Margo Price, Tommy Prine, J2B2, and more on Mountain Stage
About this Event
GUEST ARTISTS: Margo Price, Tommy Prine, J2B2, Jake Blount, and more TBA (click each artist name to learn more)
Tickets: $30-$35
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Hard Headed Woman marks the first album that Margo Price has made in Nashville, a town she has called home for more than 20 years, and vitally helped to transform, creating a lane where independent and insurgent country music can exist and thrive alongside the mainstream. Just hours ago at midnight, she celebrated the record’s release with a special performance at the city’s Grimey’s, and later tonight will play the Grand Ole Opry in one of Loretta Lynn’s gowns, honoring the legacy of one of her idols.
In recent weeks Margo Price took over New York City for a barnburning night of honky tonkin’, sang the national anthem at a New York Mets game, and took over Newport Folk Festival, where she proclaimed “F*ck ICE” before delivering a now viral rendition of Woody Guthrie’s and covered Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton and Neil Young with Jesse Welles, John C. Reilly, Lukas Nelson, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Joe Russo. She also sat down with CNN and PBS’ Amanpour, NBC News, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Broken Record, Pitchfork and more, tore through town in the video for paid homage to Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” in and recounted her Nashville origin story in
When the norm is to shut up and sing, and short cuts lie around every corner, Hard Headed Woman continues to show how Price’s songwriting packs the most potent punch of all, and reveals a way to march forward when the path of less resistance is right there waiting. It is country music as only Margo Price can make it: free of rules, cherishing tradition, hard-headed with a delicate heart.
Following a series of festivals and next month’s 40th Anniversary of Farm Aid, where Margo Price serves as the first female musician appointed to the Board of Directors, as well as a newly announced date on the rooftop of LA’s GRAMMY Museum, she will bring the music of Hard Headed Woman on her Wild At Heart Tour. Backed by a brand new live band and armed with her signature Gibson J-45 guitar, the run features two dozen headline dates throughout North America this October and November, with tickets available at .
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J2B2 is an all-star bluegrass supergroup featuring four legendary, award-winning musicians – John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals – delivering bluegrass like no one has ever heard it before. The band’s undeniable live shows have received stellar reviews and have the bluegrass world buzzing. The four combine forces to form a spot-on union of impeccable musicianship, incomparable songwriting, incredible harmony vocals (a fresh twist combining bluegrass with elements of West Coast folk rock) and seasoned showmanship. This is the “high lonesome sound” of American roots music at its finest.
Jorgenson and Pedersen are founders (with Chris Hillman) of the formative country rock group Desert Rose Band. After working as a freelance musician in Southern California, Jorgenson met Hillman and soon formed the Desert Rose Band. In 1990, Jorgenson went on to found the Hellecasters and toured with Elton John’s band for six years. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Bonnie Raitt to Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson’s guitar work. Jorgenson portrayed Django Reinhardt in the Hollywood feature film Head in the Clouds. In 2008, Jorgenson won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental with Brad Paisley and was nominated for Best Bluegrass Album with Earl Scruggs.
Herb Pedersen was a member of legendary bluegrass band The Dillards as well as bluegrass super-group Old and In the Way. A sought-after singer and musician, he has worked with such music legends as Chris Hillman, Earl Scruggs, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tony Rice, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Jackson Browne and John Denver.
Mark Fain toured and recorded as bass player for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for 13 years. He’s toured and recorded with the Dixie Chicks, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam, Allison Krauss and Dolly Parton, as well as producing many artists in jazz, country, bluegrass and gospel genres.
Patrick Sauber is a multi-instrumentalist who has quickly made a name for himself in the world of bluegrass and old time music. Equally adept on guitar, mandolin and banjo, Sauber has toured with Peter Rowan and Laurie Lewis and appeared on screen in “The Mighty Wind.”
J2B2’s debut album, From The Crow’s Nest, was recorded in Sheryl Crow’s home barn studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was recently released as part of a John Jorgenson limited edition, 3-CD box set called DIVERTUOSO (Cleopatra Records), which has received vast critical acclaim. DIVERTUOSO includes three new distinct albums by Jorgenson: J2B2 – From The Crow’s Nest; John Jorgenson Quintet – Returning (gypsy jazz); and John Jorgenson – Gifts From The Flood(instrumental electric guitar).
In addition to recording their first album as a group, J2B2 has played several major tour dates over the course of the past two and a half years, including tours of Norway and the UK, performances at the annual RockyGrass Festival in Lyons, Colorado; the Joe Val Festival in Framingham, Massachusetts; and headlining the Guitar Town Festival in Copper Mountain, Colorado, three years in a row. J2B2 made its Grand Ole Opry debut in October 2013 and has returned several times to the Opry since.
