Artists – Access Living Showcase Stage

Classic bluegrass strings meet the hands and voices of five friends who come from five different genres. Some combination of us have been playing together over the past several years, and all five of us will be celebrating our two year bandiversary this fall. We cover our favorites, old and new, and have just begun to dabble in building our own songs, along with houses, muscles, and the tree health-and-wellness database for the PNW national forests.  Two years ago, we played a backyard wedding reception dance party, and ever since have been bringing that same danceable energy and boom chuck to Bellingham’s bars, breweries, parks and hearts. We love to share the love!

“Mt. Baker String Band is a fresh new Jamgrass band based in Bellingham, Washington. They craft creative, interesting, and exciting arrangements of old and new acoustic music as well as original tunes.
With highly engaging and free improvisation, a range of vocal deliveries from intense to silly, and a blend of genres such as bluegrass, country, jazz, and more, Mt. Baker String Band is committed to making audiences laugh, cry, and dance.
Featuring: Hunter Preston on lead vocals, guitar, and mandolin; Mike Jonsson on banjo; Nate Hauer on mandolin, and Ben Grodner on upright bass, Jude Noah on fiddle.”

The Stillwater Hill Bluegrass Band is based in the Snoqualmie valley, and has been performing traditional and contemporary Bluegrass music in Western Washington for over 15 years. Each of the band members have deep roots in the Western Washington acoustic music scene, and an abiding love for the high lonesome harmonies and acoustic muscle that makes Bluegrass so unique. The boys play a range of Bluegrass favorites, gospel songs, fiddle tunes, blues, and originals that put the vocal harmonies front and center. Stillwater Hill delivers a high energy performance of foot stomping acoustic fun, served up with a dose of low-brow humor.

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