Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley: Based on a mutual love of bluegrass, country, blues, western swing, and string band music of all kinds, the partnership of dobro player, Rob Ickes, and acoustic/electric guitarist, Trey Hensley, continues to delight and astound audiences of traditional American music around the globe. www.robandtrey.com Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen: Since Frank Solivan left the cold climes of Alaska for the bluegrass hotbed of Washington, D.C., he’s built a reputation as a monster mandolinist — and become a major festival attraction with his band, Dirty Kitchen. Solivan, with banjoist Mike Munford, 2013 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, award winning guitarist Chris Luquette and bassist Jeremy Middleton, simmer a bluegrass/newgrass stew from instrumental, vocal and songwriting skills so hot, they were named IBMA’s 2016 Instrumental Group of the Year for the second time. dirtykitchenband.com