Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper

If you’ve never seen Michael Cleveland perform, you’re in for a revelation. The fiddle in his hands becomes something otherworldly – like it’s been waiting its whole wooden life to be played just like that. This Grammy winner (for his electrifying album “Tall Fiddler”) has been named IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year an astonishing twelve times, and for good reason. His blazing, incendiary style combines technical mastery with a joyous abandon that leaves audiences breathless. And his band Flamekeeper – seven-time recipients of IBMA’s Instrumental Group of the Year  isn’t just along for the ride. They’re a precision machine of bluegrass brilliance that will recalibrate your understanding of just how good this music can be when it’s done right.