Gangstagrass

Concert Event

Saturday, February 1 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre : 715 Grand Avenue

Gangstagrass is an American bluegrass and hip hop group, most known for the theme song of the FX television show Justified. "Long Hard Times to Come" was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2010, contending for best theme song after critical praise and massive fan response. The group is founded and led by Brooklyn producer Rench, and combines authentic bluegrass and rap into a new genre.

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"This is the Music America NEEDS."

- The New York Times

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A true example of the belief that we are better together, Gangstagrass combines great American traditions of bluegrass, hip-hop, and beyond to create a whole new musical genre that is more than the sum of its parts.  2020's "No Time For Enemies" reached #1 on the Billboard bluegrass charts (first time an album featuring real hip-hop MCs had done so). Gangstagrass has toured internationally, blowing minds on main stages from SXSW to Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Glastonbury to America's Got Talent. The live act taking full advantage of the improvisational aspects of both hip-hop and bluegrass. With MCs R-SON and Dolio the Sleuth trading verses, Dan Whitener on banjo, Farrow on fiddle, Rench on guitar and beats, and frequent three-part harmonies, the Gangstagrass stage show has garnered a reputation among fans for its dynamism and spontaneity. You have to see it to believe it.