* Nick Forster (bass) has hosted the NPR show eTown since 1991, airing on over 300 stations, and is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who has performed with Gillian Welch, James Taylor and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. See current dates below, with more to be announced. Starting in September, the band begins what will be their biggest tour since their heyday. Combined, they make up one of the greatest bands in any genre of music.' Chris Thile of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers calls them 'one of the most important bluegrass bands ever.' And Dierks Bentley adds, 'I've been in love with Hot Rize ever since I heard Tim O'Brien's mandolin kickoff to 'Blue Night.' Individually, Tim, Pete, Nick and Bryan are unique stylists and some of the best at their respective craft. They're the connective tissue that links the great founders of bluegrass with the modern tradition,' says Steve Martin.

'Hot Rize is the great modern bluegrass band. Their admirers range across disciplines and generations. And on Bryan Sutton's first Hot Rize writing contribution 'I Am The Road,' the four members blend in reverent gospel-style harmony. Original 'Come Away' is vintage Hot Rize through and through, while 'Blue Is Fallin'' swings with a bluesy swagger. They're the connective tissue that links the great founders of bluegīetween their inception in 1978 and their amicable dissolution at the height of their powers in 1990, Hot Rize were, in the words of Garrison Keillor, 'the Lamborghini of bluegrass.' Twenty-four years after the members parted ways to pursue acclaimed solo careers, the quartet returns to release 'When I'm Free' (Thirty Tigers) on September 30 and embark on their biggest tour since their heyday.Įsquire premiered the band's new song 'Blue Is Fallin'.' Listen here: įeaturing early members Nick Forster, Tim O'Brien and Pete Wernick plus Bryan Sutton, who replaced founding member Charles Sawtelle after his death in 1999, 'When I'm Free' is, in the words of Nick Forster, 'a testament to this new formation of Hot Rize, to ongoing creativity, and to a contemporary approach that still sounds like us.'įor the first time ever, the band recorded the album sitting in a circle - 'the way people have always played music,' Wernick says - ending up with more jointly-written songs than ever before, alongside two traditional tracks, a Los Lobos cover, and a new song given to them by Mark Knopfler. Hot Rize Reunite For First Album And Major Tour In 24 Years: 'When I'm Free' Out September 30 On Thirty Tigers Steve Martin: 'Hot Rize is the great modern bluegrass band.

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