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John Reischman and the Jaybirds

With a fourth critically-acclaimed album John Reischman and the Jaybirdsare
a top-flight band delivering a truly fresh blend of original songs and instrumentals, old-time heritage, and bluegrass power. Reischman is an exceptional mandolin player with a collection of highly skilled musicians backing him up.
Co-sponsored by the Humboldt Folklife Society

"Reischman is one of the great mandolin players today, and he may own the best sounding mandolin on the planet.The Jaybirds are an extremely tight band with drive and great harmonies." - Patrick Cleary of the Folklife Society.
"On the evidence of Stellar Jays, John Reischman and the Jaybirds are in their prime as contemporary bluegrass musicians capable of maintaining and extending the music's legacy" - Billboard.com.

"Though Reischman is the leader and front man, he gives each of them plenty of room to shine, together they produce music that is seamlessly excellent and rewarding.

JIM NUNALLY
San Francisco Bay-area veteran of several decades as a leading guitarist, songwriter and high, lonesome singer.. Audiophile Audition describes Jim as "one of the best bluegrass tenors working today," with equally impressive speed, clarity and tone as a guitar man.

TRISHA GAGNON -BAS -VOCALS
"one of the most versatile, irresistible vocalists in bluegrass, her strong and distinctive style ranging from mournful and plaintive to "hopeful and yearning". - SingOut
"gorgeous three-part harmonies" and her singing and heart-felt songwriting is complemented by her right-on-the-money bass rhythm. -Dirty Linen magazine

NICK HORNBUCL;E -BANJO
has developed his own voice on the five-string banjo, a unique sound with a two-finger roll unlike other contemporary banjo players.
"Nick Hornbuckle's banjo can be downright spine-tingling,"- L.A. Daily News.

GREG SPATZ - FIDDLE
hailed as a "world-class bluegrass fiddler" by Fiddler magazine. Another Stellar Jays instrumental composer with the lightning-fast Bash Bish Falls,
"Greg's virtuosic playing is flawlessly delivered time after time ' - Audiophile Audition.