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Sep 23, 2026
MattHOST
So I'm fascinated to sort of hear this one.
MattHOST
There are two records we're going to talk about, Bluefinger Volume 1 and 2, that are progressive bluegrass records, I guess you would call them.
MattHOST
But...
MattHOST
What I'm fascinated by is you had an existing career as a songwriter and musician before these records came out.
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Bertolf LentinkGUEST
I don't even know if you would still call it bluegrass.
Bertolf LentinkGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
Bertolf LentinkGUEST
Like progressive bluegrass or newgrass.
Bertolf LentinkGUEST
I don't know.
SpencerHOST
Yeah, I was listening back through your catalog over the last week in preparation for this.
SpencerHOST
And one of the cool things that I noticed is you really feel that transition from Bluegrass or almost like Newgrass, like the record that you made with...
SpencerHOST
Tom Held is like very it's a very you can hear the the early glimpse of the blues rock thing happening.
SpencerHOST
And it's got this sort of Americana bluegrass, but also interesting harmony stuff happening.
Jason FallsHOST
So, Erin, I want to ask you this.
Jason FallsHOST
The label in terms of music genre that you guys have been given or your PR people or whatever slapped on something is Newgrass.
Jason FallsHOST
But I know the IBMA and others certainly recognize you as a bluegrass band.
Jason FallsHOST
But today's musical world to me is such a hodgepodge.
Erinn Peet LukesGUEST
But we'll play it with Laura and Amelia.
Erinn Peet LukesGUEST
And the way we play it, maybe it sounds a little grassier.
Erinn Peet LukesGUEST
So I just say Newgrass because I don't want people to get up my ass that we're trying to be like Bill Monroe or something.
Jason FallsHOST
There you go.
Noelle MidnightHOST
of.
Yael MidnightHOST
It's not unheard of in Newgrass.
Yael MidnightHOST
OK, but like it's not unheard of in traditional bluegrass.
Yael MidnightHOST
It's anathema.
JWHOST
How has the scene, the jam grass scene, the bluegrass scene overall evolved since you guys kind of got involved in this festival or just in putting festivals on in general overall? Kelly, why don't we start with you?
KellyGUEST
I mean, I think that there's just been a good... driving force between the old original members of Bluegrass, the Sam Bush, the people that created this Newgrass sound 30, 40 years ago, and these younger bands that have seen them perform at Telluride and kind of emulated their sound and taken it to the next level, you know? So it's not your grandma's Bluegrass anymore, but it's also not necessarily your Sam Bush's Bluegrass anymore.
KellyGUEST
Green Sky evolved.
KellyGUEST
Pedals got involved.
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Jason LawGUEST
The
KellyGUEST
king of Telluride.
KellyGUEST
He's original Newgrass, like, stylist, Bluegrass player.
KellyGUEST
So, you know, he's going to close out the festival.
CamGUEST
And whoever that guy was in the lavender hat crowd surfing was the MVP.
CamGUEST
It's so sick just seeing the juxtaposition of the Bluegrass, Newgrass, and then the Mettleton over
ClintHOST
here.
ClintHOST
It's so far apart, but is it