J2B2 has created quite a buzz, and The International Bluegrass Music Association is among the many giving the newly formed band’s live performance high marks. In a review, the IBMA noted, “There was warmth, and storytelling, and lots of laughter as this fresh band of legends made their debut…but with their expertise combined, you would think they had been playing in this configuration for years.”
Yes! Weekly in Greensboro, NC has noted of J2B2: “Expect fireworks and amazing playing from some of the best string players in the world.”
Jake Blount (pronounced: blunt) is an award-winning scholar and performer of Black folk music based in Providence, RI. Initially recognized for his skill as a string band musician, Blount has charted an unprecedented, Afrofuturist course on his pilgrimage through sound archives and song collections. In his hands, the banjo, fiddle, electric guitar and synthesizer become ceremonial objects used to channel the insurgent creativity of his forebears. From transfixing solo sets to full-band festival appearances complete with crowd-surfing and ecstatic chants, Blount’s performances - like his recent Smithsonian Folkways releases, (2024) and (2022) - seamlessly merge centuries-old traditional songs with the trappings and techniques of modern Black genres. This “genrequeer” approach to the traditions has earned his music a place in the very same archives from which he extracts his repertoire. In defiance of genre categories, revisionist histories and linear time, Blount fashions an “Afrofuturist folklore” that disintegrates the boundaries between acoustic and electric, artist and medium, and ancestor and progeny.
Balancing his taste for arcane source material with his desire to reach diverse audiences, Blount has shared his music at venues including Carnegie Hall, Newport Folk Festival, the Library of Congress and NPR’s Tiny Desk. His knowledge and skill have deepened over the course of his still-young career, and his vision has grown more ambitious - but his music has only grown in popular appeal. Starting with his full-length debut Spider Tales (2020), each of Blount's records has appeared on "best of year" lists from outlets including Bandcamp, The New Yorker, NPR, The Guardian, and Rolling Stone. With the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, two International Folk Music Awards nominations and two first-place ribbons from Clifftop already under his belt, Blount’s star continues to rise.
Blount’s thoughtful musicianship has made him a sought-after collaborator. He has contributed to recordings by Adia Victoria, Dave Hause, Adeem The Artist and others, opened for GRAMMY-winners Rhiannon Giddens, Molly Tuttle, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and traveled the world as a member of string bands New Dangerfield, Tui, and The Moose Whisperers. He regularly shares the stage with skilled contemporaries such as Mali Obomsawin, George Jackson and Nic Gareiss, and collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on their sold-out 50th Anniversary performance at Carnegie Hall. Blount also served as a music consultant on Ryan Coogler's Oscar-winning 2025 film Sinners, scored by Ludwig Göransson, and contributed music to Ken Burns's The American Revolution (2025) alongside Giddens.
In addition to his public-facing achievements, Blount has an impressive industry track record. He has performed as an official showcase artist at Folk Alliance International, SXSW, AmericanaFest and the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass. He was a 2020 Strathmore Artist In Residence, and participated in the IBMA’s Leadership Bluegrass program in the same year. An emeritus board member of Bluegrass Pride, Blount is known as a strong advocate for progressive causes within the music industry, and appears regularly on conference panels pertaining to social and environmental justice. His writings on music and issues facing the industry have appeared in publications including Rolling Stone, NPR, Paste Magazine and No Depression. He has authored liner notes for multiple GRAMMY-nominated albums.
Blount is also a skilled educator. In addition to his on-stage offerings, his engagements frequently include lectures and presentations pertaining to both his original research and the history of Black string band music. He has shared this work at Yale University, Berklee College of Music, the Smithsonian Institution and elsewhere. He also makes regular appearances at music camps, most notably Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp, offering hands-on instruction in fiddle and banjo. Blount holds an A.M. in Musicology and Ethnomusicology from Brown University, where he is working toward a Ph.D. in the same—as well as an A.M. in Anthropology.
Blount performs on a five-string fiddle made by Nathaniel Rowan, and banjos from Seeders Instruments and Pete Ross Banjos. His CV is available here.
Tommy Prine
"Purple Paint" is out now on all streaming platforms. Marking the first release from the upcoming EP ‘Love Circle' out on August 20th.
Inspired by the unwavering support of his wife throughout his musical journey, “Purple Paint” is a moving reflection on partnership, devotion, and the quiet strength that carries artists through both the chaos and beauty of a life in music.
Discussing the inspiration behind the song, Prine stated, “My wife is the real reason I am who I am today, if not for her unwavering support and guidance I would have never taken the leap. Here’s to making me paint my bathroom purple, and for showing me that things can be built in a day that last forever.”
Known for his emotionally raw songwriting and spellbinding live performances, Prine’s music continues to carve out space beyond the shadow of legacy. As PBS remarked after a recent show in Los Angeles, “Listening on this night at Gold Diggers... you might think Tommy Prine was born to the stage.”
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