Saturday, September 24, 7:30 Show (7 door) : Kristen Grainger & True North (Tickets $17.50 On Sale July 15; drop by the store or call 541-345-8986 to reserve)
Fronted by singer-songwriter Kristen Grainger, the band is comprised of multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Dan Wetzel, and Pacific Northwest bluegrass superstars Martin Stevens (mandolin, octave mandolin, fiddle, vocals) and Josh Adkins(upright bass, vocals), both formerly of the Bluegrass Regulators.
“True North plays tunes so smooth they bring to mind bluegrass-pop artists like Alison Krauss and Union Station, as well as old country legends like Hank Williams.” Kim Ruehl, No Depression/West Coast Performer
A songwriter whose star is rising. Kristen was named, alongside Brandi Carlile and Dolly Parton , one of the Women Who Wrote Our 2020 Soundtrack by The Bluegrass Situation.
Winner, 2020 USA Songwriting Competition (folk)
2nd Place, 2020 USA Songwriting Competition Overall Grand Prize
Keep the River on Your Right (K. Grainger)
Winner, 2019 Local Roots NW Songwriting Contest
Portland, OR:
Dark Horse Bar & Grill (K. Grainger)
Winner, 2018 Wildflower Arts & Music Festival Performing Songwriter Contest
Richardson, Texas:
One-Way Ticket (K. Grainger)
Ratio of Angels to Demons (K. Grainger)
Album debuted at #1 on national folk music charts
January 2018:
Open Road Broken Heart
Film soundtrack
The Danish Boy, 2018:
Birds Like Me (K. Grainger)
2016 MerleFest
Songwriting competition (2nd place/folk):
Doris Dean (K. Grainger)
2015 IMEA Folk Song of the Year:
Be Here Now (K. Grainger)
7th most-aired folk album in 2015
(Elsebound):
Roots Music Report
Finalist, 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival songwriting contest:
Doris Dean (K. Grainger)
Winner, 2010 Wintergrass song contest:
Hard Place to Suffer and That Really Gets Me Down (K. Grainger, D. Wetzel)
Finalist, 2008 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk songwriting contest:
Limbo (D. Wetzel/K. Grainger)
Doris Dean (K. Grainger)
