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2014 #3, Roots Music Report National Bluegrass Chart
2014 & 2005 International Bluegrass Music Association Showcase Artist
2014 Americana Music Association Showcase Artist
2009 International Bluegrass Music Association “Recorded Event of the Year” Winner
(Rebecca Frazier, Daughters of Bluegrass)
2006 First woman on cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (Rebecca Frazier)
First Place, 2005 SPBGMA International Band Championship (Nashville, TN)
First Place, 2003 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Contest (Telluride, CO)
First Place, 2002 Rockygrass Band Contest (Lyons, CO)
Rebecca Frazier gained notoriety as the first woman on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and has since become known as “a genuine triple threat as singer, songwriter, and flatpicking guitarist.” (Nashville Scene) With over a decade of touring under her belt, Frazier has returned to the national stage with her flatpicking and songwriting showcase, When We Fall, and her new affiliation with Compass Records. Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run have continued to delight audiences across the country with the “handspun yet motor-driven” music that earned Hit & Run their reputation as “one of the tightest groups performing.” (Denver Westword) They are the only band to win the top triumvirate of major bluegrass band contests at the Telluride, Rockygrass, and SPBGMA Festival Band Championships.
Hit & Run formed in late 2001 with the mutual desire to play “authentic yet modern” bluegrass. They quickly launched as a successful touring act out of Colorado, gracing stages of prestigious festivals and venues in 36 states and Canada and eventually migrating to Nashville in 2007 with two studio albums under their belts. Since 2002, Hit & Run has shared stages with the likes of Jimmy Martin, Hot Rize, Rhonda Vincent, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Del McCoury, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, G. Love & Special Sauce, Galactic, Medeski Martin & Wood, and many other recognized acts in bluegrass and popular music.
Journalist Craig Havighurst calls Rebecca Frazier “East Nashville real deal bluegrass,” and the success of her release, When We Fall, has been authenticating this title. The album earned accolades in 2013—“Best Bluegrass Album of 2013,” according to Bluegrass Situation, #6 on Bluegrass Today’s Monthly Chart, and #3 on Roots Music Report Bluegrass Chart. Rebecca’s work has been featured in national publications, including Bluegrass Today, Engine 145, Deep Roots Magazine, Maverick, Bluegrass Now, Bluegrass Unlimited, and more.
Rebecca worked through a personal tragedy to write and then record deeply personal songs for When We Fall, released May 28, 2013 by Compass Records. Recorded and co-produced by Brent Truitt (Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton), the album features several flatpicking guitar “manifestos” from Rebecca’s compositional repertoire, as well as original ballads, folky Americana, and bluegrass songs following a Neil Young cover and the traditional “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow” from Hit & Run’s stage repertoire. Says Deep Roots Magazine, “Frazier is in superb voice throughout…As much as it is a musical achievement, When We Fall persists in memory for its flesh and blood humanity.”
Accompanying Rebecca are a host of world-class acoustic artists: bassist Barry Bales (Alison Krauss), banjo genre-bender Scott Vestal (Sam Bush), Dobro genius Andy Hall (Infamous Stringdusters), fiddle virtuoso Shad Cobb (John Cowan), banjo innovator Ron Block (Alison Krauss), mandolinist John Frazier and, on backing vocals, her longtime Western compatriot, Shelby Means (Della Mae).
The result is the engaging and transparent When We Fall. Grammy Award winning musician Alison Brown hails Frazier by saying, “Rebecca Frazier is a triple threat. She is a wonderfully engaging singer, a compelling songwriter and an accomplished guitarist to boot. All of these talents come together to dazzling effect on When We Fall. I’m proud of Rebecca for what she’s achieved on this album, for her tenacity in pursuing her dream, and for recording one of the best bluegrass albums of this decade.”
Since 2001, Hit & Run has gained the respect of promoters, fans, musicians, and media across the country with their “indefinable vibrancy that distinguishes the great from the good” (Colorado Daily). Touring as Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run in support of When We Fall, the band showcases Hit & Run’s arrangement prowess while bringing Rebecca’s compositional and writing skills to the forefront for the first time. Bryan Sutton confirms that When We Fall is “an incredibly strong record…great songs combining smart and inventive guitar playing with deep, emotional bluegrass singing.”
