With a nod to the past and a wink to the future from behind their
sunglasses, Baltimore’s The Dirty Grass Players have been pushing the leading
edge of bluegrass music since 2015. As convincing on a 10-minute jam as they
are on a 2-minute classic, they find an intersection between progress and
tradition that in one set could inspire Flatt & Scruggs to reunite and then
break up all over again. With harmonies to please any purist, compositions
fresh enough to have been written tomorrow, and improvisations that fearlessly
stride to the end of every limb, this band can play as clean as anybody but
isn’t afraid to get a little dirty.