The multifarious music of Colorado's Head For the Hills has been described as "post-bluegrass," "progressive string music," "modern acoustic noir" and "bluegrass bricolage." Adam Kinghorn on guitar and vocals, Joe Lessard on violin and vocals, Matt Loewen on upright bass and vocals and Mike Chappell on acoustic and electric mandolins comprise a forward-thinking group of (mostly) acoustic musicians drawing on eclectic influences, tastes and styles. They didn’t grow up immersed in bluegrass music but came to it later in life; the result is a sound based in bluegrass that reaches into indie rock, jazz, hip hop, world and folk to stitch together fresh songs that bridge the divide between past and future acoustic music. Opening is Leadfoot, a five-piece hot-pickin' string band made up of mandolin, acoustic guitars, upright bass, banjo and vocals playing Chicago-style bluegrass.