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Rebecca Frazier
Rebecca Frazier is an award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Frazier came to national attention in 2006 as the first female on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and was later picked up by Compass Records for her flatpicking/songwriting solo showcase When We Fall (2013). The album received heavy airplay on SiriusXM Radio and peaked at #3 on the national Roots Music Report Chart. Other honors include Rebecca’s 2009 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year award for her work on the Daughters of Bluegrass’ Bluegrass Bouquet album, and Rebecca’s feature appearance singing “Keep on the Sunnyside” on Hank William’s biopic, 20th Century Fox The Last Ride movie soundtrack released by Curb Records in 2012. Rebecca is a founding member of Hit & Run, the first and only band to win all three major bluegrass band contests—Telluride (2003), Rockygrass (2002), and SPBGMA (2005) Festival Competitions. Frazier has been teaching music workshops across the U.S. and Canada since 2004, and has been on staff at Nashville Music Academy since 2008. Says Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, “Although she has achieved great success, Frazier continues to be passionate about her music and guitar playing. Her journey is one that should serve to inspire any guitar player, singer, or songwriter.” |
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Isaac Eicher, Mandolin Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Isaac Eicher has inspired many mandolin players with his genre-bending mandolin mastery. He began his early career largely in a bluegrass context, and won the National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, KS, as a teenager in 2006. After winning Colorado state championships at Rockygrass (mandolin, guitar) he gravitated toward the sounds of gypsy jazz, bebop, and latin jazz on the acoustic mandolin incorporating modern mandolin technique. Isaac’s style draws inspiration from traditional musical language in such a way that allows the mandolin to transcend its standard settings and idiomatic restraints. In addition to studying music, Isaac received a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Oklahoma and spent a year of intensive language study in Valencia, Spain. This allowed him the opportunity travel to Europe with his mandolin playing and making musical friends in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. He is currently employed by Metro Nashville Public Schools as one of their fluent Spanish translators.
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Mike Sumner, Banjo Mike Sumner is an Indiana native currently living in the Nashville area. By day he is an IT director for a Nissan company and in his spare time he pursues his passion…playing bluegrass. He started playing banjo at a young age and is a two-time National Banjo Champion (2001 and 2007). He also won the banjo championships at Rockygrass and Merlefest. He has toured with Jim Lauderdale, Dale Ann Bradley, Randy Kohrs, Detour, and Donna Ulisse. |
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Erik Alvar, Bass Bassist Erik Alvar is a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in commercial music. His resume includes touring acts such as The Roys, Aaron O’Rourke Trio, Grant Peeples, and others. He was selected for the 2013 Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival where he worked with world-class musicians such as Mike Marshall, David Grisman, Jerry Douglas, Darol Anger, and Julian Lage. Stylistically he is rooted in jazz & bluegrass, but he has an affinity for other styles including Americana and old time. |
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Christian Ward, Fiddle
Virtuoso, Christian Ward, has developed his mastery of the fiddle at an early age. Hailing from Southern California, he has been touring since age 13. His resume includes Sierra Hull, the Green Cards, Chris Stuart & BackCountry, among others. |
TOURING HISTORY

