Spring Creek, the award-winning Colorado bluegrass band, is breaking out into the national scene with a passion that’s winning over fans everywhere they go. These musical road warriors have held tight to the bluegrass tradition, while presenting a youthful, fresh sound. They eat, sleep and drink their craft within a musical community steeped in bluegrass. Never satisfied with the ordinary, these four voraciously search for unique or little-known songs, which they mold and shape through intricate instrumental arrangements and pristine vocal harmonies.
In 2009, Spring Creek joined the ranks of Ralph Stanley, Kenny & Amanda Smith and Steep Canyon Rangers as a Rebel Records recording artist. Spring Creek’s creative original songs and meticulous harmony vocals caught the attention of the nearly 50 year old Charlottesville, Virginia bluegrass label—which has never signed a Colorado-based band. Spring Creek recorded this past winter with famed Nashville songwriter, sideman and producer Jeff White (Vince Gill, Alison Krauss + Union Station) for their spring release.
Spring Creek have been selected from a field of 121 bands to perform as an official showcase artist at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2009 World of Bluegrass convention this fall in Nashville. Spring Creek are the 2007 Telluride and RockyGrass Festival winners, and are the first band to win both titles in the same summer. Their reputation for excellence made them the most in-demand Colorado bluegrass band this past summer, earning them spots at more than 10 regional festivals. In addition, the band’s original crowd favorite “High Up in the Mountains” won the Vox Populi Award for Best Americana Song from the Independent Music Awards.
Following up on 2006’s Rural & Cosmic Bluegrass, Spring Creek released Lonesome Way to Go in 2008 and their third disc, Way Up on a Mountain, on Rebel in May 2009. This 12-track album of kickin’ Colorado bluegrass has charmed fans, critics, DJs and festival producers alike with its expert vocals, instrumental work and impressive writing.