The world-class musicians in Big
Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date. The quartet
showed up to the one-off like it had been together for years,
bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage
banter; stunning four-part harmony vocal interlace; imaginative
arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy
dose of lady rage. Quickly things for the Colorado-based,
neo-acoustic supergroup morphed into something way bigger than a
one-and-done appearance. The sold-out club shows, and the confirmed
festival dates across America drastically changed its members’
lives. Now, Big Richard is poised to penetrate the Americana music
world and beyond. To date, the quartet has issued 3 singles, the
Live from Telluride album, and it has new music on the way.
Big Richard siphons from traditional
bluegrass, oldtime, classical, modern bluegrass, country, and pop.
The four-piece band masterfully mash up genres, often using
traditional fiddle tune pieces as instrumental flights of fancy
between its storyteller original songs. The group also refreshingly
reinvents beloved traditional tunes. The band is platinum recording
artist Bonnie Sims on mandolin (Bonnie & Taylor Sims, Everybody
Loves an Outlaw, Bonnie and the Clydes), multi-genre musician Dr.
Joy Adams on cello (Nathaniel Rateliff, Darol Anger, Half Pelican,
Bruce Hornsby, Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Ben Folds), Hazel Royer
on bass and guitar, and Eve Panning on fiddle (Lonesome Days, TEDx,
Barrage, Hollywood Film Score Orchestra).
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