AlabamaPrivate Event ♦ Eufala Arizona 4 Corner States Bluegrass Festival ♦ Wickenburg Orpheum Theater ♦ Flagstaff Future Studios ♦ Sedona Prescott Bluegrass Festival ♦Prescott California High Sierra Music Festival ♦ Quincy Summergrass San Diego Festival ♦ San Diego Freight & Salvage ♦ Berkeley Oaksongs Music Society Concert Series ♦ Redding Redwood Bluegrass Assn. Concert ♦ Mountain View Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills Bluegrass Fest ♦ Plymouth Sweetwater Saloon/Bluegrass Gold Concert Series ♦ Mill Valley Boulevard Music ♦ Culver City (L.A.) Don Quixote’s Music Hall ♦ Felton McGrath’s Pub ♦ Alameda The Attic ♦ Santa Cruz Last Day Saloon ♦ Santa Rosa Colorado (select venues) Telluride Bluegrass Festival ♦ Telluride Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival ♦Lyons Durango Bluegrass Meltdown ♦ Durango Midwinter Bluegrass Festival ♦ Denver North Fork Valley Bluegrass Festival ♦ Hotchkiss High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival ♦ Westcliffe Boulder Theater ♦ Boulder Aggie Theater ♦ Fort Collins Fox Theatre ♦ Boulder Bluebird Theater ♦ Denver Gothic Theater ♦ Denver Chautauqua Auditorium ♦ Boulder Silverthorne Pavilion Theatre ♦ Silverthorne Swallow Hill Music Hall ♦ Denver Abbey Theater ♦ Durango Mishawaka Ampitheatre ♦ Fort Collins Bluegrass On the River Festival ♦ Pueblo Fillmore Auditorium ♦ Denver Sunlight Bluegrass Festival ♦ Glenwood Springs Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mtn. Jam ♦ Gold Hill Keystone Bluegrass & Beer Festival ♦ Keystone Swallow Hill Bluegrass Festival ♦ Denver Sundance Bluegrass Festival ♦ Fort Collins Sunnyside Music Festival ♦ Denver Gunnison Performing Arts Center ♦ Gunnison Sheridan Opera House ♦ Telluride Fly Me to the Moon Saloon ♦ Telluride Strings in the Mtns Music Festival ♦ Steamboat Sylvan Dale Father’s Day Festival♦Loveland Aspen Highlands Brew Fest ♦ Aspen Aspen Bluegrass Sundays Series ♦ Aspen Boulder Creek Festival ♦ Boulder Gold Hill Inn ♦ Gold Hill Avogadro’s Number ♦ Fort Collins O’Dell Legacy Park w/ G. Love ♦ Fort Collins Left Hand Grange Hall ♦ Niwot Greeley Bluegrass Roundup Festival ♦ Greeley Acoustic Café ♦ Nederland Little Bear Saloon ♦ Evergreen Buffalo Rose Country Music Hall of Fame ♦ Golden Haggard’s Black Dog Saloon ♦ Durango Steve’s Guitars ♦Carbondale Bongo Billie’s Salida Café ♦ Salida Storyville ♦Durango Southern Sun Pub & Brewery ♦ Boulder CAIC Avalanche Jam ♦ Golden Mary’s Lake Lodge ♦ Estes Park Millennium Harvest House ♦ Boulder Microbrews for the Environment ♦ Boulder Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom ♦ Denver Hodi’s Half Note ♦ Fort Collins Longmont Library Summer Concert Series ♦ Longmont Meeker Range Call July 4th Celebration ♦ Meeker Wild Creek ♦ Winterpark, Conor O’Neill’s ♦ Boulder Oskar Blues ♦ Lyons Canon Rose Acoustic Society ♦ Canon City Kaddy Shack Bluegrass Breakdown ♦ Lafayette Rogers Hall/High Street Concerts ♦ Lyons Loveland Summer Concert Series ♦ Loveland Nissi’s ♦ Lafayette Lakewood Summer Concert Series ♦ Lakewood Alamosa Summer Concert Series ♦ Alamosa Center for the Arts ♦ Crested Butte Sherpa & Yeti’s ♦Breckenridge Club 8150 ♦ Vail Red Sky Ranch ♦Wolcott Hotel CO/Blue Heron Concert Series ♦ Glenwood KAFM Radio Concert Series ♦ Grand Junction Swing Station ♦ LaPorte Connecticut Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival ♦ Prescot Podunk Bluegrass Festival ♦ East Hartford Georgia Hoofer’s Bluegrass & Gospel Barn ♦ LaGrange Red Light Café ♦ Atlanta Blue Ridge Harvest Fest ♦ La Fayette House Concert ♦ Decatur Idaho Knotty Pine ♦ Victor Private Event ♦ Island Park Illinois Bluegrass Legends Series ♦ Evanston Martyr’s ♦ Chicago Indiana Bean Blossom Music Festival ♦ Bean Blossom Tri-State Bluegrass Festival ♦ Kendallville Rockin’ & Rollin on Roosevelt Hill ♦ Richmond Kentucky Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival ♦ Morehead IBMA World of Bluegrass ♦ Louisville Uncle Pleasant’s ♦ Louisville Intermezzo Café at Actor’s Theatre ♦ Louisville Maine Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festival ♦ Cornish One Longfellow Square ♦ Portland Massachusetts Iron Horse ♦ Northampton Cantab Lounge ♦ Cambridge Michigan Niles Bluegrass Festival ♦ Niles The Ark ♦ Ann Arbor Elderly Instruments ♦ Lansing Niles Concert Series ♦ Niles Minnesota Lonely Pines Concert Series ♦ Minneapolis MBOTMA Concert Series ♦ Duluth Lonely Pines Concert Series ♦ Mankato Masters Weekend: North Shore Music Assoc ♦ Cook County (Lake Superior) Missouri Silver Dollar City Bluegrass Festival ♦ Branson Lathrop Bluegrass Festival ♦ Lathrop SPBGMA May in Missouri Festival ♦ Kirksville Montana Bitterroot Bluegrass Festival ♦ Hamilton Last Chance Gulch Bluegrass