The Brothers Comatose

The Brothers Comatose is a five-piece bluegrass band based out of San Francisco who formed in 2009. Whether traveling to gigs on horseback or by tour bus, Americana mavens the band forge their own path with raucous West Coast renderings of traditional bluegrass, country and rock ‘n’ roll music. The five-piece string band is anything but a traditional acoustic outfit with their fierce musicianship and rowdy, rock concert-like shows.

The Folly Brothers are a Leamington Spa-based bluegrass band consisting of brothers Mark Roden (acoustic guitar) and Jonny Roden (banjo), and Wes Stanton (double bass), Ben Lambert (percussion).

Going down a storm on the festival circuit, and having amassed BBC Introducing success, the bands style of Americana fused with progressive bluegrass has made them popular with devotees of the genre as well as party- and gig-goers. They successfully blend a modern country twang with rollicking bluegrass which has stirred up the UK roots circuit.