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Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

The band is the International Bluegrass Music Association's Instrumental 2016 Group of the Year, which they also won in 2014. Since Frank Solivan left the cold climes of Alaska for the bluegrass hotbed of Washington, D.C., hes 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 not to be beat. Theyve also been named Washington Area Music Associations Best Bluegrass Band of the Year for four consecutive years.

With their last album earning Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen a 2015 GRAMMY Nomination for Best Bluegrass Album, the eagerly anticipated Family, Friends & Heroes released March 4th to great critical acclaim. This genre stretching album provides a generous glimpse into Solivans work that pays homage to his family members and features the pristine playing of his closest musical heroes, including Del McCoury, Rob Ickes, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, John Cowan, Mike Bub, Shawn Camp and Megan McCormick. The band is also Washington D.C.'s Bluegrass