetcorner swing with a sense of humor, bluegrass with footstomping danceability, intertwined with playful forays into the depths of sophisticated musical experimentation. Think Yonder Mountain String Band meets Phish... with a little bit of firelit gypsy caravan folk thrown in for good measure.

Cornmeal
Time: 11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Cornmeal continues to forge a path all their own, pushing the boundaries of bluegrass, Americana and folk for a whole new generation of music lovers. Steeped in the tradition of musical acts such as Old and in the Way, John Hartford, and New Grass Revival, Cornmeal has proven to be an influential presence in the world of roots music. Cornmeal has consistently evolved its sound and stage performance using bluegrass as a springboard for long improvisational work and songs ranging from country, rock and blues to jazz, funk and disco.