The young, acoustic Bay Area band, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, are in the lineup for the Four Corners Folk Festival this weekend. They'll also be stopping by the KSUT Studios for a live session with host Chris Aaland on Thursday afternoon at 1:10.
Although falling loosely under the bluegrass label, AJ Lee and Blue Summit generally plays without banjo, with Sullivan Tuttle and Jesse Fichman on steel stringed acoustic guitars, AJ on mandolin, Jan Purat on fiddle, and Chad Bowen on upright bass - a configuration effectively used to create unique space and texture in the arrangements not as commonly found in the music of their peers. Drawing from influences such as country, soul, swing, rock, and jam music, the band uses the lens of bluegrass as a vessel through which to express and explore the thread that binds and unifies all great music.
You can also catch AJ Lee and Blue Summit at the Four Corners Folk Festival, Friday on the Late Night Stage at 9:30; Saturday at 11:30 AM on the Main Stage; and in the Workshop Tent Saturday at 2 PM.
KSUT Sessions are sponsored by The Greenery.