Live Music at The Nick Presents John Reischman and the Jaybirds

John Reischman and the Jaybirds fashion a stylish take on bluegrass that seamlessly blends original songs and instrumentals with Appalachian old-time music. John Reischman on mandolin has seen many of his original instrumentals become popular favourites for sessions and covers.

The Jaybirds are guitarist Patrick Sauber, who has played with Doc Watson, John Jorgensen, Peter Rowan, Tim O’Brien and John Fogerty. Singer Trisha Gagnon, is portrayed by Sing Out! as “one of the most versatile” and “irresistible” lead vocalists in bluegrass. Nick Hornbuckle has developed his own voice on the five-string banjo. His solo album 12×2 (+/-1), was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for Solo Instrumental Album of the Year. Greg Spatz is hailed as a “world-class bluegrass fiddler” by Fiddler Magazine.

Now in their 20th year, with seven acclaimed albums and two Juno nominations, the Jaybirds are simultaneously innovative and unadorned, sophisticated and stripped-down, happily old-fashioned and 21st-century contemporary.