Interview with Greensky Bluegrass
b'We had the pleasure of interviewing Greensky Bluegrass over Zoom video!
Greensky Bluegrass are thrilled to announce their return to Colorado for four unforgettable performances. The band will kick things off with An Evening With Greensky Bluegrass Sept 14 and 15 at the Dillon Amphiteater. Then, the band will head down the mountain to Morrison for two more fun-filled evenings at Red Rocks Sepr 16 and 17. Special guests for Red Rocks TBA. For more information and all up to date news and tour info visit greenskybluegrass.com.
Earlier this year, the band released their eighth studio album Stress Dreams via Thirty Tigers.
\\ufeffAhead of the release, Stress Dreams received high praise from critics. Garden & Gun calls the album "one of the most complete and engaging of the group\\u2019s more than twenty-year career" and Glide says \\u201cStress Dreams perfectly exemplifies, once again, why Greensky Bluegrass is heralded as one of the most important & influential bands of the modern progressive-bluegrass era.\\u201d
About Greensky Bluegrass:
Since their 2000 formation in Kalamazoo, MI, the quartet\\u2014Anders Beck [dobro], Michael Arlen Bont [banjo], Dave Bruzza [guitar], Mike Devol [upright bass], and Paul Hoffman [mandolin]\\u2014have unassumingly progressed into a phenomenon on their own terms with the undying support of a devout audience. Rolling back and forth across North America on successive tours, they\\u2019ve sold out multiple dates at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Ryman Auditorium, the Fillmore Detroit, Riviera Theater Chicago, and many more. Beyond standout sets at Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and Austin City Limits, they co-own and have headlined 4848 Festival and Strings & Sol. In 2019, "All For Money" marked their second #1 debut on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums Chart and third straight Top 3 entry. They\\u2019ve also earned critical acclaim from Billboard, Parade, NPR, and Rolling Stone who hailed them as \\u201crepresenting the genre for a whole new generation.\\u201d
For the past century, bluegrass music has traditionally relayed real tales of American life, struggle, tragedy, and triumph. It gives a voice to the quiet, yet colorful stories woven into the fabric of the country itself. Greensky Bluegrass live these stories through their records and performances.
When touring ceased in 2020 in the face of the global pandemic, the band hunkered down and compiled demos individually at first, sharing emails and voice notes. In July 2020, they got together for the first time in four months, dedicating rehearsals to the development of the new material. Once circumstances safely permitted, they recorded what would become Stress Dreams during a session in Guilford, VT and two sessions in Asheville, NC with frequent collaborator \\u201cand old friend\\u201d Dominic John Davis as producer and \\u201cwizard engineer\\u201d Glenn Brown mixing. They preserved the hallmarks of their sound while widening its expanse.
\\u201cGreensky is and always has been very unique in our world,\\u201d says Paul Hoffman. \\u201cWe put our love, energy, and focus into what we appreciate about our music. We come together as a band in a way that\\u2019s organic. We take a lot of pride in how we grow and challenge each other too. We\\u2019re maturing together. I think we get more Greensky all of the time.\\u201d
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