Michael Daves Quartet with Alex Hargreaves, Jacob Jolliff, & Erik Alvar

Bluegrass guitarist & singer Michael Daves is heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times, Daves has garnered attention for his work with Tony Trischka, Steve Martin, and Chris Thile, with whom he shares a Grammy nomination for their 2011 Nonesuch Records release "Sleep With One Eye Open."

Alex Hargreaves is described as “one of the greatest improvising violinists in America today” by virtuoso mandolinist/composer Mike Marshall. Hargreaves currently tours full time with Grammy award-winning guitarist and singer Billy Strings and has toured with Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Bela Fleck, Danilo Perez, Sarah Jarosz, as well as performing with many others including Punch Brothers, Sierra Hull, Steve Martin and Kacey Musgraves. He was a member of the Grammy award-winning Turtle Island Quartet from 2016–2019, appearing on their 2018 release, Bird’s Eye View, and was a frequent member of the house band on the NPR variety show, Live From Here with Chris Thile.

Jacob Jolliff is one of the country’s premier contemporary bluegrass mandolinists. His namesake solo project, The Jacob Jolliff Band, is the next generation of bluegrass supergroups, which features a rotating quartet of some of the most virtuosic and innovative young pickers in the country. Jolliff has also performed with Bela Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart, Yonder Mountain String Band and Joy Kills Sorrow

Erik Alvar (Nefesh Mountain, formerly Billy Strings) rounds out the quartet on bass.