Clay Street Unit

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Clay Street Unit mixes the Newgrass spirit of the Rocky Mountains with the country-folk traditions of the Appalachians. The result is a modern, amplified version of American roots music that blurs the borders between genre and geography, driven forward by drums, sharp songwriting, and the chemistry of multiple road warriors who’ve shared countless hours on stage. Mandolinist Scottie Bolin, bassist Jack Kotarba, banjo player Jack Cline, pedal steel guitarist Brad Larrison, drummer Brendan Lamb, and singer/guitarist/ringleader Sam Walker don’t just nod to their influences; they reshape them into something new. With a follow-up to the band’s career-launching EP, A Mighty Fine Evening, on the horizon, Clay Street Unit are staking their claim as torchbearers of something both fresh and familiar, nodding to the foundations of American music while sharpening their own progressive edge.

2024Valley Flower is a 5-piece string band of friends who met picking in the Central Texas bluegrassscene by way of Virginia, North Carolina and Minnesota. To describe their sound, KUTX noted,“Valley Flower cross pollinates those iconic Appalachian sounds with the freshest petals of country,folk, and jam..clearly [infused by their] unique regional influences.” Valley Flower’s distinctive styleand powerful songwriting is captivating audiences locally and around the country, earningresidencies at Austin’s largest americana venues and spots opening for national touring acts out ofNashville & Denver’s newgrass/alt-country scene.