Matt Combs String Band

The Matt Combs String Band can vary from a guitar/fiddle duet to a full 5 piece band—consisting of fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, and banjo. Matt’s groups have been featured on the Food Network, and at a myriad of conventions, parties, and concerts including a fund raiser for Barack Obama. From Vanderbilt’s Ingram Hall, to the Station Inn, and many colleges and concert halls. The string band’s concert format provides an entertaining evening consisting of lively tunes and songs that will delight your audience. Additionally, the band can provide background music for your next party, corporate event, or wedding. combsmatt@mac.com

The Driven Bow

The Driven Bow is a high-energy nine piece fiddle band, consisting of six fiddles and a rhythm section. This group was originally developed to play at conventions to welcome corporate clients to Nashville and to give them a taste of Nashville fiddling. The group features some of Nashville’s finest instrumentalists playing exciting arrangements of tunes from the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country music fields. The large scale of this group and its tight harmonies and arrangements always entertain the crowd.
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The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble - soundartrecordings.com

With its scintillating contemporary qualities, the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble has been hailed for revitalizing and reshaping a type of ensemble music that enjoyed nationwide popularity at the turn of the 20th century. Through its array of mandolins, mandola, mandocello, violin, guitar and bass, NME commands expressive string colors of kaleidoscopic range and variety.
Founded in 1991 by Butch Baldassari of the Blair School of Music, NME performs period arrangements for mandolin orchestra along with animated transcriptions of classical, jazz and pop music, along with new music from contemporary composers. NME has performed at numerous venues and festivals throughout the country including the Over The Rhine in Cincinnati, Atlanta's Taste of the South and Sewanee Music Festival in Tennessee. Television performances include TNN's Country News, CBS Sunday Morning and the PBS production Tennessee Crossroads.

The group's most recent recording is the critically acclaimed Bach, Beatles, Bluegrass (SoundArt) released in October 2003. All The Rage (New World) was presented the 1999 Indie Award for Best Acoustic Instrumental Recording (AFIM) and Best Classical Recording at the Nashville Music Awards. NME's other recordings include Gifts (Columbia) and Plectrasonics (CMH).

"NME is a fabulous listening experience."

- Mark O' Connor

"In this unplugged era, NME fits right in."

- Diane Samms Rush, Knight-Ridder Newspapers

"NME offers a unique ensemble sound in string music today."

- Norman Levine,
Classical Mandolin Society of America

NME Booking:
Art Fegen Entertainment
art@artfegan.com
615.646.9606