Description: Minnesota-based progressive bluegrass and original roots band with Brian Wicklund, Mike Cramer and Joel Arpin.
bluegrass (790) mike cramer (4) barley jacks (1) brian wicklund (1) joel arpin (1) keith yanes (1)
T he 2022 release of the band's third album features deft writing and brilliant playing.
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The long-awaited third release of the Barley Jacks, “Coming Down the Mountain” features clever writing and virtuosic musicianship matured over the band’s hundreds of performances in the last decade. Band leader, songwriter, fiddle and mandolin player Brian Wicklund is ably accompanied by some of the upper midwest’s finest acoustic musicians in Mike Cramer - guitar, Kevin Rowe - bass, and Joel Arpin - drums. With a nod to their bluegrass roots, the project includes swing, old-time and Celtic influences to cr