LEE ROD AND THE HEART ATTACKERS

October 30

Rodney Lee, a Native East Tennessean, has spent most of his life promoting the music community. As a promoter and booker for Barley’s of Knoxville, he helped elevate the Old City and Knoxville as an essential hub for original music. Recently, Rodney has stepped from backstage to the front of the stage, bringing a respectful approach and distinctive vocal timbre to his original songs that range from deeply personal to the spectrum of the human condition. Stylistically, Rodney is compared to troubadours like Townes Van Zant, John Prine, and Nancy Griffith, and his songs are finding an eager audience in his hometown and beyond.

GOODLUCK SHAMAN

October 31

Goodluck Shaman is a Folk-Rock band based in Knoxville, TN, comprised of Singer/Songwriter Lucky Day and a country band of good friends. Goodluck Shaman will be releasing a debut record by the new year. Music for fans of Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Dr. John, etc. 

Front Porch

November 6

Described as “old-time acid jazz punk rock barn burning bluegrass fusion that will have you jumping,” Front Porch independently released their first album, “Shallow Grave,” in the fall of 2023. Gaining attention across the U.S. with their energetic live shows, their performances highlight their skillful instrumentation, where foot-stomping clawhammer banjo, ripping mandolin, guitar and fiddle melodies are at the forefront of their driving sound.
Front Porch has been nominated for bluegrass band of the year for the Arkansas CMA’s in 2024 and 2025, headlined many festivals, and has supported artists such as Bela Fleck, Sierra Hull, Infamous Stringdusters, and Del McCoury. They are currently on tour supporting their sophomore album “Toolbox.”

Randy Steele Band

November 7

Randy Steele is more than a highly regarded singer/songwriter and he is more than a great banjo player from Tennessee. He has a viewpoint on the world that is without filters. His lines are poignant, they have meaning and feel. ‘Home is Where the Hardest Part is’ he pines in ‘Mobile Soon’, the Independent Music Association winner for Best Bluegrass Song. ‘Melissa had a baby when she was Seventeen, but the State took him away because his blood wasn’t clean’ begins the ‘Age of Ben’ which caught the attention of American Songwriter Magazine and placed Steele as a Semi-Finalist in Song of the Year Category in 2024. ‘The Extra Mile is a Gravel Road’ from Steele’s latest release, continues this with this trend and is turning heads.

Randy and the High Cold Wind have been turning heads and ears since their inception as a support band for Randy’s songwriter touring. In 2023 the band expanded rapidly into a full on bluegrass jam machine. After a few shows, they found themselves invited to multiple festivals throughout the Southeast US with acts like Greensky Bluegrass, Yonder Mountain String Band, East Nash Grass, and Larry Keel, while Randy began sitting in with bands like Mountain Grass Unit and Andy Frasco.

The band is made up of some of the Southeast’s highest talents including flat pick wizard Brad Clark on guitar. Multiple State, multiple instrumental contest Champion and well known teacher John Boulware on Mandolin and Slim Pickins Bluegrass’ own Justin Hupp on the upright bass. They are playing extensively throughout the Southeast and beyond in 2026, see ya at the show!

Nom de Plume

November 14

Nom de Plume drifts somewhere between a Left Bank café, a dusty vinyl collection, and a midnight jazz session that was never meant to end. Rooted in the spirit of Blossom Dearie, Nina Simone, Django Reinhardt, and Sidney Bechet, the group blends French chanson, Gypsy jazz, and classic American standards into something intimate, offbeat, and quietly cinematic.

The Gladson Family

November 20

The Gladson family resides in Hancock County, Tennessee, and plays various styles of traditional music, including old-time fiddling, gospel singing, and traditional bluegrass. The family keeps the authentic spirit of the music alive by performing regularly at heritage events, festivals, revivals, and funerals. They also help carry on the tradition by teaching traditional music through the Hancock JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians ) program.

BLUE MOTHER TUPELO

November 27

Blue Mother Tupelo is comprised of Ricky & Micol (pronounced “Michael”) Anne Davis. Their life together as Blue Mother Tupelo began in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a duo in 1995 before melding into various experimental configurations, from a famous blues-rock electric quartet to a kind of acoustic-driven country blues. Chosen by 2022 Music Artist of the Year by The Southland Music Line, BMT songs & albums have charted #5 in Americana and #2 in Euro-Americana Radio, as well as having reached the U.S. Top 40 Country Charts. 

BIG PINK

November 28

RUDY’S BLUEGRASS REVUE

December 4

Experience some of the country’s best bluegrass entertainment with Rudy’s Bluegrass Revue. Our lively performances in bluegrass, americana, traditional, and mountain roots music, will keep your toes tapping and spirits dancing!