Festival ♦ Helena Cicel Recital Hall/Yellowstone Bluegrass Assoc ♦ Billings Petro Theatre/Yellowstone BG Assoc ♦ Billings Crystal Theater ♦ Missoula Downtown Tonight Concert Series ♦ Missoula Pilgrim Congregational Church/Bozeman Folklore Society♦Bozeman Flanagan’s Central Station ♦ Whitefish Big Mountain Resort ♦ Whitefish Miller’s Crossing ♦ Helena Charlie’s Place ♦ Babb Isaak’s ♦ Craig New Mexico Wildlife West Bluegrass Fest ♦ Edgewood Cowgirl Hall of Fame ♦ Santa Fe Albuquerque BioPark ♦ Albuquerque New York Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival ♦ Ancramdale Knitting Factory ♦ New York Nevada Acoustic Routes ♦ Las Vegas Crystal Bay Casino ♦ Crystal Bay (Tahoe) East Las Vegas Community Ball ♦ Las Vegas Blue Angel Coffeehouse ♦ Reno North Carolina Smilefest ♦ Lake Toxaway Grey Eagle ♦ Asheville Barley’s Taproom ♦ Asheville Brewgrass Festival ♦ Asheville Six String Café ♦ Cary (Raleigh) Boone Saloon ♦ Boone Ziggy’s ♦ Winston-Salem The Pour House ♦ Raleigh Ohio Appalachian Uprising ♦ Scottown Oklahoma The Blue Door ♦ Oklahoma City Oregon Northwest String Summit ♦ North Plains Mount Hood Bluegrass Festival ♦ Hood River Nehalem Bay Winery Bluegrass at the Beach Concert ♦ Nehalem The Good Foot ♦ Portland The Mississippi ♦ Portland Sam Bond’s Garage ♦ Eugene Pennsylvania Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival ♦ Gettysburg Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival ♦ Loganton Tin Angel ♦ Philadelphia South Carolina Barley’s Taproom ♦ Greenville The Pour House ♦ Charleston University of South Carolina ♦ Columbia South Dakota Black Hills Bluegrass Festival ♦ Rapid City Tennessee Blue Plum Music Festival ♦ Johnson City Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival ♦ Kodak IBMA World of Bluegrass Official Showcase ♦ Nashville SPBGMA Band Championship Winners ♦ Nashville Station Inn ♦ Nashville Barley’s Taproom ♦ Knoxville Barking Legs ♦ Chattanooga WDVX Studios “Blue Plate Special” ♦ Knoxville Bluegrass on Broad Concert Series ♦ Kingsport Bootlegger’s Inn ♦ Nashville Downhome ♦ Johnson City Texas Overton Bluegrass Festival ♦ Overton Utah Desert Rocks Music Festival ♦ Moab Founders Title Company Bluegrass Festival ♦ Salt Lake City Bridger Folk Music Society Series ♦ Logan Groovefest ♦ Cedar City Urban Lounge ♦ Salt Lake City Shaggy’s Velvet Room ♦ Salt Lake City Pat’s BBQ ♦ Salt Lake City The Suede ♦ Park City The Circuit ♦ Midvale Virginia Bluegrass & Country Music Festival ♦ Lawrenceville The Prism ♦ Charlottesville Ashland Coffee & Tea ♦ Richmond Jammin’ Java ♦ Vienna (Washington, D.C.) Gravity Lounge ♦ Charlottesville St. Catherine’s School ♦ Richmond Virginia Highlands Festival ♦ Abingdon Washington Bluewaters Bluegrass Festival ♦ Medical Lake Cottage Music Concert Series/Kress Gallery ♦ Spokane Tractor Tavern ♦ Seattle West Virginia Purple Fiddle ♦ Thomas Wisconsin Northern Lights Theatre ♦ Milwaukee Wyoming Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival ♦ Alta Big Horn Bluegrass Festival ♦ Buffalo Laramie Peak Bluegrass Festival ♦ Douglas Mainstage Theater ♦ Jackson Hole Oyster Ridge Music Festival ♦ Kemmerer Happy Jack Bluegrass Festival ♦ near Laramie Trap Bar at Grand Targhee Resort ♦ Alta Beartrap Music Festival ♦ Casper Dornan’s ♦ Moose Lander Bar ♦ Lander Hot Springs County HS Auditorium ♦ Thermopolis Coal Creek ♦Laramie University of Wyoming Concert Series ♦ Laramie Silver Dollar Saloon ♦ Jackson Alberta, Canada Blueberry Bluegrass Festival ♦ Edmonton Rombs Bluegrass & Country Jamboree ♦ Fairview Ironwood Stage & Grill ♦ Calgary Northern Circle Bluegrass Music Society Masters Weekend Workshop & Concert ♦ Edmonton British Columbia, Canada Sooke River Bluegrass Festival ♦ Sooke B.C. Bluegrass Workshops ♦ Sorrento Norway House ♦ Victoria Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival ♦ Chilliwack |
Select Live Radio Appearances Nashville Public Radio: Nashville, TN WDVX FM: Knoxville, TN WNCW FM: Spindale, NC KOTO FM: Telluride, CO KGNU FM: Boulder, CO KRFC FM: Fort Collins, CO WHAN AM: Hanover, VA WUTC FM: Chattanooga, TN KDUR FM: Durango, CO WTJU FM: Charlottesville, VA KPBX FM: Spokane, WA WRFG FM: Atlanta, GA KJZA FM: Prescott, AZ KAZM FM: Flagstaff, AZ KDNK FM: Carbondale, CO KHEN FM: Salida, CO KAFM FM: Grand Junction, CO KFMU FM: Steamboat Springs, CO KXZI FM: Kalispell, MT |



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